Salem’s Lot to Rivals: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Going out: Cinema

Salem’s Lot
Out now
This new adaptation of the 1975 novel by Stephen King stars Lewis Pullman (nepo-watch: son of Bill) as writer Ben Mears, who returns to his childhood home town of Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine, hoping inspiration will strike, only to find it providing an all-you-can-drink buffet for a vampire.

Buffalo Kids
Out now
Orphaned Irish siblings Tom and Mary emigrate to the US, where they make friends with a non-verbal young wheelchair user named Nick and hope to reunite with their uncle in New York, in this family animation set in the 19th century. With voicework from Gemma Arterton and Sean Bean.

Terrifier 3
Out now
Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) returns in time for Halloween with a Christmas adventure (go figure). This time, Sienna (Lauren LaVera) is attempting to rebuild her life, but Art and his disfigured victim turned accomplice Victoria (Samantha Scaffidi) have holiday plans that may just get in the way.

Transformers One
Out now
A new animated adventure based on the ever-popular Hasbro toys, this one boasts a voice cast that would be even more exciting if this weren’t a Transformers movie. Reporting for money duty, step forward Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

Ms Lauryn Hill & the Fugees
Co-op Live, Manchester, 12 October; The O2, London, 14 October
Having spent 2018 touring the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the singer returns for its 25th birthday. This time she’s bringing her Fugees bandmates along for the ride, with the promise of a focus on 1996’s The Score. Michael Cragg

Patrick Cornelius
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 17 October
New York alto saxist Patrick Cornelius has sharp instincts for joining lyrical postbop melodies to the contemporary edginess of his improv dispositions. On this tour, Cornelius features a fine ensemble including sometime Pat Metheny keyboard partner James Francies. John Fordham

Kafka Fragments
New College Chapel, Oxford, 12 October
Cities of Song is the theme of this year’s Oxford international song festival. But there’s contemporary music, too, including György Kurtág’s 55-minute song cycle made up of 40 miniatures, performed by soprano Claire Booth and violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Andrew Clements

Soft Play
15 to 31 October; tour starts Brighton
After three albums as Slaves, Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent relaunched as Soft Play in 2022. This year’s Heavy Jelly album showed they had lost none of their bite, with febrile single Punk’s Dead mocking those who criticised the name change. MC

Going out: Art

Hew Locke
British Museum, London, 17 October to 9 February
This creator of provocative, carnivalesque assemblages that mix and mismatch finds from past and present has been let loose in the British Museum. Locke shows objects including a rectified bust of Queen Victoria as he explores the museum’s collections and their complex relationships with the history of the British empire.

Letizia Battaglia
The Photographers’ Gallery, London, to 23 February
A retrospective of the Palermo-born photographer’s compelling shots of Sicily, starting in the 1970s and documenting an era of change and violence when her city saw corrupt building projects, mafia rule and eventually a courageous revolt against organised crime. Her pictures capture raw reality from beach life to trials.

Anya Gallaccio
Turner Contemporary, Margate, to 26 January
In the 1990s, when young British artists were notorious for showing rotting cow heads, kebabs and unmade beds, Gallaccio stood out from the urban crowd with her leafy installations in the tradition of British land art. This retrospective sees her bring flowers, apples and an ash tree into the gallery.

Paula Rego
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, to 5 January
This Hayward Gallery touring show takes a deep dive into English literature as seen by Rego. It includes her prints inspired by traditional nursery rhymes, JM Barrie’s Peter Pan and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. In a firm, clear style, Rego illustrates these texts with energy and the occasional shock. Jonathan Jones

Going out: Stage

Henry Rowley
16 October to 29 November; tour starts Exeter
Sending up your own poshness works wonders in mainstream arena comedy (Jack Whitehall) and – as Rowley has proven – on TikTok. In fact, the 26-year-old parodies all manner of privilege, combining standup with characters including deluded trustafarian Minty. Rachel Aroesti

Hips&Skins
The Tute, Cambois, Northumberland, 18 October
Experimental dance artist Jacky Lansley joins forces with choreographer Esther Huss in a new performance piece, Hips&Skins, a comical examination of sexism and ageism in the realm of women’s health. Part of Rude Health, a month-long free festival. Lyndsey Winship

Oedipus
Wyndham’s theatre, London, to 4 January
Wunderkind director Robert Icke tackles the mother of all tragedies. Mark Strong takes the lead and Lesley Manville stars as his mother/wife in this twisting, twisted tale set in the present day on Oedipus’s election night. Kate Wyver

Signal to Noise
Cambridge Junction, 16 to 17 October
The relentlessly innovative Forced Entertainment is celebrating its 40th birthday by bringing back some of its most striking shows. Here’s another chance to catch Signal to Noise, a kind of sensory shattering. KW