Culture Digest – Don McCullin, DAU and James MacMillan
Holy Week Festival
This year’s combines concerts, liturgical events, and workshops, with a specific focus on the works of Scottish composer James MacMillan in his 60th year. Highlights include The Marian Consort, Brodsky Quartet, and The BBC Singers.
14 – 20 April at St John’s Smith Square, London
The Sisters Brothers (15)
From the director of the celebrated 2012 film Rust and Bones Jacques Audiard, an offbeat Western featuring two assassins on a journey through Oregon, Eli and Charlie Sisters, played respectively by John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.
In cinemas nationwide
Don McCullin at Tate Britain
A retrospective of legendary British war photographer Don McCullin – his photos taken during the Vietnam War are extraodinary.
DAU
Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s immersive show is thought to be one of the most daring artworks of the new millenium. A series of feature films, visual art projects and live installations allows the visitor to experience directly life in a Soviet town.
Set to open in London in April
Friendship Before Facebook: Social Networks in a Pre-Digital Age at the British Libray
Rediscover what it was like to make friends before the advent of the mobile phone and social media. Features pocket-sized “friendship albums” made between the 16th and 19th centuries.