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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...  

Brewery round table: Blue Monkey, Bang The Elephant and Liquid Light talk all things ale ahead of Nottingham Craft Beer Festival

Nottingham Craft Beer Festival takes over Sneinton Market Avenues on 20-21 June for three sessions of great beer, live music, street food and more. To celebrate the occasion we put some questions to three of Nottingham’s finest breweries who are all holding stalls at the event. Our interviewees are Ian Wesley of Blue Monkey, Thom Stone of Liquid Light, and Michael Shipman of Bang The Elephant…

Comedy Review: Lou Sanders in No Kissing in the Bingo Hall at the Nottingham Playhouse

Star of Dancing On Ice, a champion of Taskmaster and regular on QI, Lou Sanders brings her unique comedy style to the Nottingham Playhouse...

Kiss the Water

Food Review: Bang Pa In - The Newest Supper Club in Nottingham Weaves Tales of Thailand

Nottingham Operatic Society: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Steel Banglez

Circus Hub Cabaret: Back with a Bang!

Film Review: The Kissing Booth 2

Netflix’s much-anticipated sequel to The Kissing Booth, sees best friends Lee and Elle tackle their senior year, as well as Elle dealing with her long-distance relationship with Noah.

Wigflex City Festival's First Year Was Banging: Review and Pictures

When Wigflex announced it was going to host a city-wide music and arts festival, we didn't really know what to expect. Here’s what happened at the inaugural party...

6 Banging New Year's Eve Parties in Nottingham

It's time we see this bogger out in style....

12 Karaoke Bangers To Practice Before Bamalamasingsong

Rescue Rooms are turning fifteen this month, and are throwing one hell of a birthday bash to celebrate. They’ve invited the I’m Not From London lads down to host an epic Bamalamasingsong; the only karaoke event complete with a live band that makes the whole room the lead singer. To get right in the spirit of things, we’ve rounded up what we reckon to be some of the greatest karaoke tunes of all time...

11 Bangin' Beer Gardens in Notts

The old weather man is having a right laugh; sun one day, rain all week. That there Summer is being a right tease. But that doesn’t mean we can’t plan ahead for those rare days of sunshine and know exactly where to go when the sun's a shinin’ and our thirsts need a quenchin’...

Hong Kong Diaries 12: Going with a Bang

Well, it’s that time of year again, when every few minutes’ shock has us momentarily parting with our skin. Yes, Chinese New Year and the detonation of firecrackers throughout the village to keep those dastardly evil spirits at bay; of which there’s clearly quite a few judging by the frequency of reports and the swathes of red debris carpeting the area.

Van the Man Banged Up in Nottingham

Local cartoonist and general badass, Brick, has done us a comic about one of the biggest and best typos in Nottingham

Kiss Me Kate

What happens when an opera company tackles musical theatre? We gon' find out...

The Rubenstein Kiss

Nottingham Playhouse's Conspiracy Season continues with a story about family, loyalty, imprisonment, execution and the Hiroshima bomb

The Rubenstein Kiss

The multi award-winning play by James Phillips, set amidst the McCarthyite hysteria of the Cold War era, where the shadow of suspicion falls on two Communist idealists

Grey Hairs - Emergency Banger

Taken from the LP Colossal Downer out on limited edition orange vinyl and download via Gringo Records

Grey Hairs - Emergency Banger

Taken from the LP Colossal Downer out on limited edition orange vinyl and download via Gringo Records

Interview: Philip George

A short time ago, Philip Woodhead was making beats in his bedroom and working at Next, when attention for his tune Wish You Were Mine started gaining momentum on several streaming platforms. After signing to 3 Beat, the track reached number two in the charts and has picked up international acclaim. We checked in with him on the blower…

Bang! Short Film Festival Is Calling It A Day

Short films are perfect. Perfect for the filmmaker wanting to showcase what they can do, perfect for the YouTube generation struggling to concentrate on anything for more than an hour, perfect for creating some of the most diverse film festivals out there. Bang! Short Film Festival started off small but, as the digital age took hold and their audiences got bigger, it grew into a beast of a festival. Unfortunately, after fifteen years of filling Broadway’s screens with bite-sized reels, they’ve called it a day. We get all nostalgic and look at what the festival meant to filmmakers and audiences alike...