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Issue One/Autumn 2004
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Nottingham For Reel!
Shane Meadows
Chris Cooke
Miles Hunt
C-mone
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“Everything that I’ve done, right from
the beginning was born in Nottingham.
I always want to give something back.”
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Shane Meadows
Filmography
Twenty Four Seven (1997)
Meadows debut is a film
about a group of young
men living in a run down
area of Nottingham. They
are all restless and lacking
adventure or even the will
to try and find it, so when
D’arcy (Bob Hoskins) starts
up a local boxing club they
show varying amounts of
interest. The story is a warming one and, with the license to
improvise the cast are given, there are one-liners and banter
that will have you blowing snot bubbles on your popcorn.
This film was also something of a landmark for filmmakers
in Nottingham.
A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
A Room for Romeo Brass
follows the friendship between two pubescent boys
growing up next door to
each other on a council
estate in Nottingham. Hospital treatment and ridiculous parents are a constant
strain, but when Morelle
(Paddy Consadine) befriends the pair their friendship is tested to its limits. Romeo
Brass is a gripping and touching snippet of life. What makes
the film so watchable are the relationships, Andrew Shim
plays Romeo with plenty of heart alongside a hilarious yet
disturbing, first time performance from Consadine. This film
is superb.
Once Upon A Time in the Midlands (2002)
You’re very highly thought
of in Nottingham. How do
you feel about the city?
”It certainly seems that I’ve
been adopted… My whole
career has been born in
Nottingham. Everything that
I’ve done, right from the
beginning when I was doing
little tiny video festivals. I
always want to give something
back. I live over in Burton on
Trent at the minute, but I’ve
already been back three times
this week! Half of the crew for
the last film came from this
city, so I don’t just dip into
London resources, I’m always
trying to bring through new
people from Nottingham if I
can.”
the city on and off for ten or
twelve years. I was actually
born in Uttoxeter, a little
market town in between Derby
and Stoke.”
Your last film Once Upon a
Time in the midlands was
a departure for yourself,
working with big name
actors rather than the usual
unknowns…
Are you originally a Notts
boy?
”Having famous people in your
films makes a difference to
your box office, but it’s not
something I’d do regularly
because it doesn’t fit with how
I work. It wasn’t my choice in
the first place to fill the cast
with lots of big names. I was
half forced into it to be honest,
but I sat back and was pleased
there were lots of good actors
who wanted to do it.”
”No. I originally came here
when I was 18. I went to do a
year at college and I lived in
”I respected people like Kathy
Burke, Rhys Ifans, Ricky
Tomlinson and Robert Carlyle
and it was a chance to try
working with them. They were
really nice, but the problem
with working with successful
actors is that it’s totally
different to the way I normally
like to work.”
”Usually we all live together
for six months before I start
shooting, so I’m getting to
know the cast. When you’re
working with famous people
they’re so busy that they can
only turn up for the odd week
here and there. I enjoyed the
experience, but I’m going to
continue to work with more
untrained people in the future
because I think that’s where
my skills lie.”
of the film, basically because
he didn’t think he was good
enough to do it. I had found
Toby during one of my last
sessions at the Carlton Drama
Workshop in Nottingham. He
was about 20 when we met
him and came in with only
two days to go before filming
began.”
”The part is a lad with mental
disabilities, so it’s a difficult
role to play even with a lot
of research time. Toby came
in with two days to go in
almost the same way that
Paddy (Consadine) came in
to do Morel in Romeo Brass.
He’s more than ably filled the
shoes.”
Tell us about the latest
Nottingham actor you’re
unveiling, Toby Kebbel…
You’ve got a long held
working relationship with
musician Gavin Clarke…
”When I was making Dead
Man’s shoes, a lead member
of the original cast walked out
”We met at Alton Towers
fourteen years ago. I was a
clown and Gavin worked in a
burger van. He was living in
a caravan in the countryside
and I used to rib him for his
cockney accent. I got him to
put a band together when I
made Small Time and he wrote
the whole soundtrack.”
in it called Fantasia Burrino
and she’s really amazing. I
want her to win it. Quentin
Tarantino was a judge on it
last week. I didn’t feel quite
so embarrassed about liking
it when I saw he liked it.”
”By the time Sunhouse had
broken up a few years ago,
however, he’d sort of given
up on making music. This guy
Ted Barnes, who works with
Beth Orton, rang him up and
said ‘look you’re too talented
not to be working and they all
got together, formed this new
band, got a record contract
and it’s all looking very
promising for him now.”
