From Backrooms to Paul McCartney: your complete entertainment guide to next week | Culture

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Back rooms
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People have enjoyed spinning weird yarns about exotic locations since the beginning of the written word, and A24’s horror (starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass) feeds that interest through Backrooms’ large web images. That is, an infinite limbo where you can find yourself guilty of wandering around endlessly, hoping not to encounter any of the Entities who live in the Backrooms. Bad things.

The Power of the Ballad
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Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in a heartwarming drama about a wedding singer who forms an unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck star. The result is a hit – but for one of them, breeding anger. John Carney (Sing Street, Once) writes and directs.

Tuner
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We’re used to hearing about musicians with exceptional talent, yadda yadda yadda, how about a pianist (Leo Woodall) with a talent – which means a great hearing – very sophisticated qualifies as a protected musician in the world – which causes all kinds of chaos.

Leonora in the Morning Light
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Based on the novel by Elena Poniatowska, a Mexican literary director, the play tells the story of Leonora Carrington, a surrealist painter, from 1930s France onwards through friendships and encounters with the likes of Salvador Dalí, André Breton and, especially, Max Ernst. New actress Olivia Vinall. Catherine Bray

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Callum Au Big Band
Kings Place, London, 30 May
Composer and trombonist Callum Au has been working brilliantly behind the work of stars including Raye and Michael Bublé. His impressive big band showcases his mastery of styles from swing to salsa, funk and postbop jazz. This gig kicks off his exciting new album Sing the Seven Seas. John Fordham

Twice
O2, London, 3 & 4 June
The nine-song K-pop girl group’s two-way world tour in support of last summer’s album This Is For hit London for two shows. Expect a heavy dose of their glossy, diverse discography and a 10-song set featuring solo work and other edits. Michael Cragg

It’s over
2 to 6 June; The journey begins in Glasgow
Fresh off the release of an expanded version of last year’s Soft Album, LAny-rock duo Lany are celebrated in a variety of ways on the UK’s mid-range scene. With an appeal to the sad-boi mentality, songs like Super Far and Malibu Nights should act as antidote when roaring on the stairs. MC

Handel’s Orlando
Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh, 30 May to 7 June
Housed in an old barn with an orchestra pit modeled after Wagner’s Bayreuth theatre, Longborough is not your typical home theater. This year’s festival opens with Handel’s chivalric tale directed by Sinéad O’Neill, featuring a cast of rising stars and the Academy of Ancient Music. Christopher Molds directs. Flora Wilson

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Camille Henrot
The Perimeter, London until 25 July
This French artist is best known for his vivid, complex, abstract and sculptural videos, but it is his paintings that are the focus of this exhibition in a museum located in London’s mews. However difficult, wise, this is Henrot on his own and individual.

British Landscape: A View of the Landscape
Pallant House, Chichester, 30 May to 1 November
This lush green landscape with rolling hills and coastal cliffs has inspired artists for centuries. Pallant House’s summer exhibition looks at more than 200 years of British landscapes – by everyone from Thomas Gainsborough to Paul Nash and Barbara Hepworth – to understand the relationship between the people of this country and the places they live in.

Nora Chipaumire
Tate Modern, London, 3 June to 23 August
Based in tanks deep in the bowels of Tate Modern, this Zimbabwean artist’s summer commission combines dance, theatre, music, film and sculpture to explore the concept of balance and organization, both literally and figuratively.

Nancy Lupo
Spike Island, Bristol, 30 May to 6 September
This first exhibition of American artists in the UK uses its various mediums – playing art, video, photography, fiction and non-fiction – to tear apart the idea of ​​home, treating home as boredom and fantasy. Eddy Frankel

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Groove
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 4 to 6 June
This should be a fun show, set to the music of James Brown, Nina Simone and Herbie Hancock. Two Dutch dance groups – Ruggeds and Ghetto Funk Collective – join forces to follow the evolution of funk, soul, hip-hop and house. Lyndsey Winship

Exeter comedy festival
Various locations, 3 to 7 June
Founded by stand-up comedian Will Adamsdale (who also produces his own AI sitcom), this south-west festival is a well-maintained take on August’s Edinburgh suburbs. Work is underway from Nish Kumar, Josie Long, Sophie Duker, Daniel Kitson, Ahir Shah, Johnny White Really-Really and many more. Rachel Aroesti

Atonement
Chichester Festival theater, until 20 June
It’s the summer of 1935 when 13-year-old Briony makes a terrible mistake. Christopher Hampton adapts Ian McEwan’s beloved novel into the world premiere of this captivating story that spans decades. Directed by Adam Penford, who received rave reviews for both James Graham’s Punch and his Chichester production of The Sound of Music, this is set to be an epic tale of love and war. Kate Wyver

P’s words
Bush Theatre, London, until 27 June
These are stories of love and criticism. After fleeing homophobic abuse in Pakistan, Zafar meets Bilal’s Grindr addiction in London, where love grows against racism and homophobia in dehumanized Britain. Waleed Akhtar’s sharp and hopeful drama returns to Chitshamba with its original cast, including Queer Eye’s Tan France star as the actor. KW