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LeftLion to Launch New Stand-alone Nottingham Events Platform
Wed 01 May 2024For over a decade we at LeftLion have run an online events directory offering a service to events promoters, organisations and venues across the city. We are delighted to let you know we’ll soon be seriously upping our game…
LeftLion Contributor Scott Oliver Wins Prestigious Cricket Literary Prize
Thu 18 Apr 2024Former LeftLion sports editor, Scott Oliver, has won one of cricket’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Wisden Book of the Year, for his debut book Sticky Dogs & Stardust. The book is a collection of essays detailing the exploits of some of the sport’s bona fide legends – among them the former Notts players Garfield Sobers, Kevin Pietersen, Andre Russell and Imran Tahir - when they turned out in league cricket alongside enthusiastic amateurs who they were expected to dominate. Oliver himself also played at Wollaton CC for a time. To celebrate Scott's success we are delighted to present this extract from the book – covering Pietersen’s troubled stint at Cannock – along with an exclusive discount code.
Theatre Review: The Life of Pi
Wed 17 Apr 2024Life of Pi adaptation at Nottingham's Theatre Royal is a heartrending delight
We tried out the National Justice Museum's brand new escape room
Tue 16 Apr 2024Adding another facet to their already varied and exciting calendar of events, The National Justice Museum has launched Guilty?! - a new escape room that takes players for an interactive adventure through the Grade II listed historic prison. The LeftLion team went down to try it out…
Gig Review: Dura Mater at Jam Cafe
Mon 15 Apr 2024On the eve of the release of their stunning new single Red Holiday, fast-rising Notts 8-piece Dura Mater headed down to Jamcafé in Hockley to celebrate their second song entering the streaming world. With a packed room filled with raucous energy and good vibes aplenty, here’s what went down at their single release show…
Gig Review: Bob Vylan at Rough Trade
Mon 15 Apr 2024Having sold out Rock City in November, punk rap duo Bob Vylan returned to Rough Trade this week for a more intimate set and signing of their new album Humble as the Sun, bringing heavy guitar, catchy lyrics, and timely political messaging.
Music Reviews: April 2024
Mon 15 Apr 2024LeftLion Listens: Kai-Otee, Roshan Sabet, Di$mal, Sharon Watkins, Rat Face Lewey, Drone Queen, Deri Sharman, Kirvn, ThaiThai, EM
Theatre Review: Janet
Sun 14 Apr 2024Becki Crossley checks out Janet at the Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts...
Theatre Review: The Wizard of Oz
Fri 12 Apr 2024It brims with creativity, talent, and technical magic...
Theatre Review: The Kite Runner
Wed 10 Apr 2024Saskia Foran went to see The Kite Runner at the Nottingham Playhouse...
Gig Review: Paloma Faith at Royal Concert Hall
Mon 08 Apr 2024'There’s nothing more human than failure’ a poignant backdrop to a powerful set, I take my seat as the lights fall over the Royal Concert Hall.
Left Stag: March 2024
Mon 08 Apr 2024Will 2024 be the year of Mansfield Town FC? Our trusty supporter Josh Pickering takes a look at how March has gone for the Stags...
Gig Review: Ellie Bleach at The Bodega
Mon 08 Apr 2024Masterful storyteller Ellie Bleach transformed The Bodega into a cinematic still with her baroque-pop tracks…
Gig Review: Everything Everything at Rock City
Mon 08 Apr 2024Everything Everything, the Mancunian Art Rock Outfit, bless Rock City with their incredible talent and unrelenting stage presence…
Gig Review: Juga-Naut at Peggy's Skylight
Sun 07 Apr 2024Classy jazz café and music venue Peggy’s Skylight was the ideal setting for the launch of Juga-Naut’s latest album, Bem II.
We Review GOBS' Show 'EARTH' At The Playhouse
Fri 05 Apr 2024Now in their fourth year, poetry collective GOBS are well on their way to building a new generation of Notts verse-makers. This time, they're taking things to a global scale...
Gig Review: Caity Baser at Rock City
Thu 04 Apr 2024Rock City is ‘Still Learning’ with it’s iconic stage clad in giant red balloons framing an even larger L plate, you can already tell this night is going to meet a new level of fun.
Gig Review: The Hives at Rock City
Thu 04 Apr 2024The Hives stop off at Nottingham’s Rock City for their chaotic and wild ‘Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ Tour for night that that crowd won’t soon forget…