Pop and rockInterviewAnohni, the artist once known as Antony Hegarty, on life beyond the JohnsonsBen Beaumont-ThomasThe force behind Antony and the Johnsons has returned with a new name and a new album denouncing Obama and climate change. She explains how pop is her political vehicle A modernist palace of culture built from 130,000 cubic metres of concrete, London’s Barbican Centre is the kind of building you can imagine future civilisations stumbling across like Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes.

TheatreReviewLyric Hammersmith, London This intimate story of four-way romantic damage gains an extra edge in Clare Lizzimore’s slick revival Patrick Marber’s hit play brimmed with daring when it premiered in 1997. A spiky romcom of sorts, it spoke with expletive urgency about the destructive capabilities of love, intimacy and carnal desire between two modern couples. Clare Lizzimore’s slick, intelligent revival, 25 years on, manages to bring its own sense of risk to the staging, yet exposes the limits of the play in the process.

Folk album of the monthMusicReview(Spinster) Elizabeth LaPrelle of Anna & Elizabeth anchors the four-piece behind this comforting, intimate album of a cappella harmonies and Appalachian ballads US four-piece Doran identify themselves as a freak folk collective exploring “tradition and innovation in song, myth and ceremony”. Anchoring them is singer/banjo player Elizabeth LaPrelle from brilliant duo Anna & Elizabeth, whose experimental approach to ancient songs has always augmented their raw power. She’s joined by ethnomusicologist Brian Dolphin, and Channing Showalter and Annie Schermer of the performance art group West of Roan.

31 Dec 202311.38 ESTMikel Arteta spoke to the BBC: “Today was our worst game of the season. The pace, the purpose we have in attack, defensively we were second best, we could not dominate and had issues because of that. “We were sloppy with the ball. It wasn’t good enough. We didn’t deserve to win. When you have opportunities to go top of league on 31 December and now end up with really bad feeling that is football.

Open micJerry SeinfeldJerry Seinfeld’s Clio acceptance speech is a standup routine for our timesSeinfeld’s rant about advertising is an astonishing feat of comedy and raises an important question – whither satire when its targets laugh so hard? Usually when I see a comedian fronting an ad campaign, this Bill Hicks routine comes to mind. (I may not always agree, but it comes to mind.) This week brings another happy marriage of comedy and selling stuff.