Attenborough Nature Reserve, Barton Lane, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, NG9 6DY

Enjoy the wonderful art of Kay Power exhibiting in the Attenborough Nature Centre throughout the month of July.

I have always been obsessed by art. I studied Fine Art at Nottingham University and spent some time living in Holland studying at Arnhem University. I’m originally Australian, now living in Nottingham.

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Nottingham Contemporary

In Summer 2025, Nottingham Contemporary will present Your Ears Later Will Know to Listen, a thematic group exhibition and associated live programme which considers how sound travels and transitions through cross-cultural identities, histories, and futures. Drawing on writer and cultural historian Saidiya Hartman’s methods of “foraging” and “disfiguration” the exhibition will feature sound as the leading medium to consider how artists have listened to and reimagined complex histories.

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New Arts Exchange, Nottingham

The NAE Open returns for its fifth edition with a bold, diverse and stimulating exhibition showcasing painting, video, live art, photography, textiles and sculpture.

Selected through a competitive open call, the featured works are by Nottinghamshire-based artists and artists from the global ethnic majority* across the UK.

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Green's Windmill, Nottingham

Early Universes is a collaboration between artist Alistair McClymont and the Gravity Laboratory at the University of Nottingham.

This series of images is drawn directly from scans of the surface of water in an experiment exploring the early universe. Each scan captures a moment just seconds apart, as the water evolves from steady waves into resonant patterns — mirroring our universe’s own transition from cold emptiness to structure.

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The Hurst, Shropshire

Escape to an area of outstanding natural beauty in South Shropshire in summer and find the time, the space and the peace you need to concentrate on your writing in the company of fellow writers and with the added bonus of yoga. Join qualified yoga teacher, Jenna Blair who will run (non-compulsory) gentle yoga and guided relaxation sessions in the morning and late afternoon.

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Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF

Legally Blonde: The Musical follows the story of Elle Woods, a bubbly and fashionable sorority president at UCLA whose life takes an unexpected turn when her boyfriend, Warner, dumps her for someone more "serious." Determined to prove that she can be both smart and successful while staying true to herself, Elle decides to follow Warner to Harvard Law School to win him back.

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Theatre Royal, Nottingham

West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical heads to Nottingham as part of its first ever UK & Ireland tour.

From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them, winning 12 Grammy Awards and selling more concert tickets than any other solo performer in music history.

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham

Join us for a reading event with Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, discussing their book Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds.

Trans Femme Futures envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionise our lives. Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.

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Nottingham Arts Theatre

Illustrated with excerpts from his plays Phoenix Rising (Lawrence), Divine Mountebank (Wolfit) and poems from Devils' Wine and Letters From Venice, the poet, playwright and theatre director Campbell Kay reflects on the practical, political and personal issues of using biography and autobiography in dramatising real lives.

The renowned novelist, poet, playwright, travel writer and essayist, D.H.Lawrence was born in Eastwood and spent his formative years in Nottinghamshire. A colossus of 20th century literature, with an international reputation, he frequently used autobiographical material to inform his writing particularly in his early novels The White Peacock and Sons and Lovers.

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New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Join us for the second series of Local Legends, a night hosted by the charismatic Chelsi that spotlights emerging talent from Nottingham and beyond.

Following the first edition’s success, Riddla returns to curate an intimate evening of raw performances, community vibes, and genre-blending sounds. A Producer and Artist shaped by the rhythms of Ghana, the energy of Germany, and the creativity of Nottingham, Riddla’s journey through Grime, Highlife, and beyond has seen him work with icons like Young T & Bugsey and the late Costa Titch.

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National Justice Museum

This engaging workshop invites participants to explore drawing as a mindful practice, enhancing focus, reducing stress, and fostering a deeper connection to the world around them. Using charcoal and other sustainable materials, participants will focus on form, light, and composition while discovering how public art reflects cultural diversity and community connection.

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Fri 18th July - 7:30 pm Upstairs @ Lincolnshire Poacher, Mansfield Road, Nottingham

All members and supporters are welcome to join us for our AGM.

This will be a celebration of another year of activity. There will be a short presentation by Guy giving some examples of the things we have been getting up to as well as looking forward to the year ahead.
The AGM is also an opportunity to become more involved in the project by joining the committee.

If you want more details get in touch.

guy@hothousetheatre.com

Worksop Library, Worksop

This year, Nottinghamshire celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the ending of the Second World War with Victory Nottinghamshire, an exhibition showcasing the war effort made by those on the home front and frontlines. From the darkest days of the Nottingham Blitz to playing its part in training the aviators of Bomber Command, Victory Nottinghamshire tells the story of the people and county of Nottinghamshire and how they helped the Allies achieve victory. Included is the story of the unique Home Guards Patrol Boats to the bravery of the Boots George Cross medal winners, as well as American Paratroopers and Bevin Boys; this exhibition will give visitors an insight into how all came together and played a vital role in the allied victory.

