Mayhem Film Festival 2019 will showcase some of the best features and short films in horror, sci-fi and cult cinema, through premieres, previews, and special events…
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An exploration of adolescence in Five Years
Based on memories of life at a special educational needs school, Five Years uses poetry, storytelling and direct address to explore an adolescence…
Meet Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest
Join Robin Hood and his band of merry men this August in Nottinghamshire’s Sherwood Forest, for a fun festival with outlaws and wacky characters…
Vampire reindeer and zombie musicals at Mayhem Film Festival
The 14th Mayhem Film Festival will take place at the Broadway cinema in Nottingham, from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th October, with a mix of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema…
Stroke survivors take to the stage for an innovative project
This autumn, stroke survivors will take to the stage in a daring movement and song project. Stroke Odysseys will tour the UK from Thursday 4th October to Friday 16th November…
Watch some Shakespeare in unusual historical locations
This summer, watch a unique production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in some unusual and beautiful historic locations across the UK…
Mechanical hippos and giant creatures in Nottingham
An iron man, giant pedal-powered creatures, a diabolical Mr Punch, a mechanical hippo and a host of marionettes will be taking over Nottingham this month for the city’s first ever Puppet Festival…
It’s Mayhem in Nottingham as film festival gets under way
Mayhem Film Festival will take place at Broadway cinema in Nottingham from 12th to 15th October, showcasing features and short films in horror, sci-fi and cult cinema…
The Spooky Dash, an alternative to trick or treating
Looking for a family friendly alternative to trick or treating this Halloween? The Spooky Dash will take place on Saturday 29th October in Nottingham…
Outrun the zombies in this 5K with a difference
Looking for something unusual to do this Halloween? Fancy a run with a difference? Try the Zombie Dash in Nottingham on Saturday 29th October…
A colourful 5K challenge with Run or Dye
Run or Dye, the world’s most colourful 5K, is making a splash in the UK with events across the nation including Cheshire, London, York and Oxford…
Mr Straw’s House
This week’s Curiosity is not really all that unusual from the outside, in fact it could be easily missed if taken at face value…
4 actors, 4 bicycles, 40 characters and a 926 mile adventure
The HandleBards, a cycling tour of two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, will be pedalling to a town near you…
Can you survive the zombie apocalypse?
Armed with no more than your wits and a map, you have to navigate your way across a city at dusk to find the Survivor Camp, encountering groups of survivors and bloodthirsty zombies en route…
A world of words in Nottingham
The Nottingham Festival of Words takes place from 9th to 24th February 2013 and will feature Michael Rosen and Alice Oswald as well as local writers, poets and storytellers…