Critics’ choices What to see this week
EXHIBITIONS FACES OF A QUEEN by Alastair Sooke For the first time in their history, all three surviving versions of the so-called “Armada Portrait” of Elizabeth I – commemorating her victory over the Spanish in 1588 – go on display in the 17th-century Queen’s House, built on the site of Greenwich Palace, where she was born. The Queen’s House, Royal Museums Greenwich, London SE10 (020 8858 4422), until Aug 31
POP SUPERGRASS by Neil McCormick Once the youngest and most joyously irreverent Britpop band, Supergrass have reunited for a 25th anniversary tour, which promises to rekindle the energy and mischief of their 1995 debut, I Should Coco. Ulster Hall, Belfast (supergrass.com), tomorrow and touring
THEATRE LEOPOLDSTADT by Dominic Cavendish Tom Stoppard’s swan song takes in more than 50 years of Jewish life in Vienna, and builds to a devastating conclusion as the eradication of the Nazi era is confronted. An unforgettable adieu. Wyndham’s Theatre, London WC2 (0844 482 5151), until June 13
JAZZ QUERCUS by Ivan Hewett This extraordinary trio brings together June Tabor, a star of the folk scene since the Seventies, with jazz saxophonist Iain Ballamy and jazz pianist Huw Warren, to perform newly composed songs of quiet yet powerful magic. Warwick Arts Centre (02476 524524), today
FILM EMMA by Tim Robey Anya Taylor-Joy plays Austen’s meddling matchmaker in a pleasantenough new adaptation, scripted by Booker winner Eleanor Catton and directed by photographer Autumn De Wilde. Not all the cast are used to their best advantage, but Johnny Flynn’s seething Mr Knightley and Mia Goth’s delightfully artless Harriet are both excellent. U cert, 125 min
DANCE THE CELLIST by Mark Monahan Riding high after her superb Victoria for Northern Ballet, choreographer Cathy Marston turns her attention to the life of the great cellist Jacqueline du Pré for the Royal Ballet. The Cellist is performed in a double bill with Jerome Robbins’s 1969 masterpiece Dances at a Gathering. Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020 7304 4000), in rep Mon-March 4
OPERA NIXON I N CHINA by Rupert Christiansen Joana Carneiro conducts a new Scottish Opera production of John Adams’s thrillingly imaginative meditation on Nixon’s 1972 summit meeting with Chairman Mao. Theatre Royal, Glasgow (0844 871 7647), Tues, Thurs, Sat and touring
COMEDY JAMES MCNICHOLAS: THE BOXER by Tristram Fane Saunders Closer to storytelling theatre than comedy, this charming debut show tells the story of McNicholas’s grandfather Terry Downes, the former middleweight champion of the world. Soho Theatre, London W1 (020 7478 0100), Weds-Feb 29