Ian Westhead

Newcastle upon Tyne

Entertainment Editor at ATV Today

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Alt-pop artist Devon reveals new single and UK tour

5 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

The single entitled, ‘This Is Where I’m Going To Die‘, has been announced alongside the news of his largest UK headline tour to date this autumn. Built on soaring production and deeply personal lyricism, the new single captures a stark reflection of life in a small town and the anxieties that can arise when it feels like everyone around you is moving on. “The song is a look at that inner dread that can come from being in your hometown.
Shakespeare in the Squares announces full cast for The Taming of the Shrew

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Use your &leftarrow; &rightarrow; (arrow) keys to browseShakespeare in the Squares has announced the full cast for their eighth return to London’s green spaces with The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare’s comedy battle of wits, wills and wild romance featuring toe-tapping pop classics.
Cabaret royalty Kiki & Herb to entertain at Soho Theatre Walthamstow

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Soho Theatre Walthamstow is set to host an unmissable run of cabaret royalty this July as the inimitable Justin Vivian Bond and long-time collaborator Kenny Mellman return to the capital as Kiki & Herb with their electrifying, genre-defying show Kiki & Herb are Trying! from 3–5 July. The storied cabaret creation of Bond and Mellman, Kiki & Herb are a cult phenomenon: a cocktail-soaked, piano-pounding hurricane of heartbreak, hilarity, and punk cabaret brilliance.
Gladiators Live heads to Glasgow

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

After record-breaking ticket sales, with London selling out in just 24 hours and Birmingham within four days, Gladiators Live Tour has answered Scottish fans’ calls, announcing an electrifying visit to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 December 2025. Tickets for these action-packed shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday 9 May via livenation.co.uk. Partner and venue presales begin from 10am today, Wednesday 7 May.
Horror-comedy spectacular with ‘Crybabies: The Scaring’

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees Crybabies – James Gault, Michael Clarke, Ed Jones – and the producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer have joined forces to present The Scaring – a narrative horror-comedy sketch show about fear, faith, fathers (the normal kind), fathers (the church kind), fantoms (Phantoms), and finally moving on. When former priest Arthur Holland checks into a remote hotel, he soon finds out it’s not just the breakfast buffet which poses a threat to life.
Brad Kella announces first ever headline UK tour

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Use your &leftarrow; &rightarrow; (arrow) keys to browseBeginning at Glasgow’s Oran Moor on 16 September, Brad will also perform in Manchester and Birmingham before its finale at London’s iconic Union Chapel. Tickets for the tour go on general sale on Friday 9th May at 10am from Ticketmaster. One of music’s most extraordinary, inspiring and freethinking talents, Brad’s career has taken off since he was named the winner of Channel 4’s The Piano by superstar pianists Lang Lang and Mika.
Kieran Hodgson brings ‘Voice of America’ to London

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Kieran Hodgson is set to premiere his latest show ‘Voice of America’ at London’s Soho Theatre this Summer, running for a limited time from 16th to 28th June. The production will see Kieran engage with current affairs for the first time with an ever-evolving political stand-up routine, whilst the show still keeps the character-led personal storytelling that he’s known & acclaimed for.
Alexis Sakellaris and his ‘intense obsession with pop divas’ heads to Riverside Studios

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

This month musical comedian and TikTok sensation, Alexis Sakellaris, is set to take audiences by storm with A Stan is Born!, an original musical comedy exploring a gay kid’s obsession with pop divas and the search for the diva within.
Dene Michael documentary to open Sheffield DocFest

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Sheffield DocFest announces the World Premiere of Kim Hopkins’ Still Pushing Pineapples to open this year’s festival on 18 June 2025 at Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema. Hopkins returns to DocFest following her 2022 Audience Award for A Bunch of Amateurs. Still Pushing Pineapples offers audiences a melancholy yet heartfelt look into the story of Dene Michael, the former singer of Black Lace and pop band behind the novelty Brit party favourite ‘Agadoo’.
Derry to London: Play explores the aftermath of ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland

2 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Ian Westhead

Iona Bremner Productions and Theatre503 are to present Derry Boys, a brand new play from emerging Irish writer Niall McCarthy, directed by Andy McLeod…Developed through Theatre503’s Rapid Write Response programme, this sharp and powerful and wryly funny new work explores identity, ambition, and what it takes to carve out a place in the world. Born and raised in Derry, Paddy and Mick have always dreamed of something more.