Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+ London Indian Film Festival returns for its 17th year with a rich array of cutting-edge new cinema premieres by Neil Baker 18th June 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Short Films GENER8ION: VISIONS OF 2034, a new exhibition by Romain Gavras and Surkin to open at 180 Studios, London by Neil Baker 1st June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Sheffield DocFest brings together 45 World, 17 International, 5 European and 35 UK Premieres for its 33rd edition by Neil Baker 27th May 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance BBC partners with South by Southwest (SXSW) London for the 2026 festival by Neil Baker 27th May 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre National Theatre releases new research exploring the impact of youth theatre ahead of Connections and New Views Festivals this summer by Neil Baker 20th May 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre NYMT celebrates its 50th anniversary with His Majesty The King and Patron Sir Idris Elba at a landmark event by Neil Baker 15th May 2026
Arts Rene Matić wins The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 by Neil Baker 15th May 2026
Film and Television Curzon announces its new flagship venue, Curzon Chelsea, on London’s iconic King’s Road by Neil Baker 14th May 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·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
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television In Other Worlds, the first major UK solo exhibition by Liam Young, is to open at the Barbican by Neil Baker 29th April 2026
1 Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight
2 CATS (review) – The open-air theatre in Regent’s Park becomes the cats’ secret world in this masterful new production
3 The Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning, wickedly funny and unflinching Goblin takes to the stage at the Park Theatre this November
4 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
5 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
6 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
7 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
8 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
9 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
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