Emma Heasman

On the 20th and 21st of June the Nottingham New Theatre put on the Student Fringe Festival (StuFF), and though it is only in its third year, the programme of performance and art has shown itself to be an unmissable event. Alongside the vegan fast-food stand, Mocky-D’s, serving unbelievably...

‘All that I want is to wake up fine.’ Paramore’s realistic yet simple opening line sets up the new incoming sound from their recent album After Laughter. After four years of changes in line-up, including a legal dispute with former bassist, Jeremy Davis, and a comeback from original drummer Zac Farro, it...

Coronet Production’s performance of The Pillowman sinisterly explores the moral implications of violence in art and literature whilst injecting the play with surprising amounts of dark humour; staging a piece which seems unnervingly relevant. The play follows writer Katurian through a brutal police interrogation into the similarities between the...

Three years after commemorating their 40th anniversary, the iconic American band Blondie have released their 11th studio album, Pollinator. While listeners can commend the band’s ability to innovate and modernise after a hugely successful career, if the album doesn’t sound much like Blondie, that’s because largely it isn’t. Fondly recalling...

An intrepid band of adventurers have set out on a dangerous quest. Threats lurk around every corner, from grumpy barmen, to mysterious monkey men, to strange hybrid creatures looking for love. The adventurers will have to use everything they’ve got to survive this journey and complete their quest: to...