By: Adam Bloodworth

Features Journalist Adam Bloodworth is the Deputy Life&Style Editor at CityAM. He has served in the role since 2022, writing and commissioning culture and lifestyle features for the newspaper and website. The Life&Style section covers film, TV, music, theatre, things to do in London and features that examine the ways Londoners live their lives. He also serves as Deputy Editor for CityAM The Magazine, writing and commissioning for the quarterly luxury lifestyle product distributed by hand around the capital. He has been interviewed by the BBC News at 10, BBC Scotland, BBC Three Counties Radio and can be found on X and LinkedIn.

All 996 Articles

Cirque Berserk founder: Great circus involves real jeopardy – and the audience needs to feel it

February 23, 2023

In our interview series The Lowdown, we ask performers and directors how they’re feeling ahead of their London show openings. Here, we sit down with Cirque Berserk founder Martin ‘Zippo’ Burton, a legend of the circus scene who’s been performing for 49 years HOW DOES IT FEEL TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF CIRQUE BERSERK? 10 [...]
My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) review: A joyous outsider tale is a must-see

February 22, 2023

My Son’s A Queer review and star rating: ★★★★★ There wasn’t a dry eye in the room: Rob Madge’s autobiographical show about his life growing up as a queer outsider is intensely joyous, and required viewing for queers and their allies. (And most importantly, required viewing for the people who wouldn’t think to book a [...]
Will Smith shocks by making joke about Chris Rock Oscars slap

February 22, 2023

Will Smith has taken to social media to make a joke absolutely no one expected. Last year Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock around the face after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, the actor Jada Pinkett-Smith. And now Smith has responded to a TikTok post where the TikToker asked what inanimate objects thought about [...]
Medea, Soho Place, review: Sophie Okonedo’s devastating portrait of trauma

February 20, 2023

Medea, Soho Place, review and star rating: ★★★★☆ Soho Place, the first new West End theatre to open in 50 years, has sped to relevance. The £300 million project with its spectacular rooftop balcony opened with a piece of new writing with no famous actors in it, both a bold and brave move that was well [...]
Vault Festival, London’s take on Edinburgh Fringe, desperately needs our help

February 20, 2023

Just under Waterloo Station, you'll find a venue which for eight weeks every year creates a fertile ground of comedy, cabaret and the dramatic arts. The Vault Festival has brought us comic relief, but now it's being turfed out of its unique venue and needs Londoners to save it, writes Adam Bloodworth.
Exclusive: Bridgerton cast rally to save vital London arts event from closure

February 19, 2023

Speaking exclusively to CityAM, some of Bridgerton’s lead cast, including Nicola Coughlan and Jonathan Bailey, rally to help save Vault Festival, one of the UK’s brightest arts festivals, which faces closure after landlords have said they’ll turf them out in 2024. Help Save Vault by donating to their campaign here Bridgerton’s leading actors have [...]
BAFTAs 2023 recap: The five big things that happened tonight

February 19, 2023

The BAFTAs 2023 have wrapped for another year and, as with all good awards ceremonies, there were some special moments, some that absolutely weren’t meant to happen. Over 20 awards gongs were handed out for everything from sound design to international film and leading male and females, as well as best film. But here are [...]
BAFTAs muck up as wrong Best Supporting Actor award given out

February 19, 2023

A delay in the live television broadcast meant editors could remove a gaff at tonight’s BAFTAs where presenters handed out the Best Support Actress award to the wrong person, it has been reported. TV critic Scott Bryan tweeted saying that a prerecord allowed the gaff to be edited out. Carey Mulligan had mistakenly been told [...]
Helen Mirren pays touching tribute to late Queen at BAFTAs

February 19, 2023

Helen Mirred has paid tribute to the late Queen at the BAFTA Awards 2023. During an early part of the ceremony the actor, who played the Queen in 2006 feature film the Queen, read a short tribute to her majesty from the Royal Festival Hall stage. Mirren said: “Cinema at its best does what Her [...]
The most Googled property investment questions, answered

February 18, 2023

Investing in property can be daunting for the uninitiated – we asked Gordie Dutfield, CEO of Redmayne Smith to answer the most asked property investment questions on Google With so much potential when it comes to creating a passive income and building your own investment portfolio, it is no surprise that people want to learn [...]

Ryanair hands O’Leary six-year extension

F* f* f***: Tennis star Moutet fined £4k per F-bomb for Queen’s Club outburst on BBC

Fogo de Chao nominated for Best Casual Dining Toast award

By: Adam Bloodworth

All 996 Articles