THEATRE
Vincent in Brixton
Playhouse, London WC2 (020-7369 1785)
A welcome return for Clare Higgins as the passionate widow in Nicholas Wright’s sensitive account of Van Gogh’s London years. 7.30pm. Ends August 30.
FASHION
Ossie Clark
V&A, London SW7 (020-7942 2000)
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More than 60 delectable garments by the influential designer who defined the spirit of fashion in the Sixties and Seventies. Continuing.
OPERA
Jerry Springer — The Opera
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1 (020-7452 3000)
Proving truth is always more weird than fiction, the cult TV chat show is prime material for Richard Thomas’s hilarious musical. Ends September 30.
THEATRE
Cymbeline
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon (0870 6091110)
Daniel Evans and Emma Fielding are the embattled couple and Anton Lesser the wicked Iachimo in the Bard’s late romantic tragicomedy. Ends November 7.
THEATRE
The Mysteries 2003
Coventry Cathedral Ruins (024-7655 3055)
There’ll be more than 100 actors and loaves the sizes of cars for the Jonah story. The mind boggles about what they’ll produce for the Ark. Tomorrow to August 23.
TONIGHT’S PROMS
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Richard Strauss
Albert Hall, London SW7 (020-7589 8212)
Sir Charles Mackerras conducts a gorgeous fragment taken from Die Liebe der Danae alongside extracts from Der Rosenkavalier. 7.30pm.
BOOK AHEAD
Madame Bovary
Everyman, Liverpool (0151-708 3700)
The ever-innovative Shared Experience return in a new adaptation of Flaubert’s classic by Fay Weldon. October 28 to November 1.
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PHOEBE GREENWOOD