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Filling the stage with song and spectacle, Disney’s THE LION KING is every bit as moving as the original movie.

Few musicals can claim to be as popular as Disney’s THE LION KING. Since it first opened on Broadway in 1997, the musical has been seen by more than 110 million people worldwide, has played in over 100 cities and is the highest-grossing Broadway production of all time...

Staying true to the 1994 film, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION translates well to the stage thanks to its talented cast ensemble and captivating storyline.

Few stories can claim to be as culturally significant as Stephen King’s THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION...

Niki Colwell Evans & the cast of BLOOD BROTHERS. Photo: Jack Merriman

Carefully balancing moments of intensity with comedy, BLOOD BROTHERS continues to draw a crowd thanks to its compelling storyline, talented cast performance and instantly recognisable songs.

Few musicals can claim to be as popular as Willy Russell’s smash-hit show BLOOD BROTHERS...

Celebrating Seijaku, the Japanese philosophy of finding calm and tranquillity, Wagamama launch their brand-new Autumn menu to help bring a moment of calm.

This autumn, Wagamama is celebrating Seijaku, a Japanese philosophy of finding calm and tranquillity in the midst of activity.

Offering a warm and safe sanctuary for guests, the British restaurant, which serves Asian food based on Japanese cuisine, has launched a brand-new Autumn menu inspired by Seijaku to help bring a moment of calm.

To mar...

Despite its heavy themes, THE COLOR PURPLE is a powerful and uplifting tale that celebrates life, love and the strength of survival.

Following its praised revival in 2019, new musical, THE COLOR PURPLE, finally heads out on a UK tour with a week-long run at Salford’s The Lowry.

Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer prize-winning novel, the coming-of-age story follows courageous heroine Celie, who lives in the Deep South during the turn of the 20th century...

Shamelessly indulging in genre cliches, Christine Ko’s twisty thriller, THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR, finds new ways to turn itself on its head.

Originally conceived as a short, two-part TV drama, Christine Ko makes her feature film debut with THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR, a twisty thriller that centres around three women.

The film opens with a frantic young woman arriving at Seolwon hospital by car, carrying a limp body...

Dark, funny, and deeply disturbing, SICK GIRL is a sharp and biting satire about our desire to be seen.

Following his debut feature, DRIB (2017), writer-director Kristoffer Borgli serves up a deliciously horrid treat with SICK OF MYSELF, an extremely grotesque satire about morbid attention seeking.

On the surface, Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and boyfriend Thomas (Erik Saether) look like an Insta-perfect couple, but their constant and petty attempts to outshine each other point to something m...

Strange, surreal, and deeply melancholy, THE WOODCUTTER STORY is a muted social comedy driven by Finland’s famously deadpan, dark humour.

Mikko Myllylahti delivers an unpredictable Nordic oddity with his debut feature, THE WOODCUTTER STORY, a deadpan philosophical fable with famously deadpan Finnish humour.

Set in a snowbound area of Finland surrounded by mountains and forests, THE WOODCUTTER STORY follows Pepe, a middle-aged, easy-going woodcutter who lives in contentment with his wife and yo...

Taraneh Alidoosti in SUBTRACTION (2022)

Driven by strong cast performance and impressive cinematography, Mani Haghighi’s twisty human drama SUBTRACTION keeps you guessing until the final frame.

In his latest feature film, Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi delivers a tense Hitchcockian thriller about a married couple who meet their doppelgangers in Tehran.

While out on a lesson, young driving instructor Farzaneh (Taraneh Alidoosti) spots her husband, Jalal, walking into a woman’s apartment...

The cast of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY. Photo Credit: Johan Persson

Leaning on Bob Dylan’s glorious melodies and poetic lyrics, Conor McPherson’s GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is a stripped-back, heart-warming, and thought-provoking play packed with emotion.

It’s hard to imagine Bob Dylan’s extensive back catalogue could be woven into a 1930s musical, yet celebrated playwright Conor McPherson has managed to do just that.

Set in 1934 during the Great Depression, GIRL FROM THE NORTH CO...