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Leading musical stars return to the stage for our Future Theatre Fund
The theatrical pairing will be back on stage to name the recipients of our Future Theatre Fund
Billie Eilish documentary review: The mad dichotomy of teenage stardom
Selling out stadiums one day, doing her driving test the next — this extraordinary film captures everything
Andra Day: I wanted to celebrate Billie Holiday’s civil rights legacy
The star has been nominated for a Golden Globe - and it’s her first role. She pulled it off through sheer terror, she tells Katie Rosseinsky
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson review
He’s a cult figure whose first book sold over five million copies. Then he got ill and his critics accused him of having lost the plot. But his highly-anticipated sequel, released today, is full of sensible, humane advice, and shows he is still very much on top, says Melanie McDonagh
Prey: Immigration & the Erosion of Women’s Rights by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In her new book , the Somali-born critic of Islam appears more concerned with defending the criminalisation of migration than finding solutions to end the rise in sexual violence against women in the UK and Europe, says Maryam Namazie
Martin Parr: ‘I never get tired of photographing people’
As a judge for our Life in Lockdown photography competition, the artists is looking for ‘the personality of the photographer’ in the image
Fear not - Married at First Sight Australia series 7 is coming to E4
Get ready to commit to a brand new series of Australia’s most chaotic reality show
Nine London music venues ‘still at imminent risk of permanent closure’
Two Camden venues have been newly added to the Music Venue Trust’s “critical” list
All the major UK festivals that have confirmed line-ups for 2021
With news of the Government’s roadmap for exiting lockdown, festival organisers are hopeful that some events may go ahead this summer
BlackStage UK: the anti-racist doc that the arts world needs to watch
A candid new online documentary series holds the arts industry to account after 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests
Is it really OK to tell men like Dino, Matt and Billy to ‘man up?’
“Put on your big boy pants”, and “grow some balls” - the treatment of some of this hit show’s male contestants makes for uncomfortable viewing. Chris Cotonou picks apart the toxic masculinity on our screens and asks what makes a ‘real man’ these days anyway?
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions: startlingly open, musically expansive
The Boygenius alumna’s third solo album sticks with the forensic self-examination but the music is a whole new experience
How theatre will rebuild: we talk to writer Travis Alabanza
Our How theatre will rebuild series will bring you a new conversation each day about why the future of theatre matters
Kelsey Grammer to return as Frasier in reboot of hit TV comedy
It is unclear which of Grammer’s former co-stars - including David Hyde Pierce, who played his brother - will return
Sherlock Holmes: An Online Adventure is as fun as a fart in a lift
This so-called immersive online theatre show is an excruciating experience
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro: a fable about the value of life
With its hushed intensity of emotion, this fable about robot love and loneliness confirms Ishiguro as a master prose stylist, says Ian Thomson
How 21 London galleries teamed up to bring art back into our lives
A digital exhibition space created because of the pandemic could in fact be a gamechanger for busy art lovers
Dystopian movies and shows for those who are a glutton for punishment
For the ones who just can’t help themselves
Two promising London filmmakers on being a young creative during Covid
Emmanuel Li and Laura Marcus overcame the lockdown lull by making two excellent short films
Burna Boy: ‘Being alive as a black man is difficult’
He’s taken Afro-fusion global, has collaborated with everyone from Beyoncé to Stormzy and his latest album has been streamed over 80 million times. But with violent unrest in his native Nigeria and the ‘devastating’ pandemic, Burna Boy has been struggling
Zara McDermott’s revenge porn doc should be shown in secondary schools
This film is often hard to watch but the Love Island star is an engaging and empathetic presenter
Bent coppers and beyond: Line of Duty’s most shocking moments
The past five series have certainly been a wild ride for AC-12 and co...
The film studios tycoon bringing tinseltown to London town
Developer plans to create apprenticeships for movie industry
Netflix’s Biggie doc skims over rap feuds to tell a richer story
Instead of getting bogged down in the East Coast-West Coast controversy, this film explores another side to Christopher Wallace
Raphael and the Antique by Claudia La Malfa review
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death, this new study sheds light on particular aspects of Raphael's work and has a wonderful surprise at the end, says David Ekserdjian
The government road map is upside down for the arts
‘Not before’ dates are a boon to the culture sector, but some of the detail of this plan is topsy turvy
Pelé on Netflix review: not quite warts and all but still fascinating
It could have probed further into the footballer’s less heroic side but this doc is worth a watch
BFI Flare: the best queer films to watch from this year’s festival
This year’s virtual event offers a chance to explore some refreshingly diverse stories and discover the rising stars of tomorrow
The Long, Long Afternoon by Inga Vesper review:
With its fabulously kitsch technicolour setting and gripping storyline, this début - a pastiche pulp detective novel - is a triumph, says Katie Law
The best theatre, dance, comedy and classical music to stream online
Missing your theatre fix? We’ve rounded up the best shows to watch online
The best TV shows and films coming to Star on Disney+
The new platform from Disney+ will be home to original dramas and plenty of throwback favourites
Big Sky review: David E. Kelley’s winning streak grinds to a halt
Cliffhanger endings aren’t enough to distract from cardboard cut-out characters and lazy tropes
Slow Rise by Robert Penn: a Sapiens-with-wheat story of humanity
Far from being yet another book on how to achieve the perfect sourdough starter, Robert Penn’s engaging account encompasses every aspect of bread, from how it fuelled entire empires to which grains he could grow on his own allotment, says David Ellis
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan review
Madeleine Feeny enjoys this millennial novel, which is as ruthlessly navel-gazing as Karl Ove Knausgaard’s finest auto-fiction
White actor behind Simpsons’ Dr Hibbert replaced by black performer
Fox announced in June last year the show would no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters