Emma Heasman

American indie rock band The Front Bottoms graced the stage at Rock city once again to spread the joy of their sixth studio album Going Grey (2017). Joined by supporting acts Brick + Mortar and The Smith Street Band, the high energy, witty lyrics and unique sounds throughout each...

With an all-star cast and a momentously high concept premise, Downsizing is an intriguing, slightly confused film from Sideways and Nebraska director Alexander Payne. Payne situates his latest movie with the biggest of big picture ideas: human miniaturization. He paints us a near-future in which scientists have invented a...

Don Broco took to the stage of Rock City to showcase their much-anticipated new album ‘Technology’, deservedly their first to place in top 5. The Bedford born and bred rock band absolutely smashed this sold out show, with a consistent high-energy performance that certainly did not disappoint. The two...

The Bradford-based quartet Glass Mountain took up residence in the small, barn-like room at Rough Trade on the fifth night of their ‘Wow and Flutter’ UK tour. Following an impressive set from Starwheel, the band showed off their talent to a room which was fairly empty of both people...

After four long years, the Michigan metal-core band For The Fallen Dreams are back with their long-awaited album Six. Over ten tracks, the band deliver their promise of having “something for everyone on this record”, although this does involve a slight compromise between their tried and tested sound and...

Goucher, Gale and Myer’s Hairspray does exactly what it says on the bottle: Nottingham’s Theatre Royal burst with colour and glitter in this feel-good, fabulous musical. Yet the rawness of the racial issues of 1960s America remains intact with the uncomfortable realities woven comfortably into the uplifting and energetic...

Written by Beth Steel, whose dad worked at Nottingham’s Welback Colliery, and directed by Adam Benford, Wonderland is a delightful celebration of solidarity among Nottinghamshire miners in the strike from 1984-85. Following the trajectory of six Nottinghamshire miners, Wonderland presents the harsh realities that derived from the National Coal...