Today pop icon Anastacia has announced her #NTK 2026 UK and Ireland tour, set to take place in September 2026. The run of nine dates will mark a special moment in the star’s career, as she makes her long awaited return to London’s OVO Wembley Arena, for the first time since 2004!

The tour will celebrate Anastacia’s chart-topping hits, and with this year marking 25 years since the release of her iconic debut album Not That Kind, it promises to be a truly special run of shows. Fans can also look forward to further announcements, with European dates set to be revealed soon. Tickets go on general sale Friday 5th September at 10am via LiveNation.co.uk

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Sky Arts have announced the launch of 24-Hour Heroes - a striking new portrait series shining a light on the people who keep the UK’s arts world alive around the clock, ahead of the Sky Arts Awards at The Roundhouse, London, on 16^th September.

The 24-Hour Heroes series celebrates 24 unsung arts workers – from stage managers unlocking doors at dawn to cleaners and book editors working into the night, revealing the huge range of roles that keep creativity thriving.

Across 24 hours on launch day, 27^th August, Sky Arts will reveal the portraits on Instagram – taken by photographers across the UK including Ricky Darko, Julie Broadfoot and Simon Murrell – before exhibiting the full collection at The Roundhouse during the Awards. Continue reading

She’s back – live, personal and totally sensational. Samantha Barks invites you to an intimate, soul-stirring evening of music and storytelling. The West End’s brightest star takes on some of the UK’s most spectacular cathedrals, lit by candlelight, in a setting unlike anything she’s done before.

The Masked Singer champion trades in the spotlight to reveal the voice, the heart and the journey behind it all. Stripped back. Deeply personal. Utterly unforgettable.

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Diamond-certified and GRAMMY®Award-nominated artist Halsey continues the celebration for the 10^th anniversary of her triple platinum certified full-length debut album, BADLANDS, with the announcement of her Back to Badlands Tour.

The Live Nation promoted tour will kick off with a very special show at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on October 14 and continue across the US with stops in Boston, Chicago, and New York before traveling abroad to Europe, the UK, and Australia. See below for the full tour dates.

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With Body Horror’s re-emergence on the world’s stage, thanks recently to Coralie Fargeat’s award winning cautionary tale The Substance as a cinematic niche not to be reckoned with, the subject of human biology is increasingly becoming the focus of our 21st century lives. Social media a prism heightening what it is to supposedly achieve ‘perfection’, and the intentional omission of the horrors that lay beneath this. Team this with the alarm bell being rung about the state of our planet, and we’re presented with insidious issues of microplastics and climate very gradually intruding on our way of life. Post this year’s HollyShorts Film Festival which took place between 7th to 17th August, writer and director Guy Trevellyan had his short Body Horror film Plastic Surgery Screened at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre. A metaphorical piece examining the way plastic pollution is infiltrating our health, Guy tells us more about what inspired him to produce the film, establishing his production company Nice Guy Pictures and what he’s learned from creating the film.

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New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich has opened applications for a new round of its Associate Artists Programme in a bid to support local diverse talent across Ipswich, Suffolk and East Anglia.

The 18-month programme is part of the theatre’s commitment to investing in the creative ecology of the region, championing East Anglian voices and supporting sustainable, diverse careers in theatre and performance. From developing a new project, to scaling for the midscale stage to seeking support to secure funding, Associate Artists will receive bespoke mentorship to help them achieve their goals.

Recent Associate Artists include Mae Munuo who first worked with New Wolsey Theatre’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director Douglas Rintoul when he directed her in shows at New Wolsey Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Mae started her journey with the New Wolsey Youth Theatre at 11 years old, moving to the (then) Young Company at 15. She left at 18 to start her degree in Acting with Collaborative and Devised Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, before embarking on a successful professional career as a theatremaker.

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Tickets On Sale Now for UK Theatre’s Most Powerful Celebration of Black Talent

The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) are proud to officially announce that the 2025 ceremony will take place on Sunday, 26 October 2025, at London’s legendary Piccadilly Theatre, home to Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Now entering a landmark year, the BBTAs return to honour the transformative power of Black artistry in British theatre. The 2025 ceremony—sponsored by ATG Entertainment and presented in partnership with Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Global Creatures, and with thanks to Playful Productions—promises an unforgettable evening of live performances, emotional tributes, and a vibrant celebration of creative excellence.

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The Stage Debut Awards in association with Netflix today announces the nominees for the industry’s most prestigious annual awards ceremony celebrating breakthrough talent in UK theatre. The winners will be revealed at a glittering awards ceremony at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London, on September 28, 2025.

The 46 nominations originate from UK shows staged in all four nations, marking this year’s awards as the most geographically representative to date. The eight categories shine a spotlight on individuals making their professional or West End debuts, and salute excellence in acting, directing, design, writing and musical composition. The varied shortlist demonstrates a thriving transference of cross-genre skills with novelists, screenwriters, film-makers, film stars and podcasters among this year’s talent.

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Very recently, it was discovered that microplastics were present within blood. This in turn damaging cells and leading to very serious complications, most notably cancer. A play on the term ‘plastic surgery’, Guy Trevellyan presents a matter of urgency in timely watch Plastic Surgery – a clinical body horror offering a cautionary tale for our times.

A seemingly routine operation carried out by young physician Dr. Terra (Anna Poppelwell) and her colleagues eerily turns into a chaotic catastrophe. On the cusp of taking her maternity leave and leaving the chaos behind – this may not necessarily turn out as once hoped. Trevellyan crafting a haunting reminder of the damage microplastics cause to the human body and the obliviousness present that shrouds the real dangers of this. The obliviousness arguably the more terrifying aspect of this epidemic.

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