{"id":2437957,"date":"2026-05-30T05:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2437957"},"modified":"2026-05-30T05:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:08:51","slug":"from-backrooms-to-paul-mccartney-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/from-backrooms-to-paul-mccartney-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"From Backrooms to Paul McCartney: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Backrooms
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>People have enjoyed spinning spooky yarns about uncanny spaces since before the advent of the written word, and this A24 horror (starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass) capitalises on that fascination via a big-screen version of\u00a0the internet phenomenon of Backrooms. That is, an infinite empty limbo where you might find yourself condemned to endlessly wander, hoping not to encounter any of the Entities that inhabit the Backrooms. Spooksome.<\/p>\n

Power Ballad
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas head up a feelgood drama about a wedding singer who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck boyband star. The result is a hit single \u2013 but only for one of them, breeding resentment. John Carney (Sing Street, Once) writes and directs.<\/p>\n

Tuner
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>We\u2019re used to hearing about vilains with a very particular set of skills, yadda yadda yadda, but how about a\u00a0piano tuner (Leo Woodall) with skills \u2013 namely heightened hearing \u2013 so advanced he also qualifies as\u00a0a\u00a0world-class safe cracker \u2013 leading to all manner of chaos.<\/p>\n

Leonora in the Morning Light
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>Based on the book by Elena Poniatowska, leading light of Mexican literature, this drama tells the story of Leonora Carrington, the surrealist painter, from 1930s France onwards through friendships and encounters with the likes of Salvador Dal\u00ed, Andr\u00e9 Breton and, most notably, Max Ernst. Starring newcomer Olivia Vinall. Catherine Bray<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Gigs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Mute point \u2026 trombonist Callum Au.<\/span> Photograph: Kings Place\/Monika S Jakubowska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Callum Au Big Band
<\/strong>Kings Place, London, 30 May
<\/em>Composer-arranger and trombonist Callum Au has long been a discreet craftsman behind the work of stars including Raye and Michael Bubl\u00e9. His spectacular big band showcases his mastery of styles from swing to salsa, funk and postbop jazz. This gig launches his exciting new album Sing Seven Seas. John Fordham<\/em><\/p>\n

Twice
<\/strong>The O2, London, 3 & 4 June
<\/em>Nine-piece K-pop girlband Twice\u2019s world tour in support of last summer\u2019s This Is For album arrives in London for\u00a0two shows of pop spectacle. Expect a heavy dose of their shiny, genre-hopping discography plus a 10-song section highlighting solo work and other configurations. Michael Cragg<\/em><\/p>\n

Lany
<\/strong>2 to 6 June; tour starts Glasgow
<\/em>Having recently released an expanded version of last year\u2019s Soft album, LA\u00a0soft-rock duo Lany celebrate their varyingly successful discography at these mid-size UK shows. Lyrically obsessed with sad-boi introspection, songs such as Super Far and Malibu Nights should act as a healing balm when roared to the rafters. MC<\/em><\/p>\n

Handel\u2019s Orlando
<\/strong>Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, 30 May to 7 June
<\/em>Based in a former barn equipped with an orchestra pit modelled on Wagner\u2019s Bayreuth theatre, Longborough is not your standard country house opera. This year\u2019s festival kicks off with Handel\u2019s chivalric tale directed by Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Neill, featuring a cast of rising stars and the Academy of Ancient Music. Christopher Moulds conducts. Flora Willson<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Don\u2019t, 2014, by Camille Henrot.<\/span> Photograph: Courtesy of Camille Henrot\/Mennour\/Hauser & Wirth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camille Henrot
<\/strong>The Perimeter, London to 25 July
<\/em>This French artist is best known for her dense, complex, hyper-conceptual video and sculpture work, but it is her drawings that are the focus of this exhibition in a private museum down a London mews. Still complex, still clever, this is Henrot at her most personal and private.<\/p>\n

