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Concert Review: The Hallé Christmas Concert
Thu 21 Dec 2023Kevin Stanley reviews the Halle's Christmas Concert at the Royal Concert Hall...
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Review: A Silent Night at The Chapel
Thu 21 Dec 2023Silent Confidant return to The Chapel once again to show that both their passion for music and their love for the fellow artists who join them on the line-up know no bounds....
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Food Review: Glass Orchid
Wed 20 Dec 2023There's a new(ish) kid in town; Glass Orchid opened their doors in Beeston this September and are proving hugely popular with tapas and cocktail enthusiasts. All traces of the previous Ottimo premises are nowhere to be found, and the new look is modern, moody, and sophisticated - much akin to many contemporary bars you may find yourself falling into when in Manchester...
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Gig Review: Jadu Heart at JT Soar
Wed 20 Dec 2023There is a lot of discourse around ticket prices these days and how they are rising to ridiculous, unprecedented levels. While this is certainly true for academy and arena shows, I would say that the smaller venue shows are as cost-effective as they’ve ever been – you just need to be willing to look for them. Enter electro-folk duo Jadu Heart, who stopped by JT Soar this week for the final stop on their Bleak Midwinter Tour, where all tickets cost just £5. Here’s what went down…
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Gig Review: Alex and The Christopher Hale Band at JT Soar
Wed 20 Dec 2023Collars unfortunately had to drop out, but Alex and The Christopher Hale Band (also known simply as ACHB) swooped by to save the day...
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Gig Review: Divorce at Rescue Rooms
Wed 20 Dec 2023Following the release of their new EP Heady Metal, local four-piece Divorce headline Rescue Rooms for a sold-out homecoming show...
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Concert Review: A Christmas Conversation at the Royal Concert Hall
Wed 20 Dec 2023Our Ian C Douglas checks out the Tenebrae Choir at the Royal Concert Hall...
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Theatre Review: The Boy Who Cried Wolf at Lakeside Arts
Tue 19 Dec 2023A warm hearted wintery tale for youngsters...
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Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Arts Theatre
Mon 18 Dec 2023Sharon Stevens reviews Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Arts Theatre...
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Film Review: Femme
Sun 17 Dec 2023The secret to a good thriller is all in the pace. Something that Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s debut feature film, Femme, does perfectly...
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Music Reviews: December 2023
Sat 16 Dec 2023This month, we review new tunes from Emily Ashberry, PASTE., Catmilk, The Cost of Loving, Baby Tap, and Michael Vickers...
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Review: Christmas at the Musicals at Royal Concert Hall
Fri 15 Dec 2023It may oversell its Christmas-ness, but it's a good night out nonetheless...
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Gig Review: Spector at Rescue Rooms
Thu 14 Dec 2023As someone who has seen indie outfit Spector play live ten times in the last decade, including six times in Nottingham, our Karl Blakesley went along to see how their 2023 show compares…
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Gig Review: Ice Cube at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 14 Dec 2023Our Rich Higton first heard Ice Cube's music when he was twelve years old, in 1993. Now, thirty years later, he experienced it live at Motorpoint Arena...
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Gig Review: Sophie Ellis Bextor at Royal Concert Hall
Wed 13 Dec 2023Sparkles, glitter, tinsel, and disco - there was only one Christmas Party worth attending to this year, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Christmas Kitchen Disco...
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We Review Nottingham Contemporary’s Latest Exhibition 'Ridykeulous'
Tue 12 Dec 2023Nottingham Contemporary’s latest interactive art installation Ridykeulous is host to over thirty intergenerational queer artists all of whom utilise the distinct lens of the queer experience to satirise culturally conditioned forms of self-expression and modernise out-dated stratifications of gender identity…
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Theatre Review: Dick Whittington at Theatre Royal
Tue 12 Dec 2023Get yer big boots on for some spectacular, energetic, high-end panto sparkle...
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Theatre Review: Once Upon a Crime at Nottingham New Theatre
Tue 12 Dec 2023Our Amelia Brookes reviews Once Upon a Crime at Nottingham New Theatre...
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Gig Review: The Silver Lines at The Chameleon
Mon 11 Dec 2023On a wet and windy Thursday evening there was no better place to retreat to than The Chameleon, to see exactly what a line-up of new and local artists had to offer...
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Gig Review: James Yorkston & Nina Persson at The Bodega
Mon 11 Dec 2023A Swedish pop star and a Scottish folk singer were an unlikely pair to find in The Bodega. Differing from the usual punk and rock music, Nina Persson and James Yorkston created a beautiful atmosphere with their folk performance...
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Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City
Mon 11 Dec 2023Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...
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Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City
Mon 11 Dec 2023This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...
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Gig Review: Cucamaras at The Carousel
Mon 11 Dec 2023Nottingham’s very own Cucamaras return home for two intimate, back-to-back shows at The Carousel…
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Theatre Review: Hansel and Gretel at Nottingham Playhouse
Sat 09 Dec 2023Dave Kingsbury visits the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel at the Playhouse...
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Gig Review: DMA'S at Rock City
Fri 08 Dec 2023There is quite simply nothing better than a packed Rock City crowd, singing together at the top of their lungs. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, you’ll find yourself at a mighty special gig. Having already caught Australian indie heroes DMA’S a few times previously, including one time on their home turf in Australia, our Karl Blakesley had good inkling this could have been one of those magical nights. So, we headed down to Rock City to see if our assumptions were correct…
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