1. Oedipus
Wyndham’s, London; October (runs until 4 January)
Robert Icke’s electric 21st-century version of Sophocles, in which secrecy was said to be in the air “like bleach”. Tremendous performances from Lesley Manville and Mark Strong – and a towering June Watson.
2. The Years
Almeida, London; August
Five shades of feminism. Five glorious, ever-changing actors. Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner triumphed in Eline Arbo’s extraordinary reimagining of Annie Ernaux’s 2008 memoir, interleaving intimate anecdote and public events in 20th-century France. Hurrah: it can be seen at London’s Harold Pinter, 24 January to 19 April.
