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Gig review: Alien Ant Farm at Rock City

Supported by US dark rock purveyors Nocturnal Affair and late replacements InMe, the genre-leaping Alien Ant Farm make a triumphant, celebratory – and noisy – return to Rock City. We got in on the action...

Award winning actor Richard Armitage speaks about his latest crime novel

After a lengthy career making his name in blockbusters such as The Hobbit and BBC’s Robin Hood, multi-award winning actor Richard Armitage has turned to the written word. He visited Bromley House to discuss his latest crime novel The Cut, and how writing and acting converge.

Western musical Calamity Jane blows in from The Windy City to Nottingham Theatre Royal in March 2025

If you're a fan of the classic 1953 comedy-Western film and its long-running stage adaptation, or just looking for some good ol' fashioned escapism, then you're in for a treat early next year...

Talking therapy with Nottingham Counselling Service

As the nights roll in earlier and the weather gets chilly, it’s natural to not feel so breezy and bright. Over the next few months we’ll be dipping in with Nottingham Counselling Service to hear about their work and how we should normalise talking about our mental health.

The Script + Special Guest Tom Walker

Picture This: Hope Exhibition

Rachel Cooke On Women’s Friendship, Through Fiction, Diaries and Letters

Queer East: Bye Bye Love (50th Anniversary) + Intro

Ncf Comedy Presents: Mike Rice: Nasty Character

Kitchen Dancing - Ultimate 60s, 70s & 80s

The Luka State

Kitchen Dancing - Ultimate 80s & 90s - Adults

Beeston Tales - Travelling Together

Embrace

The Screen - My Brother's Wedding

Bsl Exhibition Tour: Martin Glover

Alexander Flood [ Nu Jazz]

Laura Jane Grace and The Trauma Tropes

Hidden History Tour

Nottingham Central Library Tour

Film Review: Gladiator 2

Join us as we battle through the Gladiator 2 remake...

We talk to Blue Violet ahead of their Metronome Nottingham show with Echobelly

With a new album due in January and in the thick of a support tour with Echobelly, indie alternative duo Blue Violet have a lot to be excited about. We caught up with them ahead of their gig at Metronome...

In photos: She Drew The Gun at Rough Trade

Review: cabaret, burlesque and art at Niche Artefact

Niche Artefact is a unique Nottingham event that celebrates local painters and sculptors alongside a cabaret of drag artists, singers and even an aerial burlesque performer. It’s very much a bespoke event that champions our LGBTQIA+ community and allies. Ian C Douglas went along to November’s showcase, the Halloween-themed Occult Odyssey…

House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem

Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary gatherings, and how did they fit into the politics of the time? We asked the individuals who lived out those joyful days firsthand about the history of sound-systems in Nottinghamshire and beyond.