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REVIEW: Peaceful Hour 2

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s nothing “peaceful” about a Scouse wedding eve, and The Peaceful Hour 2 at Liverpool’s Royal Court leans into that chaos with glee. The result: a live-action sitcom- loud, daft, surprisingly tender in places, and powered by an 80s playlist that could almost carry the night on its own.

REVIEW: Hellarious

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe scintillating sins of a ‘haram Muslim’, revealed by a riotous Indian comedian Growing up in a South Asian, Muslim household has its ups and downs. There is immense pressure, especially on the girls, to be the…

REVIEW: Single White Female

Reading Time: 2 minutesA tense and modern reimagining of a cult thriller that explores how trauma, identity and technology blur the line between love and obsession. Based on the bestselling novel by John Lutz and the Columbia Pictures film that made…

REVIEW: ASMF & Steven Isserlis

Reading Time: 2 minutesReturning to the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their first collaboration since 2016, the ASMF reunited with Steven Isserlis in an evening shaped by the ethos of chamber music at scale.

REVIEW: Monstering the Rocketman

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn exceptional retelling of the cautionary tale of journalistic hubris The story of Elton John’s defamation case against The Sun newspaper is well established among journalists, both aspiring and established. The infamous “sordid rent-boy orgy” stories published…

REVIEW: The Guardians of Living Matter

Reading Time: 2 minutesLowry’s Developed With programme supports another artist’s ambitious new work to develop The Guardians of Living Matter. Created by multidisciplinary artists John Paul Brown and Sophy King, the exhibition brings together art, climate research and technology in a way that feels open and easy to engage with.