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Nottingham Central Library

Pop down to our Coder Dojo Exhibition and check out the games and digital creations made by the talented young minds who’ve been learning to code at the library. From building websites to crafting their own games, these young coders have been busy – and now it’s time to show it all off!

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Nottingham Playhouse

Join the talented performers of Rhythm Nation Studios as they perform in their biggest show yet!

A variety showcase of Musical Theatre, Ballet, Tap, Jazz Acrobatics and Commercial Street dance in a show that is bound to get you on your feet yelling “ENCORE!”

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

Nineteenth-century Kristiania is an unforgiving place, and work is thin on the ground. Roaming the streets of Norway’s capital, a penniless young writer searches for inspiration whilst trying desperately to make ends meet. Driven to extraordinary lengths, sleeping under the stars with his stomach growling, the writer’s behaviour becomes increasingly irrational and his world spirals into chaos. Hunger was Knut Hamsun’s first novel and earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.

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Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham

Journey with Sam and Jen as they navigate a parallel world where Shakespeare’s Works are reality and nothing is what it seems.

This topical play takes in Henry IV, Part 1 and Hamlet through the lens of the LGBTQ+ spectrum and does so with earnest, heart and humour, with just a little dash of meta.

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

Cunning Folk transports us to a time when magic was used to solve life’s day-to-day problems – as well as some of deadly importance.

It’s 1600 and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they’ve been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you’re facing trial. Maybe you’re looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might well have been cunning folk: practitioners of magic who were a common, even essential part of daily life, at a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane.

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Nottingham Playhouse

This practical workshop will bring local directors and actors together, using text from James Graham’s play, Punch. The first half of the session will focus on observing Adam directing a scene, explaining the process and with the opportunity to ask questions. The second half will allow directors to put those techniques into practice, working directly with the actors.

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

“Part philosophical treatise, part memoir, part history, Rees’s genre-bending meditation on hypochondria references everyone from Freud to Kafka to Seinfeld in a provocative search to find out why, exactly, we believe we’re sick.” – The New York Times

A free-wheeling philosophical essay, Hypochondria combines incisive contemporary cultural critique, colourful literary history, and the author’s own experience of chronic health anxiety to ask what we might learn from the hypochondriac’s discomforting experience of their body.

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Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF

Welcome to Marshwood House, where stiff upper lips meet Hollywood hips in a delightful comedy of class, chaos, and family ties. The drama starts when the British Earl of Marshwood declares his intention to marry the glamorous American movie star Miranda Frayle, much to the shock and disappointment of his aristocratic mother, the wilful and witty Countess of Marshwood. She smells trouble – and not just from Miranda’s Hollywood-sized ego.

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Nottingham Playhouse

Based on the beloved novel, this hilarious and heartwarming musical follows Adrian Mole, an awkward but endearing teenager navigating the trials of adolescence in 1980s Britain. As he copes with family struggles, school bullies, unrequited love for the beautiful Pandora, and his own unshakable belief in his intellectual genius, Adrian’s diary captures every moment with wit and charm. Featuring a fantastic score and laugh-out-loud moments, this musical is a must-see for audiences of all ages.

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Bulwell Hall Park, Squires Avenue, Bulwell, Nottingham

A Walk in the Park' is a new guided walking series hosting by Nottingham Green Guardians on behalf of Nottingham City Council.

These walks are an opportunity to show the public around some of our most favoured green spaces. We have an abundance of parks, and 54 Nature Reserves and Local Wildlife Sites across the city, so there is much to explore. Not only will we be able to look for, and discuss biodiversity, but also touch on the social history and heritage of our diverse spaces.

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Wollaton Hall, Nottingham

Elizabethan theatre is flourishing. But will a brand-new Tudor musical romp, in which Good Queen Bess takes to the stage herself, be the making of this heroine or spell the beginning of her downfall? The stage is set for regicidal rivalries, devious dramatics, and plotting playwrights. Beset by misunderstandings and a script that…let’s just say…needs some work, this production promises to be largely historical, always hysterical.

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National Justice Museum

Explore negative space and abstract pattern in this hands-on creative workshop with Shelley Hawley, inspired by the upcoming 30 Objects Representing Justice exhibition at the National Justice Museum. Discover how art can reflect ideas of justice, absence, and presence while creating your own expressive piece using bold shapes and thoughtful design.

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City Arts, Nottingham NG1 6DQ
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Birgit Friedrich is a German-born poet, fiction writer and language teacher who has lived in the UK for many years. Her works explores belonging, memory and the quiet places in between. Her short fiction and poetry has been published in various anthologies. She is one half of Dandelions Poetry and is currently working on a project rooted in Sicily. When she is not writing she enjoys being with her friends and family, or you will find her exploring Sicily.

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