Nottingham Creative Community News

Theatre Review: Derren Brown

The multi-award winning master of mind control and illusion, Derren Brown is back in Nottingham with Showman, his first new live...

Theatre Review: Magic Goes Wrong

30 March 22

Ashley Carter headed down to the Theatre Royal to enjoy Magic Goes Wrong, the farcical touring show from Mischief Theatre and Penn and Teller...

Theatre Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

24 February 22

A secondary school boy who yearns for a life of stardom and a pair of killer heels

Theatre Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

09 February 22

A gifted autistic boy turns detective when his neighbours dog is killed

Theatre Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles

26 November 21

Frenetic fun on the gloomy moors

Theatre Review: Opera North - Carmen

18 November 21

Toe-tapping quality

Theatre Review: The Addams Family

10 November 21

They’re creepy and they’re kooky

Theatre Review: 9 to 5 the Musical

27 October 21

Three underpaid, overworked and under appreciated women fight back

Theatre Review: RSC The Comedy of Errors

23 October 21

A major case of mistaken identity in this gag packed farce

Theatre Review: Chicago

20 October 21

Crime is on the rise and skirts are getting shorter.

Theatre Review: Bedknobs and Broomsticks

08 October 21

An all new Disney toe-tapping magical belter

Theatre Review: Northern Ballet - Merlin

27 September 21

Merlin casts a spell in this magical ballet

Bringing Notting Hill to Nottingham: Actress Sapphire Joy Discusses J'Ouvert

12 July 21

Set during a single afternoon at the 2017 Notting Hill Carnival post-Grenfell Tower fire, J’Ouvert is only the second play by a black female writer to appear on the West End. We talk to star actress Sapphire Joy about the vibrant, soul-stirring production as it moves to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal...

Theatre Review: Father Brown

30 June 21

A Very Unholy Triangle

Streaming Theatre Preview: The Black Veil

21 July 20

The Classic Thriller Season is back and planning to creep directly into your home

Theatre Review: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

11 March 20

Ooh Betty, he’s back! Ian Douglas went to see Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em at the Theatre Royal

Theatre Review: The Taming of the Shrew

04 March 20

The RSC turn the gender tables in a tale from the Matriarchy

Theatre Review: Measure for Measure

29 February 20

Our very own Nottingham has had a visit from the big smoke: The Royal Shakespeare Company have graced us with their thespian tendencies for a few days at the Theatre Royal. We went to see their production of Measure for Measure to see what all this men in tights malarky was about…