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Jos Bitelli’s The Procedure at Nottingham Contemporary

Healthcare gets the Black Mirror treatment in Jos Bitelli’s hilarious, hard-hitting talk show

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain

12 June 18

Britain's best-loved detective returns to the stage at The Theatre Royal Nottingham...

Shebeen: A Tale of St Ann's in the Fifties

09 June 18

Awarded the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play in 2017, Shebeen – written by local bloke Mufaro Makubika, and directed by Matthew Xia aka Dj Excalibah – has its world premiere at Nottingham Playhouse this month. With the play set against the backdrop of St Ann’s in the fifties, we delve into the shebeens and race-riots of 1958, the relationships between them, and the stories being told today in our city...

Theatre Review: Shebeen at Nottingham Playhouse

07 June 18

Bea Udeh went to see Shebeen at Nottingham Playhouse...

Sara Poyzer is a Star on London's West End

26 May 18

After four years touring the world with hit musical Mamma Mia!, Nottingham duck Sara Poyzer is now smashing it in London’s West End. She plays Donna Sheridan, a role made famous by Meryl Streep in the film, but Sara’s feet remain firmly on the ground, and her heart still belongs to Notts...

Theatre Review: Squidheart and The Vortex

23 May 18

A night of all-female improv from comedy troupe Miss Imp

Theatre Review: Dollywould

23 May 18

Sh!t Theatre’s hoedown with the lowdown on Dolly Parton.

Theatre Review: Legally Blonde The Musical

17 May 18

Pink, feisty and funny.

Theatre Review: Flashdance the Musical

08 May 18

There’s a rift in space and time leading back to the 1980s...

Theatre Review: Queen - A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular at Theatre Royal

05 May 18

We weren't massively impressed, to be honest...

Theatre Review: The Jungle Book

19 April 18

I will fight any child who say they enjoyed this more than I did...

Theatre Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse

17 April 18

Live music, scary puppets and breath-taking scenery; Holes had it all...

Theatre Review: This House

13 April 18

You could be forgiven for thinking that bin strikes are just around the corner...

Theatre Review: Cilla - the Musical

05 April 18

Surprise, surprise, it's Cilla!

Theatre Review: The Power of Darkness

04 April 18

So what happens when Nottingham's talented young actors take on Tolstoy?  

Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty

26 March 18

Grimm turns grim in this gritty adaptation of the classic

Theatre Review: Grandfather's House

26 March 18

Shadows and puppets bring Grandfather’s House to life

Theatre Review: David Baddiel - My Family, Not the Sitcom

26 March 18

Baddiel's new show tackles tragedy with comedic wit

Theatre Review: Instinct at Television Workshop

21 March 18

The third installment in Television Workshop's annual season is a well thought out critique of social media addiction...

Theatre Interview: The Party Somewhere Else

18 March 18

The biggest party coming up is all set to celebrate women in the arts...

Theatre Review: Nell Gwynn at Television Workshop

16 March 18

The annual season at Television Workshop continues with a play about a gender inequality among actors four hundred years ago. Sound familiar..?

Theatre Review: War Horse

15 March 18

The horror of the WWI trenches seen through the eyes of two horses

Theatre Review: Enron at Television Workshop

13 March 18

The annual season at Television Workshop kicked off with a play about a financial scandal that took place on the other side of the world before some of the cast were born...

Theatre Review: Superposition at Nottingham Playhouse

11 March 18

One woman, a pair of high heels, and the universe – Superposition has it all.

Zoo Indigo Are Taking Us To No Woman's Land

01 March 18

Far from the generals and politicians who instigate conflict, the ordinary people who suffer in wars are often forgotten. In their production No Woman’s Land, local theatre duo Zoo Indigo – made up of Rosie Garton and Ildikó Rippel – shine a spotlight on the extraordinary women who struggled under threat of violence and rape to find a safer place for their families after the end of the Second World War. We caught up with Ildiko to find out more...
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