Site search

There's more content than you would believe. Hopefully this will make finding it a bit easier...

Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Wed 24 Jul 2019

Much Ado Theatre brought Shakespeare's comedy to the Canal House's beer garden...

Live Music Review: Splendour Festival

Tue 23 Jul 2019

Bleddy hell, what about those showers at Splendour this year? We got soaked to the bone, duck. Thankfully it cleared over just in time for some skanking to The Specials. In all seriousness though, what a spectacular day for music. Here’s the sets which got our Music Editors proper hyped….

Theatre Review: Stones in His Pockets

Tue 23 Jul 2019

Dazzling, but Stones in His Pockets gave Adrian that sinking feeling…

Film Review: Tell It to the Bees

Tue 23 Jul 2019

Annabel Jankel's adaptation of Fiona Shaw's novel is screening at Broadway Cinema now...

Film Review: The Lion King

Tue 23 Jul 2019

The pursuit of this hyper-realistic reimagining seems to be to create something convincing, but in a plot that surrounds lions and meerkats singing together in perfect harmony, audiences don’t want to be convinced, they want to be entertained…

Film Review: The Dead Don't Die

Mon 22 Jul 2019

Jim Jarmusch's star-filled zom-com doesn't quite hit all the right notes, but still contains an important message about the ills of modern life.

Live Music Review: Benjamin Zięć and the Rarebreeds EP Launch

Sun 21 Jul 2019

There's a new band in town that's just released on local label, Phlexx Records. Elizabeth O'Riordan popped down to Peggy's to see what all the fuss was about...

Live Music Review: Damn Craters Album Launch

Fri 19 Jul 2019

Local doom quintet Damn Craters launched their album An Ocean of Satellites in seriously sweaty style down The Chameleon last week...

Live Music Review: Waterfront Festival 2019

Fri 19 Jul 2019

On a hot and muggy day in July, with the backdrop of Nottingham Canal providing an ideal juxtaposition of industrial and picturesque - a reminder of the dystopian theme of this year’s Waterfront Festival - the Canalhouse hosted an eclectic marathon of local talent…

Review: Jeanie Barton at Peggy's Skylight

Fri 19 Jul 2019

Adrian Shaw headed down to Peggy's Skylight to check out the musical talents of Jeanie Barton...

Live Music Review: The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, EGO and a-tota-so at JT Soar

Thu 18 Jul 2019

Not even this heatwave can keep us away from JT Soar. We sent Rob down for another raucous trio of bands, brought to Notts by expert promoter Buttonpusher...

Theatre Review: Avenue Q

Thu 18 Jul 2019

There is something surreal about watching puppets have sex on stage

Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fri 12 Jul 2019

Nottingham Shakespeare Company are bringing Oberon, Puck, Bottom and the gang to various locations around the city...

Film Review: Midsommar

Thu 11 Jul 2019

Ari Aster's follow-up to 2018's Hereditary has caused a bit of a stir since its release. Here's what we thought of it...

Film Review: Kursk - The Last Mission

Wed 10 Jul 2019

Thomas Vinterberg's film about the Kursk submarine disaster is out in cinemas this week...

Film Review: Spider-Man - Far From Home

Wed 10 Jul 2019

While Endgame was an excellent conclusion to the first decade of the Avengers saga, it left moviegoers with a lot of questions regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The big task of answering these just so happens to fall on the shoulders of our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man - but is Far From Home a satisfying follow-up to this year’s biggest film?