Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film and TV News·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Rewind Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network by Neil Baker 1st May 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Hoopla Festival announces the full artist line-up for its 20th anniversary season in London Bridge by Neil Baker 9th April 2026
Arts·Film and Television·Film and TV News·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News Beat the winter blues with Try January at Riverside Studios by Neil Baker 28th December 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre·Theatre News Collective Fringe presents a bold new programme of writing and artist-led development by Neil Baker 10th December 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Totally Thames festival returns with an unmissable programme of immersive art installations, community-led concerts, exhibitions, and more by Neil Baker 22nd July 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance Bee Wild creates a buzz, His Majesty King Charles III pays a visit, and Madame Gandhi talks ecology and music on days four and five of SXSW London by Neil Baker 7th June 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and TV News·Music and Dance Joseph Fiennes, Dr Jane Goodall DBE, Idris Elba, Clara Amfo and Björn Ulvaeus take to the stage for SXSW London day two and three by Neil Baker 5th June 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and TV News·Music and Dance A host of influential public figures open day one of the inaugural SXSW London Festival in Shoreditch by Neil Baker 3rd June 2025
1 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
2 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
3 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
4 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
5 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
6 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
7 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
8 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
9 The Last First Time (review) – an uncompromising and intoxicating portrait of first sex, infatuation, queer joy and escape 17th July 2026
10 FrightFest announces its programme for the 27th edition of the UK’s leading horror & fantasy film festival 16th July 2026
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