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Review at a glance H ow can you not love a show that begins with one of its stars downing a shot from a menstrual cup? This cabaret-inspired celebration of queer Caribbean women is fearlessly its own thing, and all the more enjoyable for it. Written and directed by EmilyContinue Reading

Review at a glance T he Surrealists always made dramatic statements. “Our Surrealism will enable us finally to transcend the sordid antinomies of the present… Surrealism – the tightrope of our hope.” This was written in 1943, when the present was sordid indeed. But its author is not one of theContinue Reading

A star-studded line-up of musicians and comedians for the week of entertainment as the annual gig gears up to return after a two-year pandemic hiatus. The delayed 20th anniversary will take place next month at the historic venue with acts like The Who headlining. Roger Daltrey, 77, will play anContinue Reading

Review at a glance V illanelle has found God. Of all the plot twists Killing Eve, now in its fourth and final series, could have thrown at us, this is one we didn’t see coming – that everyone’s favourite deadpan, dead-inside and dressed to kill psychopath (played by Jodie Comer)Continue Reading

The Exmouth Shanty Men are about to release a new double album, featuring songs from their unique two part stage show “Tall Ships and Tavern Tales”. The show, described as a voyage in song from the high seas to a dockside ale house, features both traditional sea shanties from theContinue Reading

B FI Flare, Europe’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, is returning with a programme filled to the brim with groundbreaking queer cinema. Over 12 days in March, the festival will take over BFI Southbank to offer heart-wrenching drama, politically-charged documentaries and likely a lot of lust. We’ve had a peek atContinue Reading

W ith international travel being a fairly tricky prospect for the last two summers, those sunny music festivals over in continental Europe have never felt further away. But with things looking as if they’ll open up again in 2022 (fingers and toes crossed, as ever), it’s time to start dreamingContinue Reading

Review at a glance I n the silent movie classic City Lights, Virgina Cherrill plays the love interest of Charlie Chaplin’s alter ego, the Tramp. As she later told the press, though there were rumours, she never stood a chance of becoming Chaplin’s real girlfriend: “I was much too old.Continue Reading