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The world’s biggest music competition, the Eurovision Song Contest, has faced increasing scrutiny in recent years, but for decades the contest has remained a cultural staple within LGBTQ+ communities. Eurovision Song Contest 2026 has been plagued with controversey. | Credit: Eurovision Song Contest) As Eurovision 2026 gets underway in Vienna tonight, viewers have questioned whether the competition’s slogan, 'United by Music', still reflects values of inclusivity. Known for it

For Rebecca Connell-Brooks, interactive theatre has always been about breaking down the barrier between audiences and performers. The 38-year-old co-founded DBY Interactive after moving to Liverpool in 2012, knowing nobody in the city. Over time, the company has built a reputation across the Liverpool City Region for its interactive murder mystery productions.

This gritty, atmospheric and tense short emerges as a contemporary cinematic triumph. Sal (Antonio Aakeel) and John (Stephen Walters). | Credit - Dan Sloan, 2025 Dan Sloan’s 2025 short ‘Good Behaviour’ explores the semantic domain of memory and guilt, prompting the viewer to question, ‘how much guilt is enough?’ The film brings forth a visceral and gut-wrenching depiction of psychological trauma, flawlessly encapsulating both a cycle of self-destruction and the fraught road