ClownComedyGenderPhysical TheatreTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: The King is Pregnant, Purpose Machine, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★ Shay Mace
ClassHorrorNew WritingTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: The Perils of Youth; or The Gall of the House of Sud, Green Man Productions, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★★ Shay Mace
Cabaret & VarietyMusicNon-BinaryQueerTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: Beneath Still Waters, Rebecka Öberg, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★ Shay Mace
Asian VoicesDevisedImmigrant VoicesLoveTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: The Radical Wedding Engine, Ensemble Not Found, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★★★ Maia Kahn
Black VoicesInteractiveLoveMultimediaVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: Love vs Fear (…and my mother’s prayers), Mudhut IO, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★ Maia Kahn
Global South VoicesLatinx VoicesNew WritingVoila! Theatre FestivalWomanhood REVIEW: House of Shame, Renata Garcia, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★★ Maia Kahn
Asian VoicesDragGenre-DefyingNew WritingQueerRace & IdentityVoila! Theatre Festival REVIEW: BLONDIE BLUE EYES, Whim Theatre, Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 ★★★★ Maia Kahn
AlternativeColchester FringeDramaGayNew WritingSexualityTheatre REVIEW: (a play in a) DARK ROOM, Pants Off Productions, Colchester Fringe 2026 ★★★★ Ben Powell
Cabaret & VarietyFeast FestivalLesbian REVIEW: Phoebs, You’re a Lesbian., Phoebe Rodger, Feast Festival 2026 ★★★ Moss Meunier
ClassGateway FestivalMarginalisedNew WritingQueerTheatre REVIEW: ULTRAVIOLENCE! & Steam, Day 3 @ Gateway Festival 2026 Shay Mace
AgeGateway FestivalIllnessNew WritingScotlandTheatre REVIEW: Stomach & Dead People Don’t Have Data, Day 2 @ Gateway Festival 2026 Shay Mace
Climate CrisisDanceLive ArtVoila! Theatre FestivalWoman-Led BOOST: Watch ‘HUELLA’ at Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 – “What remains of a waterfall when the water itself may have disappeared?” (Ad) Isadora
Climate CrisisGateway FestivalMasculinityNew WritingPoliticsScotland REVIEW: In A Big Country & The Tide, Day 1 @ Gateway Festival 2026 Shay Mace
InternationalNew WritingNewsTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival NEWS: Voila! Theatre Festival Returns to London – Connecting ‘Border-Busting Theatre’ to ‘Citizens of Everywhere’ Shay Mace
AbsurdistComedyNew WritingShakespeareTheatreVoila! Theatre Festival BOOST: Watch ‘(Un)Shakespearean Nightmares’ at Voila! Theatre Festival 2026 – “In Shakespearean Purgatory no one can hear you scream!” (Ad) Bianca Tornea
EDITORIAL: Elisabeth’s Weekend at Out in the Hills Festival – Music, Film, History and Queer Hilarity January 22, 2026