{"id":1950794,"date":"2025-08-09T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1950794"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:04:13","slug":"freakier-friday-to-ethel-cain-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/freakier-friday-to-ethel-cain-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Freakier Friday to Ethel Cain: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Going out: <\/strong>Cinema<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Freakier Friday<\/strong>
<\/em>Out now<\/em>
More than 20 years ago, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan starred in what was already the third big-screen incarnation of the novel by Mary Rodgers. The premise of a mother swapping bodies with her daughter clearly has staying power, with Curtis and Lohan back to reprise their roles in this sequel.<\/p>\n

Weapons<\/strong>
<\/em>Out now<\/em>
In 2022, Zach regger burst on to the scene with the witty and surprising horror movie Barbarian. This is his hotly anticipated follow-up, starring Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich and Benedict Wong, in which all but one child from the same class mysteriously disappear overnight.<\/p>\n

The Kingdom<\/strong>
<\/em>Out now<\/em>
Introducing newcomers Ghjuvanna Benedetti and Saveriu Santucci, director Julien Colonna\u2019s debut \u2013 which premiered at the Cannes film festival \u2013 sees a 15-year-old girl and her crime-boss dad go on the run in Corsica.<\/p>\n

In Character: The Films of Peter Sellers<\/strong>
<\/em>BFI Southbank, London, to 31 August<\/em>
UK radio star turned internationally famous comedian whom Robin Williams crowned \u201cthe most influential actor in films\u201d, Sellers would have been 100 this year. To mark his centenary, there\u2019s a season at the BFI including such classics as The Ladykillers, Two Way Stretch and Heavens Above. Catherine Bray<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Gigs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Billy goes gruff \u2026 The Smashing Pumpkins.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Smashing Pumpkins<\/strong>
<\/em>Gunnersbury Park, London, 10 August<\/em>
With three of the band\u2019s four original members back onboard, the Smashing Pumpkins return to the UK following last year\u2019s tour with Weezer. This time they\u2019re bringing their brand of epic alt-rock to west London for an all-day festival including Skunk Anansie and White Lies. Michael Cragg<\/em><\/p>\n

Redman<\/strong>
<\/em>12 to 15 August; tour starts Glasgow<\/em>
After last year dropping the guest-heavy Muddy Waters Too, the sequel to his 1996 classic, New Jersey rap great Redman arrives in the UK for a rare tour. As well as doing a handful of his own shows, he\u2019ll also join Busta Rhymes for South Facing festival in south London. MC<\/em><\/p>\n

Eva Ollikainen, Johannes Moser and the BBC Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>
<\/em>Royal Albert Hall, London<\/em>, 13 August<\/em>
The notion of teetering on the edge, of balancing on the verge of many opposites, lies behind her new cello concerto, says Anna Thorvaldsdottir. First performed in Los Angeles in May, Before We Fall is brought to the Proms by the cellist for whom it was composed, Johannes Moser; Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC SO. Andrew Clements<\/em><\/p>\n

We Out Here festival<\/strong>
Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, 14 to 17 August<\/em>
Surreal wizardry still sparkles for 89-year-old Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and global-jazz one-off Hermeto Pascoal, an influence on legends including Miles Davis \u2013 though 2025 may include his last European visits. On Thursday, Pascoal\u2019s band joins a raft of contemporary innovators for DJ-producer Gilles Peterson\u2019s four-day Dorset-based festival. John Fordham<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Selfie shtick \u2026 John Bellany\u2019s Sad Self-Portrait, 1976.<\/span> Photograph: The Estate of John Bellany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John Bellany<\/strong>
<\/em>City Art<\/a> Centre, Edinburgh, to 28 September<\/em>
Inspired by the disturbing visions of Otto Dix and admired by Damien Hirst, this hard-living expressionist regularly scrutinised his own image and experiences, including taking to his easel just after a liver transplant.<\/p>\n

Tai Shani<\/strong>
Somerset House, London, to 14 September<\/em>
Surrealistic sculptor Shani has created a statue of a blue sleeping figure for the fountain courtyard of Somerset House. While children play in the fountains this sculpture sleeps, but what dreams may come? There\u2019s a sound element in the style of a radio chatshow with Brian Eno and more.<\/p>\n

Future of Food<\/strong>
<\/em>Science Museum, London, to 4 January<\/em>
A loaf of bread that\u2019s 3,500 years old is one of the exhibits in this survey of the past and present of food, as well as its future. The history of how humanity has sustained itself since early times leads up to the challenges of our nourishment and survival now.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Party<\/strong>
<\/em>Holburne Museum, Bath, to 19 October<\/em>
The Swiss-born Party, who started out as a street artist, shows a comic wall-filling mural inspired by a 17th-century painting in the Holburne collection: Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp\u2019s A Brawl Between Peasants is a carnivalesque mock battle in the tradition of Bruegel. Party riffs on it and supersizes the mayhem. Jonathan Jones<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>No more Mr Nice Guy\u2026 Urooj Ashfaq.<\/span> Photograph: Ashiq MK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Urooj Ashfaq<\/strong>
<\/em>Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh, to 24 August<\/em>
Expectations are always sky high when a best newcomer winner returns to the fringe, but this Indian standup is done with people pleasing. Her new show, How to Be a Baddie, is a tongue-in-cheek rejection of the sweet, everygirl persona that has underpinned her comedy to date. Rachel Aroesti<\/em><\/p>\n

Little Angel Theatre<\/a> Children\u2019s Puppet festival<\/strong>
Little Angel Theatre, <\/strong>London, to 31 August<\/em>
This popular puppet festival includes marionette puppetry, singalong stories, comedy, puppet playcations, craft workshops \u2013 and even a few shows for adults. Miriam Gillinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Shedinburgh fringe festival<\/strong>
<\/em>Edinburgh College of Art, to 24 August<\/em>
A brand new venue for the Edinburgh fringe from Francesca Moody Productions, with a mixture of big names and indie cult favourites. Confirmed acts include poet-playwright Kieran Hurley, the Showstoppers and Edinburgh stalwart Mark Watson. MG<\/em><\/p>\n

Romeo<\/strong> & Juliet<\/strong>
St Stephen\u2019s Theatre, Edinburgh<\/em>, 13 to 21 August<\/em>
A revival of Frederick Ashton\u2019s Romeo and Juliet from 1955. Much less well-known than Kenneth MacMillan\u2019s version, it\u2019s being mounted by veteran Danish dancer and artistic director Peter Schaufuss, whose parents danced in the original production. Lyndsey Winship<\/em><\/p>\n

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