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CHARLOTTE MULLINS
Rembrandt by Himself National Gallery, WC2 (0171 747 2885) to 5 Sept
Sixty self-portraits by the Dutch master.
W Eugene Smith
Dundee Contemporary s (01382 432290) to 29 Aug
Only UK venue for the touring retrospective of one of the US's greatest photojournalists.
Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius
The Lighthouse, Glasgow (0141 221 6362) to 22 Aug
Opening show of the flagship project of Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture & Design.
As Dark as Light
St Ives International (01736 333024) to 31 Oct
Ambitious eclipse exhibition. Opening this week
Notorious: Hitchcock and Contemporary
MoMA, Oxford (01865 722722) today to 3 Oct
Another celebration of Hitch's birth.
Joel Shapiro 1974-1999
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton (01924 830579) Sat to 27 Feb
First major British survey of the influential US sculptor's work.
Film
ANTONIA QUIRKE
Last Night (15)
Don McKellar's superb debut about the last few hours in Toronto before an Apocalypse.
The Lost Son (18)
Chris Menges directs the story of uncovering a paedophile ring with tenderness and care.
The Mummy (15)
Not quite Indiana Jones meets The Evil Dead, but close.
Croupier (15)
Mike Hodges's finest film so far.
Cruel Intentions (15)
Dangerous Liaisons set in well-to-do New York.
Opening this week
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (U) Oh, go on then.
The Third Man (PG)
Orson Welles's 1949 classic.
Theatre
ROBERT BUTLER
Troilus and Cressida
Olivier, SE1 (0171 452 3000) in rep to 24 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
Last Dance at Dum Dum
New Ambassadors, WC2 (0171 836 6111), Wed to 28 Aug
After his hit East is East, Ayub Khan-Din's new play centres on racial bigotry in 1980s Calcutta. Stuart Burge directs.
Opera
MICHAEL WHITE
Opening this week
The Rape of Lucretia
Everyman, Cheltenham (01242 227979) Mon
Perpetrated by Music Theatre Wales in a new touring show.
The Fairy Queen
Guildhall, EC2 (0171 638 8891) Thurs
Robert King conducts.
Buxton Festival
(01298 72190) Thurs to 25 July
Just one home-grown double bill - Donizetti's Il Campanello and Suppe's Galatea.
Concerts
MICHAEL WHITE
Cheltenham Festival
(01242 227979) all week
Tonight: the English premiere of Maxwell Davies's Trumpet Quintet.
Opening this week
The Kennedy Experience
Royal Festival Hall, SE1 (0171 960 4242) Wed
RFH says he's "intrigued by the challenge of charting fresh territory". Hmmm. Dedicated to the memory of Hendrix.
Chester Festival (01244 320700) Sat to 31 July
Lots of British music.
Dance
JENNY GILBERT
Opening this week
13 Different Keys
Atlantis Building, E1 (0171 387 0031) Thurs to 19 July
Ground-breaking new work from Siobhan Davies which brings together Royal Ballet artists with modern-dance veterans.
The Bolshoi: Spartacus
Coliseum, WC1 (0171 632 8300) Mon-Thurs; 22-24 July
Virility rules in this legendary Soviet ballet with its corps of soldiers, slaves and gladiators, and music by Khatchaturian.
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