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We Hear about Under the Bridge From the Project’s Coordinator Trekkah Benjamin

Wed 21 Feb 2024

The Under the Bridge project is a men's group that explores the positive mental health impacts of spending time in Blue Spaces. Established in the spring of 2022, the project has been delivering weekly sessions in, on and around water. Project Coordinator Trekkah Benjamin tells us more…

We Speak to Music Artist and Entrepreneur Parisa East as Her Live Music Platform Acoustickle Turns Fifteen Years Old

Mon 12 Feb 2024

Parisa East is a music artist and entrepreneur with many years of experience promoting live music events, supporting local talent, and providing quality cultural experiences in Nottingham. In 2009 she launched Acoustickle: a live music platform to spotlight emerging artists, and encourage musicians to share their original compositions with respectful audiences. With decorated venues, and intimate, inspiring performance spaces, the immersive atmosphere captivates all that are present. In 2022, she received an AIM award, as the East Midlands local hero, nominated by Dean Jackson, presenter of BBC Introducing. This is Parisa East, interviewed by Acoustickle’s very own CeCe about her visions for the future and the importance of creating a stage for unknown artists…

Get Your Gladrags On: We Chat to Baby Tap, DJ Boz, Marilyn Sane, and Nana Arthole

Thu 08 Feb 2024

Nottingham has a colourful palette of local, committed and diverse LGBTQ+ artists and creatives. Baby Tap, DJ Boz, Marilyn Sane, and Nana Arthole are all part of the Nottingham club night Gladrags, a welcoming space that hosts DJs, live music, drag and burlesque performers, where all people can get their Gladrags on and be authentic without judgement. They told us more about who they are, the events that are happening across the city, and the new wave of LGBTQ+ identifying musicians who are emerging from Nottingham…

Victoria Villasenor Tells Us All About Her Latest Novel ‘Medea: Priestess, Princess, Witch'

Wed 07 Feb 2024

Relocating from Los Angeles to the UK back in 2007, Victoria Villasenor started Global Wordsmiths in Nottingham over a decade ago, and has since published books under various pseudonyms including Brey Willows and Ally McGuire. She made the time to chat to us all about her thirteenth book Medea: Priestess, Princess, Witch, which has been released under the name JJ Taylor, writing LGBTQ+ fiction, and her advice to emerging queer authors…

Andy Callow and Bethan McIlroy Tell Us More About the NOGs Potato Day

Mon 05 Feb 2024

Some say January is dark and depressing, but for a lot of Nottingham gardeners, we actually spend it excitedly waiting for the big event of the month - the NOGS Potato Day. It’s like the gardener’s version of Christmas! Andy Callow and Bethan McIlroy tell us more…

Gig Diary: We Visit Some of Nottingham’s Most Loved Music Venues

Sun 04 Feb 2024

In Nottingham, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to live music venues. From the Motorpoint Arena with its capacity of 10,000 to smaller rooms like The Bodega and The Chameleon, we really do have it all. Our Kira O’Boyle set off on a journey, attending as many gigs as possible over a two-week period to decide once and for all which one is her ultimate favourite. Here are her gig diaries…

February’s Cover Artist Iulia Matei Tells Us More About Her Music-Themed Design

Sat 03 Feb 2024

We hear more about the February issue’s cover from the talented illustrator, Iulia Matei…

We Speak to Laurie Illingworth about Acoustic Rooms Open Mic at Rescue Rooms

Fri 02 Feb 2024

Laurie Illingworth, a well-known member of the Nottingham music scene and a musician himself, has been running Acoustic Rooms since he moved to the city in 2018. Having studied music at university, Laurie has channelled his passion into local music and showcasing new and experimental artists. We chat to him about the open mic night’s fifteenth anniversary, the artists who have performed there over the years, and how you can get involved…

We Chat to Kenyan Alt-RnB Artist IkeN All About His Debut Album ‘Galatea’

Fri 02 Feb 2024

Kenyan Alt-RnB artist IkeN found himself in Nottingham when he moved to the UK to study Business Management. Alongside this, he also makes music, releasing his debut album Galatea last October. We find out all about it...

We Find out More About The Correction Unit, a Feature Film Made and Set in Nottingham

Tue 30 Jan 2024

We find out more about The Correction Unit, a feature film made and set in Nottingham, that issues a stark warning about how, very shortly, AI could potentially be misused in the education of vulnerable young people...

We Speak to Festival Booker Joe Patten Ahead of This Year’s Beat the Streets

Sat 27 Jan 2024

Tomorrow, Beat the Streets Festival will return to the streets of Nottingham. We spoke to festival booker Joe Patten to gain his perspective on the festival’s continued success since 2018...

