1. Simon peaks in a bittersweet tale

Peak Practice star Simon Shepherd performs at Oxford Playhouse this week in what he describes as “the very good part of a suave chap who is also a bully”.

2. Dahl story is just the tonic

Neil Simon’s comedy Plaza Suite, with three stories taking place in the same New York hotel suite, continues at The Mill at Sonning.

3. Classic farce to Wiz music

Neil Simon’s comedy Plaza Suite opens for a season at The Mill at Sonning on Wednesday.

4. Fighting sunset of a film star’s career

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s interpretation of movie classic Sunset Boulevard has been bringing a touch of old Hollywood to The Watermill in Newbury.

5. Soap star on stage while Agatha thrills

Agatha Christie’s thriller And Then There Were None runs at Oxford Playhouse until Saturday.

6. See Sunset at Watermill

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard opens for a summer season at The Watermill Newbury on Wednesday.

7. Rehash of comedy feels a little forced

The comedy Love’s A Luxury has already been staged once at The Mill at Sonning and hardly seems to deserve a revival.

8. Have we got Shrews for you...

If Shakespeare lived in Arizona, rode a horse and drank whisky, would he have been one of the greatest playwrights of all time?

9. Catch Shrew in open air

10. Musical theatre and old classics

The Rat Pack is in town. Frank, Sammy and Dean (or facsimiles thereof) entertain at The Hexagon from Thursday to Saturday.