Interview

Ursa Minor Apparel is an independent clothes shop found in Cobden Chambers (next to Bodega) in the Hockley area of the Nottingham City Centre. Impact Style chatted with the shop’s owner, Claire. Could you tell me when and why you decided to open Ursa Minor Apparel? I opened Ursa...

Five-piece alt-punk outfit Babe Punch have been making waves in Nottingham and beyond, having tirelessly performed around the city over the past couple of years. Their releases on Soundcloud – ‘Fixation’ and ‘Snake Tongue’ – have attracted praise from NME, as well as fellow grungy, fuzz-heavy bands like Drenge...

With festival season just around the corner, it’s high time you forgot about revision and decided on which of the many parties across the UK is to be graced with your presence this summer. With the huge variety of choices, many with hefty price tags, it’s not always easy...

Announcing his second album After The Rain, soulful singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich has returned from a three year hiatus with a massive nationwide tour, most of which has already sold out. We managed to catch up with him before his fantastic headline set at Nottingham’s Bodega at the start...

For the final production of this semester, Nottingham New Theatre are presenting Frank McGuinness’ Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me. Impact Arts spoke to director Will Berrington and production assistant Becca David about insanity, hostages and survival, to get their perspective of putting on such a challenging play. Can you tell us what the play...

This week, Impact Arts spoke to Tom Proffitt, the director of the Nottingham New Theatre’s next production, David Hare’s Skylight, to chat about the pressure of putting on such a beloved play, class differences and complex characters. Can you describe what the play is about? Skylight follows the story of...

Impact Arts caught up with the director, Laura Jayne Bateman, and producer, Aneesa Kaleem, of Nottingham New Theatre’s latest production, the explosive The Thrill of Love. We asked them a series of questions to find out all about the play’s thrills, spills and kills! Can you tell us what...