University of Nottingham Museum, Lakeside Arts

Iron Age hillforts are few and far between in the East Midlands, and not very well understood.

However, archaeological discoveries from Burrough Hill and Breedon Hill, both in Leicestershire, are providing important clues about life and beliefs at these important fortifications.

This exhibition will feature a fascinating range of everyday objects from both hillforts, with a spotlight on a spectacular hoard of chariot fittings from Burrough Hill.

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National Justice Museum, Nottingham

Asking for It is a powerful and award-winning photographic series by Jayne Jackson that challenges the persistent culture of victim-blaming in cases of sexual and gender-based violence. Using a striking ‘mugshot’ format, historical styling, and period-specific photographic techniques, Jackson exposes the enduring narratives that shift blame onto survivors of sexual and domestic abuse.

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National Justice Museum

You find yourself in Nottingham’s Narrowmarsh, a cramped, smelly slum rife with criminal activity. The local constable has found you at the site of a Reform Bill riot where a local pub was set ablaze. You have been accused of a crime - if found guilty, the punishment is hanging.

Over the course of an hour, you and your team will move through our Grade II* listed Georgian museum, from the slums of Narrowmarsh, the exercise yard, and the gaol. Solve puzzles, and gather your evidence before deciding – will you stand trial and try to prove your innocence, or will you try to escape your fate?

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Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

THE ACCLAIMED NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo|Adapted by Nick Stafford In association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company

THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON RETURNS The National Theatre’s acclaimed production returns in an all-new UK and Ireland tour. War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical experience which takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.

Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a show of phenomenal inventiveness.

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Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

A multi-sensory experience for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their companions, offering the chance to gather and experience the collective power of shared stories.

A folk tale of love, loss and the interconnectedness of all things.

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Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Learn about Frozen Light's methodologies in storytelling and sensory theatre amongst the set of The Ancient Oak of Baldor.

Taking place on-stage, this workshop for carers, teachers and artists will enable participants to consider creating their own sensory worlds specifically for individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

Are You Somebody? is the candid story of Nuala O’Faolain, born one of nine children into the penniless family of an overwhelmed mother and charming but absent father. Nuala O’Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she ultimately became one of Ireland’s best-known journalists, her professional success did little to ease her longing for a deep connection to the world. She pushed at the boundaries of the confining Catholic Ireland she grew up in and has distilled her experiences into a wisdom that could come only from a woman who refused to shrink from life.

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Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF

Sir Robert Chiltern is the perfect politician—honest, upright, and adored by his wife, Lady Chiltern. At least, that’s what everyone thinks. But when the scheming Mrs. Cheveley saunters into his life armed with a scandalous secret from his past, his squeaky-clean reputation starts to look a little grubby.

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Parish Room next to Bottesford library

We are a group of writers from all over the Vale of Belvoir and beyond. We meet every month in the Parish Room next to Bottesford library. Each meeting has an optional theme that you can use as a writing prompt. We also love to hear your works in progress and to meet anyone curious about writing.

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Nottingham Playhouse

A powerful new production of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini’s spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner.

In 1992 in an Afghanistan ravaged by war, an orphaned Laila is left alone in an increasingly threatening world. Her older neighbour Rasheed is quick to open his home and takes Laila as his second wife.

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King Billy, Nottingham

Free minds is a monthly open mic night @thekingbillypub, join us in sharing our thoughts, feelings and words to free our minds! DM for more info!

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Venue Address: City Arts, 11-13 Hockley, Nottingham, NG1 1FH
Plus online via Zoom

City Arts are pleased to host DIY Poets, who bring their eclectic style to an online/offline hybrid event from our building in Hockley, Nottingham. Poetry of all kinds, from diverse view points.

The featured act is Caroline Stancer. There will be poetry from DIY Poets.

It will make you think, it may make you cry, but it will certainty make you laugh.

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Nottingham Arts Theatre

Award-winning UK gay comedian James Barr is bringing his Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) show to Nottingham Arts Studio Theatre on Friday 16th of May!

In a "unique, genre-defying" (ArtsHub) stand-up hour, fearlessly tackling the aftermath of an abusive relationship - from navigating online abuse from Piers Morgan’s fans to cancelling a flamingo adoption. Co-directed by Madeleine Parry (Director, Nanette Netflix Special). As seen on Piers Morgan and A Gay and A NonGay podcast.

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Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

K is struggling. At 18, he’s living in a world where everyone is rushing full steam ahead but himself.

He’s trapped in a small English everytown; a self-proclaimed ‘rain-soaked paradise’ in the bottom of a Yorkshire valley. A town of two sides: old versus new, indigenous versus gentrified.

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City Arts 11-13 Hockley Nottingham NG1 1FH

Spring has sprung, and it’s time for a quarterly get-together in true gobby style – come along to City Arts in Hockley for a joyful afternoon celebrating yet another season of being a blooming lovely bunch of people!

Aside from the oppotunity to catch up with old pals and meet new ones, the afternoon will include writing activities, an open mic response, food, refreshments, music, and – this is a GOBS first – a featured performance by Headway Nottingham’s Creative Writing Group.

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Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, LES MISÉRABLES is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals. In 2019, Cameron Mackintosh produced a spectacular sell-out staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones. Now cinema audiences can experience a unique encore of this incredible show to celebrate Les Misérables 40th Anniversary.

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Nottingham Playhouse

Have you ever wondered what influences the design of a production? Why an actor plays a character a certain way or what prompted the writer to make the play in the first instance? Then this is the group for you!

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