• The Evolution of the ‘Night Out’

    Everyone is aware that the average British person loves a good night out, with many films and TV shows portraying British people as experts in the field. However, it seems that over the decades what this traditional ‘night out’ entails has slightly differed and changed. This may be a...
  • Representing Dance On-screen: A Now-impossible Feat to Achieve?

    Over the course of the last fifteen years, there’s been an increasing trend for the making of biopics about high-profile figures in the entertainment world, in part due to the rise in popularity of online platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. The world of music has been extraordinarily...
  • PREVIEW – STRICTLY COME DANCING: THE PROFESSIONALS

    With BBC One’s award-winning TV show Strictly Come Dancing coming to Nottingham this May on their 2019 The Professionals Tour, here is a short preview of what to expect before the stars of the Britain’s favourite prime time TV show step onto the stage at the Royal Concert Hall...
  • Danza Contemporanea de Cuba @ Royal Concert Hall

    Cuba’s flagship contemporary dance troupe performed in Nottingham for their first stop on their 2017 UK tour, and what an amazing start to their shows it was! A compelling blend of Afro Caribbean rhythms, jazzy American modernism and accents from European ballet, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba’s fusion style most...
  • Album Review: Purity Ring – ‘Another Eternity’

    On first listen, Purity Ring come across as some sort of otherworldly, mysterious, maybe even alien creatures. It’s difficult to pin down why, but there’s something about hearing what sounds like a child sing about sea water in her thighs or about inviting someone to ‘cut open your sternum’ so...