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A Midsummers Night's Dream
Mon 04 May 2015The New Theatre and Lakeside Arts' latest collaboration brings a pinch of fairy magic to Nottingham
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Pleasfest: The Donald Pleasence Film Festival
Wed 04 Mar 2015You may know him as the classic Bond villain Blofeld, or maybe Dr Loomis from John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise. One of the most prolific actors in history, even if you’ve been residing under a rock you’ve probably seen Donald Pleasence on the telly or at the cinema. Joey Bell of Kino Klubb explains why three Nottingham film clubs have come together to celebrate his work with Pleasfest.
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Gregory Woods: Dream Midnight
Thu 12 Feb 2015Nottingham Trent University's former Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies shares a beautiful poem with us
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Gregory Woods: Dream Midnight
Thu 12 Feb 2015Nottingham Trent University's former Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies shares a beautiful poem with us
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Independence for the East Midlands?
Thu 18 Sept 2014Forget Scotland. The real question is whether the East Midlands should go for independence
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Winner of the 2014 East Midlands Book Award
Tue 03 Jun 2014"It’s important that we highlight the value of storytelling in an increasingly fragmented, technology-driven society." Alison McQueen
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The Lord of Milan - Herbert Kilpin
Tue 18 Mar 2014Did you know that a Lacemaker from Nottingham co-founded AC Milan? Read all about it...
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Art Works: Ethan-Carrick Maguire
Tue 11 Feb 2014"As a twelve-year old from St Ann’s, living in the hood equips me with a passion to do well in life"
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Interview: Airheads Inflatable Crowds
Thu 06 Feb 2014What to do when you’re making a film and you need a few thousand people for a crowd scene. It’s a logistical nightmare that has plagued directors since the dawn of cinema. But not any more thanks to Airheads who have inflatable extras by the dozen and none of them will let you down…hopefully.
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Interview: Peter Bowles
Wed 28 Nov 2012Peter Bowles went from a childhood in Hyson Green to an acting career that spans the early days of television, the golden age of sitcoms and the admiration of Marlon Brando - and he owes much of it to a theatre in town that now carries his name...
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Interview: Architects of Air
Fri 06 May 2011Sticking bits of plastic together for Architects of Air is a rite of passage for many a Nottingham arts graduate. The resulting pneumatic sculptures - known as luminaria - have toured the world, celebrating the beauty of light and colour. This June they’ll be drifting down to land at Lakeside, so time for a chat with AoA’s artistic director Alan Parkinson….
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Interview: Writing East Midlands
Fri 01 Apr 2011As the Cleggeron takes a hatchet to the arts we decided to have a chat with Henderson Mullin, head of Writing East Midlands (WEM), to see how his organisation may be able to help local writers survive difficult times...
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Drawn Together
Thu 01 Oct 2009Since the sixties Nottingham has been very much the capital of the region in terms of contemporary art. LeftLion's Arts Editor takes you through the current scene...
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Interview: Juliette Lewis
Tue 05 Dec 2006"Sometimes fights break out and cops get called - this is one of the dangers of Rock n' Roll music"
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Interview: Architects of Air
Tue 04 Apr 2006“What interests me is to develop new architectural forms to house the experience of light.”
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East Midlands Art Auction
Wed 27 Oct 2004An exhibition and auction of affordable art by East Midlands practitioners at the Lakeside Arts Centre
Architects of Air
Wed 25 Aug 200411840 square feet of glowing, soft and slightly bouncy labyrinth is landing in Nottingham...
Love Is In The Air...
Sat 14 Feb 2004The strange aura of romance on Valentines day. No need to go out, lets just stay in together...
Miles Hunt: Born In The Future
Sun 08 Feb 2004"I've a life-long aversion to the advertising industry. If I'm at home in front of the teevee, does it not go without saying that i'm not in a shopping mood?"
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