Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre House of Oz returns to Edinburgh, showcasing Australian excellence on the world stage with their ebullient 2025 season by Neil Baker 8th May 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody (review) – a celebratory burlesque cabaret from a galaxy far, far away by Neil Baker 6th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Went Up the Hill (OUTshine) review – a ghost story centred around two fractured but beating hearts by Neil Baker 20th April 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus Revenge, rebellion and oppression in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang by Neil Baker 8th February 2025
Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Coming of age under the midsummer sun in Leonie Krippendorff’s Cocoon and Katie Found’s My First Summer by Neil Baker 26th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Sunflower (OFN Review) – Carrubba captures the raw intensity of teenage life in a film born from memory by Neil Baker 9th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Memoir of a Snail (BFI LFF Review) – Adam Elliot’s beautifully crafted and written stop-motion film is truly unforgettable by Neil Baker 31st October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance TV Choice: RuPaul’s Drag Race, Ludwig, Wildlife and more arrive on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 21st September 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bookworm (FrightFest Review) – an adventurous, warm, wild and witty delight by Neil Baker 23rd August 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Vienna Blood, Interview with the Vampire and Miriam Margolyes: A New Australian Adventure by Neil Baker 3rd August 2024
1 Prima Facie (review): Susanna White’s film adaptation of Miller’s powerful and urgent stage play never quite finds its cinematic voice
2 The Male Gaze: Good Vibrations (review) – seven stunning coming-of-age short films exploring good vibrations, expectations, and excitations
3 Nero (review): Andrew Barth Feldman’s captivating performance drives the London production of Sater and Sheik’s musical
4 Christmas Theatre Guide 2026: Our live guide to theatre, events and colourful family shows this festive season
5 La Bola Negra (review): Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s film is an ode to LGBTQ+ resilience, both historical and contemporary
6 The Great British Theatres Awards, organised by Theatres Trust, announce the winners of the inaugural awards at a star-studded ceremony
7 Wild Horse Nine (review): Anchoring this funny, poignant mix of gallows humour and rumination is John Malkovich’s best performance in years
8 TV Choice: From tropical seas to open oceans and the deep, Blue Planet III on BBC One ventures deeper beneath the waves than ever before
9 Wicker (review): Fischer and Wilson’s film dilutes its strengths with passive protagonists, and storytelling as flaunting as it is meandering
10 Rooftop Revolution (review): Hyejin Shin’s play, directed by Gain Amy Park, offers us a gentle reminder that you are not alone
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