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The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Lenny Henry: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Meryl Streep stars in the long-awaited sequel to the fashion-industry hit, and the comic, actor and bona fide national treasure returns to the stage Continue reading... Meryl Streep stars in the long-awaited sequel to the fashion-industry hit, and the comic, actor and bona fide national treasure returns to the stage The Devil Wears Prada 2 Out now Sequels, for spring?
Catherine Bray Tsatsamis Manchester, 2 May; London, 8 May London-based artist and producer Tsatsamis released his mixtape Tsycophant last month and showcases its lithe electropop on this mini tour. Keep an ear out for the pensive, George Michael-esque Secret Boyfriend and the sweaty strut of Angelina, which sounds like Hurts wrestling with Years & Years. Michael Cragg Tame Impala 7 to 13 May; tour starts London Kevin Parker tours his psych-pop outfit around arenas in support of last year’s Deadbeat album. Perfect timing, given that the album’s third single, Dracula, has gone viral on TikTok and has nestled itself in the upper echelons of charts worldwide thanks to a remix with Blackpink’s Jennie. MC Courtney Pine Cheltenham Town Hall, 3 May; Ronnie Scott’s, London, 7 & 8 May Four decades ago, this sax-playing descendent of the Windrush generation helped spark a revolution across the 1980s UK jazz scene and way beyond. Pine’s Out of the Ghetto: A Modern Day Jazz Story tour celebrates the vision that fuelled a new sound, and a still-growing new audience. John Fordham Tectonics festival City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 2 & 3 May Tectonics is an annual feast for the ears, showcasing composers and performers working at classical music’s cutting edge. Virtuoso tuba playing from Danielle Price and Frédéric Le Junter’s experimental sound machines are among this year’s major premieres. Flora Willson Aleksandra Kasuba Tate St Ives, 2 May to 4 October Long before immersive art was even really a thing, Lithuanian American artist Aleksandra Kasuba was creating “spatial environments” for viewers to inhabit. This St Ives show – the first of her work in the UK – will feature early paintings and mosaics alongside proto-immersive installations all about utopian ideals of social harmony and communal living.
Zurbarán National Gallery, London, 2 May to 23 August Gazing saints, bowls of lemons, loads of magi and a circumcision: the so-called Spanish Caravaggio took on a huge variety of subject matter, but always with a singular intensity and sense of heightened drama. Francisco de Zurbarán was a giant of 17th-century art, a proper master of the baroque, and this exhibition will be a serious art blockbuster. Genuine Fake Premium Economy ICA, London, to 5 July Three millennial artists – Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory – come together in this show at the ICA to try to make sense of how the hell any of us survived the 2008 financial crisis. How do we live, love, work and survive in a world of massive inequality and capitalist greed? Maybe the film, photography and painting here will provide answers. Rose Finn-Kelcey Arts Collective, Northampton, to 1 August Pioneering feminist performance conceptualist and Northampton native Rose Finn-Kelcey died in 2014. Her work dealt with ideas of architecture, spirituality, the domestic and the mundane, all with humour and biting satire. This show inaugurates the Art Collective complex, a brand new art space for Northampton. Eddy Frankel Lenny Henry Touring to 3 November First came the glut of stage shows based on classic sitcoms, now the comedy giants of the 80s and 90s are reliving their greatest hits. Following in Harry Enfield’s recent footsteps, the Comic Relief co-founder embarks on a tour that fuses standup with stories about his best-loved roles.
Rachel Aroesti Sherlock Holmes Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London, 2 May to 6 June In this new adventure, Sherlock’s world collapses into chaos with the arrival of an unknown woman and mysterious jewel at 221b Baker Street. It’s penned (The Ocean at the End of the Lane), directed -mischievous Sean Holmes and stars Joshua James as Sherlock and Jyuddah Jaymes as Watson. Miriam Gillinson Sweat Citizens theatre, Glasgow, to 16 May; Royal Lyceum theatre, Edinburgh, 3 to 20 June This co-production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-winning play is based on extensive interviews with the residents of Reading, Pennsylvania, where industrial decline is devastating the factory workers’ way of life. MG Return to the Forest Aviva Studios, Manchester, 7 to 10 May; touring to 27 June South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma reunites with puppetry company Theatre-Rites (following 2021’s The Global Playground) for a new show where a magical forest comes alive. Theatre-Rites, celebrating its 30th anniversary, has a great track record for creating imaginative, experimental kids’ theatre blending puppetry and dance. Lyndsey Winship Legends Netflix, 2 May With The Gold, Neil Forsyth turned one of Britain’s most notorious heists into a quality retro drama. Now he’s found inspiration in a more obscure crime story: an ambitious operation officers to stop the heroin trade. Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires star. Amandaland BBC iPlayer & BBC One, 6 May, 9pm As a sitcom, Motherland was mostly about parenthood and a bit about class – its spin-off is mostly about class and a bit about parenthood. Having weathered humiliations involving campsite toilets and a celebrity chef, series two reunites us with Lucy Punch’s inveterate social climber.
Fallen ITVX, 3 May American source material, a primarily British cast, German and Swiss producers and a Brazilian broadcaster: this adaptation of Lauren Kate’s inordinately successful YA romantasy fiction is the result of a dizzyingly globalised TV industry. Now the show – which won an international Emmy last year – finally airs in the UK. Berlusconi – Condemned to Win BBC iPlayer & BBC Four, 5 May, 10pm Everyone knows that Silvio Berlusconi parlayed his status as a media tycoon into a long career at the top of Italian politics. But this ESPN doc puts a lesser-known element of his empire under the microscope: examining how his ownership of AC Milan helped him become prime minister. RA Wax Heads Xbox, PS5, PC, Switch, out 2 May Ever fancied running a record shop, picking out recommendations and getting to know 100+ fictional bands? Well this grungy little game has invented all of this for your amusement. inKonbini PC, Xbox, Switch, PS5, out now Alternatively, in 1990s Japan, here you are a college student who’s taken a job stacking shelves at one of the country’s squillions of quaint convenience stores. Sounds like a drudgery simulator, but things get more interesting as you get to know your customers. Keza MacDonald Tori Amos – In Times of Dragons Out now A metaphorical story based around a desperate fight for democracy in the f
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