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London-based artist Samuel Slater is the first to admit that he is still figuring out his sound, but his latest release ‘Vacate’ firmly sticks him on our radar. 

When lockdown hit, Slater, like so many othe […]

On Friday, the US supreme court officially overturned the ‘Roe v Wade’ act of 1973, which had ensured women’s constitutional rights to abortion for 50 years. In overturning their 1973 ruling that abortion rig […]

Described as “a poem for voices”, Fool’s Paradise by Zoe Brooks is a longform poem inspired in part by Brooks’ visit to Prague soon after the Velvet Revolution. Parts of the poem were first published in 1992 in […]

Equity, the union for performers and creatives, has released the findings from a new member survey that reveals the majority of workers are concerned they will be unable to meet essential costs due to the […]

Casting has been announced for Mercury Theatre’s summer production of Alice in Wonderland, reimagined by Olivier award-winning playwright Mike Kenny.

This version provides a modern twist on the classic chi […]

Combining classic, blues-based rock ‘n’ roll with an appetite for innovation, Cinema Stereo is an ambitious trio who are seemingly reviving the spirit of rock greats in 2022.

Cinema Stereo is the bra […]

Two Door Cinema Club are back with their new single ‘Wonderful Life’ and have announced their fifth studio album Keep On Smiling, which is set to be released in September.

Two Door Cinema Club is an indie roc […]

A new 4K remaster of Wim Wenders’ melancholic masterpiece finds beauty in a broken Berlin.

Imagine for a few moments that you are living in West Berlin. From the ground, the Berlin Wall’s silent terror is […]

Australian author John Hughes has been found by literary academics to have plagiarised passages from classic novels, including The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina, for his most recent novel, The Dogs.

John […]

Armed with big dreams and plenty of energy to spare, Cinema Stereo are a melodic rock band from Orlando, Florida. Performing their original tracks exuberantly, this blues-based rock ‘n’roll trio have been lig […]

A Game of Thrones sequel about one of the show’s most recognisable characters, Jon Snow, is reportedly in the works.

While the project is still in early development stages, Kit Harington is already on board t […]

Austin Butler stars as Elvis Presley in Elvis, a  retelling of the rock ‘n’ roll legend and his rise to stardom, as well as the hardships he faced throughout his life.

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Elvis Presley is, and will alway […]

Dare To Know Theatre’s new production The Forgotten will be shown at Buxton Fringe from 6-8 July.

The show is based on a true story, and follows George, a 64-year-old man with early onset dementia who is m […]

A naive black college student makes one bad decision after another about a white girl he finds passed out on his living-room floor.  

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Emergency is a film about three college friends, whose plans of go […]

Wolf Alice are a band that no longer needs an introduction. With multiple awards under their belts and an amalgamation of sold-out world tours, the London quartet have more than made their permanent mark on the […]

Following on from the Disney Renaissance of the 1990s, the 2000s is one of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ least commercially and critically successful eras. However, alongside box-office flops like Atlantis: T […]

Exploring misogyny and grief through a series of increasingly gory biblical and sexual metaphors, Men finds terror in the stark reality of toxic masculinity in our society.

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Women are responsib […]

When kids start to go missing in a sleepy Colorado suburb, lanky outsider Finney (Mason Thames) finds himself trapped in a basement by a masked man (Ethan Hawke) with nothing but a disconnected phone for company. […]

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In 1997 Kathryn Hunter made history becoming the first woman to play King Lear in a professional production. What has changed since? For one thing, women playing men on stage is more commonpla […]

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Nobody will deny that Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is a product of its time for many reasons. But directors Moshe Leiser and Patrice Cauriers’ production that returns to the Royal Opera House, is als […]