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An Enemy of the People Review - Nottingham Playhouse

Alex Kingston is best known for her TV work (ER, Moll Flanders, Doctor Who), though recently she has returned to the stage. She is...

Foxfinder Review - Lace Market Theatre

12 September 19

Adrian Reynolds checked out Lace Market Theatre's timely revival of Foxfinder...

Next Door Dance Are Heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

21 August 19

When it comes to performing innovative and exciting performances, Next Door Dance know how to bring the fun. Made up of four women based in Nottingham, they put on shows both within the community and around the country. We spoke to members Laura Savage and Jennifer Manderson about the group’s past work, their upcoming stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and what the future holds...

Theatre Review: Coram Boy

09 August 19

We were hugely impressed by the Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company's stage adaptation of Jamilia Gavin’s book, Coram Boy...

Theatre Review: Wait Until Dark

31 July 19

A blind housewife is in dire straits when murderous conmen target her home

Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing

24 July 19

Much Ado Theatre brought Shakespeare's comedy to the Canal House's beer garden...

Theatre Review: Stones in His Pockets

23 July 19

Dazzling, but Stones in His Pockets gave Adrian that sinking feeling…

Theatre Review: Avenue Q

18 July 19

There is something surreal about watching puppets have sex on stage

Preview: Nottingham Playhouse's Coram Boy

17 July 19

We take a sneak peak behind the scenes at the rehearsals of Coram Boy, Nottingham Playhouse's biggest live community project to date...

Nonsuch's Edward Boott: "Let’s not make art boring. The world is bad enough."

02 July 19

There’s summat in the water at the bottom of Hockley. Sneinton Market is thriving its creative butt off, local print artists Dizzy Ink have recently opened up The Carousel and, just around the corner, theatre company Nonsuch have moved into the old Service Graphics building on Lower Parliament Street. We sat down with Artistic Director Edward Boott to hear about the movements…

Theatre Review: Calendar Girls the Musical

27 June 19

The award-winning musical comedy is full of heart

Theatre Review: The Mousetrap

18 June 19

The legendary whodunit is back to where it all began

Theatre Review: Mindgame

12 June 19

Have the lunatics taken over this asylum?

Theatre Review: Zog

29 May 19

A supremely fun and endearing tale of an accident-prone young dragon

Theatre Review: Kinky Boots

29 May 19

Fresh from Northampton, two and a half feet of tubular sex!

The Party Somewhere Else Are Back...

29 April 19

After a year of plotting and scheming since our last festival, we are back with another week of female and non-binary led theatre and this festival is even more rammed than last year! This month we are all set to take over spaces throughout Nottingham Playhouse and (new for 2019!) The Magnificent Spiegeltent with a celebratory week of world-class theatre, dance, poetry, workshops, comedy, circus and cabaret all with a generous side-helping of Party.

Review: Casino (Work in Progress) by Bridie Squires

29 April 19

We went to Debbie Bryan's to check out the first steps of Bridie Squires' extended spoken-word poetry performance, Casino, as part of Big White Shed's event at Nottingham Poetry Festival...

Theatre Review: Turn of the Screw

10 April 19

Depraved spectres of evil intent stalk orphans in a remote house

Theatre Review: Rock of Ages

03 April 19

Big dreams and Big hair as Rock saves the day

Theatre Review: Wendy and Peter Pan at The Television Workshop

30 March 19

The third play in the Television Workshop season took place at Metronome and we were all hooked...

Theatre Review: David Almond's Skellig at Nottingham Playhouse

28 March 19

Skellig by David Almond is Artistic Director Adam Penford’s sophomore family show of his tenure at Nottingham Playhouse. Lisa Blair takes the directorial reins of this darkly supernatural tale, guiding the audience along a journey which boldly discusses mortality through the lens of magic realism, provoking discussions and placing lumps in throats.

Theatre Review: Brave New World at The Television Workshop

23 March 19

Written by award-winning playwright Dawn King, Brave New World is the theatre adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel of the same name. We got down to The Television Workshop, to see the performance as part of their 2019 Play Season..

Theatre Review: Georgina Lock's The Lady in the Veil at West Bridgford Library

22 March 19

The lesser known tale of a Nottingham-born aristocrat and her quest to bring Smallpox innoculations into general medical practise in the 1700s has been adapted for the stage in a one-woman play. Bea Udeh attended the East Midlands premiere of The Lady in the Veil at West Bridgford Library to out more about this fine lass of Nottingham heritage and her vast appetite for certain experiences underneath the yashmak.

Theatre Review: The Magic Flute

21 March 19

Opera North lay on a magical night, with bells on

Live Music Review: Fantastic Worlds

18 March 19

A thrilling film score binge from a top orchestra
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