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Victor Pasmore: Towards a New Reality is the most recent exhibition at the Djanogly Gallery at Nottingham Lakeside Arts, and was opened by UoN’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir David Greenaway, the Director of Tate Britain, Alex Farquharson, and the show’s curator, Anne Goodchild. Richard Perry’s most recent work was...

Perhaps one of the most well-known romantic stories of the late 20th century, Bill Kenwright’s Ghost: The Musical returns to Nottingham with a bang, showcasing some amazing talent and a unique reworking of the original storyline. While I would question some of the choice of actors within the production,...

The festive season gaining on us with such rapidity means one thing in theatre: the pantomime is back! This year, in response to the current Broadway and West End spectacle, The Nottingham Playhouse presents Aladdin as this year’s production. In Peking, China, a young boy, Aladdin (Danielle Corlass), comically...

The Amateur Dramatics Society, UoN’s resident crew of theatrically-inclined medics, rarely disappoint with their annual Medic’ Musical, and this year was no exception! Expect laughs, impressive singing, and unexpected acrobatics in their rendition of the Pirates of Penzance, on show at the Nottingham Arts Theatre until the 26th November....

Artistic, authentic and absolutely stunning. For those in the stalls waiting for the play to begin, the gentle singing of the cast could be heard, the first example of a sparing, yet effective use of such song. The play opens, “It was the best of times, it was the...

Dystopian doesn’t even begin to describe the terrifyingly dark play that is Mercury Fur. Think Black Mirror, but the scare factor and intensity x10. Joe Strickland and James Collyer have fantastically directed and produced the eerie, post-apocalyptic future, that scarily makes you think could come true. Despite there being no interval for...

A Beautiful Thing did not shy away from audience participation, and frequently invited the audience to play an active role. This was a fact which seemed to come as news to the onlookers at the Lofthouse Theatre, Nottingham, where the play was shown on the 22nd of November. Despite...