Theatre Royal, Nottingham

TV fashionista Gok Wan will lead the cast of Peter Pan as The Magical Merman along with TV personality and actress Denise Welch as Captain Hook, children’s TV favourite Paul Chuckle as Starkey, comedy ventriloquist, & BGT Finalist Steve Hewlett as Smee along with Kate Stewart as Tink, Molly Farmer as Wendy and Aiden Carson as Peter Pan.

This family treat will include all your favourites from Neverland including Tinker Bell, Wendy, John and Michael Darling. With amazing special effects, stunning sets, beautiful costumes and barrel-loads of laughter, Peter Pan will take your whole family on a magical trip to Neverland like never before!

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Nottingham Playhouse

The legendary Nottingham Playhouse panto reaches new heights with a giant of a show – Jack and the Beanstalk!

When Jack exchanges the family cow for mysterious beans, he begins an epic adventure when they grow into an enormous beanstalk. Join Jack as he bravely climbs to discover a land above the clouds, where a ferocious giant lurks in his castle. Will Jack outwit the giant and leave with his magic harp? And can he bag the golden egg-laying goose that will change his family’s fortunes forever?

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National Justice Museum

HEAL Collective with Cecilia Mwenda

A co-created documentary project enabling a personal story of immigration detention survival, justice-seeking and rebuilding to be shared.

It’s 2008 and a woman is fleeing gender-based violence in her unstable home. How do she and her 8-year-old son end up in Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre in the UK? And how does she rebuild her life afterwards, while navigating the trauma of a system that continues to haunt her?

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Nottingham Castle

Impressions: Nottingham’s collection meets four masterpieces from the Clark Art Institute, USA.

Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery presents an exciting new collection exhibition, taking the lead from four Impressionist paintings Artists Claude Monet (1840-1926), Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) that helped to define the artistic movement known as Impressionism.

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Attenborough Nature Reserve

Attenborough Nature Centre will be exhibiting the art of Paul Dyson throughout the month of January.

The exhibition is located in the conference room at Attenborough Nature Centre and will be available during standard opening hours. A proportion of all sales will be donated to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.

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The King Billy, Sneinton 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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The embankment, Nottingham

The Storytellers of Nottingham start 2025 with an evening of stories loosely connected to the colours of the Rainbow. It could be stories focused on one of the colours or maybe all of them, or maybe stories of rainbows or something completely different!

Whatever they bring the Storytellers will enthral you with colourful tales and all for the sum of £4 only (cash on the door).

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The Arboretum, Nottingham

We want you to be a part of our programme relaunch!
Join us at the Arboretum band stand on 10th January to learn all about Nottingham Green Guardians.
Come and talk to our friendly team, and learn about what we do, and how we might help you to achieve some personal goals through the Nottingham Green Guardians Programme.

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Surface is an arts collective based on mutually supportive professional development.

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to support early and mid-career artists, largely through professional exhibitions and events, and also residencies. Volunteer-run, co-operative and contemporary, we provide an affordable space for artists to exhibit their work.

Dave's World
A Solo Exhibition by Dave Irish
10th - 18th Jan
Dave’s World represents a fifteen-year journey for artist David Irish. Although there is a variety of topics and subject matter, it presents as a cohesive whole, an autobiographical voyage. The topics explored are direct without need of interpretation or understanding of art with all its modern complexities.
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Lazurite
A Solo Exhibition by Zillah Farey
10th Jan - 8th Feb
Lazurite features art fashion style illustrations with a focus on portraiture, form, and use of colour. The illustrations are mixed media and are notable for Farey’s signature use of blue ballpoint pen. Anyone familiar with Farey’s artwork from previous postcard and street art exhibitions will instantly recognise this truly distinctive use of colour, which again predominates throughout this collection of illustrations.
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International Postcard Show 2025
10th Jan - 8th Feb
Surface is delighted to welcome back the International Postcard Show. This vibrant, long-running exhibition is a highly popular feature of our calendar and includes hundreds of original artworks from established and aspiring artists from all over the world. All submissions are included, from painting and print through to textiles and illustration, creating a wonderfully eclectic mix of artwork.
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Greenwood Coffee Stop, The old bowling pavilion, Greenwood Road, Bakersfield , Nottingham

Join us for our monthly Litter Pick to help keep Colwick Woods safe and clean. We meet at Greenwood Coffee Stop at 10am and the Pick usually takes less than an hour. Litter pickers and gloves provided, all welcome.