You’ve just signed up to
your next three feature
films. Can you tell us
a little about each of
them…
What do you watch on TV
at home..?
”The first is called Mary and
is a dark film set in the care
system. It’s about all the
abuse that goes on in the
foster homes and young
offenders centres. I’m going
to be looking into things
in an almost documentary
style.”
”We watch American Idol. You
know Simon Cowell and all
that! The American one’s on
Sky. Every single week I’m like
a slave to it! There’s a woman
”The second film hasn’t got
a title yet. It’s a superhero
story within a council estate.
It’s the story of guy who
comes into Nottingham, to
work in a care centre on a
housing estate and basically
all the kids hate him and
treat him like shit! In the
end, because he can’t do
anything to help them in the
day, he starts going round at
night. No-one pays attention
to him by day, but because
he’s got this ninja mask on
people are more prepared to
listen.”
“The third one is something
I’ve wanted to make for
about ten years. It’s a
true story called King of
the Gypsies and is about a
bare-knuckle fighter from
Uttoxeter who is champion
of the gypsies. I knew him
for about twenty years, he
was a close friend, and it’s
the film I’ve always wanted
to make. Altogether it’s
probably going to take about
four years to do all three…”
I understand Johnny
Vegas is lined up to star
in one of your future
films..
”He wants to be the
superhero in the second of
the new films. We’ve become
friends and, by god, he can
drink! I went out with him
to Ronnie Scott’s to see this
Jazz singer Jimmy Scott
who’s been around since
the 1940’s. I have never in
my life put away so much
alcohol. It was three pints
and three chasers a round,
so after about two rounds I
was heaving my ring up and
he was just getting warm.”
Dead Man’s Shoes
is showing at the
Broadway Cinema
1st-14th October 2004
Once Upon A Time in the
Midlands was something of
a departure for Meadows.
After his previous two features he was offered the
chance to work with not
one, but several of the best
upcoming actors in Britain.
In terms of the box office
this is Meadows most successful film, but in the critics eyes it was probably his most
disappointing. Sterling performances from Ricky Tomlinson,
Kathy Burke and Robert Carlyle, alongside a few local actors
save this family based comedy from the bargain basement
depths of British comedy.
Dead Mans Shoes (2004)
A return to working with
small names and budgets and a return to form
for Meadows. Dead Mans
Shoes is a dark gritty tale
about a man who returns
to his hometown to wreak
revenge on a gang of drug
dealers and petty criminals.
Paddy Consadine takes the
lead role and is totally believable as a former army officer.
Toby Kebbel is introduced as his mentally disabled brother
and puts in a fine debut performance. Take the eerie atmosphere of Danny Boyle’s Shallowgrave and add the revenge
lust of Get Carter and you’re on the right lines.
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LeftLion Magazine
October 2004
Issue 1
Editor
Jared Wilson
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Photographers
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Contributors
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Al Needham
Bones
Gaz Smith
Guy Gooberman
Miles Hunt
Tim Evans
Tom Cowdrey
Roger Mean
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contents . . .
editorial
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5
Welcome to the first printed edition of the LeftLion
magazine. The very fact you’re holding this in your
hands is a personal triumph for us and hopefully
for the city of Nottingham. It’s certainly been an
interesting journey getting this far…
6
7
Local news for local people
Goodbye Young Man. A tribute to the man who put
Nottingham on the football map.
Wonder Stuff lead singer Miles Hunt writes
exclusively for LeftLion
“Nottingham is not a massive city, but we got
a lot of talent. All we need now is a decent
legal radio station in the city that is prepared
to play the kind of music that people around
here are making…” C-mone Interview
8 When is a computer game responsible for murder?
9 Nottingham For Reel
10 Nottsword
11 Shane Meadows interview
14 LeftLion events listings:
theatre/club nights/live music/exhibititions/comedy
22 Rocky Horrorscopes and Bones’ Fun Cave
LeftLion.co.uk was launched to the public on 1st
September 2003. Founders Alan, Timmy and I spent
several months prior to launch building it. Our
inspiration was living in the city and wanting an
entertainments guide like this to use for ourselves.
In the time that has followed, lots of interesting and
exciting things have happened. Respect to every
single person who has contributed to get us this far.
There are too many people to name all the names,
but you know who you are and thanks for all the time
you’ve put in! Thanks also to our friends for putting
up with us during all the late hours.
