Jim Mezon steps into Neil Munro’s shoes to direct An Inspector Calls, J. B. Priestley’s tale of one family’s undoing on a peaceful spring evening. When a young woman dies under mysterious circumstances, the intrepid Inspector Goole (Benedict Campbell) comes knocking. To Nov. 2. Festival Theatre.

The ever-popular themes of family and finance form the centrepiece of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes. The money-hungry Hubbard brothers have decided to make their fortunes by investing in a Southern cotton mill. But when they enlist the aid of their ruthless sis, Regina, they may have gotten more than they bargained for. Lucky Laurie Paton gets to try her hand at one of the most toothsome female roles in American theatre. Eda Holmes directs. To Nov. 1. Royal George Theatre.

The sacred bonds of matrimony are put under a microscope in George Bernard Shaw’s comic 1908 work, Getting Married. The Bishop of Chelsea’s daughter, Edith (Krista Colosimo), is set to wed, but both she and her intended are having second thoughts. Joseph Ziegler directs. To Nov. 16. Royal George.

In university grad Vivie Warren, Shaw created a character who seems to have it all: a promising future in finance, a doting suitor and a devoted mother. But it all comes tumbling down when she finds out exactly how her studies were financed. How was she to know that Mrs. Warren’s Profession was the oldest trick in the book? Festival artistic director Jackie Maxwell coaches Mary Haney and Moya O’Connell as the mother-daughter pair. To Nov. 1. Festival.—Stéphanie Verge