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Home truths: what rough sleeping in Notts is really like

There are many types of homelessness, from those living in temporary accommodation to rough sleeping, and statistics suggest that year on year homelessness has been on the rise. But what is the real experience of sleeping rough, and what can the average person do to help? Matteo D’Alesio speaks to Edward, an unhoused man in Nottingham, and Dave Newmarch, Framework’s Director of Corporate Services…

Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Playhouse

This year's Playhouse panto brings us a classic tale with modern twists. You may become spellbound but, unlike the princess, you most definitely will not fall asleep... 

Sleeping Beauty

Left Stag: November - The Fading Beauty of the FA Cup

At the risk of this column being renamed Grumpy Stag, Nostalgia Stag, or In My Day Things Were Better Stag, I’m going to have to moan about something else here...

Gig review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at Rock City

From the moment our writer Bassey joined the large queues to get into Rock City, he knew this was going to be a special night. When Frank Turner's playing it always is. The hard-working troubadour was in town with his band The Sleeping Souls to promote the aptly-named album Undefeated, and the atmosphere was electric with eager anticipation...

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

"Rough sleeping is the tip of the homelessness iceberg": Framework tell us about their urgent winter appeal on World Homelessness Day

Notts based charity Framework have launched an urgent winter appeal for funds, closely following the premiere of homelessness documentary Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son, by Lorna Tucker, at Broadway Cinema. We heard more from Claire Eden, Head of Fundraising and Communications at Framework, and Sam Lanes, Manager of Street Outreach, about the challenges that the charity are facing and the help that they need to tackle them. 

Beauty & the Beast

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

In Photos: The Sleeping Souls, Sean McGohan & Hannah Rose at Rescue Rooms

Without Frank Turner in the mix, Oxford alt/rockers The Sleeping Souls take their new tunes from Just Before The World Starts Burning out on the road for the first time...

Ballet Review: Sleeping Beauty at Royal Concert Hall

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

The Sleeping Souls & Seán McGowan

Varna International Ballet - Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty

Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty at Nottingham Arts Theatre

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

Sleeping Beauty Pantomime

Theatre Review: Northern Ballet's Beauty & The Beast at Theatre Royal

The familiar fairy tale, told through music and dance, brings magic and beauty to the Theatre Royal

Northern Ballet - Beauty & the Beast

Framework's Big Sleep Out - A Sleeping Bag War On Homelessness

Nottingham-based charity Framework is inviting the public to spend the night in a sleeping bag to help tackle the homelessness crisis...

The Sleeping Beauty ROH 22-23 Season rated (12A LIVE)

Film Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Laura Poitras' new Oscar nominated documentary looks at the life of American activist and photographer Nan Goldin...

Local Artist Richard Hyde Talks About Finding the Beauty in Mundanity

Local visual artist Richard Hyde uses abstract imagery to paint very real pictures - focusing on the positive aspects of the everyday, including the boundless beauty of nature, to take us away from the stresses and mundanity of normal life. Here, he dives into his creative process, and why he does what he does…

Theatre Review: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

A magically zany reworking of a classic

From Sleeping Beauty to Beat the Streets, Here's the Best of This Week

Shakespeare, Sleeping Beauty, Beat the Streets, there's plenty on this week...

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls