Georgia Butcher

I had the pleasure of catching up with Joe Strickland, the director of the NNT’s latest production “X”. The sci-fi horror productions debut was last night and will be running until 10th November. “The best bit has been putting little homages to classic sci-fi and horror tropes into the...

There are three certainties in life. (1) We all eventually die, (2) we all pay taxes at some point and (3) US President Donald Trump will say something so outrageous that the ever-divided world will yet again ask the question as to how he became president. November 8th 2018...

As this year’s medics’ musical Legally Blonde approaches, I got the chance to interview several members of the creative team: Megan Laud (producer), Holly Richardson (assistant producer, ‘Margot’), Harry Pavlou (co-director, ‘Emmett’), Jamie Short (co-director, ‘Carlos’), Abigail Rees (choreography, ensemble) and Georgia Oakes (‘Elle’). Let’s start at the beginning; how...

In a year of countless brilliant and industry-shaking films and TV shows, a trend seems to be emerging. An interest in humans in space has gripped the industry, and it doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. Science Fiction has long been a popular genre, but arguably in...

Midlands-based soul band Stone Foundation recently stopped off in Nottingham as part of their UK tour. Impact were lucky enough to sit down and have a chat with the two founding members, Neil Jones (guitarist, lead singer) and Neil Sheasby (bassist). How did Stone Foundation start? Jones: “You’ve got...

We’re blessed here at UoN to have the only entirely student-run theatre in England, but we’re even more blessed by the incredible amount of time and effort that members of the NNT put into their fantastic productions. Currently ongoing production, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride,...

This month there are several continuations of different franchises. Hoping to score the awards-love that its prior film controversially missed out on, is the latest in the Rocky series: Creed II. Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy, taking over from Rooney Mara) returns in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, a...