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Undercover artist: April Seaworth depicts springtime Notts in motion

Fri 03 Apr 2026

The stars align this month, as our regular contributing illustrator April Seaworth presents our April 2026 cover. Below April talks about her work, inspirations, and why we should listen closely to the city and to nature…

Undercover Artist: Dani Bacon snaps Notts most curious emporium, Hopkinson Vintage, Antiques and Art Centre

Mon 23 Mar 2026

We chat to LeftLion Photography Co-editor and this month’s cover artist, Dani Bacon about photography, juggling projects and Bjork...

Musicals, indie markets, creative workshops and animated musical legends... Here's what's on in Nottingham this week 23 - 29 March

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Creativity abounds this week in Nottingham! Check out classic West End musicals, mix with other creative folks, check out the handcrafted wares of local artists, or see animated musical legends Gorillaz live. Here's our top picks...

Art works: Kim Thompson's Broadway Cinema mural

Tue 17 Mar 2026

For this month’s Art Works we heard from Nottingham's own, Kim Thompson about her newest and largest-ever mural, featured at Broadway Cinema.

Gig review: Artio at Rough Trade

Mon 16 Mar 2026

Hailing from Leeds, with their fiercely unique, self produced, DIY ethos Artio are a band perfectly suited to be playing Rough Trade for the intimate opening show of their tour. Fresh off the back of the release of their new album Soul Rot, an ode to creative burnout, identity, and the emotional toll of simply having to exist, especially to a baying algorithm, the band brought out many a new and dedicated fan alike, setting off the evening with an even more intimate meet and greet before taking to the stage...

Shaking the foundations: Nate Coltrane on the next stages of creative project Our Yard

Thu 05 Mar 2026

If ‘Our Yard’ is a phrase as of yet unfamiliar to you, it’s definitely worth visiting the New Art Exchange this month. Currently, the Hyson Green-based gallery is hosting Our Yard: Foundations – a multimedia exhibition curated by Notts music promoter and community organiser Nate Coltrane, which bookends years of creative work he’s been doing to highlight immigration’s positive impact on the UK. In advance of the exhibition’s launch, Nate walked us through how Our Yard has evolved since its inception.

Exploring antiques, art and community treasure trove Hopkinson Vintage

Wed 04 Mar 2026

Hidden gem Hopkinson could be described as what happens when a Victorian hardware store has a wildly creative midlife crisis - and we mean that in the best way. Part-shop, part-café bar, part-museum (and occasionally part-maze), this four storey antiques and art centre is packed with independent artists, vintage trinkets, handmade oddities, and curiosities you definitely didn’t plan on buying but absolutely will. Co-owner, Bryony Woodgates, talks about her tenure co-directing the space with Ash Hudson…

Theatre Review : I’m Muslamic, Don’t Panik at the Lakeside Arts Theatre

Fri 27 Feb 2026

From Bristol to Tehran and back again, Bobak invites the audience on a journey to accept his own heritage, in the face of a hostile western media...

Theatre Review: Kiss Me Kate by the West Bridgford Operatic Society at the Squire Performing Arts Centre

Thu 19 Feb 2026

The West Bridgford Operatic Society puts on Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's famed musical that juggles a play within a play. Ambitious stuff. So how did they do...

Undercover artist: Eli (Ziggy) Hayter on their Warhol themed February cover

Wed 18 Feb 2026

This month’s cover artist Eli (Ziggy) Hayter tells us about their work, inspirations, and tips for staying creative…

Comedy Review: Vittorio Angelone's 'You Can't Say Nothing Any More' at the Nottingham Arts Theatre

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Vittorio Angelone is back in town again with his new show at the Nottingham Art's Theatre. The show is titled You Can't Say Nothing Any More. However, our Leftlion critic had plenty to say about that...

