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Screen Review: asses.masses

A single spotlight. A black podium. A PlayStation controller. 70 strangers, filing into a cinema
room at once. On the wall, a banner: ASS POWER. We hear from Abbie Leeson, who recently went to the live playthrough of asses.masses at Broadway Cinema.

The Lord of Milan screening + Q&A

Undercover Artist: Craig Whitemore shares his journey into professional graphic design and illustration

Our January cover artist Craig Whitemore shares more about his journey into professional graphic design and illustration.

Film Screening: Sinners (2025)

Film Screening: Dheepan

Local racer Alicia Barrett talks her ongoing journey to international motorsport success

Motorsport is an expensive and male-dominated industry, usually only accessible for Cornelius and Clifford using their trust funds. However, 21-year-old Alicia Barrett from Southwell is looking to buck this trend. Despite her tender years, she’s more than a decade into her racing career, currently moving from kart racing to race cars, and looking for support to take it to the next level…

Theatre and TV legend James Graham talks bringing Notts to the screen and writing about Gareth Southgate

James Graham is one of British theatre’s most popular and prolific writers and also the creator of BBC TV drama Sherwood. He was born and brought up in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in the 1980s -his first job was working the stage door at the Theatre Royal. Twenty years on, James returns to the city with the epic Dear England, a play about football manager Gareth Southgate, which headlines the theatre’s 160th birthday celebrations…

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #12: Writer James Graham on Dear England, Sherwood, Broadway, London theatre and writing for stage and screen

Our latest episode is a conversation with the Notts-born Showrunner of BBC TV's Sherwood, who is taking Notts to New York stages and returning home to celebrate the 160th Birthday of Nottingham's Theatre Royal...

Short Film Screening + Workshop: Bringing People Back to the Farm

Forest and Frequency: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Screening: Selected 15

Screen Printing With Jane Stockley

Film Screening: Cecilia's Story - Ghosts Of Yarl's Wood

"I'm the one with the torch": local boxer Ezra Taylor's journey to fighting at Motorpoint Arena

While the headline story from Queensberry Promotions’ recent Nottingham show may have been Leigh Wood’s unfortunate defeat to Anthony Cacace, in the same arena Ezra Taylor stepped into the spotlight - not just to win, but to announce himself. While it didn’t have the exclamation mark moment, it was a solid performance that marked a quieter moment of transition - a fighter beginning to find his rhythm on the big stage - and in doing so, offering Nottingham a glimpse of his next chapter. LeftLion was fortunate to be in the Taylor camp in the weeks leading up to, and on, fight night...

Jeanie Barton - the Swinging Silver Screen

Bbc Concert Orchestra: Journeys

Dementia Friendly Screening Of Dumbo

Rave On for the Avon Cinema Screening

Lunchtime Talk the Journey to Cosmic Titans

Musical comedy, Craig David, Festival of Science, and film screenings: Here's what's on this week 10-16 February 2025

This week in Nottingham! Head out with the family to the Festival of Science and Curiosity or the Sooty Show, go retro with Craig David and Lemar, check out some musical comedy or get into some thought-provoking film... 

Cecilia’s Story: Film Screening and Call to Action On Immigration Detention

Film Screening: 'the Commandant's Shadow' Plus Live Q&a With Maya Lasker-wallfisch

Screen round up: best cinema experiences of 2024

To close out 2024, our cinephile screen team share some of the movies and experiences that have shaped their year, particularly spotlighting those independent efforts that found a home at Nottingham cultural hotspots, like Broadway Cinema. If you’re eager to experience new cinematic worlds, learn about people from different walks of life, or just remind yourself what an excellent offering we have in our local cinemas, read on…

The Screen - Mo' Better Blues

The Screen - Eve's Bayou