From You, Me and Tuscany to Ecstasy: Your Complete Entertainment Guide for Next Week | culture

Checkout: cinema

You, me and Tuscany
Out now
Where would a romantic comedy be if everyone told the truth? When impulsive chef Anna (Halle Bailey) talks about her engagement in order to justify her presence in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, a train of events that leads to true love begins – naturally. Regé-Jean Page and Nia Vardalos co-star.

Strange
Out now
In the 1930s in Algiers, a young man, Meursault, commits a murder. The premise will be familiar to Albert Camus’ Journey or Death, as it is actually an adaptation of the literary giant’s debut, by François Ozon. Rising French actor Benjamin Voisin plays the unassuming hero, with Pierre Lutin as the devious neighbor whose private life causes problems.

California chart
Out now
James McAvoy’s directorial debut, this comedy is based on the true story of a pair of Scottish rappers who found their careers stymied by narrow-minded record executives who kept comparing them to the Proclaimers. Naturally, they decided to pretend to be California duo, Silibil N’ Brains, and amazingly, it worked. Kind of.

Father mother sister brother
Out now
Jim Jarmusch brings together a star-studded cast including Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling and Cate Blanchett in a trilogy of intergenerational family dramas set in three different countries, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Catherine Bray

Checkout: Gigs

Peaches
15 to April 20; The tour starts in Dublin
After returning to the fray in February with his seventh album No Lube So Rude, the maverick Canadian punk singer heads to several UK cities to wreak havoc. Expect the clatter of stun grenades and expletives. Michael Cragg

Miguel
manchester, April 13; birmingham, April 14; london, April 16
Best known for his slow R&B jams, Los Angeles native Miguel broke out last year with Caos, a deep, deep dive into our turbulent times. It will be interesting to see how songs like RIP fare alongside beloved anthems like Adorn and the ubiquitous Sure Thing. MC

Neil Cowley Trio
11 to April 23; a trip Bradford-on-Avon begins
Since the mid-2000s, versatile former funk pianist Neil Cowley has successfully performed jazz-rock with a sympathetic trio, alongside solo work in contemporary classical music and electronica. The trio reunites to tour Built on Bach, their new album that explores JS Bach’s timeless and stunning ideas with deft inputs from world music, funk and jazz. John Fordham

Brodsky Quartet and William Barton
April 14london; April 15Leeds; April 16Nottingham; April 17,Bristol
The venerable British string quartet was founded more than 50 years ago, but is still as adventurous as ever. Here they join forces with Australian didgeridoo player William Barton in a program that spans centuries and continents, featuring works by Purcell, Janacek and Stravinsky alongside music by contemporary Australian composers. Flora Wilson

Checkout: art

Donald Locke
Camden Arts Centre, London, Until August 30
In the 1950s, British Guyanese artist Luke took all the formality of minimalism and infused it with the weight of colonial history. His approach to ceramics, painting and sculpture—combining the language of modernism with the symbols of Guyana and black South American culture—paved the way for a generation of artists to drag the stifling old art world into a postcolonial future. This show has been traveling around the UK since its debut on Spike Island in Bristol last year, and this is the final stop on its tour, so enjoy it while you can.

Paula Rego
Victoria Miro, London, April 16 Until May 23
Rigaud challenged it all – power structures, family dynamics, political inequality, societal cruelty – and she did it all with a grand, majestic, and subversive approach to figurative painting. But this ambitious, museum-quality exhibition looks at how important drawing was to the Portuguese artist’s practice, focusing on preparatory drawings, studies and archival material.

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style
Kings Gallery, London, Until October 18
The King’s Gallery wandered into the attic and found a whole bunch of boxes full of old Queen Elizabeth II tattoos, and now they’re putting them all on display. This show promises an in-depth look at the tendencies of Britain’s longest-reigning Queen, from her childhood, right through the princess’s style choices of her years and into her final decades in power. From the christening gown to the coronation dress, they’ve got it all. We’re not fun, but we’re very stylish.

extraction
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, Until July 26
Talk about timing. Artland’s Big Spring Show takes viewers on a sordid journey through the world of energy just as the attacks on Iran send gas and oil prices into the stratosphere. The artists—including Margaret Humo with her science-fiction sculptures, and John Gerrard with his ominous style of digital video art—address the way energy has shaped society, all in a landscape haunted by the effects of the shale gas industry, the petroleum economy, and the renewable energy market. Eddie Frankel

Checkout: platform

James Acaster
April 14 to August 27; The tour begins in Prescott
When it comes to UK stand-up, no one rivals Acaster’s mix of mainstream appeal, clever subversion and quirky edge. Recently, the Kettering-born comedian’s left-field style has become a hit on the American talk show circuit. Find out what surprises he has up his sleeve in his new tour. Rachel Aroesti

Scottish Ballet: Starstruck
Theater Royal, Glasgow, 16 to April 18; Tour until May 9
There’s romance, Greek gods and backstage drama in this jazz ballet by Broadway and MGM legend Gene Kelly, set to music by Gershwin, Ravel and Chopin—and it’s every bit as exhilarating as it sounds. Friday night’s performance is followed by a post-show conversation with Kelly’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly. Lindsey Winship

One of them flew over the cuckoo’s nest
The Old Vic, London, until 23 May
Clint Dyer directs a bold new stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, set inside a mental institution – where Nurse Ratched (Olivia Williams) rules everything, until new patient Randall P. McMurphy blows it all up. With a cracking cast including Aaron Bier and Giles Terrera. Miriam Gillinson

Tweedy’s Big Circus: The Big Number 2
The Old Farm, Moreton-on-Marsh, until April 19; Tour until May 31
Gifford Circus’s breakout star, Tweedy the Clown, is going big on his own this year. Blending absurdity, sheer athleticism, and childlike delight with an adult twinkle in his eyes, Tweedy is a unique film – and a real treat for the whole family. mg