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CHARLOTTE MULLINS
Thinking Aloud
Camden s, NW3 (0171 435 5224) to 30 May Last chance to see this inspiring show.
Bethan Huws
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno (01492 879201) to 3 July
Major exhibition of watercolours.
As Dark as Light
Tate Gallery, St Ives (01736 796543) to 31 Oct
Ambitious exhibition inspired by the 11 August eclipse.
vegas: 1999 Olay Vision Award
Lux Gallery, N1 (0171 684 2785) to 20 June
Five women artists vie for the pounds 23,000 prize.
Opening this week
John Coplans
The Dean Gallery, Edinburgh (0131 624 6200) Sat to 25 July
A photographic portrait taken over 15 years: warts and all.
Susan Hiller
Delfina, SE1 (0171 357 6600) Fri to 4 July
Her latest video installation, Psi Girls, looks at adolescence.
The Show 1999
RCA, SW7 (0171 590 4198) Thurs to 6 June
Graduating students display their wares.
Film
ANTONIA QUIRKE
True Crime (15)
Clint Eastwood directs and stars as an old-fashioned hack sent to cover the execution of a convicted murderer.
Best Laid Plans (15)
British director Mike Barker's mini-thriller about a couple who blackmail an old college friend.
Orphans (18)
A family of Glaswegian brothers and sisters fall apart the night before their cherished mother's funeral.
Opening on Friday
The King and I (U)
Children's cartoon of the famous musical, featuring the voice of Miranda Richardson.
My Favourite Martian (PG)
Remake of an American television series about a Martian who comes to live on earth, with Elizabeth Hurley.
Captain Jack (PG)
Bob Hoskins and Sadie Frost star in this British comedy.
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.
Opening this week
Three Sisters
Whitehall, SW1 (0171 369 1735) Tues to 3 July
Dominic Dromgoole brings Chekhov to the former home of farce.
The Death of Cool
Hampstead, NW3 (0171 722 9301) Tues to 19 June
New play by Alan Pollock, starring Colin Tiernay.
Opera
MICHAEL WHITE
Opening this week
Damnation of Faust Royal Festival Hall, SE1 (0171 960 4242) Tues
Valery Gergiev conducts Berlioz's sound-spectacle.
Ines de Castro Theatre Royal, Glasgow (0141 332 9000) Thurs to 10 June Revival of James MacMillan's response to Spanish high-renaissance passion.
Concerts
MICHAEL WHITE
Covent Garden Festival
(0171 413 1410) to 5 June
Highlights include Strauss's The Donkey's Shadow, Mon; and Wagner's Ring, Wed, Fri and Sat.
Bath Festival
(01225 463362) to 6 June
Includes a royal gala at Bath Abbey, Sat.
Opening this week
Beverley Early Music Festival
(01482 885296) from Thurs
With medieval music's deadly serious answer to the Spice Girls, Anonymous 4.
Dance
JENNY GILBERT
Cruel Garden
Sadler's Wells, EC1 (0171 863 8000) Tues-Sat
Rambert's vivid music-theatre show evoking the life of Lorca.
Opening this week
Martha Graham Dance Co
Barbican, EC2 (0171 638 8891) Tues-Sat
The first visit since the doyenne's death in 1991.
Wim Vandekeybus
Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 (0171 960 4242) Wed & Thurs
Belgian choreographer presents a work with music by Talking Heads man David Byrne.
Planted Seeds
Phoenix, Exeter (01392 667080) Mon; Theatre Royal, Plymouth (01752 267222) Tues; Lyceum, Sheffield (0114 2496000) Wed
Compelling narrative dance drama about the Balkan conflict.
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