In Simon Stephens’ thoughtfully written Light Falls, a mother’s death is what is required to bring four lives back together. This is not a play about division; rather, its main theme is unity in the face of adversity.

Most people know the story of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, a tale of two star-crossed lovers who tragically take their own lives in the name of true love.

Co-produced by York Theatre Royal in association with Bristol Old Vic, the company of Wise Children are fierce in their non-stop energy as Emma Rice skilfully delivers a spirited adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers that is toe-tappingly infectious to all.

The Jumper Factory starts with an announcement. The six young actors, who have been seated on chairs lined across the stage, bring their legs together and unclench their hands, rise from their chairs, and begin to chant as one.

Few establishments can be compared to 20 Stories.

With Rat Boy’s, aka Jordan Cardy, second album expecting to come out in 2020, his fans were given a taste of the artist’s new music when he released a new single called Truth of the Youth.

Yesterday is a film centred on the idea that the music of the Beatle’s never existed and is completely forgotten by everyone, all except one.

“This could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome, ‘cause Rotterdam is anywhere, anywhere alone.”

Robert Eggers’s sophomore effort follows two 19th century lighthouse keepers gradual descent towards madness at their isolated outpost in an ethereal trip through the annals of sailor myth and folklore.

Overlooking a wet and dreary Manchester, the comfort of Cloud 23 makes you feel a world away from the hardships of normal life.

Cannes regular Ken Loach’s latest offering ‘Sorry We Missed You’ is another traumatising but important no-thrills inquiry into poverty in the UK, this time focusing his lens on zero-hour contracts.