Opening this week

■ Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model

Bryony Kimmings on fine kick-ass form as she explores the sexualised female role models pushed upon pre-adolescent girls and, with the help of her 10-year-old niece, considers whether there might be alternatives. Bristol Old Vic Studio (0117-987 7877), Thursday to Saturday. Then touring.

■ Orlando

Everyone is in love with Orlando, a young boy in the court of Queen Elizabeth, including the old queen herself. But when Orlando wakes up one day as a woman, it is the start of an odyssey across countries and centuries. Virginia Woolf's novel is adapted by Sarah Ruhl. Royal Exchange, Manchester (0161-833 9833), Thursday to 22 March.

■ Birmingham Royal Ballet: Three of a Kind

Triple bill of vintage 20th-century ballets showcasing the wit and style of John Cranko, George Balanchine and Kenneth MacMillan. Birmingham Hippodrome (0844 338 5000), Wednesday until Saturday.

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■ St Vincent

US singer-songwriter Annie Clark promotes fantastic eponymous fifth album. Tour ends Friday, Manchester Cathedral (0845 413 4444).

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■ Another Country

The show that did for Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh what the History Boys did for a subsequent generation. Julian Mitchell's story of emotional treachery and political passions set in a public school in the 1930s transfers from Chichester in Jeremy Herrin's astute revival. Trafalgar Studios, London (0845 505 8500), 26 March to 21 June.

■ Nymphomaniac Parts 1 and 2

Lars von Trier has unveiled a crazy and brilliant hardcore/explicit odyssey of lust, defiance and penetrative sex — at epic length. Released on Saturday.

■ Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain

Based on concepts from critic Raymond Williams' book Keywords, this show looks at British art in the light of political and social dissent in a turbulent decade. Tate Liverpool (0151-702 7400), from 28 February to 11 May.