Nottingham film directors Shane Meadows and Chris
Cooke are both having serious success at the moment
and this month we spoke to them about the fantastic
film community developing in the region.
Likewise, there is a blossoming underground music
community that goes back years. This month rapper
C-mone told us about recording with the Streets and
the old days of OutDaVille. There will be plenty more
to come from that girl we’re sure…
Loads more information about things going on in
Nottingham is available on our website. As always,
if there are things that you think we should know
about then please do get in touch. The next issue
of the magazine will be released in early December.
[email protected]
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Nottingham
Voices
things people have said
on the leftlion forum
On Nottingham
local news for
local people
”I met my wife on a blind date at the left
lion in Nottingham nearly three and a half
years ago. I have since moved to the sunnier climes of Songkhla in Southern Thailand. (Songkhla, spookily is also derived
from the Yawi word for Lion).”
Idma
with Guy Gooberman
Please note that Guy Gooberman
is a fictional character and
therefore only as real as
the news he writes
”If you’re from Liverpool you’re a Scouser or
even a Liverpudlian. Mancunians are from Manchester. And if you’re from London you’re a Londoner, or possibly a Cockney. So what are we
from Nottingham? What’s our word?”
NJM
”If you’re from Sneinton your a Sneintonite
and if you’re from Clifton your a Cliftonite.
Bullwell = Bullwellian.”
Baron of Carlton
Nottingham
top for chavs
On Proposals for a New
Art Gallery in the City:
”As much as I love green bits in the city, I think
it’s about bloody time and pretty jolly spiffing!
Its time that art was not relegated to the upstairs room of a library or to the edges of a city
in an upgraded poly.”
Niffer
”All we will end up with is a place filled with
people who cant draw, dance or hold a conversation without telling you how great,
conceptual, mind numbing their work is.
They will also walk round with sh*t hats on
pretending to be Bob Dylan.”
Barry_Clava
On Graffiti in the City
”I can understand people wanting to catch those
that mindlessly tag every point they come into,
but when it comes to chasing down the artists
that are putting colour and life into our otherwise dull urban streets then we’ve got issues...”
Timmy
Left Lion to be replaced
Nefarious Belgian public artist,
Hanky Minstrel, has won backing
for his controversial plans for
market square. The famous
meeting spot of the ‘Left Lion’
is to be replaced by an 80 foot
phallus that will gush foamy water
when the Council House chimes
its bell.
Booze City Dance madness in the caves
”What I don’t get with tagging is if the aim
is to make people think more, but you know
when the majority see it they only think
‘what a mess’, why bother? Isn’t it all a bit
self defeating?”
Alan
”The whole point of graffiti is the underground
feel. Getting the sub-culture message across
right in the face of the rest of the world who are
forced to open their eyes to it - either to criticize
or appreciate, it doesn’t matter to the artists.”
Jamie
”Graffiti for graffiti’s’ sake, that’s when its at its
best.”
Barry_Clava
Make your voice heard . . .
www.LeftLion.co.uk/forum
The other poor lion will not
escape his Euro art touch, as he
plans to replace that feline with
a wooden puffin that will smell
of sheet metal. The Belg plonker
then plans to turn slab square
itself into jelly for passing children
to eat.
Rejoice
Burberry
capped
ones! Nottingham can add the
prestigious ‘Chav City of 2004’
to its ‘Britain in Bloom’ title.
Notts has been voted the top
Chav city in the entire UK, with
areas such as Top Valley, Bulwell
and Killisick having more Chavs
per square foot than anywhere
in Britain.
A Chav (or Townies, Neds and
Bazzas) are distinguished by
their penchant for caps, white
trainers and excessive amounts
of nasty ass gold jewellery from
Argos.
We’ve already seen on various
badly made, sensationalist
TV programmes how much
Nottingham is a violent ‘Booze
City’ but scientists have just
revealed the shocking extent
of Nottingham’s love affair
with alcohol.
Professor Bounce Rocket
explains: “Our tests prove that
78% of Nottingham people
are more booze then flesh,
which means instead of being
made of bone and muscle and
other such things, Nottingham
people are mostly just lager
and/or Bacardi Breezers held
together by a few strands of
kebab.”
Hegley Stump, from New Basford,
has caused a scene in a top
Nottingham tourist attraction as he
refused to leave without a dance
fight.
