Haley McGee in Age is a Feeling

TOMORROW May Be My Last is the story of a small-town girl’s remarkable journey from adolescent outcast to musical icon. Set during a music festival, the show marks a key moment in Janis Joplin’s brief existence and includes a live band. Joplin is played by singer-songwriter Collette Cooper. Feb 14-May 6. oldredliontheatre.co.uk/

• Inspired by hospices, mystics and trips to the cemetery, Haley McGee’s one-woman show, Age is a Feeling, wrestles with our endless chances to change course while we’re alive. A rallying cry against cynicism and regret, this never-the-same-twice show is directed by Adam Brace and runs from Feb14-March 11. sohotheatre.com/

• Chekhov’s Dildo is a break-up-sex comedy. Ex-lovers Annabel and Rufus show us what it means to fall back between the sheets of a past romance. Annabel is Rufus’s former student. Sharp, mocking and flirtatious, she matches his pseudo intellectualism. But as the night draws on, a subtle, misogynistic edge is brought to the surface. To Feb 18. thehopetheatre.com/

• Set in a penal colony in Australia in 1787, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good depicts the build up to the convicts’ performance of George Farquhar’s drama, The Recruiting Officer. To Feb 18. towertheatre.org.uk/

• Jo Harper’s The Beach House explores the fragility of female relationships, motherhood, sisterhood and other distractions. Moving out of the city to raise their baby, the old house by the sea is supposed to be a peaceful new start for Liv and Kate. But Liv is a songwriter in crisis who’s too distracted to write, while Kate needs to return to work to get some order back in her life. Park 90 Feb 14-March 11. parktheatre.co.uk/

• Jim Steinman’s award-winning musical Bat Out of Hell is at the Peacock Theatre from Feb 16-April 1. It includes Meat Loaf’s powerhouse anthems including I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That), Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad, Dead Ringer For Love and Bat Out of Hell, in a gloriously over the top theatrical spectacle. sadlerswells.com/

• Henry Naylor’s docu-play Afghanistan is Not Funny is the true story of a British comedian’s experiences in war-torn Afghanistan. In 2002, researching a comedy, Naylor and photographer Sam Maynard entered the warzone. It was a trip which changed both their lives. Feb 21-March 11. arcolatheatre.com/

• After the Act: A Section 28 Musical, by Ellice Stevens and Billy Barrett, examines the dark period of UK history when Section 28 prohibited the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools. It is 35 years since Section 28 was voted into law by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, and 20 years since its repeal. Every word in the show is taken from interviews with students, activists, and teachers, as well as from tabloid articles and news clips. Feb 28-April 1. newdiorama.com/