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Snap Notts: Wollaton Park

A Magician in Notts

"If you’ve got a wannabe alpha-male in the group who thinks he’s going to be a clever dick, he won’t like someone else coming in and performing magic."

Theatre Review: Rock of Ages

Big dreams and Big hair as Rock saves the day

Theatre Review: Wendy and Peter Pan at The Television Workshop

The third play in the Television Workshop season took place at Metronome and we were all hooked...

Overheard in Notts

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month... 

Theatre Review: David Almond's Skellig at Nottingham Playhouse

Skellig by David Almond is Artistic Director Adam Penford’s sophomore family show of his tenure at Nottingham Playhouse. Lisa Blair takes the directorial reins of this darkly supernatural tale, guiding the audience along a journey which boldly discusses mortality through the lens of magic realism, provoking discussions and placing lumps in throats.

When Notts County Won The FA Cup

With Notts County having spent the majority of the season struggling to avoid relegation to the non-league, it’s easy to forget that things haven’t always been doom and gloom for the Meadow Lane club. In fact, this month marks 125 years since the world’s oldest professional football club won the FA Cup. Despite being one of the greatest moments in the Magpie’s history, it’s a story that ended in tragedy for Jimmy Logan, the striker who scored a hat trick that day…

Theatre Review: Brave New World at The Television Workshop

Written by award-winning playwright Dawn King, Brave New World is the theatre adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel of the same name. We got down to The Television Workshop, to see the performance as part of their 2019 Play Season..

Theatre Review: Georgina Lock's The Lady in the Veil at West Bridgford Library

The lesser known tale of a Nottingham-born aristocrat and her quest to bring Smallpox innoculations into general medical practise in the 1700s has been adapted for the stage in a one-woman play. Bea Udeh attended the East Midlands premiere of The Lady in the Veil at West Bridgford Library to out more about this fine lass of Nottingham heritage and her vast appetite for certain experiences underneath the yashmak.

Theatre Review: The Magic Flute

Opera North lay on a magical night, with bells on

School of Hard Notts: Face Time with Visage

Meet Visage - Nottingham’s Wrestlin’ Bitch Face. Another House of Pain alumnus building momentum on the UK’s grappling scene Visage is a flamboyant and instantly recognisable character. He’s also proper nails - mock his collection of amazing wigs and he’ll slap the taste out of your mouth. Visage’s blend of humour, innuendo and merciless bludgeoning is an unusual in-ring fusion invoking classic performers like Gorgeous George and Cassandro. We cornered Visage for a chat in a pleasingly kitsch tiki-bar.

Theatre Review: The Gilded Merkin at The Glee Club

Boobies and tassels and dancers…oh my!

Perennial Punks The Stranglers return to Notts

Since their early days as seventies punk rock rabble-rousers, The Stranglers have been mainstays of the British music scene. Now over 45 years on, the lads are still finding the time to hit the road and make music. Back in Nottingham for their latest UK tour this month, we sent our man LP Mills for a chat with guitarist and frontman Baz Warne, to find out what these perennial punks have been up to. 

Theatre Review: Posh at Television Workshop

The new season from Nottingham's Television Workshop kicked off with a group of characters you'll love to hate...

Snap Notts: Hyson Green

LGBTQ+ Notts: Queer Noise Club and International Women's Day

Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events...

A UFO Investigator in Notts

"I’m not a crackpot; I’ve been researching this for over thirty years and I’m 100 percent sure that we’ve been visited by aliens."

Overheard In Notts

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month... 

Theatre Review: Horrible Histories

Plenty of decapitations, backstabbing and brain-eating to keep the kids entertained

Notts-based Metal Band The Five Hundred on Personal Demons, Moscow and Their Debut Album

Since forming in 2014, devastatingly heavy Notts-based metal outfit The Five Hundred are making their mark on the UK scene, with their unholy blend of crushing eight-string guitar breakdowns, soaring yet haunting vocal melodies and pummelling drums. Following the release of their EP, Mirrors, in 2015 and their debut album, Bleed Red, last year, the band have been picking up some serious momentum. We spoke to bassist Andy Crawford discuss their bleak lyrics, the current Nottingham metal scene and their plans for the future….

A Furniture Upcycler in Notts

"Sometimes I kick pieces over or take a big hammer to them, to add a little more distress. People would think I was crazy if they saw me doing it."

School of Hard Notts: Puro-Vision

Wrestle Gate Pro (WGP) landed in Nottingham in January for their exciting debut show Open Gate an event noticeably influenced by Japanese wrestling. Also known as Puro it’s a relatively realistic, punishing style where wrestlers primarily get over* by displaying their “fighting spirit” i.e. willingness to absorb and subsequently dish-out a beating against any odds. In some ways a style at the other end of the spectrum from traditional UK wrestling were intangible factors like charisma can be as significant as pain threshold or athletic ability - Crabtree, I am looking at you.

Snap Notts: Church Rock Cemetery

The latest Snap Notts sees our poet and photographer pairing create work at Church Rock Cemetery on Mansfield Road...

Overheard In Notts

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month... 

Proper Good Poetry Stuff To Do In Notts

Here's a list of what we think are the best poetry events happening in Nottingham...