{"id":944302,"date":"2026-10-24T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T08:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/944302\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T08:46:12","slug":"from-wildwood-to-john-legend-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/944302\/","title":{"rendered":"From Wildwood to John Legend: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going out: Cinema<\/p>\n

Wildwood
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Out now
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If Pixar was a chocolate bar, it would be a Mars, while Laika \u2013 whose new film Wildwood incorporates themes of war and child abduction \u2013 would be\u00a0something like Green & Blacks. Darker and with more esoteric flavours, this\u00a0stop-motion animation is not so much for the nursery school crowd, but for discerning pre-teens and adults alike.\n <\/p>\n

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
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Out now
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The beloved BBC TV comedy gets a\u00a0big-screen outing, with Simon Farnaby\u2019s trouserless Tory MP ghost, Jim Howick\u2019s dead scoutmaster, shot by a\u00a0member of his own troop, Ben\u00a0Willbond\u2019s closeted second world war officer and the other regular cast members all returning.\n <\/p>\n

Fatherland
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Out now
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Joint winner of the best director prize at Cannes, Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski\u2019s latest is set during the cold war, and sees an actor, writer and rally driver, Erika (Sandra H\u00fcller), set off on a road trip across Germany with her dear old dad, the Nobel prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler).\n <\/p>\n

Ali G: Who Iz I?
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Out now
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Twenty four years after Ali G Indahouse opened at No 1 at the UK box office, Sasha Baron Cohen revives his alter-ego for a followup, making his directorial debut in the process. Morgana Robinson also stars. Catherine Bray<\/p>\n

Going out: GigsMaterialists \u2026 Suede. Photograph: Dean Chalkley<\/p>\n

Suede, Manic Street Preachers
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OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 28 October; First Direct Bank Arena Leeds, 30 October; touring to 12 November
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Christmas comes early for people of a certain vintage with a penchant for evergreen British rock bands in the shape of this co-headline tour. Expect a smattering of newer material \u2013 Antidepressants, the most recent opus by Suede is Mercury-nominated \u2013 and some undeniable classics from both. Michael Cragg<\/p>\n

Jasmine Myra
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Norwich Arts Centre, 27 October; Earth,\u00a0London, 28 October; St\u00a0George\u2019s, Bristol, 29 October
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Alto saxophonist-composer Jasmine Myra is on the rise within the cinematic spiritual jazz orbit of Manchester\u2019s Gondwana Records, a visionary operation devoted to the soulful lyricism and storytelling she espouses. This tour will be a fascinating insight into just how far the very promising Myra is instrumentally ready to go. John Fordham<\/p>\n

False Idols Halloween
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Drumsheds, London, 24 October
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Queer club night False Idols returns to London for a special Halloween blowout featuring Boo! Bitch! hitmaker Kim Petras. Other spooky banger merchants on the bill include Swedish alt-popper Cobrah, London\u2019s Rose Gray and US rapper Cakes da Killa. MC<\/p>\n

London Symphony Orchestra\/Pappano
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Barbican Hall, London, 29 October
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The LSO is the latest major international institution to commission British composer Hannah Kendall, a distinctive, ambitious voice in contemporary classical music. Her new work I Have Discovered the Secret of Death features Grammy-winning mezzo Fleur Barron. Its world premiere is paired with Tchaikovsky\u2019s impassioned Fifth Symphony. Antonio Pappano conducts. Flora Willson<\/p>\n

Going out: ArtWilhelmina Barns-Graham\u2019s Just in Time, 1999 Photograph: Andy Phillipson\/Wilhelmina Barns-Graham<\/p>\n

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
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Tate St Ives, to 3 May
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A big part of St Ives\u2019s modernist boom\u00a0in the early 2oth century, Barns-Graham (work pictured above) quietly became one of the UK\u2019s most important artists of her era with an\u00a0emotional take on abstraction, celebrated here with 170 works from\u00a0throughout her career.<\/p>\n

LS Lowry
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MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, to\u00a028\u00a0February
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This big celebration of the life and work of one of England\u2019s best-loved artists is the first institutional show of his grimy, gritty industrial painting for 13 years, and marks 50 years since his death.<\/p>\n

The Rupture: No Condition Is Permanent
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Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, to 13 February
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Attempting to respond to a time of unprecedented political, social and economic change, this exhibition brings together a huge cast of international artists to reckon with our\u00a0increasingly broken systems.<\/p>\n

The Way We Live
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The Box, Plymouth, to 21\u00a0February
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This exhibition looks at the idea of the home, and what it means to a variety of artists including the likes of Do Ho Suh, Rachel Whiteread and recent Turner prize winner Jasleen Kaur. Eddy Frankel<\/p>\n

Going out: StageUnder observation \u2026 Luke Thompson and Keira Knightley in rehearsals for The Lives of Others. Photograph: Manuel Harlan<\/p>\n

The Lives of Others
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Adelphi theatre, London, to 9 January
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Director Robert Icke adapts the Academy award-winning film set in East Berlin, 1984. A writer and an actor are put under state surveillance \u2013 and a Stasi operative is inexorably drawn into their lives. Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson star. Miriam\u00a0Gillinson<\/p>\n

Macbeth
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Liquid & Envy, Oldham, to 7 November
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While Oldham\u2019s Coliseum theatre is being restored, it is staging work in imaginative locations around town. This site-specific take on\u00a0Macbeth is set in a real-life nightclub, invoking a world of 70s gangsters, casinos and shifting social codes. MG<\/p>\n

