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Comedy Poet Elvis McGonnagall is Tartanned Up in Nottz

Thu 26 Apr 2018

Described as “side-splittingly funny”, “flamboyant” and compared to performance poets Adrian Mitchell and John Cooper Clarke, World Slam Champion and festival favourite Elvis McGonnagall is set to take Nottingham by storm on Friday night at Antenna. Tackling topics of the day head-on, his stand-up style of delivery and polished verse critiques the world’s woes with charm, intelligence and a bag-full of Scottish colloquialisms. LeftLion caught up with him for a quick chat ahead of his show with support from Poetry is Dead Good’s Stephen Thomas and our very own Bridie Squires…

Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018: Another Manic Monday

Tue 24 Apr 2018

This festival has us rushing about like a bunch of blue-arsed flies, and we love it. Here's today's round-up of all the groovy poetry that came out of Monday 24th April, 2018.

Film Review: Western

Sat 21 Apr 2018

Valeska Grisebach takes an unknown cast and crafts a tense drama about German construction workers in remote Bulgaria.

Theatre Review: The Jungle Book

Thu 19 Apr 2018

I will fight any child who say they enjoyed this more than I did...

Film Review: 120 BPM

Wed 18 Apr 2018

Director Robin Campillo draws on own personal experience in his emotional exploration of homosexuality and the AIDS epidemic in France during the 1990s.

Theatre Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse

Tue 17 Apr 2018

Live music, scary puppets and breath-taking scenery; Holes had it all...

The Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018 Survival Guide

Tue 17 Apr 2018

Nottingham's gone poetry mad, and with stellar events popping up in venues all over the city it can be hard to know where to start. Thankfully, your old pal LP Mills is here to give you the rundown on this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival.

Film Review: Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

Tue 17 Apr 2018

Before this documentary was even released, Vivienne Westwood publicly denounced it. Nice to see the old girl has a bit of punk still in her.

Film Review: A Quiet Place

Tue 17 Apr 2018

Real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinkski (who also directs) star in the horror film where the rules are simple: you make a noise, you die.

Live Music Review: Halle Classic Movie Thrillers

Mon 16 Apr 2018

A real joy to experience live...

Live Music Review: Rob Green and Eric Bibb at Rescue Rooms Nottingham

Mon 16 Apr 2018

“Now that we’re friends, I’m going to take my shoes off. Although, I don’t advise you do that… these floors get very sticky.”

Live Music Review: Cabbage at Rough Trade

Fri 13 Apr 2018

On Easter Sunday most people are hunting for eggs. We went hunting for Cabbage instead

Live Music Review: Acoustickle's 9th Birthday at The Maze

Fri 13 Apr 2018

Our Angel chats to promoter Parisa East as they celebrate Acoustickle's 9th birthday in style with great music, delicious food and plenty of fairy lights...

Theatre Review: This House

Fri 13 Apr 2018

You could be forgiven for thinking that bin strikes are just around the corner...

Left Panther: End of Season Review

Thu 12 Apr 2018

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

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Bodega

Mon 09 Apr 2018

I’m Not From London’s Fuzzbox, a night of dirty garage rock and psych, steps up a notch for its Easter egg-travaganza, moving on up to The Bodega. We went along for a listen.

Theatre Review: Cilla - the Musical

Thu 05 Apr 2018

Surprise, surprise, it's Cilla!

Theatre Review: The Power of Darkness

Wed 04 Apr 2018

So what happens when Nottingham's talented young actors take on Tolstoy?

Film Review: Isle of Dogs

Tue 03 Apr 2018

Boasting a great cast and beautiful animation, Wes Anderson’s latest may not be his best film, but it’s certainly worth a watch.

Film Review: A Wrinkle in Time

Tue 03 Apr 2018

Director Ava DuVernay gives us a well-meaning, but underwhelming take on the Young adult classic.

Film Review: Journeyman

Fri 30 Mar 2018

We caught an advanced screening of Paddy Considine's directorial follow-up to 2011's Tyrannosaur at Broadway Cinema, where the director/writer/star was present to give a post-screening Q&A...

Exhibition Review: Scaling the Sublime – Art at the Limits of Landscape at Djanogly Gallery

Thu 29 Mar 2018

Romanticism, in literature, art, music and thought, changed the world. But as this new exhibition at Djanogly Gallery hopes to show, the tropes, moods and key landscape interests of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century now influences a new generation of artists. The show-stopper here – and effective summary of the show – is Mariele Neudecker’s big installation After-Life which succeeds in referencing a broad range of Romantic artists and issues...