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Park Theatre announce The Revlon Girl and Park90 shows

Park Theatre brings back Olivier-nominated The Revlon Girl this October alongside three new productions exploring loss, identity and class through December.

‘She won’t apologise for wanting to have space in the world’ - writer and actor Henri Merriam on There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention

Henri Merriam's new play traces coercive control through a marriage's unravelling. The writer-performer started writing while still in the relationship.

Q&A with Ted Milligan and James Trickey behind A Burger and a Pint

Ted Milligan and James Trickey bring sketch show A Burger and a Pint to Edinburgh Fringe this August after winning Leicester Square sketch-off.

Beyond Tokyo and Kyoto: why seasoned travellers are looking deeper into Japan

Luxury travel specialist Powder Byrne unveils new Japan itineraries focusing on Kyushu, Tohoku and Hokkaido as affluent travellers seek destinations beyond Tokyo and Kyoto's tourist crowds.

Q&A with Hasan Al-Habib

Hasan Al-Habib turned childhood bullying into comedy gold. The Iraqi-British comic discusses PhD projects, family dynamics, and his Edinburgh Fringe show.

sugartwins.cologne– Colorful. Loud. Human.

sugartwins.cologne champions diversity and tolerance through vibrant performances that celebrate authentic living and combat discrimination in Cologne.

Rachel Kneebone brings porcelain into conversation with the Wallace Collection

Rachel Kneebone installs nine porcelain sculptures throughout the Wallace Collection this September, including two new works responding to Fragonard and Sèvres.

Q&A With Jonathon Oldfield

Jonathon Oldfield transforms a childhood drawing game into live comedy at Edinburgh Fringe. Each performance changes based on audience input.

Q&A with Nicolas Pérez Costa Ahead of Richard III at The Cockpit Theatre

Nicolas Pérez Costa brings Richard III to The Cockpit Theatre this July after a successful Madrid run. The Argentine director discusses Shakespeare and power.

Lara Parmiani on Refugee Reimagining of Alice in Wonderland

Director Lara Parmiani explains why Lewis Carroll's absurdist classic became the perfect lens for satirising UK immigration bureaucracy in 2026.

Q&A with David Magidoff

David Magidoff turns real love stories into improvised musicals at Edinburgh Fringe. One couple met after being arrested and jailed at the same Utah party.

Q&A with Eric Lampaert

Jenny Gorelick Q&A

Jenny Gorelick's Edinburgh Fringe show SORRY explores why women apologise constantly while men invented fascism and never looked back.

K Music Festival returns to London with a reminder that Korea is more than K pop

K Music Festival returns to London this autumn with folk, jazz, hip hop and traditional gugak across Southbank Centre, Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott's.

Q&A on Geoffrey Asmus: Patriautism

Geoffrey Asmus brings Patriautism to Edinburgh Fringe after a breakout 2024 appearance. The American comic discusses UK vs US audiences and why he quit chasing viral moments.

Q&A on Elf Lyons Is The Woman On The Edge

Elf Lyons brings her most autobiographical show yet to Edinburgh Fringe, blending comedy, theatre and clowning in a work she describes as 'forensic.'

Hilary Gardner is reviving a forgotten chapter of American music

Hilary Gardner unearths forgotten 1930s cowboy songs for UK tour next month. The New York jazz vocalist excavates America's overlooked songbook with restraint.

Influencer marketing's spreadsheet addiction is costing brands hundreds of thousands, study finds

Brands could save £734,000 over three years by ditching spreadsheets for centralised influencer marketing systems, Forrester study finds.

Luxury hotels bet on childcare as parents demand more than kids' clubs

Luxury hotels now compete on childcare quality as new membership programme gives families access to 70+ resorts with vetted standards and transparent care.

Q&A on Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage

Sam Eley's Basil Crumbwick won Leicester Square Sketch-Off and heads to Edinburgh Fringe 3-30 August. The absurdist character born from frustration with stand-up rules.

The artist who taught architects to laugh gets a London retrospective

Madelon Vriesendorp retrospective opens at Sir John Soane's Museum in July. The Dutch artist transformed architecture into surreal narratives for OMA.

