Our contributors picked their favourite films from Africa and the Middle East in the fourth instalment of the International Cinema series

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews influencer, artist and performer Jony Sios in the seventh feature of his social media series

Is it time to create more modern love stories for the LGBTQ+ community?

Does Bridgerton give modern viewers everything they need?

Lauryn Berry shares her views on ‘The Prom’, Netflix’s adaptation of the hit Broadway musical starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman

And Then We Danced is a deeply emotional, subtle romance which avoids preachiness and pretentiousness by conveying its message through music and dance, writes Michal Wasilewski

Francesca McClimont reviews Bourgeois and Maurice’s Insane Animals at HOME Theatre

Francesca McClimont attends the press event for Bourgeois and Maurice’s first musical, Insane Animals, which also stars Lockie Chapman from The Overtones

Claudia Langley reviews As British as a Watermelon at Hope Mill Theatre

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews influencer, music artist and twerk dancer, Jojo Guadz, also known as the Prince of Twerk, in the eighth feature of his social media series

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews influencer, model, dancer, actor and art director, Raphaël Say, in the sixth feature of his social media series

To celebrate this year’s LGBT History Month our writers picked the essential LGBT biographical films

Channel 4’s newest series, It’s a Sin, is a compelling portrait of 1980s gay youth, sexual freedom and the beginnings of HIV epidemic

Alexia Pieretti reviews We Won’t Fall at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Lily Rosenberg and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Vogue Ball of Atlantis at Manchester Academy

Rosemary Russett reviews Queer Lady M at Waterside Plaza

Rosemary Russett reviews Sound Cistem at HOME Theatre, as part of Push Festival, from Plaster Cast, a theatre company made up of past and current UoM students

Jess Johnstone reviews UMDS’ double bill of Mother Tongue and Riot Act at Tribeca Bar