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Stormzy at All Points East
"To God be the glory… to God be the glory. Ten times." Thus was the pronouncement Stormzy delivered…
By Sylvia UnermanCulture
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The Way Old Friends Do at Criterion Theatre
A light-hearted, ABBA-themed romp about friendship, attitudes towards homosexuality, fandom and dressing up in drag: after a successful…
By Jim Compton-Hall
Play
Dumbledore Is So Gay at Southwark Playhouse
If there is a surefire way to get an audience of 20-to-30-somethings, plus their parents, on side, it…
By Ellen Wilkinson
Theatre
The Father and the Assassin: Anupama Chandrasekhar, Indhu Rubasingham, Hiran Abeysekara and Paul Bazely ahead of opening night at the National Theatre
Written in 2016 by Anupama Chandrasekhar, the first international playwright in residence at the National Theatre, The Father…
By Natallia Pearmain
Cinema & TV
“My concern was not to betray the spirit of the novel”: Olivier Peyon on Lie with Me
Lie with Me is the intoxicating, absorbing and surprisingly funny French romantic drama from Olivier Peyon, adapted from…
By Sarah Bradbury
Cinema & TV
“I doubt the film is going to spell the downfall of AI – but people might turn the camera off on their laptop”: Spencer Brown on TIM
TIM is the new sci-fi thriller and feature debut from comedian turned writer-director Spencer Brown, co-written with his…
By Sarah Bradbury
Cinema & TV
“It doesn’t matter what time period you put people in, we have the same urges and wants and needs and beliefs, even if society is cramping those”: Eloise Webb on Sanditon season three
If the references to rewatching the BBC's Pride and Prejudice adaptation in the Barbie movie are anything to…
By Sarah Bradbury
Show
Harlan Coben’s Shelter
With his 2011 novel Shelter, mystery author Harlan Coben introduced a YA spin-off to his bestselling Myron Bolitar…
By Selina Sondermann
Movie
Blue Beetle
The DC comic universe – or as some like to call it, the dark cinematic universe – returns…
By Guy Lambert
Play
Camden Fringe 2023: The Machiavelli Project at Etcetera Theatre
As a featured play in the 2024 Camden Fringe Festival, The Machiavelli Project takes centre stage at the…
By Natallia Pearmain