Hansel & Gretel and the\u00a0Witch
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Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 October to 1 November
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Choreographer Liv Lorent and her company BalletLorent have really cornered the market in fairytale family shows with a bit of edge and a lot of imagination. The latest is a new take on Hansel & Gretel that promises a brand new ending courtesy of\u00a0its writer, the former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Lyndsey Winship<\/p>\n

Susan Calman
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Touring to 20 November
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The Glaswegian standup has presented a slew of TV programmes and done a Strictly shift in the decade since her last tour, but new show Tall Tales \u2013 which combines showbiz stories with meditations on grief and depression \u2013 proves this glam career pivot has done nothing to dent her twinkly misanthropy. Rachel Aroesti<\/p>\n

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Staying in: StreamingThe killer inside \u2026 Poorna Jagannathan, Liev Schreiber and Stephen Graham in Nocturne. Photograph: Apple TV<\/p>\n

Nocturne
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Apple TV, 30 October
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Stephen Graham is back in his most sinister role yet: a serial killer who is apparently able to murder from the confines of his underground cell. This psychological thriller (above) pits him against not one\u00a0but two haunted detectives: Liev\u00a0Schreiber\u2019s ex-soldier Jonah and\u00a0his protege Saga (Zazie Beetz).<\/p>\n

A Course Called Ireland
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iPlayer & BBC Two, 25 October, 9.30pm
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As a genre, the celebrity travelogue has become tired and bloated, but this new series is fuelled by an unusual level of star power, as the one and only Bill Murrray embarks on a golf-based trip around Ireland. Extra craic comes courtesy of guests including Chris O\u2019Dowd and Joanne McNally.<\/p>\n

Minimum Wage
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Netflix, 25 October
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What started out as a micro-budget webseries about incompetent teens manning a pizzeria has been turned into a 28-part sitcom by Netflix, who will be hoping its cast \u2013 including newly recruited SNL cast member Grace Reiter \u2013 become comedy\u2019s next big things.<\/p>\n

Beat Luke Littler
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Netflix, 30 October
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Is darts really that hard? Find out this\u00a0Friday, as 20 amateurs take on\u00a0the\u00a019-year-old world No 1 in Manchester in an attempt to win \u00a3501,000. The event will be streamed live, with Gary Lineker on hosting duties and Richard Osman contributing Pointless-style statistics. RA<\/p>\n

Staying in: GamesButter the devil you know \u2026 Pardon My French Toast. Photograph: ReRolled Studio<\/p>\n

Pardon My French Toast
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PC, Switch 2, out 29 October
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A brightly coloured 3D platformer, in which you\u2019re a slice of anthropomorphic brioche toast able to cover himself in different spreads to gain a range of special abilities. Like a ZX Spectrum classic reheated for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Phantom Blade Zero
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PC, PS5, out 29 October
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An elite assassin is framed for murder and\u00a0must prove his innocence while a fatal wound slowly kills him. Stylised martial arts in a dark fantasy realm? Hand me that sword. Keith Stuart
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Staying in: AlbumsIll communication \u2026 Michael Kiwanuka. Photograph: Stevie Gee<\/p>\n

Michael Kiwanuka – Fudge
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Out now
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Originally due for release last autumn, this fifth album from the Brit-nominated Kiwanuka was delayed after he suffered a haemorrhagic stroke after returning home from a tour. While his recovery continues, the self-produced Fudge is a reminder of his immense talents, as showcased on opener Summer Clothes\u2019 gospel-tinged swirl.<\/p>\n

Sasha Alex Sloan \u2013 And the Crowd Goes Mild
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Out now
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The Boston-born singer-songwriter, who\u2019s co-written songs for the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx and Karol G, returns with her fourth album. As the title suggests, Sloan\u2019s own songs veer towards the doleful, with singles Glitter and Empty pairing rich melodies with soothing soft-rock flourishes.<\/p>\n

Claud – Me and the Music
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Out now
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Co-produced alongside John Congleton (Alvvays, St Vincent), Brooklyn-based Claud\u2019s third album marks a shift in their mindset. While 2023\u2019s lauded Supermodel took things very seriously, Me and the Music finds a lightness in a heavy world, especially on She Doesn\u2019t Love Me\u2019s effervescent indie jangle.<\/p>\n

John Legend – Muse
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Out now
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After dabbling in music for children with 2024\u2019s lullaby-centric My Favourite Dream, the Egot winner returns to more grownup themes on this entirely Pharrell-produced 11th album. The soulful Daylight is an upbeat love song, while the more politically focused Fireflies fuses jazz and gospel. MC<\/p>\n

Staying in: Brain food<\/p>\n

The One About Matthew Perry<\/a>
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Netflix, 27 October
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A moving film recounting the life and career of the late Friends actor charting his rise to TV stardom and lifelong battles with addiction, as well as the tabloid scandals that accompanied his fame.<\/p>\n

How Houdini Made Magic<\/a>
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Podcast
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TV\u2019s favourite illusionist Derren Brown tells the story of one of magic\u2019s most iconic figures, Harry Houdini, in this 10-part series. Brown builds a fascinating picture of how Houdini fashioned himself a modern celebrity image.<\/p>\n

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Somerset House Channel
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London cultural institution Somerset House is celebrating the\u00a010th anniversary of\u00a0its experimental interdisciplinary Studios space with this diverse online channel featuring archived performance pieces, documentary shorts and new commissions. Ammar\u00a0Kalia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Going out: Cinema Wildwood Out now If Pixar was a chocolate bar, it would be a Mars, while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-944302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}