Top Reviews

    May 1, 2024

    Blood Brothers – Birmingham Hippodrome

    Writer: Willy Russell Directors: Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright You will find it difficult to find many who haven’t experienced…
    April 30, 2024

    Pippin in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

    Book: Roger O. Hirson Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Director: Jonathan O’Boyle Theatre Royal Drury Lane has acquired quite a…
    April 30, 2024

    Liverpool Improvisation Festival – A Wake – Unity Theatre

    The improvised show A Wake is set in an imagined funeral wake. This is the part of the day where…
    April 30, 2024

    Liverpool Improvisation Festival : Story Forge, Make your own Myth, Unity Theatre

    Story Forge – Make your own Myth is brought to you by the team who created Rubbish Improvised Shakespeare –…
    April 29, 2024

    Little Shop of Horrors – Octagon Theatre, Bolton

    Book & Lyrics: Howard Ashman Music: Alan Menkin Director: Lotte Wakeman Alan Menkin and Howard Ashman’s cult classic musical based…
    April 28, 2024

    Remembrance Monday – Seven Dials Playhouse, London

    Writer: Michael Batten Director: Alan Souza Remembrance Monday is the best new gay play in years. Tracing the relationship between…
    April 26, 2024

    Blue Beard – Battersea Arts Centre, London

    Writer and Director: Emma Rice Blue Beard is a reimagining of an old folk tale presented with an unfolding mystique.…
    April 26, 2024

    Disney’s Aladdin – Milton Keynes Theatre

    Book: Chad Beguelin Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Director: Casey Nicholaw Disney’s Aladdin is a story…
    April 26, 2024

    English Kings Killing Foreigners – Camden People’s Theatre, London

    Writers and Directors: Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti William Shakespeare’s plays are a vital component of British theatre, meaning that…
    April 25, 2024

    Boys from the Blackstuff – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

    Writer: Alan Bleasdale Adapter: James Graham Director: Kate Wasserberg Returning to Liverpool’s Royal Court after a ‘smash hit’ success back…

    Features

      April 4, 2024

      BLOG: What about Improvisation in the UK?

      Mark Smith is an actor/director/producer, with a specialism in Improvisation and creator of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival which opens for…
      March 30, 2024

      Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 2024, Bo’ness, Falkirk

      Festival Director: Alison Strauss For those in the know, silent film with live music is a rich and beautiful artform.…
      March 21, 2024

      Hello Imelda! It’s So Nice to Have You Back Where You Belong

      After her stint playing Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, Imelda Staunton will be returning to her…
      March 12, 2024

      BLOG: Why is Devoted & Disgruntled Needed More Than Ever?

      Ellie Claughton is Executive Director at Improbable Theatre who are behind Devoted & Disgruntled, an annual event where challenges in…
      March 5, 2024

      Camden People’s Theatre celebrate 30 years

      In a city where small fringe theatres are fighting every day to keep the doors open, celebrating any anniversary is…
      January 31, 2024

      GUEST BLOG: Sensory Theatre And The Art Of Curating A Panel Event

      Theatre director, facilitator and newly appointed Artistic Director of Interplay Theatre, Kirsty Pennycook, has recently worked on organising the company’s…

      Film

        April 30, 2024

        Bye Bye Love — Queer East Film Festival 2024

        Writer: Fujisawa Isao Director: Fujisawa Isao The Queer East Film Festival 2024 was rounded off with a 50th anniversary screening…
        April 29, 2024

        Prey

        Writer and Director: Mukunda Michael Dewil Prey begins with an intriguing premise that blends elements of survival thriller with horror.…
        April 26, 2024

        Summer Vacation 1999 – Queer East Film Festival

        Writers: Moto Hagio and Rio Kishida Director: Shûsuke Kaneko A cult Japanese Gothic thriller that we’ve never heard of, Summer…
        April 26, 2024

        Omen

        Writer and Director: Baloji Omen, by Belgian Congolese rapper and film-maker, Baloji, is his first feature, entered by Belgium for…
        April 26, 2024

        Stephen

        Writers: Melanie Manchot and Leigh Campbell Director: Melanie Manchot Lying in the archives of the British Film Institute is a…
        April 26, 2024

        Land of Bad

        Writer: David Frigerio and William Eubank Director: William Eubank There are guns, blood and muscles galore in William Eubank’s visceral…
        April 25, 2024

        Jericho Ridge

        Writer and Director: Will Gilbey Writer and director Will Gilbey pays a number of tributes in Jericho Ridge. There is…
        April 24, 2024

        5lbs of Pressure

        Writer and director: Phil Allocco Well, this is embarrassing. While there was no trouble identifying the Liverpool landmarks used in…
        April 24, 2024

        Abang Adik – Queer East Film Festival

        Writer and Director: Jin Ong Receiving its UK premiere at the Queer East Film Festival, some viewers may question if…
        April 23, 2024

        Met Opera Live: La Rondine

        Music: Giacomo Puccini Libretto: Giuseppe Adami Production: Nicholas Joël Conductor: Speranza Scappucci The least well-known of Puccini’s operas is given…