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Alistair McGowan is best known for his work as an impersonator on prime-time TV shows like The Big Impression and Spitting Image. But as well as being able to turn his tongue to just about anyone, he’s also an experienced actor and writer, having been awarded a BAFTA and nominated for an Olivier. So what’s he doing spending the best part of April in Notts you might wonder…?
Andy Barrett has been creating community drama events and site-specific performances in Notts for years, as well as writing plays such as Garage Band and a musical about Dolly the sheep. We caught up with him as he prepared for the Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival (NEAT).
With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…
Gruff Rhys is best known as the singer of the Super Furry Animals, but he’s also a documentarian, solo artist and plastic bottle modeller. Guess which one of those skills he’ll be demonstrating at the Glee Club this month?
"I’ve packed up fags and cut down on booze. It’s either give up chips or have a go on this. Sod it. Why not?"
Daniel Waithe – otherwise known as Skiman – is a prodigy of Notts superproducers The Elementz, the latest in a long line of bar-spitting behemoths from the NG and the man behind dancefloor-destroying mixtape Afterdark. And he’s still only 18…
"We get bigger audiences outside of Nottingham, in places like Manchester, Sheffield and London, but it's starting to change"
Originally from the North East, but now firmly established in Nottingham as both an artist and a film maker, both music and community have played a big role in Jeanie Finlay's work. Now the two come together for her latest project, Sound It Out - an observational, documentary portrait about Teeside's last surviving independent record shop...
A former fireman turned storyteller who’s been entertaining locals for the past couple of decades with his unique tales of local life...
He put work in for Portishead back in the day. Now he’s on a mission to inject the timeless thunk of Northern Soul into your tabs at Moog
A guide to the fringe events of this years British Art Show, which are on right now in a place near you
Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Vicky McClure (Lol) for a natter…
Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Rosamund Hanson (Smell) for a natter…
The British Art Show happens once every five years, its importance to the UK art scene cannot be overestimated - and the seventh incarnation is being held over three months in little ol’ Nottingham. On the eve of the most important cultural event to happen in Notts since time, we talk to curators Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton…
"This is our chance to show a lot of people from outside of Nottingham what’s going on here. And there’ll be a lot of parties going on"
"I really like Nottingham, but because of what was going on in the media it seemed like a good thing to do an opera about."
We look at what's in store when the British Arts Show 7 comes to Nottingham
The last two months news, including: Vuvezelas, honourary degrees, Goose Fair plans, karaoke bars, kerbcrawlers, Trent FM and more
Against all odds, we’ve actually had a proper summer this year. Our resident CanAlien pulls on his Bryan Adams t-shirt and a bum-bag and dares to venture outside, the batchy bogger…
Simeon Hartwig’s I ♥ Notts t-shirt was the most iconic design piece out of Notts for a long time – yes, even more so than the Slanty N. Fresh off his appearance in Come Dine With Me with a selection of other Notts rapscallions, he’s back with a new look…
We don't want to go through any more playoffs, that's for sure
"The appearance of a red Nike tick would be an aberration had we not concluded amongst ourselves that it’s actually crimson"
"I hoped someone would open a bookshop so that I could get a part-time job. That someone turned out to be me"
"I hope Chris Morris becomes one of those cliquey British directors, because I would be part of that clique"
“The organiser of the event interrupted my set halfway through to ask if anyone had ordered a sausage cob“
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