REVIEW: Exit 8
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
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REVIEW: Lady
Reading Time: 2 minutesLady, directed by Sam Abrahams, is a mockumentary that blends satire, surrealism and character-driven storytelling into something that feels both unusual and refreshingly confident.
REVIEW: Psychopomp
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.
FEATURE: Lynn Seymour- A Trailblazer Remembered
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn International Women’s Day, the Women’s Voices Arts & Culture Festival opened its programme at the Playhouse Theatre with an evening dedicated to the formidable legacy of Lynn Seymour, a dancer whose dramatic intensity helped reshape narrative ballet in the twentieth century.
FEATURE: Edinburgh International Improv Festival
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Thursday the 5th of March, The Edinburgh International Improv Festival commenced for the eighth-year running. Since 2019, EIIF has welcomed Improv Comedians from all over to the hazardous streets of Edinburgh. And the festival has a great deal of heart.
REVIEW: Chekhov’s Fun and Facts May Vary
Reading Time: 2 minutesChekhov's Fun and Facts May Vary are two improv groups performing at the Edinburgh International Improv Festival. We are treated to two thirty-minute sets, where the audience gives some prompts and then gets to sit back and enjoy the madness of the genre.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Naomi Sorkin
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for a quick chat with Naomi Sorkin, curator of The Playground Theatre’s Women’s Voices festival. Where did the original idea for Women’s Voices come from for you personally? About a year and a half…
REVIEW: Lambslaughter
Reading Time: 2 minutesambslaughter is a dark comedy-drama set in a Catholic girls’ school in Merseyside in 2013. The play follows two sixth-formers, Chloe and Jade, and their increasingly blurred relationship with their English teacher, Mr Barrett.
REVIEW: Manipulate Festival: Animated Documentary Shorts
Reading Time: 3 minutesManipulate Arts - Scotland’s home for cutting-edge animation, puppetry and visual theatre - today announces the programme for the 19th edition of Manipulate Festival.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Elena Beltrami
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Elena Beltrami who shares insights into the festival’s legacy and the thinking behind centring female artists in its programming.