The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Lenny Henry: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Meryl Streep stars in the long-awaited sequel to the fashion-industry hit, and the comic, actor and bona fide national treasure returns to the stageThe Devil Wears Prada 2Out nowSequels, for spring? Groundbreaking.OK, but this just happens to be one of the most anticipated sequels of the last decade, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt returning to their respective roles of high-fashion supervillain Miranda Priestly, journalist Andy Sachs and type-A nightmare Emily Charlton.HokumOut nowAdam Scott (Severance) stars in this Irish-set haunted-house horror about a man whose journey to spread his parents’ ashes involves some unexpectedly spooky twists and turns.Irish former electrician Damian McCarthy writes and directs his first Hollywood feature after a couple of lower-budget homegrown hits.Wild FoxesOut nowValéry Carnoy directs this French coming-of-age drama which premiered at Cannes last year to prize-winning effect.
Set at a sport-focused boarding school, it concerns the aftermath of a near fatal accident for young boxer Camille (Samuel Kircher) who is rescued by his best friend, Matteo, (Faycal Anaflous),That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Tears of the Azure SeaOut nowA beach vacation at a private resort is disrupted by Yura, an underseas priestess who is after some help in dealing with the potential awakening of a dormant Aqua Dragon,This adventure bridges the gap between the third and fourth series of the popular animated Japanese TV show,Catherine BrayTsatsamisManchester, 2 May; London, 8 May London-based artist and producer Tsatsamis released his mixtape Tsycophant last month and showcases its lithe electropop on this mini tour,Keep an ear out for the pensive, George Michael-esque Secret Boyfriend and the sweaty strut of Angelina, which sounds like Hurts wrestling with Years & Years.
Michael CraggTame Impala7 to 13 May; tour starts LondonKevin Parker tours his psych-pop outfit around arenas in support of last year’s Deadbeat album.Perfect timing, given that the album’s third single, Dracula, has gone viral on TikTok and has nestled itself in the upper echelons of charts worldwide thanks to a remix with Blackpink’s Jennie.MCCourtney PineCheltenham Town Hall, 3 May; Ronnie Scott’s, London, 7 & 8 MayFour decades ago, this sax-playing descendent of the Windrush generation helped spark a revolution across the 1980s UK jazz scene and way beyond.Pine’s Out of the Ghetto: A Modern Day Jazz Story tour celebrates the vision that fuelled a new sound, and a still-growing new audience.John FordhamTectonics festivalCity Halls and Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 2 & 3 MayTectonics is an annual feast for the ears, showcasing composers and performers working at classical music’s cutting edge.
Virtuoso tuba playing from Danielle Price and Frédéric Le Junter’s experimental sound machines are among this year’s major premieres.Flora WillsonAleksandra KasubaTate St Ives, 2 May to 4 OctoberLong before immersive art was even really a thing, Lithuanian American artist Aleksandra Kasuba was creating “spatial environments” for viewers to inhabit.This St Ives show – the first of her work in the UK – will feature early paintings and mosaics alongside proto-immersive installations all about utopian ideals of social harmony and communal living.ZurbaránNational Gallery, London, 2 May to 23 AugustGazing saints, bowls of lemons, loads of magi and a circumcision: the so-called Spanish Caravaggio took on a huge variety of subject matter, but always with a singular intensity and sense of heightened drama.Francisco de Zurbarán was a giant of 17th-century art, a proper master of the baroque, and this exhibition will be a serious art blockbuster.
Genuine Fake Premium EconomyICA, London, to 5 JulyThree millennial artists – Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory – come together in this show at the ICA to try to make sense of how the hell any of us survived the 2008 financial crisis,How do we live, love, work and survive in a world of massive inequality and capitalist greed? Maybe the film, photography and painting here will provide answers,Rose Finn-KelceyArts Collective, Northampton, to 1 AugustPioneering feminist performance conceptualist and Northampton native Rose Finn-Kelcey died in 2014,Her work dealt with ideas of architecture, spirituality, the domestic and the mundane, all with humour and biting satire,This show inaugurates the Art Collective complex, a brand new art space for Northampton.
