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The experience of concert-going has faced a major shift in recent years. Platforms like TicketMaster and their dynamic pricing system, whereby the price of tickets increase depending on the demand, have negatively impacted fan culture. Many fans who have followed, supported and enjoyed their musical idols for years may...

Tom Hayward The former MI6 Chief speaks to Impact about leadership, resilience and how students may be more prepared for an uncertain future than they think.  The UK faces a new era of volatility, as war in Europe grinds on and democracy faces intensifying threats from within. Few understand...

Katie Barr Hamlet: The Rest is Silence isn’t your everyday Shakespeare revival. This reimagined, community-led version of the Bard’s famous tragedy was staged in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre Royal Concert Hall Nottingham as part of the Shakespeare Nation programme. The result? A heartfelt, occasionally uneven, but...

Leah Khor Nottingham’s very own Theatre Royal flings open its doors to the gloriously blasphemous, wildly funny musical The Book of Mormon, running throughout the month of June. Since its Broadway premiere in 2011, the musical has been spreading its banter and feel good tunes across the world, and...

Jacob Edwards  Ethan Tasch’s debut album Got Him! was the soundtrack to my year abroad — its summery indie-folk vibes and country twang were the perfect accompaniment to sunny spells in southern Germany. Now, he’s back with a fresh EP, Mixtape (Edit) that feels like it’s been lovingly curated...

Milly Rothwell-Wood Tuesday 27th of May marked the opening night of ‘Let the People Sing!’, the UK amateur première of Les Misérables and the performance at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal was far from amateur. The musical has been a sensation worldwide year in and year out, and as reviewer Milly...

Lily Staples Adapted from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel, this powerful production A Thousand Splendid Suns, tells the story of two women, Mariam and Laila, living in Afghanistan over a turbulent 30-year period. From the 1970s through to the rise of the Taliban in the early 2000s, the play explores...