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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Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Returning to Lakeside the ever-popular Luminarium, Architects of Air presents Myriad, a brand new design with its world premiere in Nottingham.

Be among the first to walk through this brand-new labyrinth of tunnels and domes, of colour and light, where daylight alone brings the luminarium to life.

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Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham

When the young and naive D’Artagnan sets out on his quest to become a King’s musketeer, he immediately encounters the dangerous femme fatale, Milady de Winter. After discovering that the musketeers have been disbanded, he makes it his mission to get them reinstated. But will his feud with Milady thwart him? And who the heck is she?

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Mansfield Central Library

Nottinghamshire has a strong horticultural tradition going back to the creation of the great ducal estates of Welbeck, Clumber, Worksop and Thoresby in the 17th and 18th centuries.

This talk draws on the wealth of gardening heritage remaining in the county. Philip Jones, a former local studies librarian, is now a freelance garden historian, currently researching the Victorian and Edwardian gardens at Newstead Abbey and its head gardeners.

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Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF

Written in 1984 by ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice, Chess tells a story of love and political intrigue, set against the background of the Cold War in the late 1970s/early 1980s, in which superpowers attempt to manipulate an international chess championship for political ends.

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Theatre Royal, Nottingham

For the first time ever at the Theatre Royal – a brand new amateur production of the world’s most popular musical, Les Misérables, in celebration of the show’s 40th anniversary

Nottingham Operatic are thrilled to have been asked by Cameron Mackintosh and MTI to lead one of eleven amateur premieres of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s multi-award winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables.

Since opening in London in 1985, it has won numerous Olivier awards and Tony Awards on Broadway. It continues to find new audiences all over the world – seen by over 130 million people in 53 countries and sung in 22 languages.

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Online

Get ready for some amazing spoken word! AccessAbility Arts is hosting a virtual spoken word event on Wednesday, May 28th, from 7-9pm UK time on Zoom. We've got special guest George Bastow joining us! ✨ Grab your free ticket on Eventbrite or email info@accessabilityarts.com to register. Don't miss out! #SpokenWord #Accessibility #Arts #OnlineEvent #Zoom #GeorgeBastow #Community #FreeEvent

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham

A controversial pick for this club- described as ‘genre-defying’, written by a journalist, this book has been marketed as an autobiographical novel and personal creative non-fiction. Why not pick up a copy and come along to debate which book club this should have been a read for!

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Online

This three hour workshop will run you through all the fundamental elements of pacing, structuring and editing your work. We will look at methods of improving your work’s pacing and structure, as well as a few small tasks to help you apply the principles. Then, we will work through how to approach that first self-edit before submitting to publishers/agents/self-publishing.

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Various Venues

This year, Nottingham Poetry Festival celebrates local, national and internationally acclaimed artists that align with our community values.

We warmly invite you to join us for the array of performances, workshops, debates, and all the other poetry-related activity we’ve proudly programmed together with the local creative community.

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Online + Venue Address: City Arts, 11-13 Hockley, Nottingham, NG1 1FH

City Arts are pleased to host DIY Poets, Nottingham’s oldest running poetry group, who bring their eclectic style to an online/offline hybrid event from our building in Hockley, Nottingham. Join them for an evening of open mic poetry, presented as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival 2025.

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