{"id":2487629,"date":"2026-07-04T05:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2487629"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:05:28","slug":"from-madonna-to-minions-monsters-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/from-madonna-to-minions-monsters-your-complete-entertainment-guide-to-the-week-ahead-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"From Madonna to Minions & Monsters: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Minions & Monsters<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
In this latest minions adventure, the yellow critters jump back in time to attempt to source some monsters so they can produce their own creature feature. As ever, the premise is largely an excuse to string a load of jokes together \u2013 and why not?<\/p>\n

The Invite<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
Celeste and Jesse Forever writers, Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. re-team to script a remake of the Spanish film The People Upstairs. Arriving with rave reviews out of Sundance, Olivia Wilde directs and stars, alongside Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and P\u00e9nelope Cruz as two couples who have dinner together and end up exploring an explicit invitation from one pair to the other.<\/p>\n

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
Canadian comedians Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol bring their TV series (which originated as a cult web show) to the big screen with a time-travel plot that sees a band called Nirvanna the Band, comprising fictionalised versions of Johnson and McCarroll, attempting to play Toronto venue The Rivoli. As ever, much of the shooting is done without permits and features members of the public.<\/p>\n

My Father\u2019s Island<\/strong>
Out now<\/em>
Swann Arlaud (Anatomy of a Fall) plays a father who takes his estranged 13-year-old son (Woody Norman) on a retreat in the wilderness, which turns out to be quite a bit rougher and tougher than anticipate, with various perils including bear attacks and extreme weatherd. The survival thriller is based on the novella by David Vann.
Catherine Bray<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Gigs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Giving chaise \u2026 Wet Leg.<\/span> Photograph: Alice Backham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Outdoor Summer Season<\/strong>
Alexandra Palace Park, London, <\/em>9<\/em> to 18 July<\/em>
With panoramic views and a lineup that includes Wet Leg (10 July), a returning Super Furry Animals (12 July) and the Streets (16 & 18 July), these shows offer the opportunity for a mosh and a nice sit down on a blanket. The Maccabees kick things off on Thursday. Michael Cragg<\/em><\/p>\n

Love Supreme jazz festival<\/strong>
Glynde Place, nr Lewes, <\/em>4 & 5 July<\/em>
A multi-stage extravaganza inspired by jazz\u2019s inclusivity and spontaneity. Vocalist and virtuoso bassist Esperanza Spalding (4 July), sax stars Joe Lovano and Emma Rawicz (5 4 July), guitar visionary Bill Frisell (4 July) and dozens more join the festivities. John Fordham<\/em><\/p>\n

Camilla Tilling and Paul Rivinius<\/strong>
Wigmore Hall, London, <\/em>6 July<\/em>
In 2020, the Swedish soprano and her German pianist duo partner garnered rave reviews for an album of Jugendstil songs culminating in Mahler\u2019s R\u00fcckert-Lieder. This lunchtime recital pairs another of Mahler\u2019s celebrated cycles, Kindertotenlieder, with less familiar music from the same era by Tilling\u2019s compatriots. Flora Willson<\/em><\/p>\n

2000trees<\/strong>
8<\/em> to 11 July, Upcote Farm, nr Cheltenham<\/em>
The UK\u2019s biggest independent rock festival returns with another intriguing lineup that balances bigger names \u2013 the headliners are Alkaline Trio, Funeral for a Friend and Neck Deep \u2013 with more underground acts such as the fearsome Lambrini Girls and punk mavericks Ho99o9. MC<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Ayres and graces \u2026 Gillian Ayres\u2019s Helios.<\/span> Photograph: Leeds City Art Gallery\/Gillian Ayres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gillian Ayres<\/strong>
The Box, Plymouth, <\/em>4 July<\/em> to 4 October<\/em>
Over a seven-decade career, Gillian Ayres became one of Britain\u2019s most important painters. This show brings together some fine examples of her expressive, emotional, ultra-colourful take on abstraction.<\/p>\n

Entangled and Woven<\/strong>
The Whitworth, Manchester, <\/em>10 July<\/em> to 3 January<\/em>
Textiles have been big in recent years, with major exhibitions dedicated to fabric-based art at loads of the UK\u2019s art institutions. Now it\u2019s the Whitworth\u2019s turn, with a show of 400 years\u2019 worth of textiles from India and South Korea, alongside new work by eight modern artists from those same countries.<\/p>\n

Nicola Bealing<\/strong>
Exeter Phoenix Gallery<\/em>, <\/em>4 July<\/em> to 29 August<\/em>
Cornwall-based artist Nicola Bealing is serving up a new suite of dreamlike and disturbingly dark paintings based on the seven deadly sins, filled with animals, humans and bizarre hybrid creatures cavorting and frolicking.<\/p>\n

Tish Murtha<\/strong>
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art<\/a>, Gateshead, <\/em>4 July<\/em> to 4 April<\/em>
A homecoming show for the work of this locally born documentary photographer, who died in 2013. She took some of the rawest, most honest photos of life on the margins in the UK, and this exhibition brings together four of her best-known series. Eddy Frankel<\/em><\/p>\n

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Going out: Stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/svg><\/span>Clear and president danger \u2026 Michelle Wolf.<\/span> Photograph: Stephen Keable\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michelle Wolf<\/strong>
Oxford, 6 July; Farnham, 7 July; London, 8 & 9 July; touring to 16 September
<\/em>She may have shot to fame with an excoriating critique of Trump at the 2018 White House correspondents\u2019 dinner, but these days the US comic foregrounds the personal rather than the political. See: her new show Best Job in the World, which mines laughs from the relentless chaos of parenthood and the gender divide it highlights. Rachel Aroesti<\/em><\/p>\n

Melissa Hamilton\u2019s Night of Ballet<\/strong>
Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, <\/em>9 July<\/em>
Royal Ballet principal Melissa Hamilton curates and stars in a gala night, featuring extracts from classic titles (Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle) and a new contemporary commission from PCK Dance. With guest dancers from English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and New English Ballet Theatre<\/a>. Lyndsey Winship<\/em><\/p>\n

Oresteia<\/strong>
Bridge theatre, London, to 19 September<\/em>
Simon Stone directs a modern take on Aeschylus\u2019s clawing Greek tragedy, which sees a family sucked into a vortex of violence and haunted by their past. A stunning cast includes Tom Glynn-Carney, Mary-Louise Parker, David Morrissey and rising stage superstar Rosie Sheehy. Miriam Gillinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Fun Home<\/strong>
Royal Exchange theatre, London, to 1 August<\/em>
Jeanine Tesori\u2019s Tony-winning musical is based on Alison Bechdel\u2019s brilliant graphic memoir about her childhood growing up in a funeral home and discovering her sexuality. It\u2019s a bitingly witty show, packed with detail and feeling, here directed by Sarah Frankcom and starring Jodie McNee and Nigel Harman. MG<\/em><\/p>\n

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