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Nottingham Playhouse's Adam Penford on This Year's Live and Online Pantomime, Cinderella

Cinderella will go to the ball! The Nottingham Playhouse panto will be going ahead this Christmas, despite the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown. It will look a little different – and, for the first time in years, there is a new writer/director at the helm: Artistic Director, Adam Penford. Our Stage Editor Rebecca Buck caught up with him for a chat...

Overheard in Notts

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Dekker on Rue Royale, Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...

We catch up with Chicago-born, Nottingham-based musician Brookln Dekker to talk Rue Royale, solo work Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...

Food Review: Ye Olde Bell Hotel

During these COVID times, it can be easy to get into the habit of rolling to the same pub or restaurant in a variation of your loungewear. So when I was invited to sample the bottomless brunch (£30pp) at the Ye Olde Bell Hotel, I was very excited to have an excuse to doll up and go somewhere a bit different...

Nusic New Music Podcast #237 with Mez, Jonny Olley, Chloe Rodgers, George Gadd and More...

This week’s New Music Podcast features new music inspired by Maccy D’s, the most long-awaited debut single ever, plus a detailed breakdown of a rapper’s tax arrangements.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Film Review: Operation Christmas Drop

Is it too early to start watching Christmas movies? Netflix reckons not. Here's what Joanna Hoyes thinks of this one...

Nottingham Music Hub Partners with Open Orchestra For New Orchestral Project

Children with Severe, Profound and Complex Learning difficulties at Oak Field School are part of a year long project, showcasing “the power of music to reach us all”.

Nottingham International Film Festival Moves Online

The Nottingham International Film Festival will now present its 30-film selection online...

Overheard in Notts

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"I started to cry because I just wanted to know what was wrong with me" - A 28-Year-Old's Battle With COVID-19

If you think that being young is protection enough from COVID, think again. 28-year-old writer and photographer Dani Bacon, who had no pre-existing health conditions, recounts her ongoing battle with the virus she contacted back in late July...

Object Walk: 1978 Chess Set

We’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present. This month, we took a chess set made by an unknown prisoner incarcerated at Wormwood Scrubs in 1978 to Dee Miller of the MinorOak Coworking.

Buy: Overheard In Notts Volume 2

Christmas is saved! It's 2020's ultimate stocking filler of stupid stuff we heard you say...

Tech Nottingham Are Helping Women Succeed in the Technology Industry

With a focus on improving the city as a place to live and work in technology, Tech Nottingham has been hosting events to an ever-increasing audience since 2014. With a string of exciting online events coming up, we catch up with Director of Projects Anna Dodson to find out more...

Nottingham Protests Planned Over Poland's Abortion Ban

Saturday will see protestors head to the Market Square in opposition of Poland's controversial anti-abortion law

Out of Time: A History of Witchcraft in Nottingham

While many of the best-known events of England’s 17th century witch-hunt came with ‘Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins in East Anglia, Notts was home to several high profile incidents of witchcraft, possession and exorcisms of its own. From exposing fraudulent exorcists to framing innocent women of murder, we take a look back at the history of witchcraft in Nottingham…

Street Art or Graffiti? Why Banksy's Notts Visit Shouldn't Distract from the City's Own Artists

Alex Kuster looks at the recent media circus surrounding Banksy's visit to Notts, and why local street artists aren't treated with the same level of respect...

Shaun Hoolan, New Owner of Hockley Vintage Store Wild Clothing, on Preserving the Shop's Legacy

Wild Clothing first opened its doors in 1983 and, when its original owners decided to retire recently, word spread that the legendary location would be shutting its doors for good. But this couldn’t be further from the truth: our fashion editor, Anna Murphy, chats to Wild’s new owner, Shaun Hoolan, about his passion for this iconic Nottingham store and his plans for the future.

Local Promoters Now Offering To Sell Your Soul for £666

In a move that would make Rishi Sunak and the government's new careers advice service proud, Nottingham-based music promoters I’m Not From London have diversified into beer, book publishing and satanic rituals…

Back to School: Twelve-year-old Jagoda Talks Returning to Education During a Pandemic

With all the talk of politicians, parents and teachers, it’s easy to forget those most affected by the decision to reopen schools after lockdown: the students. Twelve-year-old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska lets us know what returning to school in the midst of a global pandemic is really like...

City Stylin': Luke Ridsdill Smith

We took to the streets to find Notts' best dressed...

Film Review: The 40-Year-Old Version

Winner of the Sundance Directing award, Radha Blank directs, writes and stars in this semi-autobiographical piece based on a struggling playwright going through a midlife crisis.

Review: The 2020 Harley Open

Kelly Holmes headed to the picturesque Welbeck Estate to check out the 2020 Harley Open at the Harley Gallery

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

The latest Nottinghamshire releases... 

The History of Nottingham's Goose Fair

If 2020 hadn’t been enough of a stinker, this year’s Goose Fair has officially been cancelled for only the third time in its long history. In recent years, nearly half a million of us have flocked down to Forest Rec for both peas and prizes, and while both a reduced capacity or a longer ten-day run were considered, it was not meant to be. While we mourn the fate of all the pennies we could have wasted on the Waltzers, we did some investigating into the fair’s colourful history, and discovered twelve things you didn’t know about Goose Fair… 

Comedian Sara Pascoe on Her Move From Actress to Comedy and Singing For Robbie William's Dad

Stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, author, podcast host. There aren’t many things in the world of entertainment that Sara Pascoe can’t do. Ahead of her return to Nottingham to play Just the Tonic this month, we caught up with the popular comic to talk lockdown, her two new TV projects and being a backing singer for Robbie Williams’ dad…