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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It is one of her less well-known books. Hannah Walton-Hughes discusses why this should not be the case, its complexity, endearing characters and edge-of-your-seat plot line....

The Nottingham New Theatre presents a charming yet cheeky rendition of Oscar Wilde’s most renowned play, The Importance of Being Earnest. The play is a witty tragic comedy which comments satirically on the moral standards of Victorian society. The NNT have succeeded in resurrecting Wilde’s text to make it...

A play about two people who meet every week in a local cafe to fantasise about killing one another’s respective partners may, at first, sound drastic. However, M Craig’s witty, well-timed yet pleasantly dark comedy was, in fact, a joy to watch. Nieve O'Donnell reviews....

NNT have put their own modern twist to the classic Greek tragedy, The Bacchae, written by Euripides. Based on the Greek myth of King Pentheus and his mother Agave, this powerful and captivating performance is not one you’d want to miss. Beatrice Oladeji reviews....

Two girls, Laura and Lizzie, fight fear and temptation as dark things lurk in the woods. Like the delicious fruit the titular goblins’ sell, Christina Rossetti’s poem Goblin Market is ripe for the adaptation at the hands of the Nottingham New Theatre. Tim Ovenden was there to see it....

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak came out in 2005, and has since then been made into an award-winning film. It is a novel that has touched those who have read it, and leaves the reader with a good deal to reflect on. Hannah Walton-Hughes discusses its key characters,...

Ella Seber-Rajan and Abraham Botha’s ‘Beyond the Sky’ follows the story of an inter-racial couple Lizzy Darcy and Delroy Thompson as they navigate love and relationships in a period of rising tensions between black and white communities in 1960s London. Anna Bulcock shares her thoughts on the opening night...