Sam McElhattan reviews Augmented at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Oh, grow up, will you? Writers and editors of the film section come together to compile the essential list of coming-of-age films

Scarlett Gorman reviews UMDS’ An Intervention, which was performed at John Thaw Studio as part of the MIFTAs

Ella Broadbent reviews The Lovely Bones, the stage adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name

Jasmine Bennett discusses whether or not The Goldfinch is as much of a masterpiece as its namesake

Amy Hagan reviews ‘The White Card’ a one-act play that marks award-winning poet Claudia Rankine’s first book since ‘Citizen’ and first piece of drama

Felix Van Groeningen well and truly changed the teenage drama sub-genre with Beautiful Boy, a film based on the memoirs of Nic and David Sheff.

Ellie Martin sat down with Hana Jafar to talk about the Women’s Theatre Society and the work they do to create an inclusive space in the theatre

Coming-of-age flicks are the new ‘post-apocalyptic young adult drama’; they’re everywhere. Skate Kitchen, however, has a lot more going for it than its synopsis suggests. Originally a short film, then a documentary and, finally, a fictional story based on reality, Skate Kitchen is the brainchild of director Crystal Moselle and all-girl, New York-based skate collective […]

Ellie Klouda reviews Nut at the SU Theatre, which is part of UMDS’ MIFTA season

Francesca McClimont argues why fans of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights will enjoy the Royal Exchange Theatre’s modern adaptation

Due to a combination of unlikeable protagonists and questionable toning, Bombshell is unable to realise the potential that its cast and subject matter deserves, writes James McCafferty

Jasmine Bennett debates whether new Shakespearean epic The King is deserving of majesty

Thunder Road is a captivating must-see, wild journey through the grief riddled unravelling of a police officer’s life

Madeleine Peden reviews The Kindergarten Teacher, part of HOME’s International Women’s Weekender

Educational and embracing – two words that describe Netflilx’s 8-episode series, Sex Education, which pleases not only young demographics, but also the LGBT community.

Lauren Ellis-Stretch reviews ‘Queen Margaret’ at The Royal Exchange Theatre and explores how Shakespeare is told through a modern, female narrative

Liv Clarke speaks to Grace Currie, the Manchester graduate who took on the “massively daunting” Edinburgh Fringe Festival