10 Hot Things To Do This Weekend

Nicki Minaj, the quick-fire, effortless and cartoonish high priestess of hip hop, is the only female rapper to ever score a British number one album. Will her third suite, released on the back of this year’s irresistible and omnipresent Anaconda, repeat the trick? Out Monday 15th.

Agyness Dean captivates in her first lead movie role, on screen for every minute of this British indie drama about an epilepsy sufferer trying to track down her estranged brother in London. In cinemas from Friday.

Breakout stand-up star of this year’s Edinburgh Festival, Luisa drew a swelling crowd to her show Am I Right Ladies, an empowering confessional that works by sheer dint of one woman’s personality. Revisiting an earlier work this week, at Leicester Square Theatre, London, Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th.

The venerable goddess of new dance music, finger ever poised at the pulse of something great, groovy and new, has built a huge cult around her A.M.P. brand. She finishes a tour unifying one and all in the ancient practice of getting your freak on, at Brixton O2 Academy, Saturday 13th.

How does art deal with new media? Group art show curated by Peter J Amdam, featuring the work of some of the greatest artists of our moment, including Bill Viola and Michael Staniuk. From Wednesday 10th until January 10th, Blain/Southern gallery, Hanover Square, London.

As we’ve come this far, we might as well see it through. The film’s title – The Battle Of The Five Armies – indicates a whole lot of fighting, with Sherlock’s Martin Freeman as the counterbalance, bringing the sweet and the funny. In cinemas from Friday.

Noted alternative music station host’s fabulous line-up with Mountain Dew for a one-off, bells and whistles Christmas concert in aid of Oxfam. Wild Beasts, Ben Howard, Bear’s Den and Circa waves all perform. Expect an extra-warm home-coming cheer for Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin. Manchester, O2 Apollo, Monday 15th.

If simple seasonality compels you to see one pantomime this year, we’d humbly suggest nothing will quite match the idea of Supermodel grandma Jerry Hall stepping into the role of the Wicked Queen in this evergreen classic. Very Maleficent. At The Richmond Theatre, previewing now until January 11th.

Corbin and King’s Beaumont Hotel has seen the first serious rival for Chiltern Firehouse glamour. The restaurant doesn’t disappoint. If not entirely wallet-friendly, it’s worth it even for a G&T at the splendid bar, just to say you’ve been. Fantastic Sunday rib of beef on the plats-du-jour. Pure and homely luxury. Open now, 8 Balderton Street, London.

Fashion illustrator, animator and filmmaker Quentin Jones has worked with Victoria Beckham, Chanel and Cara Delevigne. Now, she's collaborated with Robert Storey for her first ever major UK art exhibition. Take a look at her surreal artwork at The Vinyl Factory, Brewer Street Carpark, London, until Saturday 13th.