On stage

ZINNIE HARRIS writes and directs the final short play of the 2010 season of six plays in the A Play, A Pie, And A Pint strand at the Traverse Theatre next week. Anne Lacey and Sean Scanlan star in The Garden, which premiered at the Traverse breakfast series as a rehearsed reading during the 2009 Festival Fringe. Set in a dystopian future on the brink of climate collapse, the piece tells the story of a loving couple stranded in a residential block of a research facility.

Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, Tuesday-Saturday, 1pm, 10, 0131-228 1404

DRAMA: EVERY ONE

EVERYMAN, a 15th century morality play by an unknown author provided the inspiration for the Royal Lyceum's latest production, Every One. Directed by Mark Thomson, the company's artistic director, and written by Jo Clifford, Every One is the tale of an everyday family. They are aware their lives are being witnessed by a theatre full of people, but with nothing to mark them out as particularly unusual they are slightly puzzled by the attention. All this changes when Death comes calling.

Royal Lyceum, Grindlay Street, until 10 April, 7.45pm (matinees 2.30pm), 12-27, 0131-248 4848

MUSICAL: DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS

THE year is 1961 and emotions are running high as young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win the hearts of their adoring female fans - and the gorgeous Laura. But when Laura shows she is no slouch with a guitar, rock and roll fame beckons. Written by Marks and Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart and Birds Of A Feather, this musical stars X Factor's Jonathan Bremner.

Edinburgh Playhouse, Greenside Place, until tomorrow, 7.30pm (matinee 2.30pm), 11.50-31, 0844-847 1660

THEATRE: THE HOBBIT

THOSE impatiently awaiting Guillermo del Toro's big screen adaptation of The Hobbit should make a beeline for the Festival Theatre, where JRR Tolkien's rip-roaring tale of dungeons and dragons comes to life in a thrilling production, adapted for stage by Glyn Robbins and directed by Roy Marsden, best known for his portrayal of Inspector Dalgleish in the televised versions of the PD James novels. "It's much darker and much more serious than it used to be," he says.

Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, until Sunday, various times, 16.50-24, 0131-529 6000