Arts ahead

Black Watch

National Theatre Of Scotland

SECC, Finnieston Quay

March 28-April 20

Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armoured wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on interviews conducted by Gregory Burke with former soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, the play reveals what it means to be part of the "war on terror" and then make the journey home again. Movement, music and song create a visceral and complex piece of theatre which has won national and international acclaim. It returns for this three-week run to the National Theatre of Scotland where the production originated.

www.nationaltheatrescotland.com

Robert Filliou: The Institute Of Endless Possibilities

Henry Moore Institute, The Headrow

Until June 23

This is the first exhibition of the work of Robert Filliou (1926-87) in Britain and it poses the question of at what point an everyday object becomes a sculpture.

A trained political scientist, Filliou was greatly inspired by the work of Charles Fourier, especially his concept of "attractive passions" that championed the concept of work as pleasure. Play and joy occupy crucial roles for Filliou, who believed art making was part of a permanent, universal and endless process deeply embedded in everyday life.

www.henry-moore.org

Sweet Honey In

The Rock

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2

March 23

The iconic US female vocal group return for their first British show in eight years with music steeped in African-American traditions and clarion calls of the civil rights movement ringing through. Celebrating their history as black women, they bring together elements of blues, gospel, rap, reggae, hip hop, jazz and ancient lullabies to create an arresting performance of music, dance and sign language. Inspirational.

www.barbican.org.uk

The Hospital At The Time Of The Revolution

Finborough Theatre, Finborough Road, SW10

March 28-April 16

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Martinique-born psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and writer whose best known works include Black Skin, White Masks and his masterpiece The Wretched Of The Earth. This play by one of our great playwrights Caryl Churchill is set in the Algeria of 1956 when the country was fighting for independence from French colonial rule. Fanon (pictured), head of a hospital psychiatric department in Algiers, treats both oppressed and oppressor and the play poses the question of who are the real victims in this challenging piece exposing the adjustment of morality for the sake of conscience. Highly recommended.

www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk