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Music Reviews: April 2024

Mon 15 Apr 2024

LeftLion Listens: Kai-Otee, Roshan Sabet, Di$mal, Sharon Watkins, Rat Face Lewey, Drone Queen, Deri Sharman, Kirvn, ThaiThai, EM

Theatre Review: Janet

Sun 14 Apr 2024

Becki Crossley checks out Janet at the Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts...

Theatre Review: The Wizard of Oz

Fri 12 Apr 2024

It brims with creativity, talent, and technical magic...

Theatre Review: The Kite Runner

Wed 10 Apr 2024

Saskia Foran went to see The Kite Runner at the Nottingham Playhouse...

Gig Review: Paloma Faith at Royal Concert Hall

Mon 08 Apr 2024

'There’s nothing more human than failure’ a poignant backdrop to a powerful set, I take my seat as the lights fall over the Royal Concert Hall.

Left Stag: March 2024

Mon 08 Apr 2024

Will 2024 be the year of Mansfield Town FC? Our trusty supporter Josh Pickering takes a look at how March has gone for the Stags...

Gig Review: Ellie Bleach at The Bodega

Mon 08 Apr 2024

Masterful storyteller Ellie Bleach transformed The Bodega into a cinematic still with her baroque-pop tracks…

Gig Review: Everything Everything at Rock City

Mon 08 Apr 2024

Everything Everything, the Mancunian Art Rock Outfit, bless Rock City with their incredible talent and unrelenting stage presence…

Gig Review: Juga-Naut at Peggy's Skylight

Sun 07 Apr 2024

Classy jazz café and music venue Peggy’s Skylight was the ideal setting for the launch of Juga-Naut’s latest album, Bem II.

We Review GOBS' Show 'EARTH' At The Playhouse

Fri 05 Apr 2024

Now in their fourth year, poetry collective GOBS are well on their way to building a new generation of Notts verse-makers. This time, they're taking things to a global scale...

Gig Review: Caity Baser at Rock City

Thu 04 Apr 2024

Rock City is ‘Still Learning’ with it’s iconic stage clad in giant red balloons framing an even larger L plate, you can already tell this night is going to meet a new level of fun.

Gig Review: The Hives at Rock City

Thu 04 Apr 2024

The Hives stop off at Nottingham’s Rock City for their chaotic and wild ‘Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ Tour for night that that crowd won’t soon forget…

Gig Review: Elvana at Rock City

Mon 01 Apr 2024

Gig Review: Goat Girl at The Bodega

Sat 30 Mar 2024

A Sunday night is never a good night for a gig, everyone is knackered and getting ready for the week ahead. Goat Girl, however, managed to blast this bleakest of nights into the stratosphere...

Life beyond the nuclear fallout zone? This play paints a picture of what that might be like...

LeftLion issue #170 April 2024

Thu 28 Mar 2024

April's edition of LeftLion features interviews with Notts musicians Holly Humberstone, Juga-Naut and Express Office Portico, Luminarium creators Architects of Air, trentbarton buses and Zippy Puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew. We also take a look back at the Hillsborough disaster 35 years on and hear from a Palestinian in Nottingham about the right to freedom of movement. Plus, find your usual helpings of Nottingham art, literature, film, food and culture.

Gig Review: Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii at The Old Bus Depot

Tue 26 Mar 2024

Gig Review: Red Rum Club at Rescue Rooms

Mon 25 Mar 2024

As you walk up Goldsmith Street you can already hear the night out ahead emanating out of iconic venue Rescue Rooms. Full of energy, full of good vibes, and despite it being a Tuesday night the club is very much full as support indie band, Cusp are finishing up their set in preparation for Red Rum Club...