10 MAY 1997, page 50

Theatre

Frankly Scarlett (King's Head) Dona Rosita the Spinster (Almeida) Out Cry (Lyric Hammersmith) Frankly terrible Sheridan Morley T he funny thing about farces is how very unfunny......

Opera

Tannhauser (Opera North, Leeds) Sabotaging a fine evening Michael Tanner E veryone, beginning with the composer himself, feels that Tannhauser is Wagner's least satisfactory......

Dance

Royal Ballet Triple Bill (Covent Garden) Mixed bag thannandrea Poesio A though many 20th-century choreog- raphers have successfully demonstrated that the ballet vocabulary can......