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The Party Somewhere Else Are Back...

After a year of plotting and scheming since our last festival, we are back with another week of female and non-binary led theatre and this festival is even more rammed than last year! This month we are all set to take over spaces throughout Nottingham Playhouse and (new for 2019!) The Magnificent Spiegeltent with a celebratory week of world-class theatre, dance, poetry, workshops, comedy, circus and cabaret all with a generous side-helping of Party.

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 3 - The Long Night

Winter came for our heroes at Winterfell in an intense, claustrophobic battle that will leave you watching from the edge of the wall...

Review: Casino (Work in Progress) by Bridie Squires

We went to Debbie Bryan's to check out the first steps of Bridie Squires' extended spoken-word poetry performance, Casino, as part of Big White Shed's event at Nottingham Poetry Festival...

Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey visits Nottingham School

Pupils at Our Lady and St Edwards School in St. Anns were treated with a visit from Lady Lyanna Mormont herself, who was in town to promote the Prince William Award...

Live Music Review: Luke Sital-Singh at the Bodega

Elizabeth O’Riordan replays the roller-coaster of emotions felt at Luke Sital-Singh’s gig...

Crazy P's Danielle Moore on Throwing the Middle Finger to the Establishment

Crazy P’s singer might have ‘blagged’ her way into a twenty year career, but they’re about to release new album, Age of the Ego, kicking off the tour at Brickworks for a rare live performance in the band’s hometown.

Nusic Future Session: Georgia McKiernan

New Nottingham music from this talented bogger...

Homegrown King of Bassline Darkzy Set to Storm Rock City

Hold tight man like Darkzy, yeah? That’s the slogan of Nottingham’s homemade king of bassline, who’s returning for a headline Rock City show this May...

Film Review: Shazam!

In amidst all of the Marvel hoopla going on at the moment, DC are here to remind us that they're still very much in the game... 

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 2 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Episode one might have been a bit of a set-up, but things are starting to get moving in episode two... 

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 1 - Winterfell

The longest wait in history is finally over. Those dragon-riding, sister-kissing, wedding-ruining buggers are finally back in the final season of Game of Thrones... 

Film Review: Unicorn Store

A woman named Kit receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfil her childhood dreams in Brie Larson's feature-length directorial debut...

Film Review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

Oh blimey, the Frank Sidebottom story is totally bobbins

History of the Weird Midlands Episode Seven: His Infernal Midlands

In this week's episode we take a look at the Man of Wealth and Taste himself, the Devil! Prepare yourself for tales of wicked deeds, dastardly machinations, and evil intent. Warning: Contains strong language and references to child abuse and sexual assault. 

City Stylin' #12

We searched high and low for the most stylish of Notts heads with summat to say...

10 Events to Go to During Nottingham Poetry Festival 2019

We run down some of the must-see events from this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival... 

Live Music Review: Fontaines D.C. at Rescue Rooms

Our Alex got down to Rescue Rooms to see what all the hype around Irish band Fontaines D.C. was all about...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Featuring Ty Healy, Dad Nap, Origin One and more... 

Singer-Songwriter Tilly Greentree on Noise from the Next Generation and the Nottingham Music Scene

The Notts singer-songwriter is this year’s Audience Award winner from Nottingham Music Hub's Noise from the Next Generation. She sits down with Fashion Editor, Anna Murphy, to talk sound, musical style and being sixteen. 

Art Works: Susan Dodd

Serial-collector Susan gives us the lowdown on her piece, 250 Years of Circus... 

Nusic Podcast #202 with Don't Forget Rupert, Amulet, Alfie Sharp, Self Love and More...

Film Review: Pet Sematary

Stephen King's cult classic novel gets the big screen treatment for the second time...

4 Ways To Spend Record Store Day in Nottingham

Get your nimble fingers at the ready...

History of the Weird Midlands Episode Six: Subterranean Secrets

Get your helmets on, listeners: We're going spelunking! In this week's episode, the gang take a deep-dive into the marvelous and mysterious world beneath our feet, looking at the history of Creswell Crags, the Derbyshire Catacombs, and the twisting network of caves that stretch across the whole county. Warning: Contains strong language and some serious spookiness. 

Hastings Magpies Bag Charlie Palmer in NCT Showdown

Hastings Magpies have tonight announced that Notts County Legend Charlie Palmer will be coaching them for their Meadow Lane fixture against Nottingham City Transport on May 6th; Palmer joins actor David Easter who will be managing the team. Freddie Place tells us more about how this amazing event came about and what to expect on the day.