Eddy FrankelLenny HenryTouring to 3 NovemberFirst came the glut of stage shows based on classic sitcoms, now the comedy giants of the 80s and 90s are reliving their greatest hits,Following in Harry Enfield’s recent footsteps, the Comic Relief co-founder embarks on a tour that fuses standup with stories about his best-loved roles,Rachel AroestiSherlock HolmesRegent’s Park Open Air theatre, London, 2 May to 6 JuneIn this new adventure, Sherlock’s world collapses into chaos with the arrival of an unknown woman and mysterious jewel at 221b Baker Street,It’s penned by Joel Horwood (The Ocean at the End of the Lane), directed by the always-mischievous Sean Holmes and stars Joshua James as Sherlock and Jyuddah Jaymes as Watson,Miriam GillinsonSweatCitizens theatre, Glasgow, to 16 May; Royal Lyceum theatre, Edinburgh, 3 to 20 JuneThis co-production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-winning play is based on extensive interviews with the residents of Reading, Pennsylvania, where industrial decline is devastating the factory workers’ way of life.
MGReturn to the ForestAviva Studios, Manchester, 7 to 10 May; touring to 27 June South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma reunites with puppetry company Theatre-Rites (following 2021’s The Global Playground) for a new show where a magical forest comes alive.Theatre-Rites, celebrating its 30th anniversary, has a great track record for creating imaginative, experimental kids’ theatre blending puppetry and dance.Lyndsey WinshipLegendsNetflix, 7 MayWith The Gold, Neil Forsyth turned one of Britain’s most notorious heists into a quality retro drama.Now he’s found inspiration in a more obscure crime story: an ambitious operation by undercover customs officers to stop the heroin trade.Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires star.
AmandalandBBC iPlayer & BBC One, 6 May, 9pmAs a sitcom, Motherland was mostly about parenthood and a bit about class – its spin-off is mostly about class and a bit about parenthood.Having weathered humiliations involving campsite toilets and a celebrity chef, series two reunites us with Lucy Punch’s inveterate social climber.FallenITVX, 3 MayAmerican source material, a primarily British cast, German and Swiss producers and a Brazilian broadcaster: this adaptation of Lauren Kate’s inordinately successful YA romantasy fiction is the result of a dizzyingly globalised TV industry.Now the show – which won an international Emmy last year – finally airs in the UK.Berlusconi – Condemned to WinBBC iPlayer & BBC Four, 5 May, 10pmEveryone knows that Silvio Berlusconi parlayed his status as a media tycoon into a long career at the top of Italian politics.
But this ESPN doc puts a lesser-known element of his empire under the microscope: examining how his ownership of AC Milan helped him become prime minister,RAWax HeadsXbox, PS5, PC, Switch, out 2 May Ever fancied running a record shop, picking out recommendations and getting to know 100+ fictional bands? Well this grungy little game has invented all of this for your amusement,inKonbiniPC, Xbox, Switch, PS5, out nowAlternatively, in 1990s Japan, here you are a college student who’s taken a job stacking shelves at one of the country’s squillions of quaint convenience stores,Sounds like a drudgery simulator, but things get more interesting as you get to know your customers,Keza MacDonaldTori Amos – In Times of DragonsOut nowA metaphorical story based around a desperate fight for democracy in the face of a “billionaire Lizard Demon” forms the backbone of the 18th album by the US singer-songwriter.
On the epic six-minute opener, Shush, Amos spotlights a coercive patriarchy, before eventually reaching a sense of hope on Stronger Together.Kacey Musgraves – Middle of NowhereOut nowThe country music superstar attempts to settle into singledom on her seventh album.On the title track that means enjoying the freedom of being undefined, while a certain lack of intimacy (“ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed”) is bemoaned on the playful single, Dry Spell.Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun: Girls TripOut nowOriginally released last September, Zara Larsson’s excellent fifth album, Midnight Sun, was a surprising flop.Since then, however, she’s scored a US Top 10 single alongside PinkPantheress, and watched her 2015 bop Lush Life re-enter the charts worldwide.
Hence this repack, with a remix album featuring a global roster of female guests.American Football – American FootballOut nowSeven years after their last album, also called American Football, the midwest emo quartet return with 10 more songs to cry to.Focusing on topics such as suicide, divorce and addiction, songs such as Bad Moons and No Feeling, with Turnstile’s Brendan Yates, make sadness seem quite pretty.MCAadam Jacobs ArchiveOnline Chicago’s Aadam Jacobs is an obsessive chronicler of the city’s music scene and this fascinating archive features live recordings of early shows by the likes of Nirvana, Depeche Mode and Sonic Youth, plus contextual info.Darknet DiariesPodcastTech expert Jack Rhysider’s engrossing series analyses developments in the shadowy world of cybercrime, from the hacking groups destabilising national security to bot farms gaming the music charts.
