The Devil Wears Prada 2 is finally here, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt reprising their iconic roles. This long-awaited sequel is one of the most anticipated films of the decade. Meanwhile, Lenny Henry embarks on a tour blending standup with stories from his beloved career. Here is your complete guide to the week ahead in entertainment.
Going out: Cinema
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Out now. Sequels for spring? Groundbreaking. 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 as high-fashion supervillain Miranda Priestly, journalist Andy Sachs, and type-A nightmare Emily Charlton.
Hokum
Out now. Adam Scott (Severance) stars in this Irish-set haunted-house horror about a man whose journey to spread his parents' ashes involves unexpectedly spooky twists. Irish former electrician Damian McCarthy writes and directs his first Hollywood feature after lower-budget homegrown hits.
Wild Foxes
Out now. Valéry 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 follows the aftermath of a near-fatal accident for young boxer Camille (Samuel Kircher), rescued by his best friend Matteo (Faycal Anaflous).
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea
Out now. A beach vacation at a private resort is disrupted by Yura, an underseas priestess seeking help 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.
Going out: Gigs
Tsatsamis
Manchester, 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. Listen for the pensive, George Michael-esque Secret Boyfriend and the sweaty strut of Angelina, which sounds like Hurts wrestling with Years & Years.
Tame Impala
7 to 13 May; tour starts in London. Kevin 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 charted worldwide thanks to a remix with Blackpink's Jennie.
Courtney Pine
Cheltenham Town Hall, 3 May; Ronnie Scott's, London, 7 & 8 May. Four decades ago, this sax-playing descendant of the Windrush generation helped spark a revolution across the 1980s UK jazz scene. Pine's Out of the Ghetto: A Modern Day Jazz Story tour celebrates the vision that fuelled a new sound and a still-growing audience.
Tectonics festival
City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 2 & 3 May. Tectonics is an annual feast for the ears, showcasing composers and performers 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.
Going out: Art
Aleksandra Kasuba
Tate St Ives, 2 May to 4 October. Long before immersive art was a thing, Lithuanian American artist Aleksandra Kasuba created 'spatial environments' for viewers to inhabit. This St Ives show, the first of her work in the UK, features early paintings and mosaics alongside proto-immersive installations about utopian ideals of social harmony and communal living.
Zurbarán
National Gallery, London, 2 May to 23 August. Gazing saints, bowls of lemons, magi, and a circumcision: the so-called Spanish Caravaggio took on vast subject matter with singular intensity and heightened drama. Francisco de Zurbarán was a giant of 17th-century art, a master of the baroque, and this exhibition is a serious art blockbuster.
Genuine Fake Premium Economy
ICA, London, to 5 July. Three millennial artists—Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison, and Jasmine Gregory—come together to make sense of surviving the 2008 financial crisis. How do we live, love, work, and survive in a world of massive inequality and capitalist greed? Their film, photography, and painting may provide answers.
Rose Finn-Kelcey
Arts Collective, Northampton, to 1 August. Pioneering feminist performance conceptualist and Northampton native Rose Finn-Kelcey died in 2014. Her work dealt with architecture, spirituality, the domestic, and the mundane, all with humour and biting satire. This show inaugurates the Art Collective complex, a new art space for Northampton.
Going out: Stage
Lenny Henry
Touring to 3 November. First came stage shows based on classic sitcoms; now comedy giants of the 80s and 90s relive their greatest hits. Following Harry Enfield, the Comic Relief co-founder embarks on a tour fusing standup with stories about his best-loved roles.
Sherlock Holmes
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London, 2 May to 6 June. In this new adventure, Sherlock's world collapses into chaos with the arrival of an unknown woman and a mysterious jewel at 221b Baker Street. Written by Joel Horwood (The Ocean at the End of the Lane), directed by Sean Holmes, starring Joshua James as Sherlock and Jyuddah Jaymes as Watson.
Sweat
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, to 16 May; Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 3 to 20 June. This co-production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-winning play is based on extensive interviews with residents of Reading, Pennsylvania, where industrial decline devastates factory workers' way of life.
Return to the Forest
Aviva 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 imaginative, experimental kids' theatre blending puppetry and dance.
Staying in: Streaming
Legends
Netflix, 2 May. With The Gold, Neil Forsyth turned a notorious heist into quality retro drama. Now he finds 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.
Amandaland
BBC iPlayer & BBC One, 6 May, 9pm. As 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.
Fallen
ITVX, 3 May. American source material, a primarily British cast, German and Swiss producers, and a Brazilian broadcaster: this adaptation of Lauren Kate's YA romantasy fiction is the result of a globalised TV industry. The show, which won an international Emmy last year, finally airs in the UK.
Berlusconi – Condemned to Win
BBC iPlayer & BBC Four, 5 May, 10pm. Everyone knows Silvio Berlusconi parlayed his media tycoon status into a long career in Italian politics. But this ESPN doc examines a lesser-known element of his empire: how his ownership of AC Milan helped him become prime minister.
Staying in: Games
Wax Heads
Xbox, PS5, PC, Switch, out 2 May. Ever fancied running a record shop, picking out recommendations, and getting to know over 100 fictional bands? This grungy little game has invented all of this for your amusement.
inKonbini
PC, Xbox, Switch, PS5, out now. Alternatively, in 1990s Japan, you are a college student who takes a job stacking shelves at a convenience store. Sounds like a drudgery simulator, but things get more interesting as you get to know your customers.
Staying in: Albums
Tori Amos – In Times of Dragons
Out now. A metaphorical story based around a desperate fight for democracy against a 'billionaire Lizard Demon' forms the backbone of the US singer-songwriter's 18th album. On the epic six-minute opener, Shush, Amos spotlights coercive patriarchy, before reaching a sense of hope on Stronger Together.
Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere
Out now. The country music superstar attempts to settle into singledom on her seventh album. On the title track, she enjoys the freedom of being undefined, while a 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 Trip
Out now. Originally released last September, Zara Larsson's excellent fifth album, Midnight Sun, was a surprising flop. Since then, she scored a US Top 10 single with PinkPantheress and watched her 2015 bop Lush Life re-enter charts worldwide. Hence this repack with a remix album featuring a global roster of female guests.
American Football – American Football
Out now. Seven years after their last album, also called American Football, the midwest emo quartet return with 10 more songs to cry to. Focusing on suicide, divorce, and addiction, songs such as Bad Moons and No Feeling (with Turnstile's Brendan Yates) make sadness seem quite pretty.
Staying in: Brain food
Aadam Jacobs Archive
Online. Chicago's Aadam Jacobs is an obsessive chronicler of the city's music scene. This fascinating archive features live recordings of early shows by Nirvana, Depeche Mode, and Sonic Youth, plus contextual info.
Darknet Diaries
Podcast. Tech expert Jack Rhysider's engrossing series analyses developments in the shadowy world of cybercrime, from hacking groups destabilising national security to bot farms gaming music charts.
The Safe Box
BBC World Service, Tuesday, 8.06pm. Marking World Press Freedom Day, presenter Myra Anubi investigates the French organisation Forbidden Stories, exploring how journalists continue the sensitive work of colleagues who have been killed or are at risk.