From Chinese art to liquid DnB: Here’s what’s going on in Nottingham this week, 9 - 15 February

Sun 08 Feb 2026

It's Valentine's Day this week, and whether you're looking for activities to do with a significant other, or want to get out and experience what Notts has to offer solo, you're guaranteed to find something weird or wonderful you'll enjoy...

Guns, hamburgers and dollar signs: Andy Warhol comes to Lakeside Arts

Wed 04 Feb 2026

Over at Lakeside Arts, a new exhibition, Andy Warhol: Pop Icon documents the work and influence of the famed and enigmatic artist. Featuring rock stars, Hollywood icons, death, hamburgers, guns, and money, this not-to-be-missed exhibition covers Warhol’s glittering career over four decades – Editor Sophie Gargett went along to unpick some of the themes behind his work.

Notts artist Nakufo on her new light installation

Tue 03 Feb 2026

For this month’s Art Works we heard from Notts based artist Nakufo, whose work Obelisk of Connectivity will be part of Light Night 2026.

Comedy Review: Mike Rice's Cruel Little Man at the Nottingham Arts Theatre

Sat 31 Jan 2026

One of Ireland's finest new comedians has Nottingham rolling in the aisles...

Undercover Artist: Craig Whitemore shares his journey into professional graphic design and illustration

Tue 20 Jan 2026

Our January cover artist Craig Whitemore shares more about his journey into professional graphic design and illustration.

Workshops, jazz, exhibitions and indie: here's what's o n in Notts this week 5 - 11 January 2026

Mon 05 Jan 2026

Get creative, explore ancient history, eat Korean or groove to 2000s indie classics this week in Notts...

Undercover artist: Eleanor Youdell is bringing art back into her life

Mon 22 Dec 2025

This month’s cover artist Eleanor Youdell shares her journey as an artist, her tips for being creative, and the concept behind her cover art.

Pantomines, plays, art, and singing: Here's what's on in Nottingham during Christmas 2025

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Season's greetings everybody! We know that around now is the time when lots of us get off work for a bit, and look for new, festive things to do around Notts with people that we care about. With that in mind, here are eight events happening through Christmas and New Year, in Nottingham, which we're certain are worth attending...

Tattoo artist Maiko Only on her micro-realist designs and inspirations

Mon 01 Dec 2025

In this month’s Artworks we hear from tattoo artist Maiko Only...

Theatre Review: Ordinary Decent Criminal at Lakeside Arts

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Mark Thomas returns to Lakeside in a one-man play by Fringe First winner Ed Edwards. Telling the tale of Frankie, a writer and drug dealer with a history in political activism, who is serving his first prison sentence. A terrifying prospect, considering his ‘lack of a right hook’...

Theatre Review: Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak at Lakeside Arts

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Using a combination of comedy, storytelling and knitted vegetables, Victoria Melody treated us to a tale of resistance that was both tender and galvanising...

Exhibition review: Quiver at Lakeside Arts

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Kate MccGwire's latest solo exhibition, Quiver, is a powerful overview of 25 years' worth of work. Typically, it does not shy away from the uncomfortable. Bulging, writhing and rippling through more than three rooms at the Lakeside Arts Centre, Quiver is a body of sculptural work made alive through the dualities MccGwire is fascinated with: the potent beauty of the natural world, and its powerful, sometimes grotesque underbelly…

Artworks: Anna Mylonas of Nine Two Five Silver

Mon 10 Nov 2025

For this month’s Artworks, we hear from Anna Mylonas, a Notts-based silversmith who runs Nine Two Five Silver.

Artist and actor Heather Agyepong on her latest exhibition at New Art Exchange

Wed 05 Nov 2025

Heather Agyepong is a British-Ghanaian photographer, visual artist and actor based in London. In 2024 she entered her work into the New Art Exchange Open and won one of the awards. This led to her current solo exhibition From Sunrise to Sunset, She Worked to Reform Herself: Part 1 which is on show in the city until January. She told us more about her intriguing art practice, finding space for rest and life as an actor…

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