The Safe BoxBBC World Service, Tuesday, 8.06pmMarking World Press Freedom Day, presenter Myra Anubi’s investigation into the French organisation Forbidden Stories explores how journalists aim to continue the sensitive work of colleagues who have been killed or who are at risk.Ammar Kalia This article was amended on 3 May 2026 because an earlier version said that Legends was available from 2 May; it can be streamed on Netflix from 7 May.
Milka maker milked shoppers over size of chocolate bars, German court rules
Many chocolate lovers consider shrinkflation a serious crime – and they have been vindicated after a German court ruled that the makers of Milka cheated consumers by cutting the bar’s size, while keeping the wrapper the same.The three-week case in a regional court was brought by Hamburg’s consumer protection office. It accused the chocolate brand’s US owner Mondelēz of deceiving shoppers by cutting the weight of Milka’s classic Alpine Milk bar from 100g to 90g without significantly altering the distinctive purple packaging.Shrinkflation, where product sizes are reduced but prices stay the same (or even go up), has become all too common as manufacturers try to offset rising business and ingredient costs.After last year’s changes, the Milka bar was a millimetre thinner and the price increased from €1
Global oil inventories falling at record pace amid Iran war; US producer price inflation hits four-year high – as it happened
Global oil stocks are being run down at a record pace as supply losses mount due to the ongoing Iran war, the International Energy Agency has warned.In its latest outlook report, the IEA reports that global oil inventories fell by 129 million barrels in March, and by a further 117 million barrels in April, as countries dipped into their reserves to cover the shortfall following the Middle East conflict.The IEA, which ordered the largest release of government oil reserves in its history in mid-March, reports:double quotation markMore than ten weeks after the war in the Middle East began, mounting supply losses from the Strait of Hormuz are depleting global oil inventories at a record pace.The IEA also forecasts weaker demand this year, as the jump in prices for crude oil and refined products leads to demand destruction.World oil demand is forecast to contract by 420,000 barrels per day this year, to 104m bpd, which is 1
Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant
Nissan’s chief executive has confirmed he would consider building cars for other manufacturers at the UK’s largest car factory in Sunderland, amid talks with China’s Chery.Ivan Espinosa said Nissan was “looking at options” for Sunderland and its 6,000 workers as the struggling Japanese carmaker on Wednesday reported steep losses for the year to March.Nissan announced last week it was closing one of its two production lines at Sunderland, in north-east England, because of faltering demand for its vehicles. However, it has held talks to produce vehicles on behalf of Chery, according to industry sources. Chery is pushing aggressively into the UK and Europe with its Chery, Jaecoo and Omoda brands
Lab testing group Intertek to back £10.6bn takeover by Swedish firm EQT
The laboratory testing company Intertek has become the latest FTSE 100 business to agree to a takeover, backing a £10.6bn approach from a private equity firm owned by Sweden’s billionaire Wallenberg family.After rebuffing three previous approaches, Intertek’s board said it was “minded to recommend” the £60-a-share tilt from the Swedish buyout firm EQT to shareholders, if there was a firm offer.The deal is worth £10.6bn including debt, or £9
UK housebuilder Vistry warns of ‘significantly’ lower profits amid Iran war uncertainty
One of the UK’s biggest housebuilders has said its profits will be “significantly” lower, as it was forced to cut prices after heightened uncertainty caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.Vistry’s shares plunged 10.5% in early trading on Wednesday, hitting their lowest level in nearly 15 years, as it told shareholders its first-half profits would be hit by the fallout from the Middle East conflict.In a stock market update hours before its annual general meeting, the housebuilder, which owns Bovis Homes, Countryside and Linden Homes, said circumstances had changed since it last updated investors in March. It said: “The level of macroeconomic uncertainty has increased, and with it the range of potential outcomes for the current year
How new owner became all powerful in ‘high stakes’ attempt to revive former WH Smith chain
Shoppers at WH Smith were once accustomed to being offered cheap chocolate stacked high at the counter while buying their morning newspaper. Now, the chain’s former high street stores have themselves become the subject of a cut-price deal – as the low-profile investment group that snapped them up appears set to pay less than half of the original cash price.The paperclips to books chain had notched up 233 years on the British high street when it was bought by Modella Capital last summer.In less than a year, the future looks very different for the chain, which was hastily rebranded to TG Jones. First established in Little Grosvenor Street in London by Henry Walton Smith and his wife, Anna, WH Smith grew rapidly in the 19th century, building a newspaper distribution business as the railway network expanded
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