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GOBS Launch a Free Programme of Poetry Workshops

Mon 18 Dec 2023

Fancy yourself as a poet and want some training up?

Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Arts Theatre

Mon 18 Dec 2023

Sharon Stevens reviews Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Arts Theatre...

Film Review: Femme

Sun 17 Dec 2023

The secret to a good thriller is all in the pace. Something that Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s debut feature film, Femme, does perfectly...

Music Reviews: December 2023

Sat 16 Dec 2023

This month, we review new tunes from Emily Ashberry, PASTE., Catmilk, The Cost of Loving, Baby Tap, and Michael Vickers...

Review: Christmas at the Musicals at Royal Concert Hall

Fri 15 Dec 2023

It may oversell its Christmas-ness, but it's a good night out nonetheless...

Gig Review: Spector at Rescue Rooms

Thu 14 Dec 2023

As someone who has seen indie outfit Spector play live ten times in the last decade, including six times in Nottingham, our Karl Blakesley went along to see how their 2023 show compares…

Gig Review: Ice Cube at Motorpoint Arena

Thu 14 Dec 2023

Our Rich Higton first heard Ice Cube's music when he was twelve years old, in 1993. Now, thirty years later, he experienced it live at Motorpoint Arena...

Gig Review: Sophie Ellis Bextor at Royal Concert Hall

Wed 13 Dec 2023

Sparkles, glitter, tinsel, and disco - there was only one Christmas Party worth attending to this year, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Christmas Kitchen Disco...

We Review Nottingham Contemporary’s Latest Exhibition 'Ridykeulous'

Tue 12 Dec 2023

Nottingham Contemporary’s latest interactive art installation Ridykeulous is host to over thirty intergenerational queer artists all of whom utilise the distinct lens of the queer experience to satirise culturally conditioned forms of self-expression and modernise out-dated stratifications of gender identity…

Theatre Review: Dick Whittington at Theatre Royal

Tue 12 Dec 2023

Get yer big boots on for some spectacular, energetic, high-end panto sparkle...

Theatre Review: Once Upon a Crime at Nottingham New Theatre

Tue 12 Dec 2023

Our Amelia Brookes reviews Once Upon a Crime at Nottingham New Theatre...

Gig Review: The Silver Lines at The Chameleon

Mon 11 Dec 2023

On a wet and windy Thursday evening there was no better place to retreat to than The Chameleon, to see exactly what a line-up of new and local artists had to offer...

Gig Review: James Yorkston & Nina Persson at The Bodega

Mon 11 Dec 2023

A Swedish pop star and a Scottish folk singer were an unlikely pair to find in The Bodega. Differing from the usual punk and rock music, Nina Persson and James Yorkston created a beautiful atmosphere with their folk performance...

Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...

Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...

Gig Review: Cucamaras at The Carousel

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Nottingham’s very own Cucamaras return home for two intimate, back-to-back shows at The Carousel…

Theatre Review: Hansel and Gretel at Nottingham Playhouse

Sat 09 Dec 2023

Dave Kingsbury visits the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel at the Playhouse...

We Meet Some of the Local Champions Who Are Bringing Live Poetry Back to Nottingham

Fri 08 Dec 2023

The legacy of Nottingham’s literary history runs deep, but as poetry collectives have come and gone post-pandemic, it’s important to keep up. We meet some of the local champions who are bringing live poetry back to Nottingham…

Gig Review: DMA'S at Rock City

Fri 08 Dec 2023

There is quite simply nothing better than a packed Rock City crowd, singing together at the top of their lungs. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, you’ll find yourself at a mighty special gig. Having already caught Australian indie heroes DMA’S a few times previously, including one time on their home turf in Australia, our Karl Blakesley had good inkling this could have been one of those magical nights. So, we headed down to Rock City to see if our assumptions were correct…

Gig Review: SOFY at The Bodega

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Leicester lass SOFY returns to Notts after a stellar set at this year’s Dot-to-Dot. With her impressive repertoire of propa' Bri'ish indie-pop bangers, the singer is a frontrunner in a new wave of up-and-coming voices. Trust us, she’s mega...

Gig Review: Withered Hand & Darren Hayman at JT Soar

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Alternating headliners throughout the tour, Edinburgh based cult-indie songwriter Withered Hand (aka Dan Wilson) and Darren Hayman (formerly of Hefner) joined forces at Nottingham's JT Soar...

Gig Review: Madness at Motorpoint Arena

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Hailing from NW5, London’s iconic Madness turned up to Nottingham to show us all how ska can be done. With the Lightning Seeds in tow, it was a small line-up but full of large songs, big sounds, and of course some rather baggy trousers. The Motorpoint Arena was prepped for a slightly lower capacity than usual, but Madness managed to absolutely pack out every single seat and each iota of standing room was crammed with fez wearing fans...