British Landscapes: A Sense of Place
<\/strong>Pallant House, Chichester, 30 May to 1 November
<\/em>This green and pleasant land with its rolling hills and craggy coastline has inspired artists for centuries. Pallant House\u2019s summer exhibition looks at\u00a0more than 200 years of British landscapes \u2013 by everyone from Thomas Gainsborough to Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth \u2013 to get a sense of the emotional bond between this country\u2019s people and the land they inhabit.<\/p>\n

Nora Chipaumire
<\/strong>Tate Modern, London, 3 June to\u00a023 August
<\/em>Taking over the tanks deep in the bowels of Tate Modern, this Zimbabwean choreographer\u2019s summer commission fuses dance, theatre, music, film and sculpture for an immersive exploration of the idea of\u00a0balance and equilibrium, in both the literal and figurative senses.<\/p>\n

Nancy Lupo
<\/strong>Spike Island, Bristol, 30 May to 6 September
<\/em>This American conceptualist\u2019s first UK\u00a0exhibition uses her wildly diverse approach \u2013 dabbling in sculpture, video, painting, zines and fiction writing \u2013 to rip apart the idea of domesticity, treating home\u00a0as a tired mirage and a futile fantasy. Eddy Frankel<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>They\u2019d rather jack \u2026 the cast of Groove.<\/span> Photograph: Sjoerd Derine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Groove<\/strong>
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 4 to 6 June
<\/em>This should be a joyful show, set to the music of\u00a0James Brown, Nina Simone and Herbie Hancock. Two Dutch dance crews \u2013 the Ruggeds and Ghetto Funk Collective \u2013 join forces to trace the evolution of funk, soul, hip-hop and house. Lyndsey Winship<\/em><\/p>\n

Exeter comedy festival
<\/strong>Various venues, 3 to 7 June
<\/em>Co-founded by standup Will Adamsdale (who also performs his own show about an AI sitcom), this south-west fest is a carefully curated sneak peek at August\u2019s Edinburgh fringe. Catch works in progress from Nish Kumar, Josie Long, Sophie Duker, Daniel Kitson, Ahir Shah, Johnny White Really-Really and many more. Rachel Aroesti<\/em><\/p>\n

Atonement
<\/strong>Chichester Festival <\/em>theatre, to 20 June
<\/em>It\u2019s the height of summer 1935 when 13-year-old Briony makes a grand mistake. Christopher Hampton adapts Ian McEwan\u2019s beloved novel for the stage in the world premier of this seductive story that sprawls across the century. Directed by Adam Penford, who earned rave reviews both for James Graham\u2019s Punch and his Chichester production of The Sound of Music, this is set to be a striking staging of love and war. Kate Wyver<\/em><\/p>\n

The P Word
<\/strong>Bush theatre, London, to 27 June
<\/em>This is both a love story and a protest. Having fled homophobic persecution in Pakistan, Zafar meets Grindr addict Bilal in London, where romance blooms against the odds of grappling with racism and homophobia in Britain\u2019s inhumane asylum system. Waleed Akhtar\u2019s razor-sharp and deeply hopeful play returns to the Bush with its original cast and crew, plus the starry addition of Queer Eye\u2019s Tan France as producer. KW<\/em><\/p>\n

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Staying in: Streaming<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Love thy neighbour \u2026 Alan Cumming in Tip Toe.<\/span> Photograph: Ben Blackall\/Channel 4\/Ben Blackall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tip Toe
<\/strong>Channel 4, 31 May, 9pm
<\/em>When it comes to TV maths, Russell T Davies plus Alan Cumming plus David Morrissey is guaranteed to equal unmissable drama. Tip Toe sees the It\u2019s a Sin creator examine modern homophobia via a feud between two neighbours: blokey electrician Clive (Morrissey) and Canal Street bar owner Leo (Cumming).<\/p>\n

Cape Fear
<\/strong>Apple TV, 5 June
<\/em>This TV reboot of the 1991 Robert De Niro movie \u2013 itself a remake of the 1962 film \u2013 tells the hair-raising tale of a convicted murderer (Javier Bardem) whose release from prison allows him to terrorise the lawyer couple (Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson) tasked with representing him all those years ago.<\/p>\n

