Your complete entertainment guide for the week ahead, from Tony to Jungle

This week’s entertainment guide brings you exciting new releases across cinema, music, art, and theatre, as well as recommendations for what to watch and play at home. From the early life of a famous chef to new music from a chart-topping band, there’s something for everyone.

In cinemas, a new biopic titled Tony explores the early years of the celebrity chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain. Directed by Matt Johnson, the film stars Dominic Sessa as a 19-year-old Bourdain working his first restaurant job in Cape Cod. The cast also includes Rich Sommer, Leo Woodall, and Antonio Banderas. Another film to watch is The End of Oak Street, a science fiction mystery from director David Robert Mitchell. It features Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as a family trying to survive when prehistoric creatures begin appearing in their suburban neighbourhood.

For those interested in live music, the ArcTanGent festival in Bristol promises a diverse lineup of alternative music, including funk-metal pioneers Primus and gothic artist Chelsea Wolfe. Rock legend Lenny Kravitz will be headlining a special event at Crystal Palace Park in London, performing some of his biggest hits. In the classical music realm, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will perform at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, featuring a powerful combination of new Ukrainian music and Verdi’s Requiem. Jazz enthusiasts can enjoy a special performance celebrating John Coltrane’s 1963 album at Watermill Jazz.

Art lovers have several compelling exhibitions to explore. The Tate Modern is showcasing the work of British artist Hurvin Anderson, with paintings inspired by barbershops and Caribbean landscapes. The Edinburgh art festival continues, presenting a wide array of exhibitions across the Scottish capital, including intriguing Japanese paintings and artworks focusing on queer themes. In Glasgow, Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s exhibition uses sound and video to investigate global injustices, particularly the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights. A major exhibition by the late artist David Hockney features a single, vast digital painting of Normandy at the Serpentine North gallery in London.

On stage, Edinburgh’s fringe festival offers a variety of performances. Comedian Ele McKenzie presents her debut standup show, while the play Mayflies, based on Andrew O’Hagan’s novel, explores themes of mortality and middle age. In London, The Old Vic presents How the Other Half Loves, a domestic farce by Alan Ayckbourn involving an affair and ensuing chaos. Additionally, a free outdoor dance spectacle called 360 will transform General Gordon Square in London into a vibrant dance floor.

For staying in, the BBC’s Ludwig returns for its second series on iPlayer and BBC One, featuring David Mitchell as a reluctant puzzle-setter searching for his brother. On ITVX, the Australian series Sunny Nights follows two siblings launching a spray-tan business, which quickly gets entangled in a gangland conspiracy. DC Comics fans can watch Lanterns on HBO Max, a sci-fi series about an intergalactic peacekeeping cop and his protégé investigating a murder. Little Bird, a critically acclaimed Canadian miniseries about a First Nations girl forcibly adopted into a Jewish family in the 1960s, is also available on Now and Sky Atlantic.

In the gaming world, Mortal Shell 2 offers an enhanced action role-playing experience with deeper combat and a more intricate world. The Sinking City 2, inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft, drops players into a supernatural, flooded city where they must fight monstrous enemies using 1920s weapons. Music fans can enjoy Sunshine, the latest album from the popular UK band Jungle, which follows their recent commercial success. Other new albums include Hermoso by producer Benny Blanco, featuring Latin American pop influences, and the return of singer-songwriter Carly Simon with her first new material since 2009.