Football's new threat is not the opposition — it's the internet connection

Hyperoptic research shows buffering and delayed streams now frustrate 3 in 10 football viewers as streaming replaces broadcast TV this tournament.

Acclaimed International Production Of Richard III Comes To London’s Cockpit Theatre

Nicolás Pérez Costa brings his Off Theatre Award-nominated Richard III to London's Cockpit Theatre, 8-11 July. The dystopian production features live percussion.

Q&A: Writer David Watson on A DoL House

BAFTA-winning writer David Watson's new play A DoL House exposes the UK care system's use of Deprivation of Liberty orders on vulnerable teenagers.

The artist who painted abstraction before the modernists

Sketch Favourites Crybabies Announce Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre Run for New Horror-Comedy The Scaring

Crybabies bring horror-comedy The Scaring to Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, produced by Fleabag and Baby Reindeer company Francesca Moody Productions.

Greeks and the fall of civilisations in two shows at Bridewell Theatre

Rose Bruford College presents two Greek-inspired shows at Bridewell Theatre before MA and MFA actors graduate into professional careers this spring.

Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse for England writer Alex Hill on the show’s final performances

Alex Hill's one-man show about the Euro 2020 flare incident closes at the Garrick Theatre before heading Off-Broadway during the Men's World Cup.

Three centuries on, Gainsborough returns to the Suffolk that shaped him

Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews returns to Suffolk for the first time in 2027. The National Gallery masterpiece headlines 90 works at his Sudbury birthplace.

UK Premiere of Dog Mom Comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough This Autumn

Dog Mom makes its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough this October. Tate Elizabeth Hanyok's comedy follows a divorced Indian American woman rebuilding life.

Tattooing, animation and the art of drawing: the next generation arrives at Sir John Soane's Museum

Lacey Law and Kanto Ohara Maeda named 2026 Jerwood Artists in Residence at Sir John Soane's Museum, bringing tattooing and animation to the historic Drawing Office.

What is Life? A Japanese theatre show coming to London asks the big question

From strawberries and cream to sushi rolls: how Wimbledon became a culinary season of its own

Market Place Food Hall launches Wimbledon menu featuring Pimm's duck croquettes and strawberry sushi rolls across London venues this fortnight.

Matteo Thun's new alpine retreat seeks to redefine luxury in the Dolomites

Matteo Thun unveils alpine wing at Hotel Bella Vista in South Tyrol, using timber and organic forms to blur the line between architecture and landscape.

From fine fragrance to smart technology: the Father's Day gifts that stand out

Father's Day gifts for 2026: Penhaligon's Quercus fragrance, HexClad cookware, Tommy Hilfiger leather wallets and premium hampers that solve the perennial gifting problem.

NHS drawn into culture war as voters back limits on political symbols

NHS staff political badge ban backed by 45% of voters in new YouGov poll, as Lord Mann calls for restrictions on uniforms amid concerns over patient comfort.

The Adriatic's lost world: the islands where history never quite left

Brioni Islands, Tito's Cold War diplomatic stage off Croatia's coast, remains untouched by mass tourism. A new book explores why this matters now.

The luxury of restraint: Inside a Yekaterinburg apartment designed for modern life

Alexander Tischler transforms a 66-square-metre Yekaterinburg apartment into a calm, functional retreat that rejects abundance for restraint.

25 years of arts in health innovation

Rosetta Life marks 25 years with Learn From Us, a disability dance theatre show touring the UK until November featuring brain injury survivors as performers.

South Korea’s housing market settles after the turbulence of the pandemic years

South Korea's housing market stabilises after pandemic turbulence, with average quarterly growth of 0.5% from Q4 2020 to Q4 2025, signalling end of correction.

At Waddesdon Manor, Art Is Being Handed Back To Nature

Art in Nature returns to Waddesdon Manor with installations designed to disappear. James Brunt's 70-metre mandala leads ephemeral works across the grounds.

Jeanette Mundt Paints For An Age That No Longer Trusts Images

Jeanette Mundt's first German solo show at G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig responds to image manipulation and fractured truth with unstable, layered paintings.

World Monuments Fund Returns To Italy With A Restoration Project Shaped By War, Memory And Reinvention

World Monuments Fund opens first permanent Italy office, launching restoration of Milan's Golden Room at Poldi Pezzoli Museum—a 19th-century space scarred by 1943 Allied bombing.