Emma Barnett: Endometriosis
<\/strong>iPlayer & BBC Two, 1 June, 9pm
<\/em>Affecting 10% of women of reproductive age in the UK, endometriosis is both very painful and very common. Frustratingly, it remains highly mysterious, too. Here, the Today presenter relays her struggles with the\u00a0condition and asks scientists why\u00a0so\u00a0little research has been done.<\/p>\n

Not Suitable for Work
<\/strong>Disney+, 2 June
<\/em>I Love LA was too niche; Adults was just bad: the struggle to find a hit gen Z comedy is real. Could this Friends-meets-Industry-style sitcom about a group of Manhattan twentysomethings climbing various greasy poles change that? British actor Ella Hunt stars in a new series from Mindy Kaling. RA<\/em><\/p>\n

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Staying in: Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Press to play \u2026 Swan Song.<\/span> Photograph: Business Goose Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Swan Song <\/strong>
PC, out 4 June<\/em>
Fans of the acclaimed puzzle box game series The Room should keep an eye on this cosy, shape-shifting challenge from Belgian developer Business Goose Studios. Players must unlock the\u00a0secrets of an antique music box, using melodies to rescue the swan trapped inside.<\/p>\n

The 7th Guest Remake
<\/strong>PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, PC \u00a0out 4 June
<\/em>The classic 1993 interactive horror movie, set in a spooky mansion owned by sinister toy-maker Henry Stauf, has been updated for a new generation, with modern visuals and new puzzles \u2013 hopefully it will retain its enjoyably schlocky atmosphere. Keith Stuart<\/em><\/p>\n

Going out: Albums<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Macca can \u2026 Paul McCartney.<\/span> Photograph: Mary McCartney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul McCartney \u2013 The Boys of Dungeon Lane <\/strong>
Out now
<\/em>Inspired by the 83-year-old\u2019s childhood memories of the Speke area of Liverpool, the 21st solo album by McCartney, led by the wistful Days We Left Behind, uses nostalgia as\u00a0a springboard for some of his most affecting songs in years.<\/p>\n

Iceage \u2013 For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>Across their six albums of feverish post-punk, slurred Britpop and bouncy pub rock, Danish band Iceage have made falling apart sound enviably cool. That continues on their first album in five years, not least on the pop-leaning Star, which infuses death with a juicy sense of drama.<\/p>\n

Latto \u2013 Big Mama
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>Ohio-born rapper Latto returns with her fourth, and apparently final, album. The timing seems weird given she recently scored a US No 1 alongside BTS\u2019s Jung Kook, but if it is her last then songs such as the two-part Business & Personal and the head-knocking GOMF\u00a0show she\u2019s going out in style.<\/p>\n

Boards of Canada \u2013 Inferno
<\/strong>Out now
<\/em>After a few years of radio silence, and with no follow-up to 2013\u2019s Tomorrow\u2019s Harvest in sight, Scottish electronic duo\u00a0Boards of Canada surprised fans in April by mailing out mysterious VHS tapes. The elaborate teasing has led to this fifth album, fuelled by the ominous, prog-ish single\u00a0Prophecy at 1420 MHz. MC<\/em><\/p>\n

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Staying in: Brain food<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Good Bad Billionaire<\/a>
<\/strong>Podcast & BBC World Service
<\/em>BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng present this fascinating series examining the complex lives of the world\u2019s billionaires. This week\u2019s episode is a deep dive into the changing fortunes of pop star Beyonc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Polyphonic<\/a>
<\/strong>YouTube
<\/em>Musicology channel Polyphonic hosts a vast\u00a0archive of pithy explainers on everything from singer Al Green\u2019s soulful sound to saxophonist John Coltrane\u2019s radical reworking of the twee Rodgers and Hammerstein composition My Favourite Things.<\/p>\n

NFB <\/a>
<\/strong>YouTube
<\/em>Canada\u2019s National Film\u00a0Board (NFB) has made hundreds of its documentaries available to stream for free. A\u00a0particular favourite is\u00a02008\u2019s Carts of Darkness, which follows the dangerous trend of shopping trolley racing in Vancouver. Ammar Kalia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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