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Live Music Review: Rag'n'Bone Man at Rock City

Sat 29 Apr 2017

Human singer wows the Nottingham massive...

High Stakes and Sportswear at Poetercize! the Poetry Game Show

Mon 24 Apr 2017

Scores were settled and mischief was made at Rough Trade this Saint George's Day, but which of our contestants won the championship title in this zany gameshow? We sent LP Mills to the hottest sporting event in Nottingham to find out.

Theatre Review: Showstoppers

Fri 21 Apr 2017

Improvised musical delivers laughter, la-la-las and some moments of inspired lunacy.

Art Review: Draw the Line

Fri 21 Apr 2017

Get yourself down to The Surface Gallery in Hockley this week, before the Draw the Line exhibition ends.

Theatre Review: Tommy at Nottingham Playhouse

Thu 20 Apr 2017

The Who’s rock opera benefits from extravagant production at Nottingham Playhouse…

Live Music Review: The Big Moon live at Rough Trade

Sun 16 Apr 2017

The hotly tipped band made an in-store appearance at the Nottingham record store to promote the release of their debut album...

Live Music Review: Nathan Fake at Nottingham Contemporary

Sat 15 Apr 2017

The electronic musician was touring in support of his latest album...

Theatre Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Tue 11 Apr 2017

The second coming of Mark Haddon's novel-turned-play has gone down a treat...

Theatre Review: The Crucible

Fri 07 Apr 2017

It's time for a good old-fashioned witch hunt in Arthur Miller's classic play...

Theatre Review: Letters to Windsor House

Fri 07 Apr 2017

Down but not out: Shit Theatre make magic from misery.

9 Notts Music Albums, Reviewed: Scorzayzee, Clay Shaped Boy, Damn Craters and more

Thu 06 Apr 2017

If you're from Nottingham and you want your tunes reviewed, hit up leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic...

Theatre Review: Rambert - Ghost Dances

Wed 29 Mar 2017

A tribute to the political oppression faced by the people of South America under Pinochet’s regime

Theatre Review: The Grapes of Wrath

Tue 28 Mar 2017

There's plenty of wrath to go around in the latest production of The Grapes of Wrath...

Comedy Writer Lee Stuart Evans Talks Debut Novel Words Best Sung

Tue 28 Mar 2017

You may not instantly recognise his name, but Lee Stuart Evans has left his mark all over our telly boxes. Having written for shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, A League of Their Own, Live at the Apollo and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, he’s now turned his hand to novel writing. We spoke to him about his Nottingham-based debut, Words Best Sung…

Theatre Review: Love Sick

Tue 28 Mar 2017

All about the birds, the bees, and the aliens with dodgy wigs.

Live Music Review: Jurassic 5's Chali 2na and Krafty Kuts at Southbank City

Sat 25 Mar 2017

There aren’t many places you can go for an old-fashioned dinner and dance these days, but Notts-based label / promoter / caterer Gangsta Wraps are putting that right with their Rhyme and Dine evenings...

Poet Leanne Moden on Spoken Word in Nottingham

Fri 24 Mar 2017

Who’d have thought there was such a wealth of spoken word events and culture going on in our fair city? Founder of the spoken word night Crosswords and former-East Anglian, Leanne Moden couldn’t believe it either. She explains why poetry’s proper poppin’ off in Notts…