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‘Well, it’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat go…’ With the uttering of the first lyrics one is immediately transported back to the evening of the 4th December 1956 in the city of Memphis. The first song choice was crucial...

When you think of waste products of the meat industry, it’s unlikely that you think of ‘art’. The meat industry isn’t glamorous, and the waste products even less so, but what Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has installed at Nottingham Lakeside Arts using that very thing could only be called ‘ethereal’. Born...

This weird, wonderful and hilariously awkward comedy presents a mash-up of the lives and stories of the Brontë family through two actors’ very clever use of physical theatre. The sequence of short sketches, at once poking fun at and simultaneously celebrating the Gothic tradition, was beautifully simple and brilliantly...

Mystery and history are flawlessly intertwined in Nottingham Playhouse’s excellent production of John Harvey’s book-turned-play Darkness, Darkness. An excellent creative team and skilled actors wonderfully brought to life what will be the final story of Harvey’s Nottinghamshire based detective, Charlie Resnick. This gripping performance uses creative set design and...

‘Alvin Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the cultural heritage of the African-American; sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.’ This highlights perfectly the themes dealt with in the extraordinary compositions led by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The world-renowned dance company, born in the...

Coming with warnings for pyrotechnics, the discussion of suicide and full frontal nudity, Simon Beaufoy’s theatre adaption of the well-loved film ‘The Full Monty’ was guaranteed from the start to keep its audience captivated – it certainly did not disappoint. ‘The Full Monty’ follows the escapades of down-on-his-luck Gaz...

Who would have thought that a play about a 50 year old Labour club in Wakefield would be so captivating?! Mark Thomas’ play is emotional and hilarious yet ultimately it is political. His stirring performance and script transport, not only himself, but the audience to the Red Shed in Wakefield,...