From I Know What You Did Last Summer to Washington Black: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead | Culture

Going out: Cinema

I Know What You Did Last Summer
Out now
Alongside the superior Scream, the original I Know What You Did Last Summer embodied the late 20th-century quippy slasher movement. In an era defined by new takes on old IPs, it’s perhaps surprising it’s taken so long to get around to a reboot of this one, but it’s here now, and it’s a sequel, with Freddie Prinze Jr and Jennifer Love Hewitt reprising their roles.

Harvest
Out now
This dark historical drama, which premiered at the Venice film festival, is the English-language debut of the well-regarded Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari, and is an adaptation of the Jim Crace novel. Set in an ambiguous preindustrial time period, a juicy ensemble cast (Harry Melling, Caleb Landry-Jones, Rosy McEwen) contend with universal themes: the march of progress, harmful traditions and the scapegoating of the outsider.

Friendship
Out now
Paul Rudd plays Austin, a charismatic weatherman who moves to a new neighbourhood and is initially open to a new friendship with Tim Robinson’s misfit marketing executive Craig. Those familiar with Robinson’s oeuvre will know that the path of true bromance n’er did run straight, with the escalating awkwardness and discomfort in this cringe comedy about male loneliness.

Human Traffic 4K restoration
Out now
Nice one bruvva! The quintessential 90s night out in Cardiff starring a baby-faced John Simm returns to the big screen in the sort of glorious 4K restoration too often reserved for the kind of films that don’t feature a young Danny Dyer AKA “pill monster” Moff getting caught masturbating by his mum. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

Judas Priest & Alice Cooper
Scarborough (Judas Priest only), 23 July; London, 25 July
London’s O2 arena descends into darkness, augmented by dry ice and pyro, as the rock and metal legends co-headline a one-off spectacular. Two days prior, Birmingham heavy metallers Judas Priest also head to Scarborough with guests Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons. Michael Cragg

Latitude
Henham Park, Suffolk, 24 to 27 July
Even if you’re not a fan of headliners Sting, Fatboy Slim and Snow Patrol, there’s plenty to enjoy further down the bill at this East Anglia festival. French band Air, a returning Sigrid and a raucous Lambrini Girls, for example, plus a stellar comedy lineup. MC

Soweto Kinch
Fire Station, Sunderland, 24 July
Dynamic UK saxophonist, rapper and radio presenter Soweto Kinch hosts a special BBC Proms edition of his Round Midnight Radio 3 show, with guests including genre-bridging and Grammy-nominated American trumpeter Theo Croker and vivaciously skilful UK pianist Joe Webb, the latter celebrating the centenary of piano giant Oscar Peterson. John Fordham

BBC Philharmonic premieres
Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 and 22 July
Significant new works look thin on the ground in this summer’s Proms, but two of the most promising come in the BBC Philharmonic’s first pair of concerts. John Storgårds conducts tenor Allan Clayton in Tom Coult’s Monologues for the Curious, while the next night Sean Shibe is the soloist in Mark Simpson’s guitar concerto, ZEBRA (or 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K Dick). Andrew Clements

Going out: Art

Space
Natural History Museum, London to 22 February 2026
This accessible, interactive and fact-filled show is fun for all ages. It looks at how science is closing in on extraterrestrial life, taking you from the deserts of Mars to the icy moons of the gas giants, and beyond the solar system to see how life may exist orbiting remote stars.

Folkestone Triennial
Various venues, Folkestone, 19 July to 19 October
This contemporary art festival sees venues – which range from genteel civic gardens to the atmospheric port with its decaying concrete ferry terminal – taken over by ambitious, often provocative installations. Dadaist mayhem-maker Monster Chetwynd stars along with Cooking Sections, Dorothy Cross, Katie Paterson and more, all exploring landscape and deep time.

Sculpture in the City
Various public sites, City of London, to spring 2026
Ai Weiwei and Jane and Louise Wilson are among the artists unveiling new public sculptures in this annual free event that leads you on an intriguing walk through the City of London’s jumble of ancient and modern buildings. There are also works by Julian Opie, Elisa Artesero and Daniel Silver.

Louise Bourgeois, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helen Chadwick
Modern One, Edinburgh, to 2026
Three artists who investigated the body and desire are celebrated by the Artist Rooms collection, whose excellent holdings guarantee insight. Bourgeois carried the surrealist imagination into this century while Mapplethorpe pioneered the art of shock with his stunningly sensual monochrome photographs and Chadwick brought new organic truth to British art. Jonathan Jones

Going out: Stage

St Albans Comedy Garden
Verulamium Park, 24 to 27 July
If you can’t find anyone to your taste at this household name-packed four-dayer, standup might not be for you after all. Highlights include observational maestro Phil Wang, harried mum-era Sara Pascoe, inimitable absurdist Sam Campbell, apologetic old Etonian Ivo Graham and the bluntly witty Fern Brady. Rachel Aroesti Rachel Aroesti

Scottish Dance Theatre: Pirates!
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, 19 & 20 July
This family show is a lot of fun: warm, engaging and silly, it’s the story of a daydreaming ship assistant whisked away by a ragtag bunch of pirates for an adventure on the high seas, featuring zombies, strange sea creatures, acrobatics and funny squelchy noises. Lyndsey Winship

Inter Alia
National Theatre, London, to 13 September
A searing new play from writer Suzie Miller, who penned Prima Facie – a huge hit for Jodie Comer. It’s about a maverick crown court judge whose life is unravelling, played by Rosamund Pike. Miriam Gillinson

The Railway Children
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, to 7 September
Mike Kenny’s Olivier-winning stage adaptation has been reworked for Bradford 2025 City of Culture. Audiences will be taken by steam train on an immersive soundscape journey before watching the show in an auditorium built at Oxenhope station. MG