Death Shall Have No Dominion

WWI meets Richard III as this Welsh company looks at how easily reputations can be destroyed on the battlefield. Divided into two parts, it follows the tale of Shakespeare’s delicious villain and a Welsh battalion accused of cowardice.
Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 557 0234, 1–23 Aug (not 19), 6.15pm.

Playback Impro

Experience the thrill of having your story turned into theatre: the company takes tales and improvises a performance on the spot. Comic or tragic: it depends on the crowd. This show demands audience participation, but in a gentle and supportive atmosphere.
Laughing Horse @ The Jekyll and Hyde, 225 2022, 31 Jul–24 Aug (not 4, 11, 18), 12.30pm.

Pope Head: The Secret Life of Francis Bacon

Another Welsh company, this time a solo show getting to grips with the dark twentieth-century artist. After a youthful indiscretion, Bacon finds himself banished to Berlin, and begins to develop the beliefs that will guide his painting.
Laughing Horse @ Ryries, 337 0550, 31 Jul–24 Aug (not 13), 12pm.

And the Goat Remained a Goat

Fringe veterans, and absurdist vaudevillians The Creative Martyrs team up with Professor Richard Wiseman to seek out the truth behind Harry Price: ghost hunter, psychic investigator, conjurer and debunker.
Voodoo Rooms, 226 0000, 2–16 Aug, 5pm.

The Mother of the Priest

A priest finds that pleasure can overcome even the entreaties of his mother in a one-woman show that combines physical theatre, Sardinian folk song and an adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda’s novel The Mother.
The Street, 226 0000, 2–23 Aug, 5.15pm.