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Motormouf Does Nottingham Comic Con 2016

Tue 15 Nov 2016

Nottingham's gobbiest beatboxer got down to Nottingham Conference Centre to find out what everyone was up to...

Debs Does Nottingham Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival

Tue 15 Nov 2016

Nottingham CAMRA's annual festival of beers, ales and ciders hit the castle once again and we sent our Debs there to drink all the ales she possibly could...

Sheila Rowbotham Talks Rebel Crossings for Nottingham Festival of Literature

Tue 15 Nov 2016

In her latest book, Sheila Rowbotham outlines the interweaving lives of six figures who made Rebel Crossings across the Atlantic in search of new beginnings. This talk was part of Nottingham’s Festival of Literature...

John Agard Performed Roll Over Atlantic for Nottingham's Festival of Literature

Tue 15 Nov 2016

Day two of the Festival of Literature saw the eccentric and charismatic John Agard perform his Roll Over Atlantic show...

Literature Review: Jon McGregor and Jenn Ashworth in Conversation

Tue 15 Nov 2016

The Festival of Literature is all about conversations and this one saw two writers meet in person for the first time. Previously to this, they had communicated via email as Jon offered support and advice to Jenn’s latest novel...

Literature Review: Michael Summons Roberts and Alison Moore

Tue 15 Nov 2016

Warming, passionate and inspiring. Michael Symmons Roberts and Alison Moore made the first night of the Festival of Literature go off with an explosion of everything that makes writers write and readers read.

Nottingham Music Hub Release Charity Single

Tue 15 Nov 2016

Nottingham's school kids have been singing their little hearts out to raise money for charity...

Live Music Review: Whitney at The Bodega

Mon 14 Nov 2016

When American indie/garage rock band Smith Westerns broke up in 2014, guitarist Max Kakacek and drummer Julien Ehrlich formed Whitney. Their debut album – a collection of beautiful west-coast, end-of-summer, washed-out colour seventies rock – was released earlier this year. Now, their UK tour brings them to a sold-out Bodega...

Theatre Review: The Anarchist Cook George Egg

Mon 14 Nov 2016

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a three course meal using a trouser press, kettle and a mini bar, then this is the show for you. James Walker enjoyed some innovative food for thought...

Comedy Review: Jerry Sadowitz - Warm-Up Man For The Apocalypse

Mon 14 Nov 2016

Adrian Reynolds got down to the Nottingham Arts Theatre to catch controversial comedian, Jerry Sadowitz, do his thing...

The Diary of a Nottingham Man in Hong Kong

Mon 14 Nov 2016

Nottingham’s best travelled writer, Ben Zabulis, discovers a culture so obsessed with reading they queue up overnight for the Hong Kong Book Festival…

Fine Craft Fair Lustre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts This Weekend

Sat 12 Nov 2016

For those of you who enjoy creativity and the finer things in life, this is the Christmas market for you. Over the course of the weekend, the Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Gallery, Wallner Gallery and Djanogly Theatre have been turned into an indoor bazaar full of quality art and handmade luxuries that you can ogle at, swoon over and take home if you wish.

11 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Fri 11 Nov 2016

There's plenty to be getting on with over the next seven days...

Katie Half-Price Reviews George Monbiot's Latest Book

Thu 10 Nov 2016

Nottingham's orangest reviewer tells us what's up with How Did We Get into this Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature...

Theatre Review: The Commitments at Nottingham Theatre Royal

Thu 10 Nov 2016

The production is in town on the Nottingham leg of their UK tour, fresh from a two-year West End run. This musical adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s 1986 book and successful film follows Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class Dubliner yearning to bring some life and music to his grey and downtrodden corner of eighties Dublin.

This is Your Life: Nottingham

Wed 09 Nov 2016

Our literature editor James Walker is offering a potted history of Nottingham’s literary history...

Gabriel Ebulue Performs Hip-Punk for Nottingham Comedy Festival

Mon 07 Nov 2016

"Now I am writing jokes that mean something to me and say something important... rather than a series of elaborate dick jokes"

A Bit of Magic with Stu and Friends Comes to Nottingham Comedy Festival

Mon 07 Nov 2016

Nottingham Arts Theatre is set to get taken over with a plethora of cabaret acts, all thanks to Stu Turner. As part of the Nottingham Comedy Festival, the magician and comedian from Surrey is sure to show the city a thing or two that’ll leave the gobs gaping, all alongside his mates. We chatted to the man himself ahead of the show...

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Sun 06 Nov 2016

There's a lot of funny business going on in the city, this week...

Theatre Review: The Revenger's Tragedy at Nottingham Playhouse

Thu 03 Nov 2016

Tarantino meets Hamlet was Fiona Buffini’s vision for Nottingham Playhouse’s final instalment of their Vengeance Season, as 400-year-old revenge tragedy takes an electric slide into the seventies…

Theatre Review: Beauty and the Beast

Wed 02 Nov 2016

A rich gothic and deco themed take on the classic tale from Northern Ballet...

Theatre Maker Paralysed by Guillain-Barré Syndrome Performs Getting Better Slowly

Tue 01 Nov 2016

Adam Pownall thought he was done with dancing and playing football after he was paralysed through Guillain-Barré Syndrome in 2009, but after some intense recovery, he managed to literally get back on his feet. Now, he’s reliving the experience through his new performance piece Getting Better Slowly...