III' , 'Henry V' and 'The Taming of the Shrew' in July and August. You can stand in the Yard like the Elizabethan hoi polloi, or take the aristocratic route and get a seat to look down from the galleries. In terms of both ticket sales and bombast the West End's big-draw musicals are rivalled only by Broadway in New York. From the current crop, our recommendation is 'Sweeney Todd' at the Adelphi Theatre: it's a superb production of the Stephen Sondheim musical about the murderous barber of Fleet Street -- starring two figures well-known from British stage and screen, Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton. At the Palace Theatre, meanwhile, 'Singin' in the Rain' is an all-singing, all-dancing homage to the 1952 Gene Kelly film. Set in the 1920s it boasts flappers, film stars and aviators in immaculately choreographed (if rather splashy) routines. For dance purists, the roster of world-class performances at Sadler's Wells is always worth a look. British choreographic phenomenon 'Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words' is set in Chelsea in 1965, and tackles a struggle for power and sexual domination behind the faade of privileged domestic order. A critical and commercial success when it was at the National Theatre in 2002, it's on for a limited run until August 5 at Sadler's. Art exhibitions in London during the Olympics The Cultural Olympiad has given the London art world a chance to show off its heritage -- both historical and modern. The most literal link between art and sport