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49th & Main return with a new single after the release of their EP, Must Be Nice, in July. ‘Believe in Love’ celebrates life and offers us a taste of jazzy electro-pop.

Borrowing samples from ‘We’ve Got To Beli […]

The BBC has announced that the hit film Boiling Point, starring Stephen Graham, is being made into a TV drama. The 2021 feature film, set in a bustling restaurant, is coming to BBC One and iPlayer as a five-part […]

Stuck on what to stream this month? Unlike other lists, we’re on hand to recommend a variety of films for every mood, from tear-jerkers to trailblazers. Here are our picks for the best films to stream in the UK t […]

The third screen adaptation of the original novel All Quiet on the Western Front follows teenager Paul and his friends through their soul-destroying experience of war.

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War is hell. We know that by n […]

Often, there’s a degree of anonymity associated with dance music producers, but South London born Fred Gibson distances himself from that stereotype. He’s spent much of his illustrious career accumulating pro […]

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After a COVID-enforced hiatus of several years, the Nottingham Operatic Society makes a triumphant return to Theatre Royal with their newest offering, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. With over fifty per […]

Salman Rushdie has lost vision in one eye and the use of one hand following the attack he suffered at a literary event in New York on 12th August, his agent confirmed. Rushdie, who has been on the receiving end […]

You might be forgiven for thinking that music comes easily to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. After all, releasing 22 full-length albums in ten years is a feat that only a band who have tunes flowing directly […]

Movie Monday: Film Recommendations By Our Contributors

A little over ten years ago, the incredibly ambitious Cloud Atlas was released. The film by the Wachowskis, a polarising film among critics and audiences […]

A new verbatim play based on the Wagatha Christie Trial will be coming to the West End for one night only.

Directed by Lisa Spirling, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will capture the dramatic legal […]

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Believe it or not, The Almeida’s Tammy Faye is not the first musical based on the life of the American televangelist. It is easy to see why: the larger-than-life Christian TV host was practically […]

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As we wait in the bar in London’s Cockpit theatre prior to the performance of Talley’s Folly, 1940s jazz music plays as people mingle among drinks. 5 minutes before the scheduled performance time, we ar […]

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“What if we put love into the care system?” asks one of the actors in the National Theatre of Scotland’s Holding/Holding On.

Holding/Holding On shines a light on the unheard voices o […]

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Running from 30 September to 22 October, Derby Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s Jekyll and Hyde is, in its turns, gripping, chilling and darkly amusing. Adapted for the stage by Neil Bartlett an […]

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”

Columbian novelist, short-story writer, scre […]

The cast for the UK’s tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical has been announced.

Former member of The Wanted and Strictly star Jay McGuiness (Big The Musical; Rip It Up) will star in the role of […]

The Lost King follows the life-affirming true story of a woman who endeavours to restore the soiled reputation of Richard III, widely considered as one of the most evil monarchs in English history. Melodramatic […]

Imagine an alternative world without the isolation of lockdowns, without the introspective world of the Covid pandemic. Imagine an alternative world without the earthy tones and pop-folk musings of folklore and […]

It’s been four years since Arctic Monkeys released Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, their lounge-pop concept album that gave listeners a glance into the lives of those in the titular lunar hotel. With a sound a […]

Riding the success of her supporting feature on Ed Sheeran’s latest tour, alongside currently headlining her own U.S. tour, singer-songwriter Maisie Peters continues to siren feminist power with her latest t […]