Snow business … what will be your pick of this Christmas’s culture? Illustration: Giacomo Gambineri/The GuardianSnow business … what will be your pick of this Christmas’s culture? Illustration: Giacomo Gambineri/The GuardianCultureThinking of treating yourself to some Christmas entertainment? Our critics unwrap the best film, music, art, dance and theatre events of the season
TheatreArabian Nights
Bristol Old Vic, to 6 January
This production exploring the power of storytelling has a cracking team, with writer Sonali Bhattacharyya (Chasing Hares, Young Vic), director Blanche McIntyre (All’s Well That Ends Well, RSC) and puppetry designer Samuel Wilde (I Want My Hat Back, Little Angel). Read More...
Studio71, a digital content firm that works with social media creators, is set to launch two video game-oriented free streaming channels on Amazon’s Freevee platform.
The Gameplay Networks outlets will largely revolve around the company’s gaming-focused creators with an emphasis on mega-popular platforms such as Minecraft and Roblox gameplay, reviews and tutorials. Read More...
Succession: episode by episodeSuccessionThe Roy family patriarch reaches new levels of vindictiveness and fury, as he takes his employees on a traumatic corporate retreat
Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season two, which airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK. Do not read on unless you have watched episode three
‘He can do whatever he likes, he’s a human Saudi Arabia’There are strong echoes of King Lear in Succession and one of the themes of Lear is of humanity recoiling into bestiality. Read More...
