An evergreen summer story is the theater report from the UK, especially London. Which is fine and dandy, since many excellent productions transfer from there — most recently “War Horse” and “Sleep No More,” as well as the current residency of the RSC at the Armory.

But at the same time, let’s get real: London’s not the only place where theater happens outside of the United States!

In fact, many would argue that the European theater capital these days isn’t even London but Berlin. Certainly a lot of cutting-edge theater happens in Germany. In France, the annual Avignon Festival remains a vital sampler of artistry from various European countries, a one-stop shop of cultural experimentation.

Not that we’d know any of that if we only read our leading critics, who stubbornly don’t stray from their Blighty turf.