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Picaresque fantasy: Dr Parnassus

Compelling: Jonathan Cope and Tamara Rojo perform Mayerling

THE PREMIERE
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Empire Leceister Square, WC2
Tuesday
Terry Gilliam's picaresque, London-shot fantasy is the last film with Heath Ledger — it took Colin Farrell, Jude Law and Johnny Depp to replace him when he died tragically during filming — but the surprise star is model Lily Cole.

THE FIRST NIGHT
The Power of Yes
National's Lyttelton, SE1
Tuesday
“A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis” is how the National describes David Hare's latest venture, written in response to last September's crash.

THE BALLET
Mayerling
Covent Garden, WC2
Wednesday
The Royal Ballet's new season opens with a revival of Kenneth MacMillan's masterpiece about an Austro-Hungarian prince (the compelling Edward Watson) and a vexed story of succession.

THE OPERA
Turandot
Coliseum, WC2
Thursday
The English National Opera has enlisted Rupert Goold — the much-praised director of Enron and a chilling Macbeth — to enliven Puccini's favourite. Listen out for Nessun Dorma.

THE EXHIBITION
Turner Prize Show
Tate Britain, SW1
Tuesday
Roger Hiorns (of the room of blue crystals fame), Enrico David, Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright are the shortlisted artists who have created installations for this year's show.

 

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