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Opera

Five short operas (Battersea Arts Centre) Brief encounters Michael Tanner A walk up Lavender Hill to the Bat- tersea Arts Centre was amply rewarded by a company founded two......

Theatre 2

Timon of Athens (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford) Rout of the world Patrick Carnegy T he RSC rounds off what's been a strong season with Gregory Doran's arrest- ing......