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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Bonington Theatre, Arnold Nottingham

Starring Tony-Nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier-Nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this award-winning production (including Best New Musical – What’s On Stage Awards 2023) re-tells the unbelievable true story of America’s most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Recorded live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

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West Bridgford, Stamford Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6LS, UK

A time-traveling comedy thriller by Alan Ayckbourn, Communicating Doors centres on Poopay who stumbles upon a murder plot while working for an elderly client. A set of mysterious hotel doors transports her back in time, where she encounters two women who were murdered in the past. Together, they race through time to try and prevent their own deaths and rewrite history. The play is filled with twists, turns, and hilarious situations as the characters try to navigate the complexities of time travel and their own destinies.

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Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Due to popular demand, following his sell-out tour, Sir Tim Rice, the multi-award-winning, internationally renowned lyricist, return to the Theatre Royal Nottingham with his extraordinary live musical theatre event – My Life In Musicals – I Know Him So Well.

The show will see Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, sharing anecdotes behind the songs – the hits and the misses along with stories of his life and live performances from the wonderful catalogue of songs that are synonymous with his name and that of his collaborators.

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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

The Nottingham Poetry Society David Holliday Annual Lecture 2025

The Melancholy Humour of Constantine Cavafy by Gregory Woods “Cavafy stands at the boundary where poetry strips herself in order to become prose. He is the most anti-poetic (or a-poetic) poet I know” (George Seferis) Cavafy was a poet of restrained manner and tightly controlled tone, a counter-Kafka who made a virtue of bureaucratic fussiness. Yet much of his work is about histories of histories, versions of versions, rumours of rumours, none of them definitive. The lecture will explore the exhibitionistic inhibitions of this most queerly enchanting and enchantingly queer modern voice.

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Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF

This smash-hit production brings Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel to thrilling life on stage. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog.

It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington.

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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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Five Leaves Bookshop 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG12DH

When Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason’s eldest daughter, Isata, made her solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2023, she could not have been prouder. And yet all this fractured when her younger daughter came to her in tears a few days later, having read abuse about her sister online. Isata, it was declared, did not deserve to be there. How do you prepare your child for the fact that no matter their talent, technique, or dedication, they will be told they do not belong?

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Nottingham Playhouse

Suria has lost her husband (she hasn’t misplaced him or anything - he’s dead.)

Join her & the kids in Turkey, on what will become “the worst holiday ever.” A trip fraught with new challenges: navigating bad advice, sympathetic head tilts… and the ‘W’ word. But the turbulent dynamics of a newly fractured family aren’t the kind of baggage you can just stow away neatly in the overhead compartment…

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Nottingham Playhouse

In 1988 a piece of legislation from Thatcher’s Conservative Government devastated lives.

DETENTION, Gary Clarke Company’s sequel to COAL and WASTELAND, explores Section 28, which ‘prohibited the promotion of homosexuality’, forcing the LGBT+ community into a place of secrecy, fear and shame; set to a backdrop of nationwide industrial turmoil and the onslaught of AIDS.

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New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Join us at 7pm on 9th May as the Hellenic theatre group Palkosenico brings to life the humour of Georgios Souris, one of Greece’s greatest satirical poets. Enjoy an evening of theatrical performances featuring a selection of his plays and poems, performed in Greek with English subtitles, in our Performance Space.

But the night doesn’t end there!

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Nottingham Playhouse

Sheridan is having a bad day.

Her church is closing, Adult Social Care are on her case, and she can’t work out which ingredients she needs to make a bomb. With no one else to turn to, she climbs the scaffolding around a leaking steeple with a few questions for Whoever Is In Charge.

Following a critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, Scaffolding is an explosive new play about strength, love and community performed by Kerry Norton and directed by Natalie Simone.

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Nottingham Arts Theatre

MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class west London. He presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based on your suggestions. Featuring brand-new routines for 2025! You’ll leave astounded at the speed of his brain, the spontaneity of his punchlines, and the stability of his upbringing. Jaw-dropping, hilarious, utterly unbelievable.

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New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the rich traditions of Greece!

Enjoy live music from Rebettingham, a local Greek/Cypriot band bringing the soulful sounds of Rebetiko to Nottingham. Indulge in delicious Greek food and beer and learn to dance like a true Greek with a traditional dance workshop. Plus, don’t miss a captivating Greek theatre performance by Palkosenico, transporting you to the heart of Hellenic storytelling.

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Nottingham Central Library

The programme offers a unique journey for artists to delve into the core of their passions, transforming them into compelling and multidimensional concepts for future plays or shows. Participants will embark on a journey to identify ideas that resonate with them on a personal, social, and political level.

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Online

Those that came before us left traces of their lives, their interests, their beliefs, their customs. Some of it is buried deep in the ground, waiting to be dug up generations later by curious historians. Some of it is prized and treasured, presented proudly in golden boxes and put on display in churches, the mortal remains of the holiest of holy. And still more of it is intangible, the ephemeral hints that something might’ve been here before. Was that something good? Or does it linger with bad intentions?

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Nottingham Playhouse

Heritage by Dafydd James is a darkly comic exploration of nationalism, conformity, and surveillance, set in the seemingly innocent setting of a village May Day celebration.

The play follows a group of young people selected to sing the village anthem, but beneath the surface of tradition lies a more sinister purpose. As they rehearse, tensions arise, personal conflicts, insecurities, and suspicions begin to surface, revealing the cracks in their tightly controlled world.

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Squire Performing Arts Centre

Fame The Musical inspired generations to light up the sky like a flame! This pop-culture phenomenon about the legendary New York City’s High School of the Performing Arts comes to Nottingham with high energy dance routines and toe-tapping tunes!

The show follows the final class of New York City’s celebrated school from their admission in 1980 to their graduation in 1984. All of the struggles, fears, and triumphs – from prejudice to substance abuse are depicted with razor-sharp focus as the young artists navigate the worlds of music, drama, and dance.

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Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham

Chicago: Teen Edition takes center stage, performed by the exceptional talents of Copper Elite. For the first time, this iconic musical will be presented ‘in-the-round’ at Bonington Theatre, creating an extraordinarily immersive experience. Set in the dazzling world of 1920s Chicago, this production promises a bold and thrilling journey through crime, fame, and razzle-dazzle, all brought to life by an outstanding cast of young performers.

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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 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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