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14-20 Oct 2017 guide 4

Harry Potter:

A History

of Magic

Having saturated

the world of

books, fi lms

and cash-in

theme parks,

JK Rowling’s

evergreen creation

now gets an

exhibition at

London’s British

Library. Featuring

rare books,

manuscripts and

magical objects

that inspired

the spirit of

Potter world, the

exhibition also

includes Rowling’s

original drawings

and drafts. Opens

Friday and runs

until 28 February.

Jessie Ware

After a three-year

gap, dinner-party

favourite Jessie

Ware’s back with

more sophisticated

hush-pop in

the shape of

Glasshouse. Top-

tier collaborators

including Benny

Blanco, Ryan

Tedder and, erm,

Preston from the

Ordinary Boys, all

off er songwriting

help to songs

that lean closer to

Radio 2. Out Fri.

the 10

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Christmas Eve

Niamh Cusack

(pictured) stars in

Daniel Kehlmann’s

suspense thriller

in which a woman

is dragged in

for questioning

the night before

Christmas. It’s at

Theatre Royal,

Bath, from Thu.

See Theatre, p

Shonky: The

Aesthetics of

Awkwardness

Curated by John

Walter, Hayward

Touring’s latest

Curatorial Open

exhibition

challenges

the negative

association

of shoddy or

unreliable art,

suggesting a

more celebratory

defi nition of

“shonkiness” and

how it can be used

to explore a range

of issues including

gender, identity,

beauty and the

body. Artists

include Arakawa

and Madeline

Gins (their

Infl ected Arcade

House is pictured

above), Plastique

Fantastique and

Cosima von Bonin.

It opens on Friday

at Mac in Belfast

before moving to

DCA in Dundee in

March and Bury

Art Museum and

Sculpture in June.

See Exhibitions, p

George Michael

As the anniversary

of his death

approaches,

the George

Michael legacy

campaign kicks

into overdrive.

There’s a Channel

4 documentary,

Freedom, airing

on Monday

and a deluxe

reissue of 1990’s

Listen Without

Prejudice Vol 1

that, alongside

some rarities and

an unnecessary

Nile Rodgers

remix, also comes

with 1996’s MTV

Unplugged album.

Out Friday.Out Friday.

BRITISH LIBRARY; DEUTSCHES FILMINSTITUT FRANKFURT