Nottingham Theatre & Arts

Launched at the start of 2023, Trent Chamber Orchestra was formed to play pieces from the Classical era of orchestral music 1750-1830. (after Baroque period, before the Romantic) Their Artistic Director and driving force behind this new project is Derek Williams, former MD of Nottingham Symphony Orchestra and Nottingham Youth Orchestra.
This afternoon concert features composers, performers and inspiration from across Europe...
Beethoven: the mighty Prometheus overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor with Ukrainian soloist Khrystyna Mykhailichenko.
Haydn: Symphony No 104 "London".

Buy your own Ticket Here for unallocated seating in the Djanogly Recital Hall. NOTE this is not beside the lake, it is the low building opposite the car park.

Meet at 2.30 in Right side of the entrance foyer, so we can choose seats together ready for the 3.00 start. Look for Kate's red leather bag to find us. There is also an interval.

Next door is the University Museum, open from midday, currently showing this special exhibition...
https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibition/the-norton-disney-dodecahedron-exhibition/

Inside the DHLawrence pavilion by the lake, is the Weston Gallery currently showing this nice exhibition about the Leen River...
https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibition/the-leen/

If you arrive early you could take advantage of both these exhibitions!

"Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers us a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect for one notorious weekend in 1924, on board William Randolph Hearst's luxury yacht.
Sex and drugs and the Charleston!
The guest list includes film stars, writers, lawyers, money-men and the ever present frivolous flappers, but most notable of all, Charlie Chaplin himself, who has his own, more mischievous, ‘recreational’ motives for being on-board.
Hollywood wouldn’t be Hollywood if there weren’t a story of illicit love affairs, betrayal, substance abuse, cover-ups and murder. The Cat’s Meow suggests one of the more salacious theories of what might have happened to the Movie Mogul Thomas Ince, leading to his sudden and untimely death.
A stylish and sardonically funny exposé of corrupt Tinsel-town values; this darkly comic morality play is laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions."

Join me to celebrate my Birthday this week at our favourite theatre, watching the large cast entertain us with this 2009 play by Steven Peros. Interval ice cream will also be on the agenda.!

Buy your own Ticket Here £16.. I have seat C5

Meet at 7.00 in the upstairs bar, on the raised Gallery at the far end. Chats/drinks there, before we take our seats ready for 7.30 curtain up. Look out for Kate's red leather bag to find us.

"When families get together to celebrate a special occasion, there’s a danger that all hell will break loose. Particularly if you happen to be trapped for several days with all your relatives and copious amounts of alcohol,
It is Christmas Eve in the home of Neville and Belinda Bunker. Belinda’s sister Rachel is waiting for her friend, novelist Clive, to arrive for a few days. Heavily pregnant Pattie and her husband Eddie are at loggerheads while in the kitchen Auntie Phyllis’s efforts to prepare the dinner are hampered by her drunken and clumsy antics. Her doctor husband Bernard’s seasonal highlight is his puppet theatre entertainment and retired security guard Uncle Harvey has a rather unseasonal stash of weapons with him.
Petty squabbles break out and some not so petty and that’s before you add to the mix, broken toys and creaking marriages
One of Ayckbourn’s finest plays. Come and watch this festive classic unravel!"

Buy your own Ticket Here £10+booking fee. I have seat F10

Meet at 7.00 in the bar for chats, before we take our seats ready for the show at 7.30. Look out for Kate's red leather bag to find us.
There is also an interval.

Ample free parking beside Arnold Leisure Centre.