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Art Review: Mass at Backlit Gallery

"The gallery intertwines a combination of video performance, sculpture, ceramics and drawing. Matt explained how he wanted each artist involved to come up with an entirely new work that had a theme of mass"

Art Review: Trace Programme

"The Rave Dinner Party reclaims the idea through crossing class and cultures, in a weird rave environment, but keeping high standards of food"

Pharaohe Monch - The Monarch Without the A&R

Ahead of his appearance at Rescue Rooms on Wednesday 9 March, we hark back to the days of Pharoahe Monch's Internal Affairs

Film Review: Deadpool

It has shocked everyone by smashing box office records, but is this new superhero movie actually any good?

Mantic Games: Bridging The Gap Between Tabletop Miniatures and Board Games

"I thought some of the areas Games Workshop no longer focused on could be interesting businesses, so Mantic was born"

Film Review: A Bigger Splash

A remake of Jacques Deray’s La Piscine starring Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes.

Art Review: Monuments Should Not Be Trusted at Nottingham Contemporary

We got down to the Lace Market to check out the latest exhibition at 'Tempreh. This one looks at Yugoslavia and the huge cultural and social changes that ensued after World War II

Fancy a Trip to United Arab Emirates?

Latest literacy initiative offers a free trip to the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival for the winner of Kids on the Net writing competition

Be.One: The Album Made from Wolfgang Buttress' Beehive Pavilion

"Not only were the bees sort of remixing the music, the music heard within the hive was forever changing"

Dance Review: Digitopia

"The interactive lighting was triggered by the dancer's movements, giving an almost hypnotic quality to the production"

Theatre Interview: Maggie Fox of Lip Service

"The more people have seen our work, the more mad and ridiculous we can become!"

A Woman of No Importance

It may be known as the weakest of Oscar's plays, but it still has all the hallmarks of that witty Mr Wilde.

Sue Dymoke Talks Making Poetry Happen

“...spoken word writing and performance in and after school can change lives”

Art Review: Trash To Treasure - The Art of Social Enterprise

Get down to Nottingham Central Library to check out just one part of the exhibition championing upcycling. There are exhibitions, workshops and fun times running all over the city

Book Reviews Roundup - February

A lost missionary, banana goblins, a paradise hotel an historical sprawl through China, a nod to Harry Potter and a therapist...

Nusic Podcast #122,Nusic

People, this is your podcast. Predictions for what this year is going to bring for Nottingham artists are right here, right now

Pick of the Week: 15 - 21 February

Right, no need to be romantic anymore. Back to the important business of sorting yourself out with fun stuff to do

Nottingham's Lonely Hearts

"ELDERLY FISH-LOVING MALE, active, seeks younger female to accompany him on long, late-night walks between pubs. Must enjoy a strong pint of ale, occasional cross dressing and know her way around a cockle"

Live Music Review: Public Service Broadcasting at Rock City

"The 90-minute set took the audience on a journey through time and space"

Future Session 103 - Mowbeck

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

The Embankment

Art Review: Sculptor Elisabeth Frink

We got down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Art Gallery to check out the work of one of Britain's leading twentieth-century sculptors

Theatre Review: Any Means Necessary

We went to see the play exploring the relationship between undercover police officers, their targets, wives and bosses, written by Kefi Chadwick and directed by Nottingham Playhouse Artistic Director Giles Croft

The Dilettante Society on The 5th Duke of Portland

"The scandal delighted Victorian audiences, while the duke's secretive habits and efforts to remain undetectable fuelled public speculation"

Music Reviews: February 2016

With Wigflex, Albosel, Cici Lara, DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show, Fonsze, Prime, Ropewalk, Ryan Farmer, and I Believe in Miracles