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Nonsuch Theatre Open Clarendon Street Performance Space

Wed 18 May 2016

"NEAT needs to get bigger and bolder - it now rests on the powers that be to oomph it up a bit"

Theatre Review: The Level of Being by Martin Arrowsmith

Wed 18 May 2016

Far from am-dram, the Nottingham Actors' Studio open their new space with a bang

Filmmaker Interview: Jonathan Hawes

Wed 18 May 2016

We had a chat with the Notts bred filmmaker and his recent short film On the Wagon

Gate to Southwell Festival

Tue 17 May 2016

"One of the Midlands' baddest acoustic, dance and roots music festivals is right around the corner"

Gary Clarke's Coal - Miners' Strikes and Contemporary Dance

Tue 17 May 2016

"When you're watching the dancers you know they're dancing, but actually what's being communicated is hard graft"

Nottingham Opinions on the EU Referendum

Tue 17 May 2016

We got down to Old Market Square to ask the Nottingham populace what they think about all this EU referendum stuff

National Vegetarian Week

Mon 16 May 2016

We're never going to tell you how to live your life here at LeftLion, but we love a good opinion

Live Music Review: Rob Green EP Launch at Rough Trade Nottingham

Mon 16 May 2016

"He makes you feel as though you know him personally and brings you into his world so that you can relate to and connect with his music"

Nottingham Lad Named BBC Young Musician 2016

Mon 16 May 2016

At seventeen years old, the year-twelve Trinity Catholic School student Sheku Kanneh-Mason has swept up the trophy for being a dab hand at knocking out a tune

Live Music Review: Kagoule at The Bodega

Mon 16 May 2016

"The extra bit of polish is unsurprising, since they've been jamming together since they were around fourteen"

Nottingham’s Newest Gaming Lounge: [ALT]

Mon 16 May 2016

The lounge recently had its official opening party, and we went to check it out.

8 Proper Tunes on the LeftLion Stereo This Month

Mon 16 May 2016

It's all Nottingham and it's all hot in them. You get us. With Hvman Teeth, Cyclonix, Mizzred, Giant Head, Mez, Ady Suleiman, Diablo Furs and The Tangents

Nottingham Adverts Ripped from the Pages of History

Mon 16 May 2016

This month, our Wayne Burrows talks us through the advert for the old women's clothes shop Birdcage, which used to be located on Bridlesmith Gate

Pick of the Week: 16 - 22 May

Sun 15 May 2016

With Neat16, Young Creative Awards, NG83, John Newling and more...

The Dilettante Society on Jackey Peet

Sat 14 May 2016

"He was rumoured to be unable to sit on a chair for fear of breaking its legs, and had to forfeit the luxury of a comfy bed for the floor"

Nottingham Youth Orchestra

Fri 13 May 2016

"I worry that kids from my background don't have the opportunities that I had... I find extremely depressing – classical music shouldn't just be the preserve of a few"

Write Lion Podcast 13,Write Lion

Fri 13 May 2016

All the literary goodness of the month for your lugholes

6 Nottingham Books To Read

Thu 12 May 2016

With Jonathan Taylor, Sam Maxwell, Ana Salote, Tony Simpson and Helen Macdonald

Theatre Review: Breakfast At Tiffany's

Wed 11 May 2016

It’s a tough job, filling Audrey Hepburn’s LBD, but a former Inbetweener is giving her best "Dhaaarling" at the Theatre Royal

Darren Hayman Discusses His Thankful Villages Project

Wed 11 May 2016

What is a Thankful Village and why is the former Hefner man visiting all 54?

Art Works: Janet Wootton

Wed 11 May 2016

"I produce environmental and organic-based art in my studio and sing with the NTU Choir and Notts Operatic Society"

Jonzi D on Hip Hop Dance Theatre Show Breakin' Convention

Wed 11 May 2016

"Theatre doesn't really acknowledge what's happening in its own backyard; there's this high-art approach that distances art from what the people are producing"

Stephen Lowe on Altitude Sickness and DH Lawrence in Taos

Tue 10 May 2016

"Lady Chatterley's Lover came out when I was thirteen and I've spent my whole life living with and thinking about him. I've written about him so much he's like family now"