Mat Collishaw’s Death Row Paintings Turn America’s Final Meals Into Modern Vanitas

Mat Collishaw's new exhibition paints death row prisoners' final meals as modern vanitas, opening this summer at The Sherborne in Dorset.

Constable’s Suffolk Returns Home As The Hay Wain Travels East

The Hay Wain returns to Suffolk for the first time since the 19th century as Christchurch Mansion hosts Constable's 250th anniversary exhibition this summer.

London Clown Festival 2026 Celebrates 10 Years of Clowning Across London

London Clown Festival returns for its 10th anniversary from 30 May to 13 July, featuring artists from Poland, Mexico, Venezuela, Australia, Italy, USA and UK.

Jade Sammour on Reinvention, Memory and the Things We Choose to Hold Onto

Jade Sammour, founder of Dainty London, on leaving her NHS role as a Children's Heart Transplant Nurse to build a sustainable jewellery brand rooted in care.

Clare Woods Brings Beauty And Melancholy To Pitzhanger Manor

Clare Woods unveils 29 new works at Pitzhanger Manor this summer, exploring memory, mortality and lockdown isolation through oil paintings and prints.

Comedian Joe Wells on Neurodivergent Moments and Finding Humour in Everyday Autistic Experience

Comedian Joe Wells discusses Neurodivergent Moments, the new book based on the hit podcast co-hosted with Abigoliah Schamaun, exploring autistic identity, neurodivergent culture, humour, and the importance of telling everyday stories with honesty and warmth.

Writer Jonny Khan on CAMDENWALLA and the Hidden History of Bengali Resistance in Camden

Writer and director Jonny Khan discusses CAMDENWALLA: 60 Hampstead Rd, the new production exploring the overlooked history of the Camden Monitoring Project and the Bangladeshi communities who organised against racist violence in 1980s and 1990s Camden.

Canterbury Cathedral Puts Women At The Centre Of Its Summer Programme

Canterbury Cathedral is placing influential women at the centre of its summer programme through a series of talks, guided walks and cultural events exploring the lives of figures including Queen Bertha, Elizabeth I and Archbishop Sarah Mullally.

All The Rage turns the Epstein files into one of London theatre’s most politically charged productions of the year

More than 70 female-identifying and non-binary playwrights have come together for All The Rage, a large scale immersive production at Theatre Deli responding to the Epstein files, institutional silence and the wider structures of power surrounding them. Spread across 15 rooms inside a former City office building, the production positions itself as one of London theatre’s most politically charged events of the year.

Toile Blanche Is Reimagining the Riviera Hotel as a Living Contemporary Art Space

Discover Toile Blanche, where the Riviera hotel transforms into a living art space. Toile Blanche redefines luxury with immersive creativity.

‘Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story’ Returns to London and Edinburgh Following Sold Out International Success

Discover 'Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story' as it returns to London and Edinburgh. Experience the chaos and comedy of 'Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story' live!

Sir John Soane’s Museum Explores the Surreal World of Madelon Vriesendorp

Explore the surreal world of Madelon Vriesendorp at Sir John Soane’s Museum. Discover how Sir John Soane’s Museum blends art, psychology, and architecture.

Ralph Barbosa’s London Debut Signals Comedy’s New Streaming Era Arriving on Stage

Experience Ralph Barbosa's London debut as he sets the stage for comedy's new streaming era. Discover Ralph Barbosa's unique comedic style live!

The Bengali Volunteers Who Kept London Safe - and the New Play Bringing Their Story to Light

Discover the untold story of Bengali volunteers who kept London safe in the 1990s. Learn about the new play shedding light on London's hidden history.

Choreographers talk about the ninth year of A Festival of Korean Dance

Explore the ninth year of the Festival of Korean Dance, showcasing Korea's top dance companies in the UK. Discover the Festival of Korean Dance now!

Theatre has a certain danger that you cannot experience anywhere else’ - Halit Ergenç on returning to the thea

Discover why renowned Turkish actor Halit Ergenç returns to theatre after 25 years, playing Willy Loman. Explore Halit Ergenç's journey now!