The week ahead in culture, indoors: from livestreamed comedy to new Thundercat

The Observer’s critics recommend the best new arts shows to enjoy on TV, on the radio and online
  
  

Elia Suleiman in his film It Must be Heaven.
Elia Suleiman in his film It Must Be Heaven. Photograph: PR

Film

It Must Be Heaven

Palestinian director Elia Suleiman got a special jury mention at Cannes last year for this droll, wistful comedy of not belonging, following a globetrotting film-maker’s struggle to find his place in the world. On digital release Friday. Guy Lodge

Classical

LSO’s Always Playing

Shape the week with LSO’s Always Playing fixed-time archive concerts only available Thursday and Sunday, 7.30pm.Today: Simon Rattle conducts Sibelius. Thursday: Valery Gergiev conducts Brahms’s Symphony No 1 and Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto. Fiona Maddocks

Pop

Thundercat: It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder)

With a stellar lineup of guests - Donald Glover, Kamasi Washington, Ty Dolla $ign, Steve Lacy - the fourth album from LA’s supreme jazz networker meditates, among many things, on the loss of Thundercat’s close friend Mac Miller. Kitty Empire

Dance

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young: Betroffenheit

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s triumphant Betroffenheit, above, is an excoriating study of loss and bereavement. It can be viewed on Marquee TV, a Netflix-style streamer for dance, musicals and performance. Free trial for 30 days. Bidisha

Art

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
(BBC 4, Part 3)

Unmissable series presented with passion and vigour by Waldemar Januszczak, this week investigating the underlying meaning of Gauguin’s epic painting about good and evil, Vision After the Sermon. Laura Cumming

Comedy

The Social Distancing Social Club

Join Steve Hofstetter, above, Ben Gleib and Chris Bowers for a live-streamed hour-long show featuring standup by celebrity guests. It’s broadcast at 5pm (except Mondays and Thursdays) on Steve Hofstetter’s YouTube channel. Kadish Morris

Art

The Art Newspaper Podcasts

Current editions include reports from writers in lockdown across Europe and discussions of masterpieces now hanging unseen in the world’s museums, hosted each week by Ben Luke, above. Laura Cumming

Theatre

Cyprus Avenue

David Ireland’s brilliant play about the Ulster Protestant who thinks his granddaughter is Gerry Adams. Stephen Rea glowers magnetically in this film version, which is as hilarious as it is horrific. Royalcourttheatre.com, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube until 26 April. Susannah Clapp

Pop

Christine and the Queens, Instagram live

Join Héloïse Letissier, left, one of the most consistent and high-calibre of the Covid-19-era live streamers, in the studio on Instagram Live, most nights at 10pm. Kitty Empire

 

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