10 Things to Do This Week
Essays? Deadlines? There’s better stuff to be doing and it’s on this list.
1. Blue Remembered Hills @ New Theatre Studio A
Monday and Tuesday – Sold Out
Fringe season kicks off this week. Seven children bound around wartime Britain, but adult actors present a different way of re-examining our childhoods.
First show of the Fringe Season already sold out. Say what?
2.Voting opens for Student Leader Elections
Opens on Thursday until Friday 14th
Everyone knows this time of year as the ‘time you get pounced upon at north entrance and by Hallward’, but why not actually check out what they’re running for and make your vote count this year?
Eat their sweets and throw their leaflet away but make time to vote too
3.Bombay Bicycle Club @ Rock City
Friday, doors 6.30pm – Sold Out
Everyone’s favourite indie-pop band come to Nottingham following the release of their latest album.
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4.BandSoc Battle of the Bands @The Den
Sunday, 7pm, Free
Heat one of this year’s Battle of the Bands competition kicks off on Sunday. Entry is free so you might as well pop down and check out the talent the uni has to offer.
Band Soc mean business
Wednesday- Saturday, times vary, £4
The classic love triangle is presented in a different way this week by New Theatre; the shuffling of chronological events means that we’re asked to question why and how they happened.
Most boring New Theatre poster yet?
6. Lunchtime Concerts @ Djanogly Recital Hall
Tuesday and Friday, 1pm
This week’s offerings span the entirety of music history. Collegium Musicum perform a range of early music on Tuesday, complete with viols and recorders; on Friday see Contempo perform a selection of 20th Century music, including a piece by alumnus Ed Denham.
Lunchtime concerts to brighten up an average day at uni
7. Robin Ince @ Broadway Cinema
Wednesday, 8pm, £12
Robin Ince, known for his comedy on Radio 4’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ with Brian Cox, comes to Notts and gives a comic lecture on psychology – ‘In and Out of His Mind’
8. Threepenny Opera @ Nottingham Playhouse
Until Saturday, times vary, £8.50+
Brecht’s ‘Threepenny Opera’ continues until the end of this week, with a free talk on the play before Tuesday’s performance. The Tab were a little bit baffled by what went on, but go and make up your own mind!
It’s got a message. You figure it out.
9. 2-4-1 Burgers @ Spanky Van Dykes
Tuesday, all day
Yes, this happens every week. but it is really not an opportunity to be missed. Suitable for even the tightest of wallets, Spanky’s burgers are worth every penny.
2-4-1? You can’t go wrong
Sunday, 9pm, £1
Ropewalk provide a classic pub quiz on Sunday nights. At only £1 for each team member and cash prizes up for grabs, it seems silly to not give it a go.
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Bella Fatherley
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She just filed a restraining order against her husband
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‘I wish I never went back there’
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Give this woman the world
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He had a huge role on the show
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He apparently buys and keeps food in bulk and Gypsy wasn’t feeling it
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She already issued a restraining order against him and is demanding spousal support
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Prepare to have your head absolutely SPINNING with this viral car optical illusion
Ready to throw my phone out of a window
