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Interview: BalletBoyz directors Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt at Nottingham Playhouse

After 25 years of pushing boundaries, BalletBoyz return to Nottingham with a radical new show celebrating their silver anniversary. Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt talk to Leftlion about the story so far...  

Gig review: Widow's Rock n Rollium with Hystamine and You Want Fox at Billy Bootleggers for International Women's Day 2026 Nottingham

On International Women’s Day Billy Bootleggers played host to the Widow’s Rock n Rollium - a spicy night of cabaret, burlesque, bands and fierce femme energy, featuring bands You Want Fox and Hystamine. We went down to check it out…

Gig review: Billie Marten at Rescue Rooms

Still only 26, Billie Marten finds herself a relative veteran despite her youth. Now on her fifth album, she has followed fellow folk heroine Laura Marling on a journey from prodigiously gifted teenager to assured songwriting talent and a beacon of her genre. She returned to Rescue Rooms in support of that new LP, the excellent Dog Eared, at the tail-end of a winding European tour and ahead of a jaunt to North America and beyond...

Billie Marten

Billy Nomates

Billy Fury - Paradise

Bill Bailey

Live Performance - 'a Show Of Hands' by Bill Varnam

Crowned in Sound: Talking memorable interviews, The Chameleon and Billy Bootleggers with music journo Dom Gourlay

Growing up in Mansfield, Dom Gourlay didn’t realise he’d later become one of the country’s top music journalists. We grabbed a long overdue coffee with Dom, currently the Festivals and Live Reviews Editor for Under the Radar. 

Truth or legend: The Case of Bill’s Mother’s

"It's black over Bill's mother's": so say many of us from the Midlands when less-than-pleasant weather looks to be on the horizon. But how many of us have actually considered the meaning of the phrase? Our editorial intern Matthew Blaney was set-a-wondering about the identity of Bill's mother, so in this month's Truth or Legend he decided to find out...

Double Bill: Impossible Conversations & Lucas Walters Quartet

Double Bill: Benjamin Luhis & Ilke-ta

Nadia on... the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Nottingham East Labour MP Nadia Whittome talks about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Gig review: Lizzie Esau + Dirty Blonde at Billy Bootleggers

To celebrate Independent Venues Week, Lizzie Esau and Dirty Blonde teamed up for a co-headline tour, culminating at Nottingham’s dive bar extraordinaire, Billy Bootleggers…

Gig review: Confyde at Billy Bootleggers

As the shows begin to quiet down towards Christmas and the New Year, a hometown performance at Billy Bootleggers for much loved local band Confyde was welcome news and a perfect way to get out of the horrendous weather for a few hours of heavy metal huddling...

Carolina’s TexMex tell us about their vegan, gluten free dishes and their new home at the King Billy

Bringing a burst of colour and fiery flavour to the King Billy’s rooftop beer garden, Mark Walsh and Angela Shepherd cook up a delicious blend of vegan, gluten free Tex-Mex dishes at Carolina’s Chilli. We caught up to talk hot sauce, having a bricks and mortar kitchen, and what the summer holds…

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Benjamin Luhis & Ilke-ta [ Double Bill]

Gig Review: The Maybellines at Billy Bootleggers

We Chat to Bill Bailey Before He Brings His Thoughtifier Tour to Nottingham in March

With his trademark musical stylings and characteristic wit, Bill Bailey will be bringing his Thoughtifier tour to Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on 1 March. We caught up with him to find out more about his comedic timing, the purpose of music, and why wasps desperately need to rebrand their image…

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No Shadow Between the Thighs: a Ridykeulous Triple Bill - Inspirers, Conspirators and Collaborators Of Ridykeulous

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