Whitechapel Gallery · Opens Tue 1 Apr · Until 14 Jun · £16.50

The largest exhibition to date of the oldest-ever Turner Prize winner. More than 100 works span Ryan's entire practice — sculpture, textiles, works on paper — revealing obsessions that have held steady for four decades. The gallery's biggest space opens with newly conceived pieces, including Totem, a striking ceramic tower cast from stacked plastic bottles that echoes the building's own columns. Further in, rediscovered 1980s works in plaster and beaten lead emerge alongside vivid drawings that have never been shown. Ryan was born in Montserrat, raised in London, and her work moves between the monumental and the intimate — seeds, fruits, pods, the fragile containers we build around fragile things. It's a quiet exhibition that stays loud in your head.

Old Vic · Previews from Tue 1 Apr · Until 23 May

The first major London revival of Ken Kesey's novel in decades, and it's a bold one. Aaron Pierre — magnetic in Rebel Ridge, now everywhere — plays McMurphy. Giles Terera is Dale Harding. Olivia Williams is Nurse Ratched. Clint Dyer directs a reimagining that explores power, identity and institutional resistance with an all-Black cast. The Old Vic transforms into its intimate in-the-round configuration, putting you inside the ward. Preview prices apply until press night on April 15.

Electric Ballroom, Camden · Mon 6 – Fri 10 Apr · Sold out (check for returns)

Five nights. No hits. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe take over the Electric Ballroom with a residency devoted entirely to deep cuts, B-sides and non-album singles — the songs their devoted fans know by heart and everyone else has never heard. Forty years since Please, this is a love letter to the catalogue beneath the catalogue. The April 8th show benefits War Child. All five nights sold out within days, which tells you everything about what the Pet Shop Boys mean to the people who love them. Check for returns.

Sadler's Wells · Thu 2 – Sat 4 Apr

The revered flamenco guitarist returns to Sadler's Wells for a third critically acclaimed run. Solera takes its name from the Andalusian system for ageing wine — layering young vintages through older ones until something richer emerges. The cast spans generations, pairing fearless young dancers with seasoned artists, echoing how flamenco itself passes from hand to hand. Created with director Jude Kelly CBE over a twenty-year collaboration. Three nights only.

Almeida Theatre · From Tue 31 Mar · Extended until 23 May

Romola Garai returns to the Almeida after her triumphant run in The Years to play Nora in a new contemporary translation by Anya Reiss. Joe Hill-Gibbins directs. The production has already been extended due to demand — a strong signal in a week where plenty of theatre is competing for attention. Part of Rupert Goold's final season as artistic director, which makes every Almeida show this spring feel like it matters a little more.

Also This Week

Royal Albert Hall · Wed 8 – Thu 9 Apr, 6:45pm

Two nights, two landmark albums performed in full. Tigermilk on Wednesday, If You're Feeling Sinister on Thursday — followed each night by a second set of classics. Thirty years since the records that defined indie pop's quiet revolution, played in an ornate, seated hall that suits them perfectly. Book both nights.

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Royal Festival Hall · Tue 7 Apr, 7:30pm

The hip-hop artist, historian and author of Natives in conversation with Misan Harriman — an evening of sharp analysis, personal stories and urgent questions about Britain now. Colonial legacy, structural inequality, class. Hard-hitting and deeply felt. The Royal Festival Hall is the right size for it.

Tuesday

Tate Britain · Closes Sun 12 Apr · £24

Over 170 works marking the 250th anniversary of both artists' births. The centrepiece is Turner's The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, not seen in Britain for over a century. Constable's The White Horse hangs nearby. Two careers traced in parallel — the rivalry that defined British landscape painting. Don't let this one close without you.

10 days left

Tate Modern · Closes Sun 12 Apr · £15

Artist Wu Tsang and curator Enrique Fuenteblanca transform Tate's gallery into a theatre for 45+ Picasso works — paintings, sculpture, textile, works on paper — some never seen in the UK. Staged for the centenary of The Three Dancers. Open late on Fridays and Saturdays until 9pm.

10 days left

Royal Academy · Closes Sun 19 Apr · £18

The largest survey yet of the 91-year-old painter. Ninety-plus works alive with cinema, celebrities, literature and ancient civilisations — Elizabeth I, Nicole Kidman, Marilyn Monroe, Kill Bill. The exhibition ends with four monumental animal paintings made by applying paint directly with her hands. Raw, joyful, unforgettable.

17 days left

Hampstead Theatre · Until 2 May

The first London staging of Michael Frayn's masterpiece since its 1998 premiere. Richard Schiff and Alex Kingston as physicists Niels Bohr and Margrethe, Damien Molony as Heisenberg — reuniting in Nazi-occupied Copenhagen in 1941 for a meeting that still raises questions about morality, loyalty and scientific power. Michael Longhurst directs. A play about what we choose not to say.

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Acme Taco

40FT Brewery, Walthamstow · Opens Fri 3 Apr

Andrew Clarke of Acme Fire Cult goes permanent with regional Mexican tacos at 40FT Brewery's Blackhorse Road taproom. Double tortillas, fire-grilled everything, playful twists on Ciudad de México street food. Thursday and Friday evenings, all day Saturday, Sunday lunch. Expanding to Dalston this summer.

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