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Carnival themed bingo, West End rock n roll and the Comedy Festival: here's what's on this week 27 October-2 November 2025

If you fancy starting Halloween off with clowns and digits or perhaps you're in the mood for some punk rock tickets, we've got you covered! Themed bingo or concert what will you choose, either way there's most definitely something for you.

We chat to Sonya Madan of Echobelly about touring, enduring friendships and the state of the nation

Comedy Review: Matt Forde's End of an Era Tour at the Nottingham Playhouse

Another local lad done well, Matt Forde hits a packed out Playhouse on his End of an Era tour...

Green Hustle Festival Returns to Nottingham's Old Market Square at the End of May

Music, food, fashion, art and environmental action will once again all come together at the free entry Green Hustle Festival in Nottingham city centre on Saturday 31 May

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #10: Comedian Matt Forde on His Early Life In Notts, Kier Starmer, Spitting Image, Forest, Cancer and The End of An Era Tour

Originally from Lenton, Matt Forde is a comedian, TV and radio presenter, writer, impressionist and quite a lot more. He’s perhaps best known for his podcast The Political Party, but he's also a regular face on TV and currently on his End of An Era Tour...

Live poetry review: Power Cut by Poets off the Endz at Fishergate Point

Sunday evening at Fishergate Point was buzzing with anticipation for the latest performance by creative collective Poets Off The Endz, who kicked off the first night of their new project with Chapter 1: Power Cut. The concept: a power cut. The question: what comes to light when the power goes out?

After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024 at Bonington Gallery

Over at Bonington Gallery an unfiltered time capsule of working class life is on display in the latest exhibition, After the End of History. Prompting questions about both change and continuity in British culture, over three decades of everyday life is revealed through the lens of 22 different photographers, including Richard Bilingham, Serena Brown and Rob Clayton. 

We Spoke to 'Hedda Gabler' Director Andrew Whittle Ahead of the Premier at Nottingham Arts Theatre at the end of March

With a fresh adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' coming to the Nottingham Arts Theatre at the end of March, we sat down with director and writer Andrew Whittle, to talk about developing unlikable characters and what it's like getting into directing in his forties.

We Chat to Lucy Crisp Ahead of the BBC Introducing Showcase at Metronome at the End of This Month

Lucy Crisp is a truly inspiring local musician, who lives in Alfreton, studied at Confetti, and has overcome a number of challenges to pursue her musical career. She tells us more about her music ahead of her performance at the BBC Introducing showcase on 31 January...

3 of the Best Events to Check Out at This Year’s Nottingham Poetry Festival

It's that time of year again: The city's finest celebration of poetry is back. Here are three events from the Festival that you'd be mad to miss...

Get Around for £2 On Nottingham Buses Until the End of March

Bus travel just got a fair bit cheaper for the next few months, thanks to a Government scheme...

Film Review: Halloween Ends

Over four decades after the original Halloween, it all ends with this... 

The Gramophones Theatre Company Bring Acrobatics Show Tarzanna to Nottingham

The popular aerial adventure is coming to Lakeside Arts on 31 October...

Hockley Hustle and LeftLion Present: Jah Digga and Poets off the Endz Live at Metronome

The second instalment in a series of live sets and interviews featuring some of our favourite Nottingham artists with interviews conducted by our very own Bridie Squires...

These Pictures of St Ann’s Taken Before Its Demolition Show the End of an Era

These pictures really do paint a thousand words...

Film Review: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Thinking of watching I’m Thinking of Ending Things? Miriam Blakemore reviews Charlie Kaufman’s latest film...

LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 10: End of the Season

In the final episode of the season, Gareth calls Colin fresh from his Wembley heartbreak, as County miss out on promotion back into the football league. Things aren't much rosier across the Trent either, as they discuss Forest's recent capitulation in missing out on the playoffs in spectacular style. So what about the future for both clubs? Transfers in, transfers out and the wider issues around football ownership are all explored.

Interview: Corrina Rothwell on Life as an Artist and the End of Blather

After almost two years of unleashing the manic brilliance of writer Adrian Reynolds in an illustrative fashion, our regular feature, Blather, sadly came to an end last month. Instead of getting all melancholy about things, we chose to celebrate its time between the pages by catching up (over email, of course) with the local lady behind the brushes: Corrina Rothwell. Under the spotlight we get chatting about Blather’s beginnings, the pleasures and perils of being an artist and the inspirations behind her brand of explosive abstract workings.

Art Review: Louise Lahive's Process of Ending at Surface Gallery

The Artist and her work are life-affirming and eclectic in sources and approach…

Film Review: Avengers: Endgame

It's the big one we've all been waiting for...

The Nottingham Women Ending the Gender Skate Gap

Skateboarding holds all kinds of stereotypes, but most people associate the sport with a group of lads utilising any block of concrete they can find as assets to their impressive activities. There’s a gender association that comes with skateboarding that needs correcting.

Tommy K on the Side: Endangered BBQ Sauce

Our saucy boi is bringing you the good stuff... 

Valentine Nkoyo is Working To End FGM

Meet Valentine Nkoyo; the woman who’s been fighting tirelessly against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), changing the lives of women locally and around the world through her activism. Her organisation, the Mojatu Foundation, has lead the way in declaring Nottingham as the first city in the UK to have a zero tolerance to FGM, and has joined with Farmeco Community Care Farm in Screveton to host an area where people can pay their respects to victims of the practice. We met Valentine at the farm to find out more about what she does...

Sara Poyzer is a Star on London's West End

After four years touring the world with hit musical Mamma Mia!, Nottingham duck Sara Poyzer is now smashing it in London’s West End. She plays Donna Sheridan, a role made famous by Meryl Streep in the film, but Sara’s feet remain firmly on the ground, and her heart still belongs to Notts...

Left Panther: End of Season Review

The ice hockey season is over and Nottingham Panthers are left empty handed in terms of silverware for the first time in three years...