WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK

Film

Johnny English Strikes Again

The third outing in 15 years for Rowan Atkinson’s blundering Bond pastiche is the latest in a long line of missed opportunities to bring its leading man’s rare genius for physical comedy to the big screen, though a couple of good skits hint at what might have been. Olga Kurylenko co-stars as a friendly Russian spy who helps Johnny (Atkinson, pictured) defend Britain from a malicious hacker.

Robbie Collin

PG cert, 89 mins

Pop

Caro Emerald

The Dutch jazz singer (pictured) – who has broken chart records in her home country – is a class act, bringing soul and flow to her charming adaptations of retro sounds and styles. Her songs offer fresh perspectives on old musical tropes, while her voice floats in and out of the mix with a sublime backing band.

Neil McCormick

De Montfort Hall, Leicester (0116 233 3111), tomorrow and touring

Dance

Royal Ballet: Mayerling

This Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 dramatisation of the double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, played by Steven McRae (pictured), and his young mistress in 1889, is the darkest and (for its cast) most demanding of all his full-evening works. Koen Kessels shares the conducting duties with Paul Murphy.

Mark Monahan

Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020 7304 4000), in rep until Oct 30

Theatre

Antony and Cleopatra

Simon Godwin affirms his credentials as one of our finest directors of Shakespeare with this lucid reading of theatre’s greatest mid-life love story, starring Ralph Fiennes as the fading yet still formidable Roman, and Sophie Okonedo (both pictured) as the Egyptian queen who tempts him to her lair, bringing about their tragic downfall. Dominic Cavendish

National’s Olivier Theatre, London SE1 (020 7452 3000), until Jan 19