Booking now open for the Royal Opera's winter season New productions of Salome and Don Carlo, a Harrison Birtwistle premiere and Domingo. ROH, WC2, from Sept 10
Elling John Simm stars in the West End transfer of the Bush's sellout Norwegian comedy. Trafalgar Studios, SW1, previewing now
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Cast by public vote, Lee Mead stars in Lloyd Webber's show. But will he win over the critics? Adelphi, WC2, previewing now
Comedy Gala at the Edinburgh Festival A one-stop shop to see some stand-up greats, including Jimmy Carr, Phill Jupitus and Alan Carr. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Aug 21
Carling Weekend Red Hot Chili Peppers, Razorlight and Smashing Pumpkins headline at the two-site festival. Reading and Leeds, Aug 24-26
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Renaissance Siena: Art for a City An exhibition making the case for the artists of the late Sienese republic to be better known. National Gallery, WC2, Oct 24-Jan 13
A Mighty Heart Angelina Jolie plays the wife of the reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002. In cinemas from Sept 21