Choice: DAVID BENEDICT

Helena Kaut Howson's moving and elemental production Full Moon (right) premiered at Theatr Clwyd last year and was immediately flooded with invitations to international festivals. This evocative tale of a Welsh childhood, at the Young Vic until 4 March, is tender, savage and funny by turns.

Arthur Miller's royalties must be fairly healthy these days -thanks to David Thacker, whose vivid production of A View from the Bridge is currently at the Bristol Old Vic. In a strong year for the Royal Court Young Writers Festival, Michael Wynne's Merseyside comedy The Knocky proved such a hit that it has returned to the Theatre Upstairs.

Wallace Shawn is doing it in the film; Tom Courtenay's doing it in New York; now Stephen Rea is doing it with Field Day around Ireland. Playing Uncle Vanya that is. The translation is by Frank McGuinness and the director is Peter Gill. A must.