Waxing on a thick layer of 80s nostalgia, Karate Kid the Musical offers a questionable balance of slow-motion karate and drawn-out pacing.

Spotlighting their 30th anniversary with a reflective, puppet-filled caper, Theatre-Rites’ Return To the Forest is a five-piece fantasy built on collaboration and heritage. The Aviva Studios audience gets to participate in an after-hours visit to a museum of ancient masks, maps and a stolen heart, trapped in place but yearning to break free from their enclosure. As the family-friendly show unearths its five items, director Sue Buckmaster playfully crafts their journey with a

After a small fishing community on the coast of England is rocked by the news of a child dying at sea, all fingers point to the elusive Peter Grimes, who is forced to fight back a wave of accusations in Benjamin Britten’s biting 1945 opera.