Culture

Theatre Review: The Merchant of Venice at Drayton Arms Theatre

This is a lively and modern Venice stuffed with money, revenge and romance. Shakespeare’s text has been judiciously cut to keep the story tight as a cast of six... Read More...

Theatre Review: The Tempest at Osney Mead Industrial Estate

The magical island ruled by Prospero is transposed to an industrial estate in Oxford. After an awkward storm at sea in a hangar, audience members are thrown apa... Read More...

Theatre Review: The Importance of Being… Earnest? at Pleasance Theatre London

With the 125th anniversary of The Importance of Being Earnest approaching, the farcical comedy is certainly due a few revivals. Say it Again, Sorry have thrown ... Read More...

Theatre Review: Shadows at Tristan Bates Studio

A thoughtful two hander exploring a developing work relationship, Shadows is a Want the Moon production that offers a pleasant mix of friendly chitchat and awkw... Read More...

Theatre Review: Othello – Remixed at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham

A radical reworking of a Shakespearean tragedy, Othello: Remixed relocates the action to a boxing gym in 2019 London. Intermission have fused parts of the origi... Read More...

Theatre Review: Summer Rolls at Park Theatre

Drama rises to the surface as a Vietnamese family struggle with their past and future in Epping. Summer Rolls is the first British Vietnamese play to be staged ... Read More...

Theatre Review: Operation Mincemeat at the New Diorama Theatre

SpitLip present an action packed World War II musical as a group of public school chaps plot the downfall of Hitler using deception and science. They are a worl... Read More...

Theatre Review: Tony’s Last Tape at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham

The political and personal life of the late Tony Benn is explored in this gentle monologue first performed in Nottingham in 2015. Andy Barrett has written a cha... Read More...

Theatre Review: A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) at The Vaults

Here is a dynamic piece of theatre from Silent Uproar which fills a frantic hour with songs, dance, jokes and frank discussions of depression. It’s a delicate b... Read More...

Theatre Review: My Brother’s Keeper? at The Playground Theatre

Decades of family tension boil to the surface in My Brother’s Keeper?, a revival of the 1985 play by Nigel Williams exploring what can kill someone after they h... Read More...

Theatre Review: Dracula at The London Library

Creation Theatre have taken Bram Stoker’s novel back to its origins, presenting a traditional take on the seminal Victorian horror in the place Stoker researche... Read More...

Theatre Review: My Dad’s Gap Year at Park Theatre

A loud and proud rollercoaster through modern love in sunny Thailand, My Dad’s Gap Year is full of quick-change role reversals, risqué jokes and angry confronta... Read More...

Film

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The Peanut Butter Falcon Review

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TV

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Music

Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender Review

Win Runrig’s The Last Dance on DVD

The Lumineers – III Review

Books

Read an extract from I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll

Book Review: Happiness, As Such by Natalia Ginzburg

Book Review: Into The Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo