• John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra @ Theatre Royal Concert Hall

    Classical musicians and orchestras are often ignored by students who believe they are pompous and unwanted in modern society. This opinion isn’t hard to sympathise with, when the likes of Andre Rieu prance about our TV screens, smirking whilst playing his violin with about as much musicality as a...
  • Sex Cells @ Nottingham New Theatre

    From the first minutes you can feel Sex Cells working. We open with individual spotlights on four women speaking dryly into headsets answering inquiries concerning sex dolls and dildo sizes (“They come in small, medium and liar”) before the lights rise on the beautifully designed office set of the...
  • The Duchess of Malfi @ Nottingham Playhouse

    It is set to disturb. Part of Nottingham Playhouse’s Conspiracy Season, The Duchess of Malfi is ready to stir and shake an audience, which is exactly what this production does. Although the term “disturb” may not allude to your typical conceptions of a brilliant production, it is exactly that...
  • Let’s Art-iculate #4: Has Harry Potter Gone Too Far?

    Seven actual books, three spin-off books, seven audio-books, eight films, six dedicated and money-spinning Harry Potter attractions worldwide, seven theme park rides, eleven video games, a trilogy of prequel films set to be released from 2016, and now the announcement of two sequel plays opening in London next year....
  • Agony Arts: ‘Do I have to be a teacher?’

    Have you ever had an arts problem that you just can’t get your head round? As a tortured, misunderstood artist there doesn’t seem to be any place to go and solve those arty issues that plague your life. We feel your pain. Well, Impact Arts  are here to save the day...
  • Interview: Sex Cells @ Nottingham New Theatre

    The second show of Nottingham New Theatre’s 2015 Autumn season is underway and promises to be full of everything a student a student should love – gossip and sex! Impact Arts interviews producer Anna Scholes, and director Will Berrington in his directorial debut of Anna Longaretti’s newest play. First,...
  • 5 Books for Halloween

    Ghosts, ghouls and all manner of spooky things (not just everyone coming home from the Crisis AllFrighter) will be making an appearance very soon… As the most haunted night of the year approaches, Impact Arts decided to choose five frightfully fearful Halloween novels for you to devour! 1.  The...