Ping pong tables coming to Nottingham
Ping pong tables will be coming to Nottingham as part of a free street festival.Ping! is an annual summer event in which ping pong tables, complete with supplied bats and balls, are brought in to 19...
View Article200 vintage cars are poetry in motion for Byron day
Swanky cars from years gone by lined up along the grand driveway to Newstead Abbey, bringing a touch of glamour to one corner of Nottinghamshire in the name of charity.In just one of the events marking...
View ArticleThe Wiz star is a tortoise... and we interviewed her
Toto is traditionally played by a male dog – how has being a female tortoise affected your approach to the role? I've always considered myself a character actor, so playing against type in terms of...
View ArticleThe Wiz at Nottingham Lakeside Arts: Review
This is The Wizard of Oz, but not as we know it. It's been updated and relocated to 1970s Nottingham, and it's a musical. It's also the best Lakeside summer show from director Martin Berry since his...
View ArticleArt, theatre, crafts and music in new Lakeside season
The new season at Nottingham Lakeside Arts will include international music, dance, art, theatre and children's entertainment, plus the return of Lustre, the quality crafts event. Over 65 of the...
View ArticleRoyal Centre revamp is 'all about sustainability'
The financially successful Royal Centre is in line for a £3.5m investment that could make it an even bigger earner for Nottingham. Jeremy Lewis reports.The Theatre Royal's 150th anniversary bunfight...
View ArticleArt review: New China, New Art, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham...
A group of employees are exercising gently to music outside their hair salon when suddenly four blokes in ski-masks appear and dance wildly in front of them, bringing a note of madness to the scene. A...
View ArticleNottingham play uses music to 'inspire' children
Music and theatre have been combined to create a theatrical experience aimed at leaving young ears and eyes spellbound.MishMash Productions has spent the past two years researching how music can...
View ArticleUniversity of Nottingham success story stretches back to the...
The autumn exhibition at the Weston Gallery at Lakeside, Highfields, charts how Nottingham University College, with just a few hundred students in the 1880s, has grown to become the UK's first truly...
View ArticleDancing and parade at Diwali celebration
Thousands are expected to turn out for Nottingham's biggest Diwali celebration this month, which will feature contemporary dance, a lantern parade and an "interactive journey" to learn the story behind...
View ArticleWhere to see Leonardo da Vinci drawings next summer...in...
Turn-outs for the Lakeside Lowry spectacular, the Castle's Pre-Raphaelite show and Nottingham Contemporary's Hockney retrospective proved the city's hunger for the touring work of great artists.So form...
View ArticlePapplewick Pumping Station honours the man who led the way
The Victorians had a way with utility buildings. No functional housing for Papplewick Pumping Station – its two beam engines and six Lancashire boilers were enclosed in a Gothic Revival palace...
View ArticleNeverland at Nottingham Lakeside Arts: Review
With Tinker Bell fluttering around the auditorium as we found our seats, we knew we were in for something magical. Neverland, Lakeside's Christmas production, is a brand new family musical. It's a...
View ArticleProviding a strong cultural offering in the city
Arts and culture play a critical role in making Nottingham a place to live in, bolstering its reputation and helping to recruit and retain high-quality brains and skills. Here, Lakeside Arts director...
View ArticleWatch the Luminarium being inflated at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
Organisers of Nottingham's Wheee! children's festival, which runs at Nottingham Lakeside Arts from May 28, test inflated the centrepiece Luminarium. The giant inflatable light structure, called Katena,...
View ArticleWatch the Luminarium being inflated at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
Organisers of Nottingham's Wheee! children's festival, which runs at Nottingham Lakeside Arts from May 28, test inflated the centrepiece Luminarium. The giant inflatable light structure, called Katena,...
View ArticleUniversity Boulevard in Nottingham to close for resurfacing work
One of the main routes into the city will be closed next weekend as Nottingham City Council announces resurfacing plans. Roadworks will take place on University Boulevard, Abbey Street and Queens Drive...
View ArticleUniversity Boulevard closes from 8pm tonight: Here's what you...
One of the main roads into Nottingham city centre will be shut this weekend for resurfacing works.University Boulevard will be closed inbound for the whole weekend, and closed outbound overnight. Here...
View ArticleIt's amazing what you can do with four sheep testicles
The latest exhibition at Djanogly Art Gallery features pieces made from animal intestines, including a purse crafted using sheep testicles. MARK PATTERSON reviews Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva's Making...
View ArticleMark Thomas brings The Red Shed to Nottingham Lakeside Arts
Nottingham Lakeside Arts is not the first venue you would consider for a show about working class stories. Slap-bang in the middle of the rarefied campus of the University of Nottingham, it jars...
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