arts byTim Lezard


Music > Yard Act On tour UK, September Leeds post-punk heroes Yard Act hit the road in September to plug their debut album, The Overload. They’re playing small venues, but not for long. www.yardactors.com


Pavement On tour UK, October Seminal slacker rockers Pavement are back! The Stephen Malkmus-fronted Californian five-piece, who last reformed in 2010, have reformed again, with dates in Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and London. Catch them while you can. Who knows when they’ll next reform? https://pavementband.com/#tour


Television > The Change Channel 4 Bridget Christie writes and stars in this six-part comedy-drama about Linda, a


, Spotlight > The secret gig worker


Juliette Binoche stars as undercover journalist Marianne living among those who work in the gig economy. Adapted from journalist


Florence Aubenas’ non- fiction bestseller The Night


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Cleaners (Le quai de Ouistreham), Between Two Worlds sees Marianne relocating to Caen, passing herself off as one of a group of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet.


She finds work as a cleaner


on a ferry travelling between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, recording the drudgery of the work she and her colleagues have to do. At the same time, she


grapples with the ethical and moral dimensions of posing as one of the workers, balancing the need to highlight the lives of her


colleagues with her subterfuge. “Where is the boundary


between truth and lies? How far are we allowed to lie for the truth to be captured?” Binoche asks. Her dilemma is


heightened as bonds of friendship develop. www.imdb.com/title/ tt10088984/


down politicians, mucking about and finding hope. He says: “After lockdowns and isolation, this show is about the simple act of being in a room together and toppling international capitalism.” https://markthomasinfo.co.uk/tour- dates/


Film > The Forgiven


50-year-old working-class married mother who is having a menopause- prompted crisis. She leaves her family behind and motorcycles off in search of an identity and a purpose. Described as “Shirley Valentine meets Deliverance. With pigs”, it’s going to be brilliant or excruciating. Possibly both.


Exhibition > Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce London Transport Museum Celebrate the contributions of first, second and third generation Caribbean transport workers to transport in London and British culture at this exhibition. https://tinyurl.com/ychpzm9t


Comedy> Helen Bauer Madam Good Tit On tour The comedy powerhouse that is Helen Bauer learned stand-up skills while waitressing and drinking in London and Berlin. Her show addresses self- confidence, self-esteem and self-care. https://helenbauer.co.uk/live/


Mark Thomas Black and White On tour Arts favourite Mark Thomas returns with a new show with old themes: taking


Geraldine Cotter, and Martin Hayes, Brian Donnellan and Conal O’Kane. www.feaklefestival.ie


Swn Festival Cardiff October 21-23 Cardiff’s Swn Festival is promoting gigs in small venues – including the iconic Womanby Street – and is about bringing new, exciting artists to Cardiff. www.swnfest.com


Theatre > The Doctor Duke of York’s Theatre, London From September 29


On general release from September 2, this film, starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain and set among the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, explores the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of local Muslims and Western visitors. www.imdb.com/title/tt3696180/


Festivals > Beautiful Days Devon August 19-21 I don’t think I’ve seen a better festival line-up than this. Let’s go: Flogging Molly, The Specials and Levellers (obvs) as headliners, with the Dandy Warhols, Maximo Park, Lars Frederiksen, the Interrupters, Reverend and the Makers, Neds Atomic Dustbins, Beth Orton, Billy Bragg …. www.beautifuldays.org


Feakle Festival Feakle, County Clare August 4-8 This event has concerts, workshops and ceilidhs, with performances by Lisa O’Neill and Cormac Begley, Charlie Harris, Maeve Donnelly and


In this play based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 short story Professor Bernhardi, Juliet Stevenson is Ruth Wolff, a doctor heading a private clinic who denies entry to a priest wanting to give the last rites to a young patient who doesn’t know she’s dying. A morally, politically and personally fraught drama. www.thedukeofyorks.com


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