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Gig Review: Squeeze at the Royal Concert Hall, with Badly Drawn Boy

Sun 20 Oct 2024

Squeeze wowed the crowd at the Royal Concert Hall with an epic set spanning the decades, while Badly Drawn Boy provided solid and emotional support...

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Gig review: LYVIA at Rescue Rooms, with Nikko, Courtney and JayaHadADream

Sat 19 Oct 2024

Rescue Rooms was buzzing as LYVIA took to the stage with support from an exciting mix of emerging talent: Nikko, Courtney and JayaHadADream. The night was an energetic celebration of diverse styles, each act bringing their own flavour before LYVIA delivered a performance that will be long remembered by her hometown crowd…

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Gig Review: Pearl Charles at The Bodega

Sat 19 Oct 2024

Arriving in Nottingham on the last date of their UK tour, Pearl Charles & Co set The Bodega alight with a good old-fashioned American Folk jam – with a modern twist...

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LeftLion's Latest Listens #8: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 18 Oct 2024

In this week's bumper edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands, our team reviews new releases from Gender Envy, Set in Motion, The Chase, Marvin's Revenge, Cracked Hands, John Hardy and Stan Buckroyd...

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Gig review: Becky Hill at Motorpoint Arena

Fri 18 Oct 2024

Watching festival favourite and Brit award winner Becky Hill perform her headline show at the Motorpoint area in Nottingham turned a normal Tuesday into a very special night for LeftLion's Charlotte Gould...

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LeftLion Interviews Podcast #5: Shane Meadows on This Is England, Virtues, Stone Roses, Injuries, Notts County FC and more

Fri 18 Oct 2024

For our fifth podcast we are delighted to welcome a true legend of British film and television, the director and screenwriter Shane Meadows...

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Theatre Review: Birdsong

Thu 17 Oct 2024

A moving story of one man's journey of love and loss during the horror of WWI

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Film Review: Timestalker

Thu 17 Oct 2024

Join us as we apply our critical eye to Alice Lowe's 'Timestalker' - a film that probes society's fixation on heteronormative romance. 

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Harriet Walter & Friends: Shakespeare’s Women Speak!

Thu 17 Oct 2024

Dame Harriet Walter is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. She came to the Playhouse to breath fresh life into Shakespeare's words for women...  

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Gig Review: Soft Launch at Rough Trade, with Lizzie Esau

Wed 16 Oct 2024

But there’s no bad blood 'cause Soft Launch look too good on the Rough Trade stage. LeftLion's Talia Robinson headed to the record store's legendary upstairs stage to find out why the new kids on the block are so hotly anticipated by critics...

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Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse

Wed 16 Oct 2024

The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...

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Gig review: Cardinal Black at Rock City

Tue 15 Oct 2024

They may have taken the scenic route but Cardinal Black are finally here, and they’ve got plenty of stories to tell on the Rock City stage...

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Gig review: Punk Rock Factory at Rock City

Tue 15 Oct 2024

At the LeftLion office, it's no secret that Head Designer Natalie Owen is a rock music enthusiast and a massive Disney fan. So, when we heard that Punk Rock Factory, a rock band known for their Disney covers, were coming to Nottingham, there was only one choice to review the gig...

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Gig review: Circle of Light album launch at Fishergate Point

Mon 14 Oct 2024

The award-winning creative collective Circle of Light took over Fishergate Point on World Mental Health Day 2024 to celebrate the launch of their fifth album, COL5...

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Gig review: Jet at Rock City

Sun 13 Oct 2024

Celebrating 21 years of debut album Get Born, Jet landed at Rock City to prove exactly why their songs have such long-lasting appeal...

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Theatre Review: Rotten at the Playhouse

Sun 13 Oct 2024

Something at the Playhouse is rotten. Cue a sell-out production of social media influencers and nasty case of blackmail...

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Gig review: Snayx at The Bodega

Sun 13 Oct 2024

Hard-working, noisy but relentlessly proficient: Snayx have a fearsome reputation. Their set at The Bodega, partnering with Safe Gigs for Women, was characteristically respectful if very sweaty...

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Concert Review: Steeleye Span at the Playhouse

Sat 12 Oct 2024

After fifty-five years of gold discs and international tours, folk rockers Steeleye Span are taking their music back on the road. Andrew McCartney reviews their performance at the Nottingham Playhouse... 

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Comedy Review: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe

Thu 10 Oct 2024

Nish Kumar returns to the Playhouse and the blade of his wit is sharper than ever...

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Gig review: Fairground Attraction at The Royal Concert Hall

Thu 10 Oct 2024

Oasis aren’t the only band reuniting; Fairground Attraction are back together after a whopping 34 years apart. LeftLion caught their Royal Concert Hall show and discovered a reborn band working together in joyous harmony...

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Seann Walsh moves from stand-up to drama in this new play at the Theatre Royal

Wed 09 Oct 2024

Comedian Seann Walsh has made a name for himself in the world of stand-up. But will his move to acting be stand out?

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Gig review: Tusks at The Bodega

Wed 09 Oct 2024

Emily Underhill's Tusks has taken on a wonderful life of its own, an excitingly atmospheric project which enthralls in recorded form. At her first headline gig in Nottingham, her music proved captivating - even on a Monday...

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Joker: Folie a Deux Review

Tue 08 Oct 2024

"I’m not sure whether it was the intention of Todd Phillips, director of Joker: Folies a Deux, for audience members to leave the cinema laughing somewhat maniacally just as the title character does, but I certainly did."

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Gig review: Seas of Mirth at The Old Bus Depot

Tue 08 Oct 2024

For one night only, The Old Bus Depot was transformed into a neon-lit sub-aquatic world of wonder, as genre-blending independent band Seas of Mirth made their incomparable mark. LeftLion's Lewis Oxley dived in...

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Gig review: FEET at Rescue Rooms, with Otala and L’Objectif

Tue 08 Oct 2024

Put away your umbrellas, our English Weather just got a whole lot brighter. Coventry five-piece FEET adorned the Rescue Rooms stage with enough indie-pop to pack a punch, and we headed down to get our fix...

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