David Jonsson in rehearsals for and breathe… at the Almeida. Photo: Isha Shah

CENTRING on the loss of a beloved matriarch, Yomi Sode’s and breathe… at the Almeida explores family relationships, bonding and culture. This deeply personal and poetic play tackles the unspoken, between what we leave unsaid to protect each other and how we internalise the world. Performed by David Jonsson, directed Miranda Cromwell and featuring music composed and performed live by Femi Temowo. Until July 10. Visit: almeida.co.uk

• Deborah Bruce’s witty and tender new play, Raya, is playing Downstairs at Hampstead Theatre. It’s been years since former flames Alex and Jason last saw each other. With those carefree university days long behind them, the student reunion seems the perfect opportunity to reconnect, revive and relive their heyday. Directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Claire Price, Bo Poraj and Shannon Hayes. Until July 24 Visit: hampsteadtheatre.com

• Frank and fearless teenagers from Holloway-based Company Three youth theatre spent 2020 making a time capsule of their lives in lockdown, from the day their schools shut down to the present. Recording on their phones, they created lively, intimate scenes from family life, reflecting on what it means to come of age without the usual rites of passage like exams and school leaving parties. They have lost much – but, as the year went on, they found sides to themselves that took them by surprise, and a new appreciation of relationships with others. Presented by Kezia Adewale and Shilton Freeman, the programme includes songs, jokes, sound recordings and thoughts other members of Company Three. June 14, 9pm, BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds

• The Hope theatre reopens with The Boy with the Bee Jar, John Straiton’s darkly lyrical play about a fleeting moment of connection between two different people, and the surprising bonds forged in times of loneliness. On a north London estate, a swarm of bees attracts an environmentally minded schoolboy who feels lost now that his father’s no longer around. In the estate’s playground, he is drawn to an old anarcho-punk called Euston, who is the sole witness to a horrific crime. As the city and its residents tear one another apart, these two misfits form an unexpected alliance, as they realise that each holds the key to the other’s salvation. From June 29. Visit: thehopetheatre.com/whats-on/

• Booking is now open for the Arcola Theatre’s Today I’m Wiser, an outdoor festival fuelled by a collective desire for change. Empty streets. Buildings boarded over. Lone figures trudge the pavements, their faces covered. The city has fallen quiet. But inside flats and houses, in bedrooms and kitchens, something is stirring. People are shifting, questioning, creating. They join together in protest, innovation and debate. They look at the world as if for the first time. And they’re no longer satisfied. From June 29. Visit: arcolatheatre.com/today-im-wiser/