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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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Gig Review: SOFY at The Bodega
Thu 07 Dec 2023Leicester lass SOFY returns to Notts after a stellar set at this year’s Dot-to-Dot. With her impressive repertoire of propa' Bri'ish indie-pop bangers, the singer is a frontrunner in a new wave of up-and-coming voices. Trust us, she’s mega...
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Gig Review: Withered Hand & Darren Hayman at JT Soar
Thu 07 Dec 2023Alternating headliners throughout the tour, Edinburgh based cult-indie songwriter Withered Hand (aka Dan Wilson) and Darren Hayman (formerly of Hefner) joined forces at Nottingham's JT Soar...
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Gig Review: Madness at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 07 Dec 2023Hailing from NW5, London’s iconic Madness turned up to Nottingham to show us all how ska can be done. With the Lightning Seeds in tow, it was a small line-up but full of large songs, big sounds, and of course some rather baggy trousers. The Motorpoint Arena was prepped for a slightly lower capacity than usual, but Madness managed to absolutely pack out every single seat and each iota of standing room was crammed with fez wearing fans...
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Theatre Review: Outlawed at Nonsuch Studios
Wed 06 Dec 2023Our Sharon Stevens reviews an adult panto at Nonsuch...
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Gig Review: Against The Current at Rock City
Wed 06 Dec 2023Returning to Nottingham for their first headline show here since 2016, Against the Current brought their Nightmares & Daydreams tour to Rock City…
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Music Review: The Hallé at Royal Concert Hall
Wed 06 Dec 2023Our Kevin Stanley reviews the Hallé at the Royal Concert Hall...
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Theatre Review: Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse
Tue 05 Dec 2023Our Tanya Louise joined in the magic at Cinderella, this year's panto at the Nottingham Playhouse...
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Gig Review: Billy Bragg at Rock City
Tue 05 Dec 2023Billy 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...
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Gig Review: Devon at The Bodega
Tue 05 Dec 2023Hailing 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…
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