The must-see Northern comedy-drama Departures, featuring APT’s Olly Rhodes, Isabelle Smith, Kelsea Knox, Andrew Purcell, Charlotte Linighan, Lynn Roden, Harvey Weedon, and Jake Haymes, has now been released and is available to watch at cinemas across the UK! 

Departures dissects a toxic relationship with biting humour and raw emotion. This Manchester-made feature follows Benji, who meets the elusive and dominant Jake at an airport check-out gate. Their whirlwind monthly getaways to Amsterdam soon spiral into a doomed power dynamic. After being dumped, Benji struggles to move on, slipping into addiction and fleeting hook-ups, haunted by the love he lost. 

The excellent Will Edgerton will be appearing as ‘Charlie’ in the English Theatre of Hamburg production of All New People.

All New People will be running from the 30th April until the 28th June at the ETH.

Directed by Paul Glaser.

We’re thrilled to announce that Olly Rhodes can now be seen starring as ‘Sam Simpson’ in the new series of The Teacher on Channel 5. 

The returning drama will premiere on Monday 30th March at Channel 5, 9pm, with the remaining episodes following the rest of the week till Thursday 2nd April. 

The Teacher Series 3 follows Helen Simpson, a veteran Head of Drama at a private boarding school, who becomes trapped in a psychological war with a manipulative student, Cressida. Following a student’s suicide and a faked incident, Helen must battle to save her career, her reputation, and her son from devastation. 

The fabulous Kate Hampson will be joining the cast of Isabelle as ‘Isabelle’.

Opening at the new Middle Child Theatre, Hull, 15th May until 31st May.

Isabelle is produced by Middle Child and directed by Paul Smith.

The marvellous Harvey Weedon and Olly Rhodes join the cast of Boys as ‘Cam’ and ‘Benny’ respectively.

Boys makes its Manchester Premiere at The Kings Arms from the 21st April – 8th May.

Produced by The Kings and directed by Oli Hurst.

The brilliant George Webster has been nominated for ‘Best Newcomer to Pantomime’ in the 2026 Pantomime Awards.

George appeared as ‘Pirate George’ in The All New Adventures of Peter Pan at Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton.

Produced by Evolution Productions and directed by Emily Wood.

The lovely Allison Saxton will feature in Channel 4’s new drama series A Woman of Substance, playing ‘Mrs. Easton’ in Episode 6! 

The show will premiere on Channel 4 tonight on 11th March. All episodes will follow and be available to watch on Channel 4 On Demand. 

A brand new adaptation of the classic novel and global bestselling phenomenon by Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE, Emma Harte defies all expectations, fearlessly challenging the roles she’s given, smashing glass ceilings, and never, ever deviating from her masterplan.

We’re very excited to announce that Harvey Weedon will soon be seen in the new BBC/CBBC series Crookhaven as recurring reg ‘Bogdan’. 

The series will release on BBC One, CBBC and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 22nd March 2026. 

Crookhaven follows Teen thieves who learn to use their skills for good at a secret school run by Caspian Lockett. Young pickpocket Gabriel Avery joins The Crooked Network to fight ‘The Nameless’ and discovers his destiny.

To celebrate World Book Day, we’re very excited to announce that the wonderful Scarlett Archer has joined the Ravenclaw house in HBO’s Harry Potter Series, as ‘Penelope Clearwater’! 

This series is still on-going, so more info will follow-up later this year. 

The wonderful Sara Abanur joins Sisters 360 as ‘Fatima’.

Sisters 360 will be touring 26 venues across the country from 19th March to 28th June.

Written by award-winning playwright Asif Kahn and co-produced by Turtle Key Arts, Polka Theatre and AIK Production. Directed by Ameera Conrad.

The brilliant Harvey Weedon joins the cast of Ward 76 as ‘Nemo’.

The tour will head to M6 Theatre and The Edge Theatre alongside other regional venues.

Presented by Pai Productions and directed by Nickie Miles-Wildin.

The marvellous Phil Yarrow will be joining the cast of Small Island as ‘Mr. Buxton’, Capt Soames and Sgt Thwaites!

Opening at Leeds Playhouse 11th March follow by a run at the Birmingham Rep (1st – 18th April) and Nottingham Playhouse (28th April – 16th May).

A Nottingham Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse and Birmingham Rep production, in association with Actors Touring Company. Directed by Matthew Xia. Adapted by Helen Edmundson. Based on the novel by Andrea Levy.

We’re thrilled to announce that Tareq Al-Jeddal‘s feature debut, ANIMOL, will be heading to Berlin International Film Festival this year! Tareq stars as ‘Omar’ in Ashley Walter’s new feature. 

The festival will be taking place from the 12th to 22nd February 2026 in Berlin, Germany. 

ANIMOL is a raw, affecting coming-of-age drama set within a young offenders’ institution. Produced by Joi Productions, in association with Rogue State and SLNda, for Film4, Sky Cinema and the BFI.

We’re heading back to school as the second series of the sitcom High Hoops has been released, starring Arthur Kay as lead ‘Conor O’Neil’, and also featuring Julian Kay later in the series. 

All episodes are now available to watch on BBC iPlayer, or catch a weekly release of each episode on CBBC. 

The CBBC sitcom follows tall and clumsy Aoife O’Neill, who joins a struggling school basketball team after moving to a new area. Through 3×3 basketball, she finds her place while trying to help transform the team’s fortunes.

We’re excited to announce that Charlie De’Ath will be starring as ‘Pete’ in the drama series Play For Today’s upcoming episode Special Measures. This will be showing on Channel 5 at Thursday 11th December, 9pm. 

The episode follows when a surprise OFSTED inspection hits an underfunded Liverpool school, newly promoted Laura Abbott must navigate staff burnout, student crises, and personal heartbreak – all in one chaotic day that pushes her to the brink and back.