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Theatre Review: Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Our Tanya Louise joined in the magic at Cinderella, this year's panto at the Nottingham Playhouse...

Locating Lawrence: December 1923

Tue 05 Dec 2023

In December, Lawrence begrudgingly returned to Blighty and immediately felt like a ‘caged coyote’. England seemed ‘dead and dark’ to him, and he felt ‘buried alive…under the yellow air.’ It didn’t help that he immediately caught a cold and was in bed...

Gig Review: Billy Bragg at Rock City

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Billy Bragg is perhaps Britain’s most intelligent and well-loved protest singer. He’s been unapologetically mixing pop and politics since 1983. He’s currently on his Roaring Forty tour across the UK and just in case we were feeling lonely in Nottingham the Milkman of Human Kindness makes a stop at Rock City to offer up his poetry...

Gig Review: Devon at The Bodega

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Hailing from a sleepy town in the South-West of England, indie-pop songwriter Devon brings his dreamy tracks to The Bodega for a warming winter’s set…

We Chat to Konya Kanneh-Mason All About African Rhapsodies With BBC Concert Orchestra and Seckou Keita

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Sometime after Konya Kanneh-Mason's live performance with Seckou Keita, held at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, she took some time out of her busy schedule to catch up with us...

Comedy Review: Club Wormhole - ‘A Very 1984 Christmas’

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Becki Crossley falls down the wormhole at a new venue for alternative comedy...

Full of hedgehog related activities, recipes, advice and storytelling, Prickelus Gets Caught is a delightful book for children and adults, written and illustrated by Nottingham author Rebecca Buxton. We caught up with Rebecca to find out about her inspirations and what the process of writing is like as a deaf, dyslexic and autistic person…

Gig Review: Mosh Against Cancer at The Old Salutation Inn

Mon 04 Dec 2023

Every once in a while, a gig comes along that offers both the chance to listen to some awesome East Midlands-based bands and the chance to give back. This November, Mosh Against Cancer offered just this...

In Photos: Donny Osmond at Motorpoint Arena

Mon 04 Dec 2023

Superstar singer Donny Osmond is touring the UK for the first time in six years and he brought his electrifying Vegas show to the Motorpoint Arena at the start of the tour last weekend...

Gig Review: Green Lung at Rescue Rooms

Mon 04 Dec 2023

Rescue Rooms is always a phenomenal venue - having never had a bad gig there, it was all but a guarantee that Green Lung and Boss Keloid would be excellent, even before taking into account their respective live pedigrees...

Gig Review: Stuart Pearce at The Chameleon

Mon 04 Dec 2023

On a bitterly cold Thursday night, at a venue that has recently delivered the sad news of closing down in early 2024, and with the fresh news that Shane MacGowan had passed away, I needed something to cheer me up. Three bands and a packed room at The Chameleon would certainly help...

We Chat to Fabio & Grooverider Ahead of Their Rock City Show in January With the Outlook Orchestra

Mon 04 Dec 2023

Fabio & Grooverider - godfathers of drum and bass - are bringing their live show with The Outlook Orchestra to Rock City in the New Year. Phil Taylor caught up with Fabio, aka Fitzroy Heslop, to discuss the changes he has witnessed on the scene, what Nottingham means to them, and what audiences can expect at their show...