Ten Things To Do This Week
Lots for you to do this week, including the official arrival of Christmas as the lights get switched on in town.
Conviction @ New Theatre Fringe
Monday and Tuesday, 7.30pm, £3
Two unhinged cellmates have lost their memory and are forced to co-operate as they try to remember who they are.
The Fringe Season is underway, Conviction is the next installment
Tuesday, doors 7pm, £8.50
Kerrang desrcribed this rock band as a ‘Surrey Trio with an ear for melody and appetite for destruction’. Here’s their newest single
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Christmas Lights Switch On @ Old Market Square
Wednesday, from 5.30pm, free
Time to get festive as the lights get switched on in the town centre. It also marks the opening of Winter Wonderland, Nottingham’s own Christmas market complete with an outdoor ice rink.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Compleat Stage Beauty @ Lakeside Arts Centre
Monday and Tuesday, times vary, concessions £14
Set in the theatres of Restoration London, this show is a colourful exploration of the rise of the British actress.
Tuesday, 8.45, £2.75
Everyone’s favourite cinema in Nottingham is showing everyone’s favourite Tom Cruise film in a one-off special.
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Greg Davies @ Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Monday, 8pm, £25
Star of The Inbetweeners comes to Nottingham with his hilarious show ‘The Back of My Mum’s Head’.
Opera North: Festival of Britten @ Theatre Royal
Tuesday – Saturday, times vary, £15+ (students save 50% Tuesday – Friday)
Opera North puts on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Grimes and Death in Venice to celebrate Benjamin Britten’s centenary. Expect a world class production and heart-wrenching music.
Midsummer Night’s Dream is on Tuesday
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @New Theatre
Wednesday – Saturday, times vary, £4
Mother Theresa and Satan sit side by side to decide the fate of the infamous betrayer Judas Iscariot.
New Theatre’s season is in full swing
Jason Manford @ Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Thursday and Friday, 8pm, £22.50
Jason Manford brings his brand new stand up show to Nottingham featuring a wealth of comedic annecdotes.
Wind Orchestra @ Djanogly Recital Hall
Sunday, 7.30pm, £5 for students
University society Blowsoc’s Wind Orchestra put on their autumn concert on Sunday with a programme spanning from Wagner to ‘The Lord of The Rings’.
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Grace Campbell
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‘I remember I got out the car and I screamed. It was just like everything went dark around us’
Bella Fatherley
Man jailed for nine years after killing Nottingham Trent student in police car chase
‘Our beloved Oshada was very close to our hearts and can never be forgotten’
University of Nottingham alumna died from stage four cancer while visiting family in China
Gwen Zheng died in March after being diagnosed with stomach cancer last October
Families of Nottingham attacks victims call for law change after killer’s sentence reviewed
‘Until the law is changed murderers will get away with murder’
Nottingham University introduces mandatory breathalyser for all students before lectures
This comes after attendance to morning lectures dropped to an all time low
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Enoch Onojighofia has been ordered to undertake 180 hours of unpaid work
Nottingham University students occupy Trent Building in protest of arms manufacturers
Students demanded the university ends partnerships with arms manufacturers
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Man admits to making bomb hoax in Market Square same day as Nottingham attacks vigil
65-year-old Vivian Mackay called police and told them he had planted a bomb inside a tree
Families of Nottingham attack victims back decision to put police into ‘special measures’
The decision means that the force will have to improve the way in which they carry out effective investigations and support victims
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Families of Nottingham attack victims say police boss is ‘hiding away’ from them
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Matty Healy has addressed Taylor Swift’s ‘diss track’ and is characteristically unbothered
Emily Smith‘I haven’t really listened’
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‘I didn’t expect it to be this big so quickly’
Selling the OC cast member Alexandra Jarvis has officially quit the Oppenheim Group
Jason Oppenheim recently confirmed her departure
Omg, MAFS UK fan favourite Georges is rumoured to appear on Celebs Go Dating!
Get him back on our screens!
Lauren reveals the ‘spicy’ parts of her MAFS Australia final vows that were cut from show
Jono should be thankful these weren’t aired
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Give me another reunion asap please
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Everything Richard Gadd has said about Jessica Gunning’s captivating Baby Reindeer performance
Francesca Eke‘It lived and died on Martha and we couldn’t have been luckier’
Okay, so what happens next in the Ellie and Jono cheating saga on MAFS Australia 2024?
Jono becomes public enemy number one
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Jess reveals she and Callum ‘no longer speak’ after he did something ‘unforgiveable’ to her
‘I wouldn’t say he’s a friend’
Hi Barbie! Meet the student who has written her entire dissertation on the Barbie movie
Not her supervisor’s name being Ken!
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They’re actually too wholesome
Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning has spoken out about people trying to find the real Martha
‘I think it’s a real, real shame, because it shows that they haven’t watched the show properly’
‘Taylor Swift pub’ The Black Dog staff have spoken out about chaotic week mobbed by Swifties
‘We’ve got a Swift half pint on the menu, which people can get for free if they sing a Taylor lyric’
