Jessica Millott

“She wasn’t a loving wife. She wasn’t even a good person. She was a liar, a cheat. She was a killer.” Page 208 Title: The Girl on the Train Author: Paula Hawkins Genre: Thriller Publisher: Transworld Publishers Published: January 2015 Pages: 316 The Girl on the Train follows Rachel...

The term noir is not something typically associated with puppetry; in fact, those two terms partnered is rather baffling and absurd. However, Ben Hollands and the rest of his creative team have done an incredible job of creating a production that is not only something fresh and new, but...

A wife who had an affair with her husband’s brother, a stripper who loves her boss, a bartender who wants to be a porn star and a sleaze who lusts after his brother’s wife – Lust, Liquor, Burn is an extremely appropriate title for this production. The story follows...

It’s the last week before students return to their hometowns and panic about revision. So, to calm the nerves, Nottingham New Theatre’s next production is set to be epic! Impact talks to Ollie Shortt and Charlotte Van Rhee about their production, Overspill. Firstly, what is Overspill about? O: Overspill...

The spring season at Nottingham New Theatre is officially underway as amazing shows keep spouting from the pipeline. This week Impact talks to Laura Jayne Bateman and Lydia Smith, director and producer of the season’s third play, Not About Heroes. So, what is the play about? LJB: The play is...

Pantomime season is back and Nottingham Playhouse is delivering a potentially perfect production. The performance was perfect in the sense of a traditional pantomime, because let’s face it – panto isn’t anything without the spontaneous and unexpected one-liners. The show is introduced by a short rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping...

We are now halfway through Nottingham New Theatre’s 2014 autumn season. Impact Arts joins Charlotte Van Rhee and Molly McGhee, director and co-producer of this week’s play, ‘Bent’ by Martin Sherman.   Firstly, what is ‘Bent’ about? Charlotte: ‘Bent’ is set in Berlin in the 1930s and follows a...