The Clinic is at the Almeida. Photo: Marc Brenner

ROOM, Heather Alexander’s dramatised interpretation of A Room of One’s Own, highlights Virginia Woolf’s ideas about gender, creativity and thwarted opportunity. In 1929, in the shadows of Oxbridge, Woolf is scorned, ordered off the path and refused entry to the library. She interrogates the injustice she encounters. Woolf prowls the streets of London consumed by a thousand thoughts. Who can measure the violence of the poet’s heart when tangled in a woman’s body? What if Shakespeare had an equally gifted sister? Upstairs at the Gatehouse, until Sept 4. upstairsatthegatehouse.com

• The 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. Witnesses to this brutal moment in history live among us, yet the stories of that time remain shrouded in silence. Silence, by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Ishy Din and Alexandra Wood (adapted from Kavita Puri’s Partition Voices: Untold British Stories) focuses on communal storytelling, a shared history inspired by the remarkable personal testimonies of people who lived through the last days of the British Raj. Donmar Warehouse, until Sept 17. donmarwarehouse.com

• Inua Ellams blistering retelling of Sophocles’ Antigone is at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from Sept 3-24. A torn family. A hostile state. One heroic brother. One misguided son. One conflicted sister, and the second is on the run. openairtheatre.com

• Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s The Clinic at the Almeida offers a portrait of a woman with a hunger for change. Wunmi is tired of the fight. When her world collapses, she turns to Ore for help. Ore provides sanctuary in her parents’ home to a family of charity workers, therapists and politicians, dedicated to serving their community. Wunmi’s presence soon disrupts familiar patterns – cracks start to widen and bad blood thickens. As these pillars of society crumble, Wunmi wonders whether she’s walked into a refuge or a trap? Sept 3-Oct 1. almeida.co.uk

• Isaac Verrall’s Bi Bi Baileigh is about the navigation of love and how the best laid plans become unstuck. All veterinary student Baileigh has ever wanted is “a husband, some kids, a few animals and a quaint little cottage just south of the A35.” Until a one-night stand makes him question the future he’s always had his heart on. King’s Head Theatre, until Sept 10. kingsheadtheatre.com

• Adapted from his bestselling memoir, Gabriel Byrne’s Walking with Ghosts is a homage to the people and landscapes of his past. Growing up on the outskirts of Dublin, Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and a commentary on stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway, he reflects on his journey. Apollo Theatre, rom Sept 6-17. 0330 333 4809 / withghosts.co.uk