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Gig Review: Bonestrider and Silent Confidant at The Old Salutation Inn
Sat 30 Dec 2023Bonestrider and Silent Confidant opened for Death Warmed Up in the Old Salutation Inn’s legendary Attic...
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Film Review: Wonka
Sat 30 Dec 2023Timothée Chalamet leads a charming film that provides the perfect start to the new year...
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The Nottingham Culture Review of 2023
Fri 29 Dec 2023Welcome to 2023, a year where we saw the cost of living crisis continue to ravage lots of local things we know and love. However, it was also a year of local success in various sports and one with various familiar faces being part of big things on screen…
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Theatre Review: Horrible Christmas at Royal Concert Hall
Thu 28 Dec 2023Horrible Histories bring their Christmas show to the Royal Concert Hall...
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Gig Review: Christmas Covers Party at The Bodega
Wed 27 Dec 2023Our Michael Prince gets into the festive spirit at The Bodega with their 21st annual Christmas Covers Party...
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Gig Review: Bad Manners at Rock City
Wed 27 Dec 2023Was there a better way to see out the end of 2023 than with the notorious ska legend Buster Bloodvessel’s band Bad Manners performing their pre-Christmas gig at our musical Mecca, Rock City?
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Film Review: Godzilla Minus One
Thu 21 Dec 2023Japan’s latest kaiju outing blows its Hollywood counterparts out of the water…
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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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Interview: Nathan Ellis
Thu 21 Dec 2023A huge opportunity for newly emerging playwrights kicks off in the New Year. Nathan Ellis, from the Playhouse's Amplify programme, talks us through it...
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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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In Photos: Baba Ali at The Bodega
Thu 14 Dec 2023With support from Vanity Fairy and Arch Femmesis, American performer and musician Baba Doherty and British guitarist Nik Balchin, who together make up Baba Ali, brought their captivating and seductive presence to The Bodega, filling the room with infectious raw energy and groove that made standing still impossible...
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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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