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Gig Review: Neck Deep at Rough Trade

Mon 29 Jan 2024

On the release day of their fifth, self-titled album, Neck Deep celebrated its launch at Nottingham’s Rough Trade…

Music Reviews: January 2024

Fri 26 Jan 2024

This month, we review music from Simon Waldram, Airport Dad, Pretty Windows, Chloe Rodgers, Penny Moon, 1st Blood and Armton...

We Chat to Lucy Crisp Ahead of the BBC Introducing Showcase at Metronome at the End of This Month

Fri 26 Jan 2024

Lucy Crisp is a truly inspiring local musician, who lives in Alfreton, studied at Confetti, and has overcome a number of challenges to pursue her musical career. She tells us more about her music ahead of her performance at the BBC Introducing showcase on 31 January...

Gig Review: Wicca Phase Springs Eternal at The Bodega

Fri 26 Jan 2024

Commonly heralded as the father of the emo rap genre as a result of founding GothBoiClique, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal is the creative persona of Scranton singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Adam McIlwee, who brings his deep 808’s and moody synthesizers to Nottingham’s Bodega…

Notts Libraries Partner With the British Library for Fantasy Season

Thu 25 Jan 2024

Working in tandem with the British Library and their current exhibition, ‘Fantasy: Realms of Imagination’, Inspire are bringing a whole programme of fanciful and folkloric entertainment to our city...

Left Brian: January 2024

Thu 25 Jan 2024

As grateful as I am for the chance to write about Forest in LeftLion each month, we seem to be in a period of the club’s history where even a daily column would struggle to cover all the various triumphs, tragedies, scandals and melodramas. So how to do this past month justice and resist the siren call of the bullet point list? Strap in, here goes...

Ballet Review: Sleeping Beauty at Royal Concert Hall

Thu 25 Jan 2024

A traditional Fairy Tale ballet to dispel those January blues...

Festival Review: Backyard at The Bodega

Thu 25 Jan 2024

Forming one of the best line-ups seen this year, seven bands took to the stage to bless the Nottingham music scene, while raising money for a great cause…

Gig Review: Fabio & Grooverider at Rock City

Thu 25 Jan 2024

It sounds a little bit crazy: combining drum and bass with a live orchestra; putting that show on in rock venues around the country; inviting multiple MCs and DJs to an already crowded stage… but perhaps the best ideas are...

Theatre Review: And Then There Were None at Theatre Royal

Wed 24 Jan 2024

A new theatre adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie whodunnit. The original novel is the world's best-selling mystery and with over 100 million copies sold, one of the best-selling books of all time...

Film Review: The Holdovers

Tue 23 Jan 2024

A grouchy teacher and a rebellious teen have to make the best of a bad situation when they are forced to spend Christmas alone at their prestigious boarding school...

Gig Review: Spanish Love Songs at Rescue Rooms

Mon 22 Jan 2024

Spanish Love Songs are a band with some serious momentum on their side, so we went to see first-hand how they’ve gone from opening act to cult heroes in less than six months…

Gig Review: Bury Tomorrow at Rock City

Mon 22 Jan 2024

Bury Tomorrow took to Rock City for a headline gig which transformed the entire venue into a momentous mosh pit…

Film Review: The Zone of Interest

Mon 22 Jan 2024

Jonathan Glazer's new film is a sanitised and one note depiction of the Holocaust...

Food Review: Taquero

Sat 20 Jan 2024

The long-awaited Taquero has finally opened its doors, gracing Nottingham with their mouth-watering tacos and Mexican dishes. Our Food Editor Julia Head managed to nab an invite to their launch party…

Film Review: Poor Things

Sat 13 Jan 2024

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are raking in the awards for this one, but should they be? Yes.

Theatre Review: Curious Cabaret at Peggy's Skylight

Fri 12 Jan 2024

Sam Harvey checks out the magic at Peggy's Skylight...

Gig Review: SPRINTS at Rough Trade

Wed 10 Jan 2024

Alycia McNamara reviews SPRINTS' first ever tour for their brand new album Letter to Self...

Theatre Review: Jesus Christ Superstar

Tue 09 Jan 2024

This reworked classic hits the nail on the head...

Food Review: Kellari Greek Restaurant

Thu 04 Jan 2024

We can’t get enough of Beeston, and with the addition of yet another fantastic eatery, we pay a visit to Kellari Greek Restaurant to fulfil all our Greek cuisine cravings…

LeftLion Issue #167 January 2024

Thu 04 Jan 2024

2024 is here and so is the January DIY-themed issue of LeftLion! With a cover designed by Louis Cypher, inside you will find lots of Nottingham's DIY creatives, including Ricky Jamaraz, Sugar Stealers, Nottingham Hackspace, JT Soar, Studio Leatham and more...