Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis (which came to York Theatre Royal on a national tour), displays incredible prowess in physical theatre and physicality in its own right, with feats of strength and contortion operating alongside powerful performance to bring Franz Kafka’s tale to life.


The set, sound, and lighting were a tour de force.


A particular highlight was a solid ceiling resting on canvas walls that allowed the setting of the protagonist Gregor’s room to bend and warp uneasily along...

For too long the laugh track has been low-hanging fruit, the easy first joke of an awkward conversation with your housemate’s new significant other, an object of mutual derision that allows a seminar group to become the family it was destined to be. No longer! Someone has to stand up for an institution that has defined some of the greatest (and worst) television of the last century, and that someone is me.

What the laugh track’s detractors ultimately fail to appreciate is that its main function

On a night where The Bear and Succession swept awards, Elton John secured a long sought after EGOT, and overlong speeches were cut short by host Anthony Anderson’s mother instead of the traditional musical interruption, Vision gained access to the ‘Virtual Media Center’ at the 75th Emmys.

Access to the ‘media center’ meant being able to stream the ceremony itself and access to the press-room where winners were interviewed.

Press were able to ask questions by raising the virtual zoom hand that

Jackdaw is a menacing thriller which demonstrates the cinematic potential of the North-East, and does not disappoint with high-adrenaline chase scenes.

What will immediately stand out to any viewer is the film’s stunning cinematography; it opens with its protagonist Jack Dawson (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) retrieving a package amongst the off-shore wind turbines that will be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with the area.

A tense canoe – jet ski chase follows, shown through a glorious wide

Maestro is a film that achieves startling depth in its portrayal of a relationship of contradictions, one that thrives in loving mundanity but is undercut by a lingering, burning, sadness.

It is this focus on contradiction that is at the heart of Bradley Cooper’s latest directorial outing, a biopic of the great composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, probably best known for composing the score for West Side Story. Cooper’s Bernstein struggles to manage being simultaneously a charming, efferve

For my first assignment as the new Screen Editor I had the privilege of attending a press screening of the CBeebies’ 2023 pantomime, the tale of Robin Hood.

As the ‘Fun in the Foyer’ section of the morning began in Cineworld Leicester Square, and I was faced with the colouring-in sheet that had been left out for me and a photo opportunity with Supertato, it became clear that I had maybe been expected to bring a child.

However, while I was (obviously) not the target audience, I left the screeni