Outing: cinema
Minecraft movies
Now
You know how it is – you’re paying attention to your own business when you’re drawn into a three-dimensional world made up of voxels through a random portal. It was the fate that befalls Jason Momoa, Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers and Daniel Brooks, and meets Jack Black in the adaptation of this popular game.
Sebastian
Now
Twentysomathe Max works in a literary magazine in London, and as sex worker Sebastian, he side-hastens to gain inspiration for his debut novel, but soon finds that his double life leads to a new understanding of his own identity.
The Death of a Unicorn
Now
A driver’s nightmare is to accidentally hit an animal. But when you say that the animal is a sincere unicorn, it’s even worse. It’s a jump-off point in this comedy horror with Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as father and daughter who exacerbate their mistakes by bringing creatures to malicious billionaires (Richard E. Grant).
Kinoteka on tour
Until April 25th
The 23rd edition of the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival follows the path with a mixture of new classic Polish films, including the works that the poetic surrealist Wojciech has. The eight cities on the tour include Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds and Sheffield. Katherine Bray
Outing: Gig
Kamasi Washington
Gateshead, Saturday; Tours until April 14th
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington from LA-Raised Star tours his powerful fearless movement band with eclectic jazz maestros included in influences and friends such as Thundercat and Kendrick Lamar. His majestic yet exploratory music makes new friends everywhere. John Fordham
Peter Grimes
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 5, 8, 11 April;Touring June 7th
The outstanding death in Venice last year was followed up with a new staging of Benjamin Britten’s final opera, a work that established his international reputation. Directed by Melly Still and conducted by WNO music director Tomáš Hanus. Andrew Clements
Sugababes
8 Until April 19th. Tour begins in Leeds
Returning British girls band cement live status for a must-see on arena tour. This time there’s new music that shows off the whimsical Banger Jungle shape. Michael Kragg
Caity Baser
9 In April 20th; Tour starts in Southampton
After peaking in the UK’s top ten in March last year when Bolshy Mixtape still learns, Southampton’s pop-start bass has come back to watch that cruelly honest girl from February (she’s going to say that). Expect other new songs to road test as the piece follows her debut. MC
Outing: art
David Searle
Thaddaeus Ropac, London, On 8 June
Here the postmodern painter who arts images of popular culture splices his own paintings. He adopted a group of canvas called pastors and used AI to mix and merge the elements in a surreal way that AI does. He calls the new work several versions of Pastoral.
Matt Korishaw
Seed130, London, On 31 May
If there’s one artist who knows how technology is reshaping society, culture, and reality itself, it’s Matt Kolishaw. Starting his career in the late 1980s as part of the Goldsmith generation, he maintained his advantage by being involved in the digital revolution. His new show embraces AI.
Surf!
National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth, Until January 2027
The emergence of modern wetsuits means that even in the depths of winter, you can always expect to see surfers on Cornish beaches. However, the exhibition shows that Cornwall’s incredible surfing has long attracted sports, telling the story of Cornish surfing, from the 1920s to the contemporary board art.
Something gorgeous
Chatsworth House and Garden, Derbyshireto 5 October
Chatsworth’s gardens have been cared for since the Renaissance, and the water features create a stunning view. The exhibition uses plant manuscripts and other works from the Devonshire collection to view the history of these gardens. Furthermore, contemporary art by Frank Bowling, Dorothy Cross, and Chris Ofili. Jonathan Jones
Outing: stage
Kool Story Bro
April 10th Until May 22nd. Tour begins Bristol
Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings new life to improvised comedy by providing help from fellow TV faces Emmasidy, Laura Rose Maxwell and Nick Sampson by riffing on the audience’s Wild Real Tales. Rachel Arosty
Kim’s convenience
houseManchester, 8 Until April 12th. Tour until July 5th
He left Netflix, the rewarding comedy of The Choi, and is set in a family-run Korean restaurant and is currently on tours in the UK. Made with sitcom-style sheen, a very realistic set and an attractive cast, it is a love letter to first generation immigrants. Kate Wyver
speed
Bush Theatre, London, Until May 17th
Taking part in the Speed Awareness Course is probably not a fun night’s idea. But with Milli Bhatia overseen, you should give it a try. Mohamed-Zain Dada’s new dark comedy brings nurses, delivery drivers and entrepreneurs together, as secrets leak. KW
Solène Weinachter: After all
No mount, Bristol, April 8th to 10th
The story begins with the choreographer Weinactor being asked to dance at his uncle’s funeral, then transforms into a warm, entertaining, heart-pounding, thought-inducing one woman’s show on the subject of death and memory. Lyndsey Winship
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stay: Streaming
Black mirror
Netflix, April 10th
The anthology series that designates Charlie Brooker’s Geet Geist returns to more labyrinth tech nightmares with a sensational cast (Peter Capaldi, Issa Rain, Emma Colin, Paul Giatti), and for the first time, with the sequel to USS Calister and the sequel to Bandsnut’s return to the computer.
