Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten by Tim Foley, Life Out There is a sharp, funny and quietly horrifying new sci-fi drama exploring the ethics of space exploration, human selfishness, and the fragile hope that humanity can still change.
Reading Time: 4 minutese sat down for an exclusive interview with Haonan Wang, director of WOOF. He is a theatre and opera director originally from China whose practice is informed by experiences of migration and cultural displacement, and is particularly interested in stories that explore identity, belonging, and human relationships from unexpected perspectives, and in re-examining inherited texts through contemporary, queer and East Asian lenses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesKrapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett starring Gary Oldman/ Godot's To-Do List by Leo Simpe-Asante at Royal Court Theatre five star review
Reading Time: 2 minutesA vibrant new production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Globe Theatre becomes a space for communal celebration under starry, summer skies.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNoughts and Crosses is a story that feel just as important today, if not more, than when the book was published in 2001. Adapted for the stage by Sabrina Mahfouzand directed by Ester Richardson, this production arrives at The Lowry to bring readers back to the world of Sephy and Callum.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Molly Keogh, founder of HOUSE23, a multi-faceted creative community built to keep the fire burning for established and emerging artists across all crafts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReview: Maricel at the Manchester Film Festival — a powerful story of Filipino OFWs, family sacrifice, blending emotional depth with authentic storytelling.
Reading Time: 2 minutesExit 8, Directed by Genki Kawamura is on show at the 2026 Manchester Film Festival and drew a packed audience to the Odeon Great Northern
Reading Time: 2 minutesPsychopomp is Kit Harington's directorial debut is a dark comedy short, shot in Northern England, starring Harry Melling as a desperate man who’s decided to end his own life with the help of hired assassin Liam.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUsing miniature environments, model worlds, camera tricks, and projection, imitating the dog mix the live and the recorded, the animate and the inanimate to create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’ classic novel.
Following their acclaimed adaptations of literary classics Heart of Darkness (2018), Dracula (2021), Macbeth (2023) and Frankenstein (2024), “multimedia daredevils” imitating the dog push their inventive storytelling to new heights