The Observer - 25.08.2019

The Observer

25.08.19 45

Critics

SubjectThe week ahead

Art

Theatre

Book now: London literature

festival

Th e South Bank Centre’s literary

festival has a strong musical lineup

this October: Brett Anderson and

Tricky discuss their memoirs, plus

grime MC Novelist performs live.

Tickets: southbankcentre.co.uk

Theatre

Book now: & Juliet

An intriguing alternative ending to

the Shakespeare story in which Juliet,

to get over Romeo’s death, heads to

Paris. With music from Max Martin,

the Swedish producer behind Britney

and Backstreet Boys. Opera House,

Manchester; 10 Sept-12 Oct.

Tickets: atgtickets.com

Pop

Last chance: Lee Krasner

Th rilling retrospective of the US

abstract expressionist, her fi rst major

showing in Europe in more than half

a century, with nearly 100 works of

tremendous, often tempestuous

power. Barbican, London; ends

next Sunday.

Art

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic exploration
of social and industrial change receives
its fi rst stage production. A mix of
professional and community actors
will perform Bafta-nominated writer
Janys Chambers’s adaptation. Festival
theatre, Pitlochry; Th ursday to 25 Sept.

Film

The Souvenir

After a six-year absence, British
writer-director Joanna Hogg returns
with her most personal and ambitious
project yet: a self-portrait of the
artist as a young woman. In cinemas
from Friday.

Our cultural highlights

Pop

Cate Le Bon

Le Bon’s fi fth album, Rewa rd, a

breakup record forged in Cumbria

and Joshua Tree, California, has a

deserved Mercury nomination. Th is

tour comes on the back of “joyful” US

dates. Edinburgh (tonight); Newcastle

(tomorrow); Manchester (Tue); Leeds

(Wed); Cardiff (Th u).

Hedda Tesman

Haydn Gwynne stars in Cordelia Lynn’s

new play, a reworking of Ibsen’s Hedda

Gabler set in 2019, designed by Anna

Fleischle. Lynn has said that she and

director Holly Race Roughan set out

to answer the question “why doesn’t

Hedda just leave?” Minerva theatre,

Chichester; Friday to 28 Sept

Theatre

Being Human

Tremendous new permanent

gallery explores through art

what it is to be human in

the 21st century, from

illness and intellect to birth,

genetics and death. Artists

include Yinka Shonibare,

Deborah Kelly and Superfl ex.

Wellcome Collection, London;

from 5 Sept.

Un Poyo Rojo

Humour and athleticism collide in a

male locker room, in this acclaimed

Argentinian two-hander, making a six-

date return to the fringe: catch the fi nal

two shows today and tomorrow at Zoo

Southside, Edinburgh, 5.10pm.

Classical Dance

The Magic Flute

Glyndebourne makes its annual visit to

the Proms with a special semi-staging

of Mozart’s opera, starring David

Portillo and Sofi a Fomina. Royal Albert

Hall, London, Tuesday.

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