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“Unity” Petition Launches Calling for UK Government to Save Nottingham's "Vital" Services

Wed 31 Jan 2024

As Nottingham City Council faces the challenging Section 114 process, and painful cuts, a coalition of local voices have launched a petition they hope the “whole city can get behind"...

Ballet Review: Sleeping Beauty at Royal Concert Hall

Thu 25 Jan 2024

A traditional Fairy Tale ballet to dispel those January blues...

Theatre Interview: Witness for the Prosecution at the National Justice Museum

Wed 24 Jan 2024

A courtroom drama performed in a real courtroom. Another great idea from local theatre company Your Chance Productions. Darren Paul Taylor and Connor Thomas, two of the show's stars, take LeftLion behind the curtain...

Motion for the Ocean: Nottingham City Council Votes to Back Campain Protecting Waterways

Wed 24 Jan 2024

Nottingham City Council backs ambitious Motion for the Ocean to protect and improve local rivers and our ocean...

Local Cultural Organisations Issue Open Letter Voicing Concern About Nottingham City Council’s Budget Cuts

Tue 16 Jan 2024

With the recent announcement of budget cuts to the cultural and social sectors in Nottingham, over 120 individuals representing at least 75 local organisations have signed an open letter voicing concern about Nottingham City Council’s Section 114 process, and the impact it will have on the Nottingham communities.

From Storing Fruit and Veg to Welcoming Live Music: We Chat With JT Soar’s Head Honcho Phil Booth

Sun 14 Jan 2024

Since JT Soar stopped storing fruit and veg and started welcoming bands as a music venue almost fifteen years ago, it has maintained its DIY sentiment while growing in popularity and success. And going into the new year, the venue will be more accessible than ever, with widened entrances and doors and access ramps, among many other modifications. We chat to Phil Booth about the importance of making the space inclusive for all, how they manage to give all of the money they make from gigs straight to the bands performing, and their important place in Nottingham’s DIY music scene…

The Thompsons on People We Lost in 2023, Euro 2024, and Godzilla vs Kong

Thu 11 Jan 2024

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Concert Review: Sinfonia Viva's New Year Gala at the Royal Concert Hall

Tue 02 Jan 2024

Kevin Stanley sees in the New Year with Sinfonia Viva at the Royal Concert Hall...

Interview: Nathan Ellis

Thu 21 Dec 2023

A huge opportunity for newly emerging playwrights kicks off in the New Year. Nathan Ellis, from the Playhouse's Amplify programme, talks us through it...

Interview: Sinfonia Viva

Sat 09 Dec 2023

With Sinfonia Viva's New Year's Eve performance at the Royal Concert Hall fast approaching, Ian C Douglas chats with Lucy Galliard, their Chief Executive, about all things orchestral...

Biscuit & Brew Are Moving to Victoria Street - Support Their Crowdfunder

Wed 06 Dec 2023

Biscuit & Brew are moving to Victoria Street, and they need a bit of help to finish their new tea house and lounge...

Comedy Review: Club Wormhole - ‘A Very 1984 Christmas’

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Becki Crossley falls down the wormhole at a new venue for alternative comedy...

Gig Review: VÄLVĒ at The Chameleon

Fri 01 Dec 2023

It was a big night at The Chameleon for folktronica act VÄLVĒ. The BBC Radio 6 Music endorsed band, fronted by Wiltshire-based musician and composer Chloe Herington, had returned to Chloe’s hometown of Nottingham for their first ever headline gig in the city, to celebrate the release of Tiny Pilots, their second studio album...

Founder Paul Cox Tells Us All About Nottz Garden Project: A Volunteer-Led Project Building Community Resilience and Food Growing Skills

Sun 26 Nov 2023

Founder Paul Cox tells us all about Nottz Garden Project: a volunteer-led project building community resilience and food growing skills through creative, art-filled green spaces. Welcoming all to stop by and pick ripe veg at their Gamble Street Corner plot, whilst distributing it through Himmah food bank with instructions on how to use it, they’ve started a little fresh food revolution in Radford…

Gig Review: Bob Vylan at Rock City

Sun 26 Nov 2023

Bob Vylan are a punk rap duo from London who ripped onto the music scene in 2017, and have been making waves at gigs and festivals ever since. You might not hear them on the radio much, because there’s still some music that upsets advertisers, but that doesn’t make them not one of the most important bands to form in the last decade. And when the drizzle and drain of a Monday night does not deter a gig from being utterly electric, you know it’s been a good one...

Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 5): The Verruca Moment

Thu 23 Nov 2023

Yes, we are back with our fifth annual collection of stupid things we heard people say in the streets of Nottingham. It’s a forty-page Mr-Men-size Secret-Santa-tastic book featuring hundreds of pieces of anti-wisdom, designed to make you and your loved ones chuckle over a turkey dinner...

Match Report: Nottingham Panthers vs Manchester Storm 18.11.23 - Adam Johnson Memorial Game

Tue 21 Nov 2023

The Nottingham Panthers held a memorial game at the Motorpoint Arena in honour of their player Adam Johnson, playing against Manchester Storm in a friendly match on Saturday night. Natalie Owen was at the game to report for LeftLion. Here's how they got on…

We Take a Fresh Look at National Ice Centre - The Big Local Venue With Room for Everyone

Fri 17 Nov 2023

Having opened in April 2000, you might think by this point that you know all about the National Ice Centre. But that’s far from all that’s going on at their extensive base on Bolero Square...

Theatre Review: A Voyage Round My Father

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Rupert Everett stars in this classic at the Theatre Royal...

Interview: The Walk Director Michael Jobling and Screenwriter Sophie Ellerby

Fri 10 Nov 2023

Sofia Jones speaks to director Michael Jobling and screenwriter Sophie Ellerby about their new short film The Walk, which was produced by Notts' own Griffin Pictures and screened at the 67th BFI London Film Festival as part of the Right Here, Right Now programme...

We Catch Up With Marvin’s Revenge Following the Release of Their New EP 'VR Porn'

Tue 07 Nov 2023

Lighting a fuse under their previous EP Harry’s Redroom, Nottingham based three-piece Marvin’s Revenge released their explosive new EP VR Porn yesterday. We caught up with them to find out more…

Film Review: Into the Spider-Verse - Live in Concert

Fri 03 Nov 2023

For the first time ever, the Academy Award® winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, tours the UK Live in Concert. And where better to spin a web of action and music than Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall...

Gig Review: Maisie Peters at Rock City

Tue 31 Oct 2023

On a chilly Sunday evening, Maisie Peters headlined Nottingham's legendary Rock City to a sold-out crowd...

Interview: HandMade Theatre

Mon 30 Oct 2023

HandMade Theatre use live performances and creative therapy to bring wonder and joy to communities around the East Midlands - and now their work with people who have dementia has won a Lottery grant. Suzy Gunn, CEO, shares the next steps on this incredible journey...

Interview: Richard Herring

Fri 27 Oct 2023

TV Comedian and celebrity interviewer, Richard Herring, brings his multi-award-winning show to Nottingham's Playhouse this November. In this exclusive preview, he talks of testicles, godlike powers and when podcasts go wrong...

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