{"id":1963493,"date":"2025-08-16T05:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1963493"},"modified":"2025-08-16T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:07:10","slug":"from-materialists-to-adam-kay-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/from-materialists-to-adam-kay-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"From Materialists to Adam Kay: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Unmoored<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
The debut feature from Caroline Ingvarsson, this adaptation of the 2015 novel The Living and the Dead in Winsford by H\u00e5kan Nesser demonstrates that cinema still has an appetite for Nordic noir, although this time the psychological suspense unfolds not only in Sweden but also the wilds of Exmoor in the UK.<\/p>\n

Materialists<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
Those who loved Celine Song\u2019s wistful, romantic Past Lives have been waiting eagerly for her follow-up, and here it is. Starring Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson and man of the moment Pedro Pascal, it follows a trio of New Yorkers caught in a love triangle.<\/p>\n

Together<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
Following a buzzy premiere at Sundance, this body horror sees a school teacher and a would-be musician (played by real life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie) move to a remote rural area, where a very literal form of togetherness awaits them.<\/p>\n

Aaaaaaaah!<\/strong>
BFI Southbank, London, 20 August
Steve Oram\u2019s Aaaaaaaah! is one of the great cult films of the 21st century, and to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it\u2019s screening at the BFI, with a cast and crew Q&A. Filmed in an ape language without captions, the cast, including Julian Barratt, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Toyah Willcox, give it their all to create a work of bizarre, low-budget brilliance. Catherine Bray<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Gigs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Feast thing\u2019s first \u2026 the Waeve.<\/span> Photograph: Kalpesh Lathigra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Big Feastival
<\/strong>22<\/em> to 24 August, <\/em>Kingham, nr Chipping Norton<\/em>
<\/strong>Occasional Blur bassist Alex James opens the gates of his farm again for more music and Michelin-starred chefs. Doing the singing while others scoff their street food will be the likes of Nelly Furtado, Mabel and Travis, while James\u2019s old pal Graham Coxon will also be there with his project the Waeve. Michael Cragg<\/em><\/p>\n

Enhypen<\/strong>
The O2, London, <\/em>22 August<\/em>; AO Arena, Manchester, 25 August
<\/em>The seven-man K-pop juggernaut arrive in the UK as part of their year-long world tour in support of last year\u2019s Romance: Untold album (the best-selling K-pop of 2024, fact fans). Expect songs from that, alongside this year\u2019s slinky English-language single, Loose. MC<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris Montague\/Ant Law Quartet
<\/strong>Vortex Jazz Club, London, <\/em>22 August<\/em>
<\/em>In the 2020s, two formidable young jazz guitarists separately surfaced on the UK scene: Chris Montague in pianist Kit Downes\u2019s powerful Troyka trio, and Ant Law as an innovator of contemporary guitar-led fusion. Their combined resources meet on this quartet gig with bassist Conor Chaplin and Jazz Warriors drums legend Mark Mondesir. John Fordham<\/em><\/p>\n

Suor Angelica
<\/strong>Usher Hall, Edinburgh, <\/em>16 August<\/em>; Royal Albert Hall, London, <\/em>19 August<\/em>
<\/em>Antonio Pappano conducts the LSO in concert performances of Puccini\u2019s one-act tearjerker, with Carolina L\u00f3pez Moreno in the title role. In Edinburgh he precedes it with more Puccini, the Capriccio Sinfonico, and Victor de Sabata\u2019s tone poem Juventus; while at the Albert Hall it\u2019s paired with the \u201csymphonic fantasy\u201d from Richard Strauss\u2019s opera Die Frau ohne Schatten. Andrew Clements<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Let that sink in \u2026 Aubrey Levinthal\u2019 Sink Stomach, 2025.<\/span> Photograph: Aubrey Levinthal\/Ingleby, Edinburgh\/ Neighboring States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aubrey Levinthal
<\/strong>Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, to 13 September<\/em>
Paintings of everyday life in contemporary Philadelphia by an American artist getting her first significant British exhibition. Levinthal is an introspective, low-key artist who sees the world in misted, ambiguous colours. She likes to look over rooftops, at flowers, or friends in the street. Goes well with festival hangovers.<\/p>\n

Andy Warhol
<\/strong>Lightbox Gallery, Woking, to 2 November
<\/em>Was Warhol the prophet or a symptom of US cultural and political decline? It\u2019s hard not to wonder with Trump taking the nation to new lows. Warhol saw everything coming: cheap celebrity, media shallowness, junk food. But he also saw the soul inside the machine. He shows us America, darkly.<\/p>\n

Makers of Modern Gothic
<\/strong>V&A South Kensington, London, to 26 October
<\/em>Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was one of Britain\u2019s great idiosyncratic visionaries. This Victorian architect and designer wanted to literally resurrect the middle ages. Pugin\u2019s obsessive study and reinvention of the gothic style can be seen up close in this free display of his drawings, which also looks at his collaborators.<\/p>\n

Francesca Woodman
<\/strong>Tate Modern, London, ongoing
<\/em>This display from the Artist Rooms collection takes you into the eerie world of photographer Francesca Woodman. In her sensual, mysterious black-and-white photographs staged in run-down buildings in Providence, Rhode Island as well as Venice and Rome, Woodman explores her haunted moods and fantasies. An elusive genius. Jonathan Jones<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>What\u2019s up, doc? \u2026 Adam Kay.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Breaking Bach
<\/strong>Usher Hall, Edinburgh, <\/em>20 August<\/em>
<\/em>Bach meets hip-hop in this premiere from choreographer Kim Brandstrup and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Bach\u2019s music, including the Double Violin Concerto and third Brandenburg Concerto, is brought to life by professional dancers and the raw talent of students from Acland Burghley School in London. Lyndsey Winship<\/em><\/p>\n

Adam Kay<\/strong>
<\/em>19 August<\/em> to <\/em>2 October; tour starts Peebles
<\/em>First, a tour in support of his murder mystery novel A Particularly Nasty Case, then doctor turned comedian Kay takes his hit 2023 standup show Undoctored on a nationwide jaunt (27 September to 13 February). This Is Going to Hurt fans will know what to expect: gallows humour and medical anecdotes not for the faint-hearted. Rachel Aroesti<\/em><\/p>\n

Alice in Wonderland
<\/strong>Kew Gardens, London, to 31 August
<\/em>The Australian Shakespeare Company return to Kew Gardens with a trio of shows \u2013 including an interactive and family-friendly take on Lewis Carroll\u2019s deliciously absurd adventure. Dressing up is actively encouraged (for ages 5+). Miriam Gillinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Hedda Gabler
<\/strong>Ustinov Studio, Theatre<\/a> Royal Bath, to 23 August
<\/em>Your last chance to catch Lily Allen in the title role of Ibsen\u2019s fiercely intense classic. Suffocated by her life, can Hedda find a release? Directed by Matthew Dunster and with cast including Imogen Stubbs and Brendan Coyle. MG<\/em><\/p>\n

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