Maddie Drury Contributor

Reporter Maddie Drury covers one of Aesthetica Film Festivals coffee mornings, this time discussing new platforms in film.

Emi Mahmoud is a poet and activist from Sudan, and as the reigning 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and Women of the World Co-Champion 2016, Emi is proof of the important relationship between the arts and activism.

Maxine Peake's powerful promenade performance marches the audience determinedly through the work of Hull's Headscarf Revolutionaries.

There really is Nowhere to Run for this shambolically lazy production, even Dusty's soulful singing cannot save this mightily misjudged performance.

One winter's day, Sampat Pal learns of Sheelu Nishad, a young girl thrown into prison in the dead of night. As Sampat investigates claims of corruption, theft and assault, a chain of events is set into motion that reveals the real cost of taking a stand.

Goodbye Christopher Robin reminds us once again of the cautionary world of children in the entertainment industry.

During a climate of cuts, it is important to consider that not every arts project requires a West End budget.

Okja shines light on a new angle of the controversial meat industry - and it's a bright light at that.

Free school meals have been compulsory for over 100 years. In 2017, are we really going to vote to take a guaranteed meal out of children's mouths?

Democratic rats, dueling OAPs and singing cannabis plants - life's a cabaret!

With a quaint set, charming puppets, and the actors' dynamic vocal work, this ambitious Shakespeare tale holds the potential to warm a midsummer's Brighton evening.

Improv is always a gamble, luckily the team behind 'CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation' are clearly a well-oiled machine on the UK festival circuit.