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CHARLOTTE MULLINS
Rembrandt by Himself
National Gallery, WC2 (0171 747 2885) to 5 Sept
Sixty self-portraits by the 17th-century Dutch master.
1999 NatWest Prize
Lothbury Gallery, EC2 (0171 726 1642) to 27 Aug
Includes the pounds 26,000 winner Jason Brooks. See feature, page 1.
As Dark as Light
St Ives International (01736 333024) to 31 Oct
Ambitious exhibition inspired by the 11 August eclipse.
Opening this week
Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius
The Lighthouse, Glasgow (0141 287 7346) Fri to 22 Aug
Opening exhibition of the flagship project of Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design.
The Value of
Courtauld Gallery, WC2 (0171 848 2549) Thurs to 30 Aug
Fifteen pairs of unlabelled work - which of the two is worth more and why?
Film
ANTONIA QUIRKE
Human Traffic (18)
This is a funny, wise film, as alive to the attractions of drugs as it is to their associated problems.
A Simple Plan (15)
Sam Raimi's film stars Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton as brothers who find $4m.
Opening on Friday The Mummy (12)
Hurrah! Indiana-type
Valley of the Kings adventure. Rogue Trader (15)
Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel in a biopic of the fall of Barings slayer Nick Leeson.
The Debt Collector (15)
With Billy Connolly and Ken Stott.
Theatre
ROBERT BUTLER
Troilus and Cressida
Olivier, SE1
(0171 452 3000) in rep to July
Trevor Nunn's magnificent staging of Shakespeare's bitter take on the Trojan Wars.
The Real Thing
Donmar Warehouse, WC2 (0171 369 1732) to 7 Aug
Stephen Dillane and Jennifer Ehle in David Leveaux's sexy revival of Stoppard.
Opening this week
Perfect Days Vaudeville, WC2 (0171 836 9987) Mon to 25 Sept Liz Lochhead's comedy transfers to the West End, with Siobhan Redmond in the lead.
Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants Old Vic, SE1 (0171 928 7616) Tues to 17 July The remarkable sleight-of-hand artist arrives in London for only 20 performances. Directed by David Mamet.
Opera
MICHAEL WHITE
Garsington Festival Garsington, nr Oxford (01865 361636) to 11 July David Fielding directs Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae, Sat.
Opening this week
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough, nr Stow-on-the-Wold (01451 830292) Fri to 17 July ENO voices in reduced-scale shows of Wagner's Rheingold and Walkure.
Concerts
MICHAEL WHITE
Wardour Festival Wiltshire (01747 8208722) to 27 June Including Richard Rodney Bennett's children's opera, All the King's Men.
Spitalfields Festival Christ Church, E1 (0171 377 1362) to 30 June Highlight: Christ Church Oxford Choir sing Bach, Wed.
Hampstead & Highgate Festival
Various venues, London (0171 435 9910) to Sat
New venture, with a Rautavaara premiere, Tues.
Opening this week:
City of London Festival Various venues, London (0171 638 8891) Tues to 15 July Brahms's German Requiem in St Paul's Cathedral, Wed.
Dance
JENNY GILBERT
Traboule
Highbury Fields, N5 (0171 689 0200) today to 27 June
The latest physical-theatre circus from France.
Rambert Dance Co
Theatre Royal, Norwich (01603 630000) Thurs to Sat
Triple bill including a new revival of the Christopher Bruce classic, Ghost Dances.
Swan Lake
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 (0171 589 8212) to Sat, then touring
Derek Deane's in-the-round staging for ENB.
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