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3 Exciting Events In Nottingham This August

Got a placement or a student job and are sticking around Nottingham for the summer? Need some things to do to fill your time around the beautiful city? One of the great things about Nottingham is that it is always filled with events – you’re never short of things to do. I’ve compiled a quick list …

Oedipus – behind the scenes

In this guest blog post, Ella Hiscock tells us what it’s like to be part of the crew of the Oedipus production at Nottingham Lakeside Arts. Each year, The Nottingham New Theatre and Nottingham Lakeside Arts team up to produce a professional and original performance. So far, there has been an eclectic range of plays, including Dr …

Alternative Nights Out In Notts

Ever since I wrote my last blog post about surviving university as an introvert I’ve been innundated with messages about what activities there are available for introverts in Nottingham. Just kidding, I’ve had none. But I did think that maybe poor ol’ introverted fresher me might have benefitted from some ideas for some slighty tamer/ …

Das Bent

The blonde woman and the angry man look at me as one would a Tesco Value pork pie, one part anticipation to three parts certain disappointment. I am in the New Theatre auditioning for a play. It’s called BENT and it’s about a gay couple during the holocaust. ‘You are a gay couple,’ says the …

Hard-Headed Journalist

Today I was a hard-headed (or is it hot-head?) journalist. I had an appointment at the Playhouse to interview the artistic director about the county council cuts for an upcoming Impact article. And so I went armed with recording device, notebook and coffee: the three wise-men necessities of the journalistic world. I believe this was …

HMS Awesome

This week, my soundtrack would have been flight of the bumblebee. It has been crazy busy. This has been good from a distraction-y point of view but less from a quality of life-y angle. Oh well. Case in point: my eye. There were some bright points though! My friend who studied musical theatre in London was …

Rainbow Living

I don’t know how you’re feeling, but all the rain recently has felt quite a lot like pathetic fallacy for me (NB this is when the weather is used to echo mood for dramatic effect – yay English A Level). I loved placement, but naturally it was hard work, then I had a few weeks …

Catastrophe!

Memory Turn your face to the coursework Let your memory lead you Open brain, engage thought If you find there the meaning of what nutrition is Then a new piece of work will begin   Memory, all alone in the library I can smile at facebook Candy Crush is beautiful there I remember the time …

Ladding in London

Do you like Shakespeare? Do you like Merlin? Then you’ll love seeing Colin Morgan as Ariel in the Tempest! Points to anyone who got this reference: So I had a lovely weekend visiting my friend Carrie-Anne in Maidenhead I slept in one of the most comfy beds I’ve ever slept in:   Ate some of …

Week of Fun.

Welcome back! …  to the most intense term of the year! Considering I put on a play in the space of 3 weeks last term, that statement makes me extremely nervous. Yet with exams and coursework deadlines approaching at the speed of light, it make sense. However, before I lock myself out of Facebook and …