That’s correct; this addlebrained
old man is throwing down the
dance gauntlet to whoever has the
nerve to front him out in the damp
natural passages that run under
the Broadmarsh. The problem is
no one can find the aged hoofer
to challenge him, as he seems to
be lost in the maze of tunnels.
Experts fear if he’s not found he
could soon be dead.
Top art providing 12 million jobs
Nottinghamshire received a
massive jobs hoist when a new
bit of public art was awarded to
the county. Maverick artist Verge
Large-Stuff, explained: “Basically
we’re building a massive statue of
Torvill and Dean that will span the
entire county and we need a lot of
labour for a project like this”.
The statue, which is 3 miles high
and the width of the North Sea,
will show the ice skating pair in a
dramatic pose. Michael Crank, a
tax payer, said: “i’m a tax payer
and i’m disgusted that my tax is
being wasted on arse like this!”
Verge reckons that at least half of
the work force will die in creating
this art.
for painful laughs, go to www.lunch-break.co.uk
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Goodbye Young Man
Brian Clough 1935-2004
words: Al Needham
It’s May 26th, 1977. I am a ten year-old Top Valley lad
sitting in my next door neighbour’s living room
watching Liverpool parade the European Cup about.
“See that?” said my neighbour. “That’ll be Forest
in two years. You watch...”
I’d always had my doubts about
my next door neighbour, but
this confirmed them. At school,
no-one (and I mean no-one)
supported Forest. You were a
Liverpool or Man United fan
and maybe, if you were really
unlucky, your Dad took you to
County every now and then.
But Forest? No way. Sure, they’d
just got promoted the previous
week (by the skin of their
teeth), and their manager was
well known for having a big gob,
but they weren’t going to do
anything. Were they?
Six months later, you were as
likely to see a Liverpool or Man
United bag in a Nottingham
school as you’d see a Bros pencil
case today. Kids would roll up to
school, their jumpers encrusted
with plastic badges with phrases
such as ‘Withe Strikes More
Than British Leyland’ and ‘We
All Agree Nottingham Forest Are
Magic’. One day, someone came
to school with the lyrics of the
We’ve Got The Whole World In
Our Hands, and about 50 lads
marched round the playground
in a line, flares a-swinging, arms
round shoulders, bellowing out
the words;
only were we winning almost
everything in sight by the end
of the 70s, but we were doing
it in style. We were loved by
everyone else outside of Derby,
because we had put an end to
the reign of Liverpool.
I’ve got a picture of myself as
an 11 year-old in the Royal Hunt
pub in Top Valley, holding up
the European Cup. I still can’t
quite believe that happened,
and I doubt very much that it
will again (and not only because
the pub is being pulled down). I
see kids on our estate wearing
Arsenal and Man U shirts and I
feel nothing but pity for them.
They could win the European
Cup every year, but it’s not
really their team…
“We’re gonna win, we’re gonna
win everything – so stand up
and sing for Cluffeh the king!
Cluff-eh! Cluff-Eh!” And we
hadn’t even won anything. Yet…
Before Cloughie, nothing
happened in Nottingham that
warranted attention in the
national media. Sure, everyone
knew about Robin Hood, but
by this time most foreigners
assumed he was a fox with an
American accent, thanks to the
Disney cartoon. The last time
Nottingham passed across the
national consciousness was
Saturday Night and Sunday
Morning, a whole generation
before.
Cloughie might have been born
in Middlesbrough and he might
have died in Derby, but he was
pure Nottingham. Chelpy as
you like, stubborn as anything,
gobby enough to have a go at
Muhammad Ali on Parkinson…
and he chinned Roy Keane. He
was Nottingham’s surrogate
Dad, and we were his lairy,
sometimes bemused but always
fiercely loyal kids. Two particular
events spring to mind…
Thanks to Cloughie, everyone
knew about Nottingham. Not
During the championship season
Cloughie, getting narked off by
the foul language from the Trent
End, put up a massive sign that
read ‘Gentlemen, No Swearing
Please – Brian’. If any other
manager had tried that, there
would have been outrage, but it
worked. For a while, Forest fans
would chant “Your’re gonna get
your flipping heads kicked in”
and “The referee’s a naughty”.
The second event is the time
when Cloughie went batchy over
a pitch invasion and started
smacking up pitch invaders. On
the video clip, you can see one
bloke turn round and get ready
to give it back, until he suddenly
sees who it is… then he legs it
like a scalded cat. If anyone else
had done that, Forest would
have been hit with about 20
lawsuits. All that happened to
Cloughie was a TV appearance
where he kissed two extremely
sheepish-looking blokes.
