nottingham new theatre

We’re blessed here at UoN to have the only entirely student-run theatre in England, but we’re even more blessed by the incredible amount of time and effort that members of the NNT put into their fantastic productions. Currently ongoing production, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride,...

Based on Eimear McBride’s debut novel and adapted for the stage by Annie Ryan, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is a truly harrowing play which director Amy Crighton and producer Josie Hayden did absolute justice. From the clever minimalistic set to the impressive acting of Kate O’Gorman, Nottingham...

This performance, focusing on the supernatural, followed the story of four friends who were creating a film. Produced by Nottingham New Theatre, it was performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.  The friends were fascinated by the urban legend of the ‘Faceless Lady’, a demonic woman with no eyes. When...

Impact had the pleasure of chatting with director, Nat Henderson, ahead of the opening night of NNT’s latest in-house show, NSFW. Written by Lucy Kirkwood, the story follows main character Sam as he gets a job at the lad’s magazine, Doghouse, and catastrophe soon unfolds. When inquiring how she...

NSFW, written by Lucy Kirkwood, is a play that reinforces feminist views while seriously questioning others. The NNT production comes to life under the directing eye of Natalie Henderson, who does justice to the more serious topics raised without sacrificing Kirkwood’s bawdy humour. NSFW is set across two offices...

Written and directed by Florence Bell, Impact swung by to discuss the play with both her, producer Francis Simmons and a few other members of the cast, including Beth Summerfield and Laura Wolczyk. The play hits hard on 21st century concerns, primarily looking to desensitize stigmas surrounding femininity, whilst...

NNT’s Vaginal Discharge, written and directed by Florence Bell investigates the lives of four ordinary people seeking to understand their own as well as societies set of values and opinions. This was the first time I’d ever been to the NNT on campus, so I didn’t really know what...