FIVE BEST Plays

The Masque of the Red Death

(Battersea Arts Centre, LONDON)

Punchdrunk's mind-blowing, site-specific take on Edgar Allan Poe elevates immersive theatre to a level of quite vertiginous virtuosity.

(020-7223 2223) to 12 Jan

Glengarry Glen Ross

(Apollo Theatre, LONDON)

Jonathan Pryce brings a brittle bravado and the BO of desperation to the role of Shelly Levene in James Macdonald's sharp production of David Mamet's drama.

(08708 300 200) to 12 Jan

Monty Python's

Spamalot

(Palace Theatre,

London)

This deliriously silly musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail is loopily enjoyable.

(08708 900 142)

to 27 Sept

Amadeus

(crucible, sheffield)

Nikolai Foster directs Peter Shaffer's timeless tale of obsession, ambition, jealousy and the events that led to the death of Mozart.

(0114-249 6000) to 8 Dec

The Brothers Size

(young vic, london)

Set in the bayou country of Louisiana, Bijan Sheibani's production fields a cast of first-rate, muscled actors and is beautifully attuned to the play's technical and spiritual openness.(020-7922 2922)to 8 Dec

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