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Update on bid to be European Capital of Culture 2023

Statement from the 5 cities bidding to be European Capital of Culture 2023 On Tuesday we met with representatives of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport including John Glen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism. We met to discuss the letter sent last week to the UK Government …

Preparing for the grand debut

Dr Wang Qi recounts his recent trip to Beijing where he caught up with technicians at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeanthropology in Beijing, to see how the fossils were prepared for their grand unveiling at the Dinosaurs of China exhibition Earlier in May, the brightly lit laboratory at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology …

University celebrated in New Year Honours

Two members of The University of Nottingham have been recognised by The Queen in the New Year Honours. Shona Powell, Director of Nottingham Lakeside Arts, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her work in the arts- most notably transforming the University of Nottingham’s arts centre and museum …

Eddie Izzard and me: Sore feet, ice baths and fundraising challenges

On Friday Eddie Izzard is coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts with his show Force Majeure 333. Not only will he be delivering his stand up show in three languages (German, French and English) but 25 per cent of ticket sales will be donated to Life Cycle 6 – the University’s annual fundraising campaign, raising funds for …

“The ultimate story of good versus evil” — Dr Faustus at Lakeside

Marlowe’s Dr Faustus is on at Lakeside Arts Centre’s Djanogly Theatre until Saturday 17 May. The below is taken from the Nottingham Post and you can buy your tickets online. Director Martin Berry describes his latest production Dr Faustus as “the ultimate story of good versus evil”. And so, if you’ve already seen Amazing Spider-Man 2, …

Don’t miss your chance to see the Pop Art to Britart at Lakeside Arts Centre

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see Robbie Williams, Princess Diana & Paul Smith in the Same Room before the exhibition closes on 9 February! David Ross, co-founder of the Carphone Warehouse and alumnus of the University, has opened up his extraordinary private art collection to the public  and this is a rare opportunity to …

Pop Art to Britart – the unveiling

Pop Art to Britart – Modern Masters from the David Ross Collection opens at Lakeside Arts Centre on Saturday 23 November. This is the first public exhibition of one of the most important collections of modern art in private hands in this country. There will be 60 works in the exhibition, including works by David …

Inside Out of Mind – a powerful illustration of life on a dementia ward

So it was a normal Thursday morning in the press office. I was writing something, probably a blog, when I got a phone call from my manager who was on her way to see the Inside Out of Mind play at Lakeside. She had done a lot of work on promoting the production so was …