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Dystopian hope and the art of feminist retelling: What does Julia hide?

Dystopian hope and the art of feminist retelling: What does Julia hide?

How about “laugh, love, live in a totalitarian state”? Discussing Julia, the promising new feminist retelling of 1984 by Sandra Newman
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – Dystopia as a hard-hitting critique of the modern world

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – Dystopia as a hard-hitting critique of the modern world

It isn’t what’s on the big screen which makes the most powerful impression; it’s the film’s grim use of dystopia and its trivialisation of political violence
Foe review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in doppelgänger dystopia

Foe review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in doppelgänger dystopia

Garth Davis brings to screen Iain Reid’s 2018 sci-fi drama novel with a beautiful but disturbing glimpse of a devastating near-future hypothesis
Review: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

Review: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner, is a thought-provoking domestic dystopia
Manchester Opera House makes lemonade out of lots and lots lemons

Manchester Opera House makes lemonade out of lots and lots lemons

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons comes to Manchester Opera House as part of a two-city tour, following a hit run in the West End – starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner
Quiet Rebels: Review and interview with Hassan Mahamdallie

Quiet Rebels: Review and interview with Hassan Mahamdallie

Quiet Rebels is a new dystopian play co-written by, co-directed by and starring Hassan Mahamdallie, who sat down with The Mancunion to discuss the play
Review: We Won’t Fall

Review: We Won’t Fall

Alexia Pieretti reviews We Won’t Fall at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Review: 2084 – An Immersive Experience

Review: 2084 – An Immersive Experience

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews 2084 – An Immersive Experience at Manchester Central Library

Is our pursuit of A.I. as intelligent as we think?

With artificial intelligence becoming more and more sophisticated, Ed John fears that we are undermining human experience

A real-world Dystopia

Dystopian futures are our today, and technology is watching, always watching

Must See: 1st – 8th April

Sticking around in Manchester this Easter? Here’s our guide to what’s on over the next week for those of you looking to take a welcome break from John Rylands