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Theatre Review: The Marriage of Figaro at Theatre Royal

Scheming Spaniards, slapstick, mistaken identity and cross dressing make for an entertaining update to the Mozart classic in Opera North's new staging of The Marriage of Figaro at Theatre Royal...

Theatre Review: Kiss Me Kate by the West Bridgford Operatic Society at the Squire Performing Arts Centre

The West Bridgford Operatic Society puts on Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's famed musical that juggles a play within a play. Ambitious stuff. So how did they do...  

Nottingham Operatic Society: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Our house: inside the communities who are bringing co-operative living to Nottingham

Established in 2001, Neds is a housing co-operative in Nottingham, where members live in a large Victorian house and former pikelet factory. There’s a good chance that sentence raised a few questions for you… What is a housing co-operative? Is it a commune? Who’s Ned? … and what’s a pikelet? We’ll get to most of these questions shortly. But to answer the last one: it is a thin crumpet. Matteo D’Alesio finds out more…

Review: Opera Cocktail at Mansfield Palace Theatre

OperaUpClose return to Mansfield Palace Theatre with an hour-long show composed of translated operatic pieces, performed by a cast of lovers and friends sharing a picnic...

Jerry Leger

We Speak To Mariposa Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra of DeNada Dance Theatre About His Madame Butterfly-inspired Dance Opera

Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra and his company DeNada Dance Theatre bring their critically acclaimed show Mariposa, to Mansfield Palace Theatre on Friday 28 February. We asked him some questions about the show…

Theatre Review: Opera North - Ruddigore

Opera North nail a witty Gilbert & Sullivan classic

Nottingham Operatic Society: Guys & Dolls

Performance: Dead Cat Bounce by Waste Paper Opera

Carlton Operatic Society: Kipps - the New Half a Sixpence Musical

A vegan market, coffee club, opera and a fair dedicated to records and a love of music: Here’s what’s on in Nottingham this week: 6 May – 12 May 2024

This week in Nottingham! Get yourself down to a market selling only vegan produce, a vinyl record fair, some opera and a friendly coffee club

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Pyschopath

Space Rock, Frida Kahlo, Opera and Elvis: Here’s What’s On in Nottingham this week 4 - 10 March 2024

We've got some great picks for you this coming week, kicking it all off we Ja Rule and Co. at the Motorpoint Arena on Tuesday. Following that, for music there's exquisite opera, extra-terrestrial space rockers HENGE and Ben Portsmouth i.e. the closest thing we'll ever get to seeing Elvis live. Frida, the new biopic of the eponymous artist is a must see and is followed up Whisky Stain, who are sure to provide you with your powerful hook fix for the week. 

Theatre Review: Falstaff from Opera North

Absurd, but superb, full of naughtiness and fun - we went along to see Opera North's laugh-out-loud retro production, Falstaff...

Nottingham Operatic Society: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Opera North - The Pearl Fishers

Jerry Leger

Jerry Leger and the Situation

Film Review: Operation Mincemeat

The Jane Austen multiverse is finally here, as Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen butt heads in this Second World War drama...

Theatre Review: Opera North - Carmen

Toe-tapping quality

Jerry Joseph

Film Review: Operation Christmas Drop

Is it too early to start watching Christmas movies? Netflix reckons not. Here's what Joanna Hoyes thinks of this one...

Shreya Sen-Handley on Being the First South Asian Woman to write an International Opera

She’s had two books published by HarperCollins, written for international media and was even the regional head of a television channel at the age of 25. It’s fair to say that there are achievers in this world, and then there’s Shreya Sen-Handley. And if that impressive CV wasn’t enough, she’s now become the first Indian and South Asian woman to write a Western, international opera, called Migrations. We catch up with the multi-talented writer to find out more...

Tom Aplin Joins Marathon Tour for Operation Orphan

Notts bogger Tom Aplin is off on a marathon tour, to raise some dosh for local charity Operation Orphan...