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Night Creatures Podcast #5: Adam and Rob Perkins from Boho Festival on organising Notts parties from the 90s to now
Fri 13 Feb 2026Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city.
Paradigm shift: acclaimed filmmaker Adam Curtis talks politics, filmmaking, and Wollaton Hall
Wed 08 Oct 2025Bafta-winning documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis is one of the country’s most intriguing, with a long career under his belt of making surreal films exploring how people think, feel, and act in the West. His latest: Shifty: Living in Britain at the End of the Twentieth Century just happens to feature archival footage from Wollaton Hall, filmed back in the 80s by the BBC. With this in mind we jumped at the opportunity to pick his brain about filmmaking, politics, and more…
LeftLion Interviews Podcast #13: Filmmaker Adam Curtis on Shifty, politics, filmmaking and Wollaton Hall
Sun 05 Oct 2025For our latest episode we are joined by veteran BBC documentary filmmaker, whose latest project Shifty promintently features some 1980s footage of Nottingham's Wollaton Hall...
Setting the stage: catching up with the Nottingham Playhouse's artistic director Adam Penford
Thu 12 Jun 2025Over the last few years the Nottingham Playhouse has become one of the most buzzing regional theatres in the UK. Originally established in 1948, the venue has a long history of attracting quality actors like Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Vicky McClure and Mark Gatiss to perform its stage. With a clutch of new awards and accolades over the last couple of years, we thought it high time to catch up with their artistic director Adam Penford…
Gig review: Bryan Adams at Motorpoint Arena
Mon 19 May 2025With new songs under his belt, and a vast back catalogue of hits, Bryan Adams has come a long way since his 90s Wembley Stadium heyday. We headed to Motorpoint Arena to find out if the Canadian rocker is still on form...
The Lost Legacy of the Lace Market: Taking a look at the Adams’ Building on Stoney Street
Thu 13 Feb 2025A look into one of the most advanced buildings of its period. Designed to dazzle and built by a progressive employer, the Adam’s Building on Stony Street houses an incredibly rich history.
Theatre review: Maisie Adam: Appraisal at Nottingham Playhouse
Tue 29 Oct 2024Swedish interrogations, accidentally looking like Rod Stewart and snogging a barista from Rotherham... Maisie Adam appeared at Nottingham Playhouse this week.
Match Report: Nottingham Panthers vs Manchester Storm 18.11.23 - Adam Johnson Memorial Game
Tue 21 Nov 2023The Nottingham Panthers held a memorial game at the Motorpoint Arena in honour of their player Adam Johnson, playing against Manchester Storm in a friendly match on Saturday night. Natalie Owen was at the game to report for LeftLion. Here's how they got on…
LeftLion Screen Podcast #5 - The Road Dance Director Richie Adams,
Fri 27 May 2022This month we're joined by Richie Adams, the man behind The Road Dance - one of the highlights of the Nottingham International Film Festival. We also discuss the Best Summer Blockbusters of 2022 and More
Author Kristina Adams: "If you're not willing to market your book, you're not going to get anywhere."
Thu 31 Oct 2019Local author Kristina Adams on her latest novel Behind the Spotlight, self-publishing, and what it’s like to deal with fibromyalgia as a writer…
Outlawed: The True Story Behind Nottingham's Craziest Action Film
Thu 13 Jun 2019Seven years, over three hundred crewmembers, one Chinook helicopter, no budget and two directors learning how to make a film as they went along. For anyone that has worked in the Nottingham film industry over the last decade, the production of Outlawed took on something of a mythological status. Everyone knew someone that had been involved at some point, many doubted it would ever get completed, and the stories of firearms, exploding buildings and pissed off Council officials quickly became the stuff of legend. With the film now picked up for distribution, including a Netflix deal in the United States and a worldwide DVD release, we caught up with co-directors Adam Collins and Luke Radford to find out the truth about the most insane film production in Nottingham’s history...
Live Music Review: The Nightingales at The Canalhouse
Sun 07 Oct 2018Only two bands ever played more Peel sessions than The Nightingales and now they're at The Canalhouse promoting their new album.
Director Adam Penford and Playwright Beth Steel on Wonderland at Nottingham Playhouse
Thu 15 Feb 2018Wonderland, the first play directed by Adam Penford in his role as Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse, was also written by Notts playwright Beth Steel. We caught up with them both on the opening night of the play…
Nottingham Playhouse's New Artistic Director Adam Penford on His Upcoming Adaptation of Holes
Sat 27 Jan 2018Is it a book? Is it a play?...
Adam Peter Smith Talks Being a Musician in Nottingham
Tue 07 Nov 2017Active on the local music scene for a while now, we put some questions to the rootsy singer-songwriter as he releases his latest EP...
Poddingham: Adam Peter Smith
Tue 26 Aug 2014We teased you a couple of months back, but with his album Fulcrum out now, here's his full session in all its glory
Poddingham Teaser: Adam Peter Smith
Fri 13 Jun 2014A cheeky taster of what's to come in the next Poddingham session
Interview: Adam Dixon and Harry Martin from Beeston Hockey Club
Wed 11 Dec 2013Local lad Adam Dixon and Ipswich import Harry Martin are midfield partners for current national champions Beeston Hockey Club, as well as international regulars for both Great Britain and England. We popped along to discuss nights out in Nottingham, the highs and lows of the Olympics, and those pesky Panthers...
Interview: Andre Adams
Mon 08 Jul 2013"I have received some vigorous dressings-down, yes. You get them when you deserve them. And if you think you don't deserve it, then you're wrong."
Interview: Captain Dangerous
Tue 27 Dec 2011"I made the mistake of getting drunk and inviting the whole bar back to mine. I hadn’t told my girlfriend and she was upstairs in tears being comforted by Dick Venom"
Interview: The Soundcarriers
Mon 20 Dec 2010"We get bigger audiences outside of Nottingham, in places like Manchester, Sheffield and London, but it's starting to change"