Manchester’s Scene LGBTQ+ Film and TV Festival returns this August with a bold first wave of programming, featuring cult classics, iconic creators, musical tributes, and a very special reunion marking ten years of Russell T Davies’ Cucumber. Running from Friday 15th to Thursday 21st August 2025, Scene returns with a vibrant, city-wide celebration of queer storytelling. Following its breakout debut in 2024, this year’s edition offers another week of powerful screenings, industry conversations and unforgettable events as part of Manchester Pride 2025.

MART and Wild Yak present Seagull: True Story at the Marylebone Theatre following a hugely successful sold-out Off-Broadway run at La Mama this Spring. This wildly inventive, darkly comic and politically charged remix of Chekhov’s classic blends autobiographical drama, Chekhovian themes and biting satire. Seagull: True Story runs from Friday, September 5th, to Saturday, October 11th, 2025. Ticket Information.

DEM Productions, King’s Head Theatre Productions, and the Angels of Angel have announced that the brand-new London revival of Four Play by Jake Brunger will run at King’s Head Theatre from 11 July 2025. Book Tickets. “There must be a part of you that’s curious, right? About what it would be like?” Rafe and Pete have the kind of relationship people envy.

The UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects, Sheffield DocFest champions the breadth of documentary form, from film to television, immersive and art. Presenting 51 World Premieres, 16 International Premieres, 8 European Premieres, and 39 UK Premieres from 68 countries of production, Sheffield DocFest 32nd edition runs from 18 to 23 June.

Double Bill - Lisa Immordino Vreeland's 'Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation' (2020) and Ebs Burnough's 'The Capote Tapes' (2019) are now available to rent, stream, or buy. DOC DOUBLE BILL Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020) How do you even begin to assess the cultural impact of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams? After all, their genius continues to inspire, enthral, and captivate new audiences with every passing year, and their work remains as powerful today as it was when it was published.

Alejandro Andrade's Fine Young Men (Hombres Íntegros) is screening at OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival and is awaiting a UK release date. ★★★★ As Alejandro Andrade's Fine Young Men (Hombres Íntegros) opens, we meet young Alf (Andres Revo) as he returns to his prestigious Catholic school in Mexico after having left a year ago for an educational and cultural exchange at a…

Samuel Van Grinsven's Went Up the Hill, starring Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery, screened at OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival and is awaiting a UK-wide release date. ★★★★ Our body and mind may end when we die, but our actions, decisions, and behaviours often live on in those who knew us. Our impact in life lingers even when our body is dust or buried deep in the soil with only a headstone to mark our place.

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Dreamin' Wild, starring Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe, Jack Dylan Grazer and Walton Goggins, is now available on digital. Featuring a stellar all-star cast including Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe, Walton Goggins, Jack Dylan Grazer and Zooey Deschanel, the critically acclaimed Dreamin’ Wild from lauded director Bill Pohlad (Love and Mercy) tells the incredible and poignant true story of what happens when a childhood dream suddenly becomes a reality… thirty years later. 

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show will make its highly anticipated Brighton homecoming, after an 11-year absence, at Ironworks during the Brighton Fringe this May. Following a remarkable 18-year run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the multi-award-winning Bite-Size Plays is set to captivate Brighton audiences with an enchanting series of mini theatrical productions that have earned widespread acclaim. Book Tickets. Created by Nick Brice, this innovative and engaging concept first debuted in 2006 at a quaint café during the Brighton Fringe.

Doctor Who (season two), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu, premieres on 12 April 2025 on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and Disney+ outside of the UK (where available). It’s time to set your alarms! The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) is returning to your screens, this time with a new addition to the TARDIS, Belinda Chandra (

This House notes with concern the dramatic decline in the breeding population of swifts whose numbers have dropped by 60% since 1995; recognises that the loss of natural nesting habitat for swifts and...

BFI have announced a stellar programme for the second edition of the BFI Film on Film Festival, taking place at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX from 12-15 June 2025, opening with Star Wars (1977), screening publicly for the first time in decades in its original 1977 version. Star Wars is only one of the many celluloid treats at this year's Film on Film Festival.

The National Theatre announced today that its sold-out production Till the Stars Come Down will transfer to London’s West End this summer for a strictly limited run. BOOK TICKETS It’s Sylvia and Marek’s wedding, and you’re all invited. Over the course of a hot summer’s day, a family gathers to welcome a newcomer into their midst. But as the vodka flows and dances are shared, passions boil over, and the limits of love are tested.

Dampyr is now streaming on Netflix. Based on the popular Italian comic book series Riccardo Chemello's vampire flick, Dampyr had a limited European release in 2022; however, it has only recently arrived on streaming sites in many countries, which is surprising given its cast features David Morrissey, Sebastian Croft, Frida Gustavsson, Wade Briggs and Stuart Martin…

Channel 4 is hosting a special event in London of Big Boys on 13 March 2025 for University Mental Health Day, working with suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and student mental health charity Student Minds to raise awareness of the support available to students across the UK. The special screening and Q&A will centre around the themes raised in the final episodes of the series of the critically acclaimed hit comedy 

International Women's Day is a time to honour the achievements, stories, and contributions of women across the globe, and whether you're looking to discover inspiring documentaries or dive into powerful dramas and cracking comedy, BBC iPlayer has something for everyone. So here are our top five picks for International Women's Day. 1. I MAY DESTROY YOU Written by and starring…