Naturally, you can’t talk
about the glory years without
mentioning the tragic
denouement, when he stayed
on too long and Forest got
relegated. In fact, we should
talk about that, because I was
never more proud to be from
Nottingham than in 1993. I
was in London at Uni at the
time, and when people found
out where I was from, the first
thing they’d say was “Forest,
eh? What a team – Cloughie’s
ace, isn’t he?” And no-one took
the piss or rubbed it in when
we got relegated, because he
made Forest hate-proof. I wasn’t
there for his last home game,
but I stood at a Dixons window
in Brighton, crying like a Jessie
with pride at the reception he
got at the City Ground. What
other city would give a manager
a send-off like that after he took
them down?
It still hasn’t sunk in that Brian
Clough is dead. But then again,
it still hasn’t sunk in that we
were once the greatest team in
the world, either.
Life According
To Brian…
“The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns.”
“If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds,
he’d have put grass up there.”
“Manchester United in Brazil? I hope they all get
bloody diarrhea.”
(On Man Utd opting-out of the FA Cup to play in the
World Club Championship.)
“I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the
business. But I was in the top one.”
“On occasions I have been big headed. I think most
people are when they get in the limelight. I call
myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.”
“Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but
make a jumper has got to be a genius.”
(On Martin O’Neill).
“I only ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn’t
have hit him very hard.”
(On Roy Keane).
“I’m sure the England selectors thought if they took
me on and gave me the job, I’d want to run the
show. They were shrewd, because that’s exactly
what I would have done.”
(On the England manager’s job).
“You don’t want roast beef and Yorkshire every
night and twice on Sunday.”
(On too much football on television).
‘’That Seaman is a handsome young man but he
spends too much time looking in his mirror, rather
than at the ball. You can’t keep goal with hair like
that.”
(On England goalkeeper David Seaman).
“Barbara’s supervising the move. She’s having
more extensions built than Heathrow Airport.”
(On moving house).
06
no Smoke
Without
fire...
I’m a smoker, no two
ways about it. I smoke
therefore I am….
If the phone rings,
I reach for my
pack before the
receiver. Listening
to music, especially
my own (yeah…. we
all do it) the fag is in
my gob before I’ve
even lined up the
track. Strangely
though, two of
the most clichéd
smokers’ moments
(after sex & after a
meal), have never
applied to me,
preferring instead
a good kip on both
occasions.
Aside from the
obvious pleasures
I get from smoking,
there are other
advantages to the habit. The
bonding that goes on between
smokers is a hard thing to
reject. Finding a ‘tab-a-cab’, a
taxi where the driver lets you
light up, is one of life’s greatest
pleasures. Most often he’ll light
one up too, just to be sociable.
Nice, nice…
What I really wanted to talk about
though, was the inevitability of
‘The Smoking Ban’ reaching
our shabby little rock. I’ve
experienced these in
several other countries
and cities & it’s never
quite the same
thing.
In Los Angeles, for instance,
it’s been around for years. But
then it never bothered me there
as it’s virtually impossible to
enjoy a night out in LA anyway. I
once played a gig in Fresno, CA,
another ‘No Smoking’ town, where
I was told that I could smoke on
stage during my show, but only if
I could prove it was an “essential
part of my performance”. I said
“Sure it’s essential, I don’t smoke,
I don’t play, how’s that..?”
Californian authorities make laws
because as a society, they’re
terrified of each other. More to
the point, terrified of being sued
by one another. They are also
probably terrified of having teeth
that look like they’re on loan from
an Englishman…
Last year I sat next to a
Californian male on a plane,
who told me that LA County had
recently issued him with a fine for
smoking in his own apartment.
Apparently the downstairs
neighbour could smell his smoke
& reported him to the authorities.
It appeared he had committed an
actual offence simply by bringing
his existence to another person’s
attention. Land of the free….
A couple of months ago I was in
Dublin, where the ban has been
in effect since April this year. At
first, on visiting J. Grogans, one
of the city’s finest bars, I was
very uneasy as I sat down for
my first pint of Kilkenny. I shared
my discomfort with my friends,
but as the conversation began to
flow & the laughs grew louder, the
irritation subsided. I even
felt quite ridiculous as
I made an excuse
of having to
make
a
phone call, just to step onto the
street to feed my habit.
