From Abigail to Taylor Swift: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Going out: Cinema

Abigail
Out now
Very loosely based on the 1936 horror Dracula’s Daughter, this new spin on the material sees a little girl kidnapped by a group of criminals, in the hope of extracting a hefty ransom from her Russian underworld mobster father. Unfortunately for them, Abigail isn’t quite the young innocent that she seems.

Sometimes I Think About Dying
Out now
Somewhere on the Oregon coast, Fran (Daisy Ridley) works in an office, whiling her time away doing exactly what the title of the film suggests. Until, that is, a new co-worker (Dave Merheje) decides to try to coax her out of her shell. Romance directed by Rachel Lambert.

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger
Out now
Fashion is very much to the fore in this lavish presentation of the work of portrait artist John Singer Sargent, whose use of colour and evocation of texture leap off the screen. Tied to an exhibition of his work at Tate Britain in London, the screen version is perfect for those who’d rather sit comfortably and have the gallery come to them.

The Book of Clarence
Out now
Starring LaKeith Stanfield as the titular Clarence, this offbeat take on the biblical epic stars a host of familiar faces as Bible figures, from James McAvoy as Pontius Pilate to David Oyelowo as John the Baptist. Catherine Bray

Going out: Gigs

Priya Ragu
24 to 26 April; tour starts Manchester
The Tamil Swiss genre experimentalist arrives for a whistlestop tour in support of last year’s debut album, Santhosam. Channelling the likes of Santigold, Lauryn Hill and Sade, it’s a heady mix that should come to life even more live. Michael Cragg

Boyz II Men
20 to 24 April; tour starts London
One of the biggest-selling bands of the 90s, the golden-larynxed Boyz II Men have a back catalogue stuffed with R&B classics, from the uber-balladry of End of the Road to the delicate electronic exploration of 4 Seasons of Loneliness. Get ready to lip-sync like you’ve never lip-synced before. MC

Larmes de Couteau/ Full Moon in March
Linbury theatre, London, 26 April to 4 May
Bohuslav Martinů’s surreal, jazzy one-acter, which went unstaged in the Czech composer’s lifetime, is paired with John Harbison’s adaptation of WB Yeats’s symbolist play in a double bill from the Royal Opera’s Jetta Parker Artist programme. Andrew Clements

Eastwood By Eastwood
Ronnie Scott’s, London, 24 to 27 April
Clint Eastwood loves jazz, and his musician son Kyle has developed that devotion as a skilful bassist, bandleader and composer. This gig presents music from Eastwood Jr’s Cinematic, celebrating soundtracks from his dad’s movies, with a fine UK quintet including saxophonist Brandon Allen. John Fordham

Going out: Art

Yinka Shonibare
Serpentine South Gallery, London, to 1 September
In his latest manifestation of radical pop art, Shonibare decolonises Winston Churchill by reimagining his statue from Parliament Square covered in colourful Dutch wax prints. The war leader is just one of the British imperial figures whose statues are appropriated and ironised here. Other works look at war and refugee sanctuaries.

Robert Rauschenberg
Thaddaeus Ropac, London, 24 April to 15 June
The fragmented yet emotional images of modern life that Robert Rauschenberg assembled, collaged and screenprinted are more resonant than ever in the 21st century. This prophetic artist also pioneered a more global and inclusive idea of art with his ROCI programme of cultural exchange, remembered and recreated by this show.

The Goddess, the Deity & the Cyborg
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, to 8 September
“I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess,” wrote theorist Donna Haraway. Her ideas are contrasted with those of “goddess feminists” who have tried to recover lost female deities and their powers from prehistory in their art. Featuring the paintings of Monica Sjöö and photomontages of Mary Beth Edelson.

Antony Gormley
Houghton Hall, near King’s Lynn, 21 April to 31 October
The grounds of this stately home built by Britain’s first – and most corrupt – prime minister Robert Walpole make an elegant and imaginative setting for contemporary art. Gormley has plenty of space to show his Cyberman statues and abstract meditations on time and space, among the lawns, follies and original ha-has. Jonathan Jones

Going out: Stage

Shelf
Soho theatre, London, 24 to 27 April; touring 5 to 31 May
Lots of comedians appeal to one’s inner child but few acts deliberately cater to actual kids. Shelf are one of them: the duo’s Kids’ Show has seen them diversify into family-friendly silliness while maintaining their queer-centred musical comedy (see latest show Teenage Men). They perform the latter in London, before taking both on a national tour. Rachel Aroesti

Swan Lake
His Majesty’s theatre, Aberdeen, 20 April; Eden Court, Inverness, 26 to 27 April
The most famous classic ballet story is staged in a sleekly stripped-back version by the choreographer David Dawson for Scottish Ballet. Dawson has a particular way of making dancers look gorgeous, with dramatically arched backs and long extended limbs. The look is moody minimalism, but the music (played live) is Tchaikovsky’s lush, romantic score. Lyndsey Winship

1884
Shoreditch Town Hall, London, to 27 April
The latest project from playwright Rhianna Ilube (Samuel Takes a Break) is an immersive collaboration with Bafta-winning game-makers Coney. 1884 explores the year’s Berlin Conference and its significant yet little known impact on Africa and the world. Kate Wyver

The Legend of Ned Ludd
Liverpool Everyman, 20 April to 11 May
Drawing inspiration from the Luddites’ rebellion against automation, Joe Ward Munrow’s daring play considers how we survive in a world where technology threatens to make us redundant. A machine will determine which of the the 256 possible versions of the play will be performed each night. KW