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Within seconds, the crowd for the 5pm showing of Liverpool Theatre Festival’s The Last Five Years is silent. A lot of them haven’t realised the play has started yet but, without a word, the two actors […]

When a speechless young boy and his father move into a new house, the boy finds an old mirror and instructions to summon a djinn. But his heart’s desire may have unintended consequences in this enthusiastically h […]

Opener ‘Still Snowing In Sapporo’ sets the scene: it’s 1993, the Manic Street Preachers are on tour in Japan — in a city famous for beer, skiing and the annual Sapporo Snow festival. “There are no holes in my rec […]

American actor Michael K. Williams, best known for his memorable role as Omar Little on The Wire, has died aged 54.

Williams, who was born in Brooklyn in November 1966, found fame in his early twenties as a p […]

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Dream is not A Midsummer Night’s Dream, nor is it a full play in its own right. Rather, Dream is an experiment that traverses along the fringes of technological advancement to provide a glimpse int […]

Dundee Rep Theatre will reopen with their new show Wings Around Dundee after being closed to the public for 18 months.

The production is a magical-realist adventure that takes audiences on a journey of […]

The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, appears to have restored faith in the cinema after scoring a record-breaking box office success over Labor Day […]

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As we find our seats we meet Sam Cochrane and Alex Prescot, accompanied by Jordan Clarke on the keys. They are welcoming and high-energy, making us all feel very at ease. Improv performers often hid […]

Marvel’s latest offering is both a strong addition to the superhero cinematic universe as well as a celebration of East Asian culture

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It is undeniable how much of an impact Shang-Chi and the Legend […]

Finding a Post-Uni Routine, Hating What I Find “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton Dolly Parton is, as eve […]

Little Simz in Sometimes I Might Be Introvert continues to surprise us with her ever-changing discography. Simbiatu “Simbi” Ajikawo, also known as Little Simz, clearly wanted to move away from the for […]

History contains all kinds of nooks and crannies, and this life-of-print takes us down the byways of one in particular.

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I wondered why I had never heard of photojournalism magazine Picture Post, the […]

Victor Esses’ autobiographical story Where to Belong will tour the UK from 3 September to 14 October.

The play will be performed by Esses himself. Throughout the production, he explores identity, t […]

From playing them as a kid, to selling them in a shop, to editing an entire section on them here; it’s fair to say video games have always been a firm fixture in my life. Whether it was spending weekends at my […]

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As the audience enters Symposium Hall where Theatre Paradok’s Catching Up takes place, four actors are sprawled around the stage, looking bored. It’s unclear if this is part of the sho […]

The new Genshin Impact character, Raiden Shogun, has been causing frustration among fans with regards to her compatibility with other character and their abilities.

Only a day after her in-game debut the […]

Few artists have enjoyed such inexhaustible creative productivity yet such modest mainstream recognition as Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Steve Gunn. Despite a career which has spanned nearly 15 years of […]

Danish cop thriller ‘Shorta’ attempts some interesting relevance within its familiar set-up, by plunging the good-cop/bad-cop buddy structure into the simmering racial tensions of a suburb beset by […]

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“I will always love you, even from behind the comfort of your brave face” is the kind of thing we’d dream of hearing from our best friend, in a kind of candid, Mamma Mia moment. In reali […]