2 MAY 1981, page 29

Arts

Poles apart Peter Ackroyd Rough Treatment ('AA', Camden Plaza) Since this is a Polish film, it becomes interesting almost by accident; so great is the power of the cinema, and......

Opera

Irony Rodney Manes Ariadne auf Naxos (Coliseum) The questions raised by this disastrous evening have as little to do with Strauss's opera as the production itself, save in the......