The Independent Recommends: The best plays

The Street of Crocodiles (Queen's)

Triumphant revival of Theatre de Complicite's surreal, funny and seering plunge into the imagination of Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, shot dead by the Nazis in 1942. To 20 Feb

The Colour of Justice (Tricycle)

Enormously potent staged re-enactment of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (right). It coincides with uproar surrounding the fate of the policemen involved in the case. To 6 Feb

Memory of Water (Vaudeville)

Alison Steadman pulls off one of the funniest and truest drunk scenes ever in Shelagh Stephenson's fine play about sisters brought back together for their mother's funeral. To 10 Apr

A Month in the Country (RSC, Stratford)

Michael Attenborough directs Brian Friel's adaptation of Turgenev's portrait of all-consuming desire. In rep to 20 Feb

Martin Yesterday (Royal Exchange, Manchester)

Marianne Elliot directs this sharp new play from the cult Canadian dramatist Brad "Unidentified Human Remains" Fraser. To 6 Feb