Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories by Jane Jung 21st October 2026
Arts·Theatre Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November by Neil Baker 20th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production by Jane Jung 17th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation by Jane Jung 13th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October by Neil Baker 3rd October 2026
Arts·Music and Dance·Theatre The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November by Neil Baker 25th September 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre Explore the full line-up of the 20th Bloomsbury Festival, with highlights from outgoing Festival Director Rosemary Richards by Neil Baker 17th September 2026
Arts·Film and Television Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom by Neil Baker 9th September 2026
Arts·Music and Dance·Theatre Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death by Jane Jung 6th September 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Theatre Now You See Me Live! (review) – Spectacular and thrilling, this magical show places the audience centre stage as it dazzles and bewitches by Jane Jung 27th August 2026
1 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
2 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
3 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
4 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
5 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
6 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
7 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
8 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
9 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
10 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
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