Slap

Welcome to the world of Dominique, a glamorous transsexual hooker in the throes of an emotional meltdown, caught between a rock and hard face, juggling a stalker client with a crush and her cute, chavved out, drugged up boyf who hasn’t got out the bath in a week. Shocking, sexy and sometimes sweet, this is one 70 minute rollercoaster ride you’ll never forget.

Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, London October 1 to 10. Details: 020 8534 0310

YolanDa Brown – Reggae Love Songs

Double MOBO Award Winning Saxophonist YolanDa Brown with special guest Mica Paris, Julian Marley, Natalie Stewart aka The Floacist and Omar Lye-Fook and her 10 piece band, brings some sunshine to the Hackney Empire with a special concert titled "Reggae Love Songs". Join YolanDa Brown on an infectious journey of Reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities. Brown is widely regarded as the Premier Female Saxophonist in the UK. She is one of the most exciting, in-demand live performers.

Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, London, October 3. Details: 020 8985 2424

Shaun of the Dead Live

Almost Legal Productions present a stage production of the cult comedy classic. Following the action of the film expect vinyl throwing, cricket bats and loads of zombies! Shout along with your favourite one-liners, unashamedly enjoy the song and dance moments and best of all bash as many undead as you can! We suggest you make good use of your FREE survival kits. This may be your last opportunity to see this fantastic, one-of-a-kind show so book your place today!

Hackney Empire, Mare Street, October 2. Details: 020 8985 2424

Spygame

Waltham Abbey Theatre Company would like to welcome you to our latest production SPYGAME. A comedy/thriller by Bettine Manktelow is a brilliant little play set in an old mansion house where six eclectic people are brought together to take part in a new television programme. The added incentive of winning a lot of money and the possibility of becoming famous creates intrigue and some surprising revelations about the human psyche. Sprinkled with a wry sense of humour, SPYGAME has all the ingredients of a very good evening entertainment.

The Town Hall, Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, September 24 to 26.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

When four children are evacuated from wartime London, their stay in a rambling country house brings them more than they bargained for, when they stumble across a magical wardrobe, a gateway to another world - Narnia. This thrilling musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis's classic children's story received rave reviews and broke box office records when commissioned by the RSC. Experience the magic once more, in this specially staged production this October.

Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Harlow, October 2 to 4. Details: 01279 431945

Funny Peculiar: An Eccentric Walking Tour of Harlow

Join tour guides Lesley and Leslie for a quirky and entertaining guided tour around Harlow!

The best societies are made up of eccentrics. People who live their lives without worrying what others think are more likely to be healthier and live longer than the rest of us. We wish to celebrate such people, and tour guides Lesley and Leslie have scoured Harlow for inspiration.

Each tour includes live performance, an entertaining audio-guide experience, and gently encourages us to have fun in our glorious spaces. Walking Tour, departs from Harlow Playhouse.

Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Harlow, September 24 to 26. Details: 01279 431945

How the Koala Learnt to Hug

Koalas are the cuddliest critters but just how did they learn to hug? There’s only one way to find out so come and hear Karen The Koala tell her story in this fun filled family musical, written especially for parents to enjoy with their children. Based on the book How The Koala Learnt To Hug by Steven Lee, this charming production is back on tour for its fifth anniversary. With a host of gorgeous puppet characters, great stories, sing along songs, superb games and first class hugging all you’ll need are your ears.(And your arms!)

Chelmsford City Theatres, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, September 25 and 26. Details: 01245 606505

Sister Act

Following critical acclaim from recent Broadway and London West End tours, 'Sister Act' is the feel-amazing, family-friendly smash hit musical comedy based on the movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. Featuring original music by Tony and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Beauty & The Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), 'Sister Act' tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva, whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look - a convent! Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. Award-winning CAODS return to the Civic Theatre with this sparking tribute to the universal power of friendship.....'Sister Act' is a reason to rejoice!

Chelmsford City Theatres, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, until September 26. Details: 01245 606505

Shakespearience

The Playground Theatre's "utterly enthralling" take on three of the Bard's best plays toured throughout 2014 to 5* reviews. Originally devised to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, SHAKESPEARIENCE! is a whirlwind hour of action-packed storytelling, with the audience on a full-throttle ride through three of the Bard's best-loved plays. Full of humour, fun and mayhem; Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night come alive in this educative interactive family show.

Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, September 26. Details: 020 8708 8800

Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain

"The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap." It's 1942 and a horde of Yankee servicemen have just arrived in England - where the locals speak a strange dialect, boil all their food, and talk endlessly about the weather. The Americans see the Brits as a strange race. Get ready to judge for yourself in a night of joyous laughter and downright silliness as a crack team of experts attempt to explain the rules of British life.

Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, September 30. Details: 020 8708 8800