Some postcodes across the UK have bagged some extra spending money this week.
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Mercury
April 5, 7:30pm, through April 28
Actor’s Express
Revenge is a dish best served bloody in Actor’s Express’s “Mercury.” In this savagely hilarious comedy-thriller, three different stories converge through a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Joining in on this crazy thrill ride of a play is a nosy neighbor, a bickering couple, a missing dog named Mr. Bundles, a guy with the worst job in the underworld and a housewife who is not handling the end of her secret affair very well. This play is from Steve Yockey, the creative mind behind AE hits “Octopus” and “Pluto” and TV’s “The Flight Attendant” and “Dead Boy Detectives.”
TRANSformation
April 6, 7:30pm
Byers Theatre
The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus is strategically elevating the lived experiences of the trans, nonbinary and gender-fluid community in a concert entitled TRANSformation. Curated by a group of trans and nonbinary members of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus and Atlanta Women’s Chorus, along with members of the broader Atlanta trans community, this show acknowledges the challenges and celebrates the beauty and authenticity of what it means to be your true self in the face of being eradicated.
We Love Mrs. Roper
Drag Queen Bingo
April 9, 6:30pm
Lips Atlanta
Grab a marker and enjoy the fun at PALS’ We Love Mrs. Roper Drag Queen Bingo.
Fat Ham
April 10, 7:30pm, through May 12
Alliance Theatre
“Fat Ham” is the deliciously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play that recently finished its critically acclaimed Broadway run. Playwright James Ijames has reinvented Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Hamlet, creating what The New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.” Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some
Some postcodes across the UK have bagged some extra spending money this week.
It’s Wednesday, and one star sign will find the courage to pull out of draining responsibilities today, while another will walk away from a heated argument. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.
The Good Doctor is ending soon on ABC, and fans won’t be happy to learn that there is no new episode happening tonight (April 23).
The news last weekthat Participant Media would be shutting down shocked the entertainment industry, but it hit the documentary community with particular force.
The 21st Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, which highlight Irish filmmakers, television creators and performers, saw Pat Collins’ That They May Face The Rising Sun win Best Film in an upset. Despite earning a second-best 11 nominations, the top award was its only win.
. Gear up for full moon vibes this Tuesday as la Luna shines big and bold in magnetic Scorpio. Balance head and heart, material and metaphysical.
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Netflix launched four new movie titles into the Luminate streaming originals top 10 movies list for the April 12-18 frame, led by “Woody Woodpecker Goes to College” and Swedish drama “Stolen.” Among streaming original TV series, Amazon Prime Video saw “Fallout” spike to more than 5 million views in its first full week in release. Netflix had sleeper successes with true-crime drama “Baby Reindeer” and docu-series “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment.” Documentary film “What Jennifer Did” saw a 696% week-to-week bounce in its first full week in release to 674.2 million minutes watched, or about 7.7 million views. “Woody Woodpecker” was a distant second with 290.8 million minutes watched, or about 2.9 million views.
It’s Friday, and one star sign will push past the hurdles in front of them, while another feels as if a housemate is taking advantage of their hard working nature. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.
UPDATED with more details: Financier and producer Participant is shuttering after 20 years. Founder Jeff Skoll alerted staff at 10:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday, Deadline has confirmed.
EXCLUSIVE: Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) is set to executive produce and star in the newly greenlit Lifetime movie The Bad Orphan. Chloe Coco Chapman will make her television debut alongside Brandt and additional cast members Mark Taylor (Reacher) and Eve Edwards (The Good Doctor).
with a powerful performance in Hulu's new drama series Under the Bridge, which premieres this week. Gladstone stars alongside Emmy nominee (who is also an executive producer) in the series, which is based on late about the 1997 murder/killing of 14-year-old Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta) who went to a party with her peers and never returned home.The chilling series takes place in Victoria, British Columbia and also stars (The Good Wife) as well as Chloe Guidry, Javon "Wanna Walton, Izzy G., Aiyana Goodfellow, and Ezra Faroque Khan.
It’s Sunday, and one star sign can expect a relationship to come to an end today, while another will consider an opportunity to make some cash. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.
. As we approach the final stretch of Aries season, maximize your momentum because Aries energy, marking the beginning of Spring, is geared to start fast and move faster.
. Get your eclipse glasses ready; a new moon on Monday will throw shade across much of the USA as it gets between the radiant sun and us here on Earth. This is a spectacular and relatively rare celestial phenomenon, so catch it if you can.
Selome Hailu Netflix is at or near the top of both Nielsen and Luminate‘s streaming rankings every week, but achieved that with some titles that differ from its usual fare during the March 29-April 3 viewing window. As expected, “3 Body Problem” remained the most-watched streaming original series of the week per Luminate with 964.1 million minutes watched (an estimated 3.6 million views) — unsurprising, as the title is the follow-up from “Game of Thrones” helmers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who created the show alongside Alexander Woo.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Oscar-winning dramas and box office genre hits are making their way to streaming platforms this month. Far and away the best movie set to premiere is Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a disturbing masterwork about the Holocaust that picked up two Academy Awards last month: best international feature and best sound design. Distributor A24 inked a streaming deal with Max last year, so “Zone of Interest” now joins other must-see recent A24 films like Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” on the Warner Bros.
April kicks off strong with the premiere of the bloody action thriller “Monkey Man,” directed by and starring Dev Patel. That buzzy energy floats throughout the rest of the month, with other genre-leaning films premiering following initial festival runs.
Filmmaker Moritz Mohr’s “Boy Kills World” looks wild. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, a crazy matriarch keeps control of a modern city with the “culling,” a televised execution for entertainment by breakfast cereal mascots.
Love Island star Francesca Allen appeared to confirm her fiancé Ed Crossan's tattoo of her name is real after fans were convinced it was an April Fools' joke.The 28-year-old shared a clip of Ed getting a cupid tattoo on his leg alongside her name. She wrote: "What would you do!? Possibly one of the craziest surprises I’ve ever had in my life what a huge gesture of love mi amore. still can’t believe this went down." But after she posted the video on Monday 1 April, many followers assumed it was an April Fool's prank.