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Katie Heyes wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

She has provided much-needed escapism from lockdown’s inescapable monotony and has become an advocate for body positivity and self-love. This is the story of Flo Simpson whose 60-second weight-loss videos h […]

Gabriela Page wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

The producers of the hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie have announced that the show is to return to the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End in May.

Shane Richie will once again take on the role of […]

Benjamin Hobson wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

The premise of the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is that a man is born old and ages backwards. On the outside at least, he lives in reverse, seemingly doing everything in completely the wrong […]

Danielle Saunders wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have announced that acclaimed actor, writer and musician Nick Cave will be joining the cast of Dream.

Best known for leading the band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Cave joins […]

Brett Herlingshaw wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

A teacher embarks on a long journey with a donkey to find her secret lover in the countryside, with plenty of humour, romance and the odd misjudged moment here and there.

How many romantic comedies can you […]

George Bell wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Slasher films are nothing new. Time-loop films are nothing new. Hell, even slasher time-loop films are nothing new. But what is new is the latest film by director Natasha Kermani, Lucky.

Lucky follows […]

Isabelle Casey wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Theatre critic and associate editor of The Stage Lyn Gardner recently investigated the rise in “theatre hopefuls” who are choosing University courses over applying for drama school.

It is no secret that the U […]

Katie Heyes wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre have announced the launching of a new community space alongside a small studio theatre.

These will host local groups, rehearsals and studio size productions in addition to t […]

Maebh Howell wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

CW: Death, discussion of mental illness

If you’ve been on the Internet at all in the past ten years, then you’ll most likely have seen the CCTV footage of 21-year-old Elisa Lam, acting with bizarre man […]

James Reynolds wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Three track EP Agua is the latest instalment from Bogotá’s premier fusion band, Bomba Estéreo. In a delayed sweep away from 2017’s long-player Ayo, the group’s first feeler of upcoming album Deja is a clear stat […]

Mary Atkinson wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

In late January, Nantes duo Adèle Castillon and Matthieu Reynaud, better known as Videoclub, released their debut album Euphories, following several successful singles including viral hit ‘Amour Plastique’. The […]

Danielle Saunders wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Flo Gallop, a 22-year-old upcoming singer/songwriter, has held onto the comfort of music during lockdown; she’s written music as an emotional outlet, continuing to hold free virtual gigs via Instagram and music […]

Jaimie Kay wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

The Little Angel Theatre in Islington is set to celebrate it’s 60th anniversary with a host of performances, both virtual and potentially live if COVID-19 restrictions allow it.

The new season will include a […]

Annabel Britton wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

As their name might suggest, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ fourth offering – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound – is a mind-melting, forty-minute blur of ‘chemical enthusiasm’ to fuel your week-long bender. Having teased us […]

Neve GF wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

The hit musical 9 to 5 and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella have confirmed details of new tour dates following the Government announcement of the route out of lockdown.

According to the official Cinderella […]

Mae Trumata wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Rough and heavy on the electric guitar, Martin Leary’s new single vibrates city lights and careless summer vibes. ‘Watch the Sun Burn Your Eyes’ sets an odd but welcome tone to the arrival of spring.

D […]

Red Dziri wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Prolific Aussie outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return with a third and final foray into microtonal tuning after the ingenious Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) and the more recent K.G. (November […]

Beth Kirkbride wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

Echo & The Bunnymen have rescheduled their forthcoming 20-date UK and Ireland tour for spring 2022.

The tour, originally set to take place in May and June 2021, has been postponed with fans advised to hold […]

Lucy Lillystone wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

*This review will include spoilers*

The Stone in My Pocket is a coming-of-age Scottish novel that tells the story of teenager Nathan who believes ghosts are speaking to him in the middle of the night. In a […]

Cameron Blackshaw wrote a new post 4 years, 9 months ago

David Fincher’s next project in his four-year Netflix deal will be an adaptation of French graphic novel The Killer, with Michael Fassbender predicted to star.

Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, who pr […]