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Opera

From the House of the Dead; Simon Boccanegra (Welsh National Opera, Birmingham) A spark of the divine Michael Tanner I n the sedate setting of an underpopulat- ed Birmingham......

Theatre

Always (Victoria Palace) Adieu Jacques (Jermyn Street) Closer (Cottesloe) Wallis and Vomit Sheridan Morley N ot perhaps the greatest of weeks for stage musicals, what with......

Cinema

The Devil's Own (15, selected cinemas) Private Parts (18, selected cinemas) Marvin's Room (12, selected cinemas) The killing streets Mark Steyn H ere we go again: another......