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Palace Theatre, Mansfield

This year, Westfield Folkhouse presents that best loved of all pantomimes, Cinderella.

Cinders lives a poor, but happy life with her widowed father. Unfortunately, however, everything changes when he returns home from a holiday with a new wife. She is unkind to Cinderella, and to make matters worse, she has two daughters, the aptly named Ugly Sisters, who also treat her badly. But things change dramatically as a result of Cinderella’s kind nature, and her life is changed in a magical way beyond her wildest dreams! As with all pantomimes, despite many twists and turns, everything ends happily ever after.

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National Justice Museum, Nottingham

Many people have been imprisoned and executed over the centuries of our building's macabre history. Do these souls still reside in the cells and halls of this ancient gaol? Retrace the steps of those who were locked away here, uncover eerie tales from staff and visitors alike, and learn of the many paranormal experiences reported within this historic building.

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Learning Studio, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Take inspiration from our current exhibitions and explore materials, develop art skills and techniques whilst building confidence in a relaxed and sociable environment.

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The Malt Cross, Nottingham

Join us at the Malt Cross for an inspiring evening of poetry and connection as part of Dry January. There will be 2 x 45 minute sets with various poets performing. This FREE event is hosted by Girls Gone Sober, a community dedicated to embracing sobriety and tackling loneliness, while empowering women and LGBTQ+ individuals on their sober journeys.

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Squire Performaning Arts Centre

Written and directed entirely by the Nottingham University Hospitals Pantomime Society, this is a family panto for all ages.

We follow the adventures of Leif, the kitchen boy, as he tries to foil Winter’s dastardly plot to freeze Pantobergen. Can Leif and his friends get there in time??

The NUH Pantomime Society exists to put on an annual pantomime, with members principally, but not exclusively, workers from Nottingham University Hospitals or the NHS.

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Online

Welcome to the Crime Writing Workshop! Join us for an exciting online event where you'll learn all about crafting thrilling mysteries and suspenseful plots. Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting out, this workshop is perfect for anyone interested in the art of crime fiction.

This course looks at the crime genre, its subgenres and the many tropes within this. Engage in creative writing exercises which make the most of the tension and atmosphere in the crime genre.

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The Lace Market Theatre. Nottingham

A love affair is ended. Life and its priorities change. Suddenly the past resurfaces and lifestyles are challenged. Two lovers reconnected. Two worlds. Two ideologies. Rekindle. Reconcile. Remember. Contains some strong language.

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The Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham

A murder mystery and a comedy play rolled into one.’Actor Ray Martin is opening the village fete, playing on his fame as TV’s Inspector Brady. Little does he know that ambition, infidelity, and ‘marrow envy’ will lead to murder, and he'll be left to solve it, and ... without a script!

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Cock and Hoop, Nottingham

Welcome to Full Circle Poetry Open Mic, where the power of words comes alive in a vibrant tapestry of emotions, stories, and creativity. Step into a realm where voices converge to share the depths of their souls through the timeless art of poetry. Nestled in an intimate and welcoming space, Full Circle allows people from all backgrounds to express themselves freely.

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Newark Buttermarket, Newarks Notts

Over five sessions, this course will give you the tools and confidence to start writing poems. We will use real life objects and images as prompts for writing and use examples of different types of poems such as haiku to get us started, as well as understanding the techniques that poets use to achieve their effects. This course is aimed at beginners, so no experience is needed.

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Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Rachel Watson longs for a different life.

Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

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