Your friends and neighbors
Apple TV+, April 11th
Ten years after Mad Men, John Ham plays another Alpha man with makeup. Once hedge fund manager co-op is fired, he begins stealing valuables from the homes of his ultra-rich companions in order to maintain the lifestyle that he and his children have become accustomed to.
Reunion
BBC One/iPlayer, April 7th9pm
This pioneering new Sheffield set drama from Deaf William Marger switches English and British sign language to tell the story of Daniel (Matthew Gurney), a deaf man who is shunned by the community after committing a terrible crime. Rose Eyring Ellis, Anne Marie Duff and Eddie Marsan are also stars.
What they found
BBC Two/iPlayer, April 7th10pm
Just 80 years ago, Army photographer Sergeant Michael Klewis and Bill Laurie accompanied the troops to what they thought was Typhus Hospital. It turns out to be the Bergen-Bersen concentration camp. The pair’s footage shocked the world. With his documentary debut, Sam Mendes revisits the men’s work and the final days of the Holocaust. ra
stay: game
Midnight South
Outside April 8th; PC, Xbox
A luxurious action adventure with charming, slightly ominous stop motion aesthetics like never before, mixing fantasy, black magic folklore, and smattering of the oddity of Guiller model trottoro. You are playing as Hazel, a young woman looking for a mother in the forest with bays and forests of mysterious and supernatural spins in the deep south of America.
Next descenders
Wednesday. PC, Xbox
Snowboarding and mountain boarding (essentially with wheels) focuses on this fun, fast, arcade extended port riot. Your sole purpose is to make something recklessly and suddenly and survive your dangerous, heavy journey to the bottom. Luke Holland
stay: album
Elton John and Brandi Carlisle – Who believes in Angels?
Now
The creation of this collaboration album was filled with tension as it targeted the target of writing and recording albums from scratch in 20 days. However, you can hear it being released on the emergency Dust Bowl Swing of the Fence, featuring a ferocious piano solo.
Black Country, New Road – Hauron forever
Now
After lead vocalist Isaac Wood suddenly set off in 2022, the playful British Ortrock experimenter has returned with a third album. Produced by James Ford (Blur, Pet Shop Boys), Forever Howlong is an incident that’s been a bit more unfortunate than the previous output, but Happy Birthday keeps the odd quota high.
Sleigh Bell – Bankie Becky’s birthday boy
Now
when New York Sleigh Bell first appeared in 2010, catching Beyoncé’s ears, recorded in the duo with a noisy blend of pop, hip hop and metal. Fifteen years later, their sixth album is pretty strictly stuck to its former unique formula, but Wanna Start a Band? It’s so much fun.
Miki Bereny Trio – Tripura
Now
Miki Berenii, a former member of the musician, author and former member of Schugerzer, releases her debut album from the self-titled trio (KJ “Moose” McKillop and Oliver Scheller. The fiercely political-use-no-use politician has the eighth fatal guilty, but the sonic spacious and vividly melodic Tripla is consistently thrilling. MC
stay: Brain food
Scratch & Win
Podcasts
This engrossing series, delving into the history of US lottery, explains how the birth of scratch cards in the 1970s brought organized crime to government-certified gambling, opening the doors of today’s billion-dollar industry.
smarthistry
YouTube
With expert commentary from over 500 world-renowned art historians, Smarthistry’s YouTube Channel offers an accessible analysis of artwork, from paintings by Hieronymus Bosch to Lee Krasner’s abstractions and public monuments such as Cleopatra’s needles in New York.
Bad influence
April 9thNetflix
The world of “Kidfluence” is a lucrative one, and this often shocking film reveals that the YouTube vlogging life of child star Piper Locker was a multi-million dollar business built on the exploitation of her friends. Ammar Kalia
