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Theatre

Straight Line Crazy David Hare and Ralph Fiennes collaborate again in a play about Robert Moses, the master planner who created modern NYC. Bridge, SE1, 16th March-18th June Jerusalem Jez Butterworth’s mega-hit about rural England returns, with Mark Rylance reviving his award-winning role as Johnny Rooster Apollo, W1, from 16th April To Kill a Mockingbird Rafe Spall plays southern lawyer Atticus Finch in a dramatisation of Harper Lee’s novel. Gielgud 10th March-13th Aug The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams’s poignant drama stars A-lister Amy Adams. Duke of York’s, WC2,

from 23rd May My Fair Lady

Bartlett Sher’s New York production hasn’t announced a cast yet, but if the leads are as good as the original’s (here’s hoping for the NY Higgins, Henry HaddonPaton), this will be a treat. Coliseum, 7th May -27th Aug Oklahoma! But not as you know it. Another New York import, but this is an off-broadway, strippeddown, colour-blind production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, that arrives trailing rave reviews. Young Vic, SE1, from 26th April -25th June

Opera/dance

The Forsythe Evening William Forsythe, 72, is a living advert for the benefits of oldie dancing – one of the greats of choreography, whose Playlist (track 1 and 2) is a playful masterwork. Now he has expanded it to six tracks and added two more pieces to the bill. Prepare to be exhilarated. Sadler’s Wells, EC1, 31st March10th April Like Water for Chocolate Christopher Wheeldon creates a narrative ballet from the 1992 film hit. Royal Opera House, WC2, 2nd-17th June Parsifal Opera North’s new production stars Nicky Spence and Brindley Sherratt. Leeds, 1st-10th June, then touring Otello Verdi’s masterpiece, with Elizabeth Llewellyn, Simon Keenlyside as Iago. Grange Park Opera, 19th June-9th July

Art

Raphael at the National Gallery, 9th April -31st July Van Gogh SelfPortraits at the refurbished Courtauld, WC2, to 8th May Cornelia Parker, the exploding shed lady’s retrospective is at Tate Britain, SW1, from 18th May-16th October

Comedy tours

Barry Humphries 7th April-5th June Sandi Toksvig 20th April-30th June