Anna Kendrick (Judge Dredd) joins her new college’s singing club.

“It’s not good enough to be good we must be different,” she says. Best of the lot looks to be Aussie Fat Amy (Bridesmaids’ Rebel Wilson).

On general release from December 21

Exhibition: Mariko Mori - Rebirth

From a New York artist all about contradictions and juxtapositions, this show is comprised of installations that consider Eastern and Western cultures, as well as the meeting of science and spirituality.

With pieces from different disciplines – photography, sculpture, installations – Mariko Mori looks at the life cycle of a star.

Royal Academy of Arts 6 Burlington Gardens, W1S 3ET.
Until Feb 17. £10
Tube |  Piccadilly Circus  
royalacademy.org.uk 

 

Comedy: Tony Law’s Xmas For Well Mannered Freaks

Titled with as much understatement as you’d expect, mad-capped Canadian Tony Law (above) is joined for this festive flurry of nonsense by fellow lunatic Nick Helm, sketch-duo The Behemoth and more.

It’s a show that promises to kick Christmas in the balls with fantastic anti-yuletide fun from like-minded mentalists.

Bush Hall 310 Uxbridge Road, W12 7LJ. Dec 21. £10
Tube | Shepherd’s Bush  
bushhallpresents.co.uk 

Theatre: The Bodyguard

American Heather Headley hits all the right notes in Alexander Dinelaris’s new stage version of the Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston starring 1992 film about a pop princess being stalked by a crazed fan.

There’s not much tension generated in the scrappy plotting, but Headley excels and the Houston back catalogue is a winner. 

Adelphi Theatre Strand, WC2R 0NS.
Until April 27. £20+ 
Tube | Charing Crosss  
thebodyguardmusical.com   

Theatre: Arabian Nights

One story slips neatly into another, then another, in American Mary Zimmerman’s 20-year-old version of a resourceful young girl’s clever ruse to save herself from the hands of King Shahryar of Baghdad.

This modern adaptation of The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night entertains with humour and darkness.

Tricycle Theatre Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR.
Until Jan 12. £14+  
Station | Kilburn  
tricycle.co.uk   

Photos: Storm Davison