THE TOP FIFTY

POP

1

Manic Street Preachers

The make-up and the militaria are back (above). Corn Exchange, Cambridge (01223 357 851) Tue; Leeds Uni (0870 534 4444) Wed; Cardiff Uni (0292 078 1458) Fri & Sat; touring

2

Justin Timberlake

Trilby-hatted, falsetto-singing, human beat-boxing pop deity Trousersnake puts on his biggest shows ever. NIA, Birmingham (0870 909 4144) Tue to Fri; touring

3

Roger Waters

The ex-Pink Floyder performs Dark Side of the Moon. MEN Arena, Mancs (0870 060 1768) Mon; NEC, Birmingham (0870 730 0196) Tue; Earls Court, London (020 7373 8141) Fri & Sat

4

Ray Davies

English songwriting at its immortal best. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (0141 353 8000) tonight; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (0131 529 6000) Mon; touring

5

Low

The minimalistic Minnesotan Mormons who hate being described as "slow core". So, don't. Shepherd's Bush Empire, London (0870 380 0017) Tue

THEATRE

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'THREE SISTERS' Cheek by Jowl's beautifully detailed, hauntingly dark take on Chekhov with a Russian cast (and English subtitles). Northern Stage, Newcastle (0191 230 5151) Wed to Sat

2

'THE ENTERTAINER' Robert Lindsay is superb in Osborne's classic about the dying musical, British Empire, and a dysfunctional family. Old Vic, London (0870 040 0046) to 26 May

3

'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' Tim Supple's fabulous, bewitching, fierce and funny Dream with an Indian and Sri Lankan cast. Swan, Stratford (0844 800 1110) to 19 May

4

'RAFTA, RAFTA' Very enjoyable British Asian comedy about newly- weds and their parents. By Ayub Khan-Din of East is East. NT Lyttelton, London (020 7452 3000) to 23 Jun

5

'BOEING-BOEING' Excellent casting - including Mark Rylance and Michelle Gomez - makes this 1960s sex farce irresistible. Comedy Theatre, London (0870 060 6637) booking to 20 Oct

FILM

1

'This Is England'

Boots, braces and the state of the nation: Nottingham auteur Shane Meadows hits top form in this skinhead coming-of-age story set in the early Eighties

2

'The Lives of Others'

Secrets and lies, Stasi style: Ulrich Mohe excels as the eyes and ears of the secret state in this powerful depiction of life in the old East Germany

3

Mosaiques 2007

Festival of world culture features African drama Daratt and Egyptian epic The Yacoubian Building. Institut Francais/Ritzy, London (www.institut-francais.org.uk/mosaiques) from Thur

4

'Scott Walker: 30 Century Man'

David Bowie, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker et al queue up to pay homage to the enigmatic avant-crooner in Stephen Kijak's revealing account of a weird and wonderful career

5

'Away From Her'

Julie Christie and Donald Pinsent both excel as a couple adjusting to life with her Alzheimer's. A wintry, adult, quietly forceful weepy, adapted from an Alice Muro story

CLASSICAL

1

MARIA JOAO PIRES

Rufus Moller and the Brodsky Quartet join the pianist in two programmes of chamber music and lieder by Schubert. Wigmore Hall, London (020 7935 2141) Tue

2

CAROLE CERASI/EMMA KIRKBY/LONDON BAROQUE

The Lufthansa Festival commemorates the 250th anniversary of Domenico Scarlatti's death. St John's Smith Square, London (020 7222 1061) Wed

3

BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Marin Alsop conducts The Wooden Prince and Four Orchestral Pieces in the first of Bournemouth's Bartk series. Lighthouse, Poole (0870 066 8701) Wed

4

'PELLAS ET MLISANDE'

Simon Rattle conducts Angelika Kirschlager, Simon Keenlyside and Gerald Finley in Stanislas Nordey's Salzburg Easter Festival production. ROH, London (020 7304 4000) from Fri

5

BBCSO/GARDNER

Edward Gardner conducts Sarah Connolly in Britten's Phaedra and Colin Matthews's orchestration of A Charm of Lullabies. Barbican Hall, London (0845 120 7500) Sat

BOOKS

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'THE ANGRY YEARS' Colin Wilson (Robson)

Or rather, 'Sex Lives of the Angry Young Men' - a score-settling memoir by The Outsider author

2

'LENI' Steven Bach (Little, Brown)

Coldly clear-eyed assessment of the warped life and corrupted talent of Leni Riefenstahl

3

'THE CLAUDE GLASS' Tom Bullough (Sort of)

An unlikely friendship between two boys on a Welsh hill farm ends in heartbreak - an intense and accomplished novel

4

'THE GATHERING' Anne Enright (Cape)

An eccentric Irish family prone to secrets is torn open by the suicide of one of its members - a shifting, complex novel

5

'THE ART OF LEE MILLER' Mark Haworth-Booth (V&A)

Brilliant, unhappy Surrealist photographer whose work spans catwalks and concentration camps

VISUAL ART

1

MOYNA FLANNIGAN Ghostly works haunt Gothic corridors. Black paintings in the Henry VIII room. Eek. Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute (01700 503877) to 30 May

2

JESSICA RANKIN Embroidered maps and encrypted codes from this Australian mistress of the needle. White Cube, London N1 (020 7930 5373) to 19 May

3

FREAKSHOW: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY The Tyneside behemoth made a cabinet of curiosities by the likes of Mark Dion. Sick, sick puppies. Baltic, Gateshead (0191 478 1810) to 26 Aug