Your Complete Entertainment Guide to the Week Ahead
This week offers a rich tapestry of entertainment options, from dark comedies and influential rap concerts to abstract art and innovative stage productions. Whether you're heading out or staying in, there's something to captivate every taste.
Going Out: Cinema Highlights
How to Make a Killing is a dark comedy loosely inspired by the Ealing classic Kind Hearts and Coronets. Glen Powell stars as an ambitious schemer who murders his way to an inheritance, directed by John Patton Ford. Reminders of Him features Maika Monroe in a romance based on Colleen Hoover's novel, while Everybody to Kenmure Street documents a spontaneous protest in Glasgow. A Pale View of Hills adapts Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel, exploring memory and tragedy.
Going Out: Gigs and Performances
Wu-Tang Clan brings their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour to the UK, performing classics like Protect Ya Neck and Gravel Pit. Renée Rapp tours arenas with her pop hits, and Mark Lockheart Shapeshifter Trio offers innovative jazz. At the Royal Opera House, Wagner's Siegfried continues Barrie Kosky's acclaimed Ring cycle.
Going Out: Art Exhibitions
In Bloom at the Ashmolean Museum showcases flowers in art, from 17th-century portraits to botanical drawings. Hokusai and Hiroshige at the Whitworth Art Gallery features master prints that inspired modernists. Vanbrugh at Sir John Soane's Museum explores Baroque architecture, and Sarah Morris at White Cube presents abstract paintings.
Going Out: Stage Productions
Janine Harouni tours with a standup show about motherhood, while Teeth 'N' Smiles revives David Hare's play with Rebecca Lucy Taylor. Noughts & Crosses adapts Malorie Blackman's novel, and Alexander Whitley Dance Company presents a tech-infused double bill.
Staying In: Streaming Picks
The Other Bennet Sister on iPlayer offers a comic take on Austen, and Last One Laughing UK on Prime Video returns with comedians like Alan Carr. Imperfect Women on Apple TV+ stars Elisabeth Moss, and Jury Duty: Company Retreat continues the prank show format.
Staying In: Games and Albums
Crimson Desert is a new open-world RPG with medieval fantasy elements, while Rubato provides a bizarre platformer. For music, Kim Gordon releases Play Me, Alexis Taylor drops Paris in the Spring, James Blake offers Trying Times, and Jack Harlow presents Monica.
Staying In: Brain Food
Podcast From the Minds of Jazz Musicians explores improvisation, Wolf Escape Games offers online escape rooms, and The Alpenpost on BBC Sounds tells a historical anti-Nazi story. These options provide engaging content for curious minds.
