OPERA
Hansel & Gretel
Roxburgh, Stowe
(01280 848933)
Sarah Gillian Cox and Rebekah Coffey play the innocents to Yvonne Fontane’s dastardly witch in Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic turn. To August 10.
POP
Gotan Project
Somerset House, London, WC2
(020-7287 0932)
Laid-back and Latin — the Summer Set draws to a close with the Gotan Project’s updated Argentinian rhythms. Friday, 7.30pm.
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VISUAL ART
Dalí Universe
County Hall, London SE1
(020-7620 2720)
When is a telephone not a telephone? When it’s a lobster, obviously. See this and 500 other classics at County Hall’s permanent collection of Dalí sculpture.
VISUAL ART
George Shaw: What I Did This Summer
Ikon, Birmingham
(0121-248 0708)
Soft focus on suburbia. Shaw draws inspiration from the Coventry housing estates of his childhood. To September 14.
JAZZ
Brecon Jazz Festival 2003
Brecon
(01874 611622)
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With a line-up that includes Guy Barker, John Etheridge, Stacey Kent, Jamie Callum, Michael Brecker, Richard Galliano and Maceo Parker, things should be swinging in the Beacons. August 8-10.
CONCERT
Ulster Orchestra
Ulster Hall, Belfast
(028-9033 8292)
Part of the White Nights — Music of Russia series, this performance includes Shostakovich’s “jocular march”, the First Cello Concerto. August 8.
THEATRE
Richard II
Shakespeare’s Globe, SE1
(020-7401 9919)
Tim Carroll’s all-male, Elizabethan production has Mark Rylance as the ill-fated monarch. Until September 27.
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Joanna Hunter