We Learn More About Nottingham Hackspace - The Place to Go if You Want to Make Weird and Wonderful Things

Thu 25 Jan 2024

Tucked away behind Sneinton Market in a Victorian factory building, Nottingham Hackspace is a place for makers, inventors, tinkerers, crafters, board game enthusiasts, robot designers and, well, anyone who fancies trying their hand at making weird and wonderful things. Set over two floors, the building is home to all manner of machinery and supplies that anyone can access for a monthly membership fee. We went along to speak to members Aaron, Steve and Douglas to chat about the organisation’s history and how people can get involved…

Artist Harry Mayston on Having His Work Exhibited at Surface Gallery

Wed 24 Jan 2024

After graduating with a degree in fine art from Loughborough University, artist Harry Mayston went on to have his work exhibited in Surface Gallery’s recent exhibition Vessel after he, by chance, was asked to give the team behind the gallery a tour of the Loughborough School of Design and Creative Arts degree show. Following the exhibition, he tells us more about the nature of his piece Blue Things, which was made up of 76 cyanotype prints, and the plans he has for the future of his art practice…

Director Aaron Trinder on His Documentary ‘Free Party: A Folk History’ - Which Features Nottingham's Own DiY Soundsystem

Tue 23 Jan 2024

Free Party: A Folk History is a timely DIY indie film that follows the birth of the UK's free party movement from the late eighties and early nineties and the social, political and cultural impact it's had on our present times, with appearances from the founders of Nottingham’s very own DiY Soundsystem - but those of you who were lucky enough to go down to Broadway Cinema’s screening of the film back in November will already know this, of course. Director Aaron Trinder tells us about the process of obtaining footage for the documentary from a time before mobile phones and his own experiences of the free party movement…

Gig Review: Spanish Love Songs at Rescue Rooms

Mon 22 Jan 2024

Spanish Love Songs are a band with some serious momentum on their side, so we went to see first-hand how they’ve gone from opening act to cult heroes in less than six months…

From Art Exhibition Launches to Beat The Streets Festival: Here's What's on in Notts 22 - 28 January 2024

Sun 21 Jan 2024

This week in Nottingham, enjoy live music in aid of a great cause at Beat The Streets, celebrate the opening of new exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, or join the National Holocaust Museum for Holocaust Memorial Day...

We Chat to Tiffany Jade About the Sugar Stealers Collective

Wed 17 Jan 2024

Tucked away on the top floor of Fishergate Point Studios in Nottingham, with a curious name and doing fascinating work, is Sugar Stealers - a creative group powered by four women who set out to inspire art and healing. We went over to chat with Tiffany Jade, singer-songwriter and project producer at Sugar Stealers, who shared the story of how the group came to be what it is today…

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.

How Do the Processes of Making Music and Art Differ From One Another? We Find Out From 5 Nottingham Creatives

Mon 15 Jan 2024

Louis Cypher asks five different Nottingham creatives how the need to make money affects their art, what the differences are in their creative processes, and whether they prefer one over the other...

In Photos: Mollie Ralph + Bele + Cara Flynn at Buonissima for the NUH Arts Programme

Mon 15 Jan 2024

Mollie Ralph, Bele and Cara Flynn perform at Buonissima to raise money for the NUH Arts Programme...

We Chat to A9 Films’ Screenwriter and Director Alfie Rowley-Stone All About New Film ‘I Don’t Want to Share Your Love'

Fri 12 Jan 2024

I Don't Want To Share Your Love is the newest release from Nottingham-based A9 Films - Sofia Jones speaks to its screenwriter and director, Alfie Rowley-Stone, all about it…

Filmmaker and Producer Russell Noon Tells Us All About Twilight Story Time

Wed 10 Jan 2024

With the new Central Library opening its doors last month, a new modern era of literature is set to blossom in Nottingham. We spoke to local filmmaker and producer Russell Noon who in a bid to combat banal children’s content created Twilight Story Time which combines animation, illustration and original stories for children…

We Found Out About Fast Forward Music, DJ Workshops for Young People From Synthetic Pro Audio

Mon 08 Jan 2024

Fast Forward Music, an accredited Alternative Provision by Nottingham City & County Council, is set to revolutionise the educational landscape for key stage three/four youth with a series of innovative music workshops. Focused on music technology and DJ/turntablism, these workshops aim to inspire creativity, skill development, and a genuine passion for the creative music industry...

We Chat to Talented TV Workshop Graduate Safia Oakley-Green About Her Upcoming Film 'Out of Darkness'

Tue 19 Dec 2023

A British Independent Film Award winner. A Screen International Star of Tomorrow. But 22-year-old Safia Oakley-Green is only just getting started. We talk to the talented Television Workshopper about her upcoming film Out of Darkness and dive into the easy topic of what she wants to achieve in her career…

Theatre Review: The Boy Who Cried Wolf at Lakeside Arts

Tue 19 Dec 2023

A warm hearted wintery tale for youngsters...

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