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Film Review: True History of the Kelly Gang

Thu 05 Mar 2020

1917's George MacKay gives a manic performance as Ned Kelly in Justin Kurzel's outback Western...

Theatre Review: The Taming of the Shrew

Wed 04 Mar 2020

The RSC turn the gender tables in a tale from the Matriarchy

Review: On the Shore of the Wide World

Wed 04 Mar 2020

The new season of Nottingham's famous acting school, the Television Workshop, kicked off with a play about family life...

Film Review: All the Bright Places

Wed 04 Mar 2020

Teen angst eat your heart out - here comes another film that ticks all the boxes…

Live Music Review: Big Thief at Rock City

Sun 01 Mar 2020

Beloved Brooklyn quartet Big Thief invited us into their inner circle this weekend, bringing all the makings of an intimate jam session to Rock City…

Live Music Review: Boy & Bear at Rescue Rooms

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Award-winning Sydney folk-rockers Boy & Bear played their debut Nottingham show in a triumphant return to the international music scene…

Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Sat 29 Feb 2020

This French language film has received over 100 nominations, including nods at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes...

Theatre Review: Moonlight and Magnolias

Sat 29 Feb 2020

We checked out Moonlight and Magnolias, the whirlwind story of three men locked in a room for five days writing the script for Gone with the Wind, at Nottingham Playhouse...

Theatre Review: Measure for Measure

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Our very own Nottingham has had a visit from the big smoke: The Royal Shakespeare Company have graced us with their thespian tendencies for a few days at the Theatre Royal. We went to see their production of Measure for Measure to see what all this men in tights malarky was about…

Film Review: Greed

Tue 25 Feb 2020

This satire about capitalist greed contains a stunning cast, but may have bitten off more than it could chew...

Art Review: Crying Shadows, Flesh and Bones at Surface Gallery

Tue 25 Feb 2020

Our writer Shaw had a lot of thoughts about this...

Film Review: Little Joe

Mon 24 Feb 2020

When flowers attack - Ian C Douglas reviews offbeat Cannes drama Little Joe...

Food Review: The Dice Cup

Fri 21 Feb 2020

Finding something unusual to do in Nottingham city centre can sometimes be difficult. But if your tummy is grumbling and your boredom is tumbling, vegan boardgame cafe The Dice Cup could sort you out...

Theatre Review: A Monster Calls

Wed 19 Feb 2020

Often painful and heart rending but equally beautiful

Film Review: Emma

Tue 18 Feb 2020

The newest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel of manners is an entertaining watch, but lacks the depth of its source material...

Film Review: First Love

Tue 18 Feb 2020

Fabrice Gagos reviews the new blood-splattered crime drama from Takashi Miike - but did he love it?

Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog

Tue 18 Feb 2020

The trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog was met with more than a little animosity. After a $5 million reanimation, is the final film enough to please audiences? Nathan Warby thinks so...

Live Music Review: Fatoumata Diawara’s Nottingham Debut at Rescue Rooms

Sun 16 Feb 2020

Our Addie looks back on a Sunday evening show that she won't be forgetting in a hurry...

Live Music Review: Oh Wonder at Metronome

Sat 15 Feb 2020

Alt-pop duo and couple Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht, AKA Oh Wonder, gave a performance at Nottingham’s Metronome this week that can only be described as magical....

Food Review: Monga

Sat 15 Feb 2020

It might appear like it’s lacking a soul, but I think it’s fair to say that one of the best things about the Vic Centre is the recent revamp of the ad-hoc food court occupying what I like to call the “big Tesco end.”

Film Review: To All the Boys - P.S. I Still Love You

Fri 14 Feb 2020

Laura Jean has returned to our Netflix screens in a film that proves just as quirky and romantic as its predecessor...

Live Music Review: Church of the Cosmic Skull at The Level

Mon 10 Feb 2020

Church of the Cosmic Skull are the Nottingham-based seven-piece that answers the question: “What if ABBA did guitar shredding and was actually an occult?” The answer is pleasing to say the least...