March 2024's must-sees

Life as a soldier in Ancient Rome could be nasty, brutish and short, but for the lucky it could also lead to citizenship and even a pension. A major new exhibition at the British Museum (which runs until 23 June) looks at what a soldier's everyday life was like, at a time when they could be posted hundreds or even thousands of miles from home. Remarkable objects and personal documents paint a vivid picture of life in the Roman army.

A boldly reimagined new version of Ibsen's classic play about small-town hypocrisy and corruption stars the actor Matt Smith - better known to British audiences as Dr Who. An Enemy of the People explores what happens when a doctor threatens to expose a scandal at a local spa: an act of honesty that earns him the enmity of an entire town. Celebrated director Thomas Ostermeier's new production has a strictly limited run at the Duke of York's Theatre until 6 April.

In his lifetime the American painter John Singer Sargent was celebrated for his virtuoso portraits of the rich and famous, but Tate Britain's new exhibition, Sargent and Fashion, is the first to focus on his use of fashion and clothing. Sargent worked like a fashion stylist, choosing costumes for his sitters to present them in the most glamorous light, and the show includes 60 portraits (some rarely seen) alongside some of the original outfits featured in them. Until 7 July.

An unassuming house by the River Thames in Chiswick hides the best-preserved Arts & Crafts interiors in Britain. Owned by a friend of William Morris, who lived nearby, Emery Walker's House still contains all its original Morris wallpapers and furnishings, and offers an unrivalled insight into the artistic circles of late-Victorian London. Emery Walker was a successful printer and a renowned typographer, who knew many of the leading writers of his day. The house reopens for guided tours on 2 March.