Theatre Editor Jay Darcy problematises the wish-fulfilment fantasy approach that Netflix have taken with their new series Hollywood

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

Jay Darcy discusses the latest media flurry about Harry and Meghan and their recent choice to depart from the Royal Family

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Queens of Sheba, which is part of HOME’s Orbit Festival and Black History Month

Louise Avey reviews a revival of Hair the Musical at the Palace Theatre

Urussa Malik reviews ‘It’s not about the Burqa’ a collection of intersectional essays by Muslim women, edited by Mariam Khan

Sam Bronheim reviews Sabrina Mahfouz’s adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses at The Lowry

Race, Identity and Masculinity: Anuli Changa speaks to writer-actor David Judge and Director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder about the touring production of Sparkplug

Oakland-born rapper Daveed Diggs of Hamilton fame joined forces with poet-come-rapper Rafael Casal to write and star in Blindspotting.

Anna Jin interviews the award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock ahead of her play Rockets and Blue Lights

Anna Jin reviews SPLIT/MIXED at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Dolly Busby reviews PLAYLAND, the last play written by Athol Fugard under Apartheid

Alia Nawaz reviews Akala’s politically-charged book Natives

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

Anuli Changa reviews the incredible Barber Shop Chronicles at the Royal Exchange in association with Contact Theatre

Anuli Changa speaks to cast member Emmanuel Ighodaro about Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles at the Royal Exchange Theatre in association with Contact Theatre

Crazy Rich Asians cements Chinese dominance in multi-racial Singapore, and panders to Westernised conceptions of Asian culture.

Sophie Marriott explores Manchester University’s reaction to recent revelations by the Royal Historical Society regarding the distinct lack of racial diversity in the study of history in higher education.