On the whole, and you know I
hate admitting this, I’m not overly
troubled by the ban. In my most
reasonable of moments (few & far
between) I even support it.
The Dublin ban introduces
one problem that I haven’t
encountered in North America
though. This is, the overwhelming
smell of farts that permeates
every bar, venue & club. North
American cities are well equipped
with their air conditioning
systems, but Ireland is not and
everyone drinks Guinness!! I’ve
never smelt anything like it…
The ban in Eire applies to ‘the
work place’. This can be a bar, an
office, a restaurant or a company
owned vehicle (this is the one that
amuses me the most). Picture, if
you will, three great big blokes,
sardined into the front seat of
their work transit van, a copy
of The Sun on the dash board.
They should be made to smoke
for chrissakes! It’s a great British
tradition.
So, will The Smoking Ban come
here? I think it’s more than
likely. I might even find myself
welcoming it, just a little bit.
Hangovers are a breeze when I’ve
not been chain smoking and I
rather prefer having friends come
visit me at home anyway. But then
judging by the ways of California
& Eire, I might not be too long
before I’m unable to smoke in my
own home. It is my work place
after all…
If the ban comes to Rubbish
Island then so be it. But please,
let’s work on getting those air
conditioners installed first!
www.leftlion.co.uk/miles
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Out of
the Ville
words: Jared Wilson. Photos: Joe Ryder
C-Mone spent 4 years in
Nottingham’s infamous
OutDaVille crew alongside
the likes of Lee Ramsay,
Scorzayzee, Tempa, DJ
Fever and many talented
others. They eventually
split in 2001 to pursue
different musical directions.
Since then, C-mone’s excursion
into solo femcee land has
probably been the most
successful of all her former
bandmates. The release of her
debut EP last year, might have
been low profile, but it was
heard in the right places and
prompted a certain Mr Mike
Skinner to call and ask her to
feature on his next album.
”This is a bit of an exclusive
for LeftLion, but there’s going
to be an album come out next
year. It’s going out on Son
Records and it’s going to drop
sometime between February
and April. I’m really excited!
I got the chance to work
with the P Brothers and Nick
Stez (my producer from the
OutDaVille days. There’s also a
couple of other collaborations
on there that will surprise
people.”
Is that collaborations with
Notts people or bigger
national names?
”Both. Watch this space…”
Tell us a bit about the old
days with OutDaVille…
Her appearance on The Streets’ ”The most memorable thing
A Grand Don’t Come For Free
for me was the beginning. I
is brief but could be enough
was sat there in the studio
to push her into the realms of
writing a rap and Big Trev
musical success that elude so
called a meeting about the
many Nottingham musicians.
group he was putting together.
He nudged me and told me
I met C-mone in Big Trev’s
I was in the group. That was
studios, just off Carlton Road
my initiation, no warning or
after rehearsals. She was
relaxed, but also lively and
nothing. I just fell into Big
clearly excited by her music.
Trev’s masterplan.”
”I spent years with
You still living in Notts?
OutDaVille running up and
Yeah of course. I’m still living
down the country like a
here and working away at the
madwoman. It was a great
community recording studios.
learning experience. There
It’s still all about Nottingham. I were good points and there
don’t see why I should move!!” were bad points, but I’ve got a
lot of good memories.”
”When we recorded the first
You’ve been recording
tunes we were so broke. There
lots of new stuff recently I
were no grants coming into the
hear?
Sophie Johnson-Hill
Another former laydee
from OutDaVille, Sophie
started out as a choirgirl
at St Peters church. Her
willingness to experiment,
however, has led her into
hiphop. Nowadays she’s
recording with Nottingham
label Dealmaker, alongside
other ODV veterans
Scorzayzee and Karizma.
She’s currently on a 6month break from singing
after being warned about
potential damage to her
throat as she explained to
LeftLion. “I miss my top
range and the break might
mean I get those high
notes again. Music is my
therapy and I’m going to
be bursting with melodies
when I get back.”
Community centre at that time
at all. We had this battered
Atari computer and Nick (Stez)
was sampling on a broken
Technics deck and we were
in a shack because the studio
had been flooded. I remember
helping Trev to unplug all
the equipment, with water
everywhere. I could have got
fried…it was properly messy!”
That carnage seems a long
way from your success
these days. How did you
hook up with Mike Skinner?
”He heard my debut EP release
on Son records and liked
my accent, so I got called
by his people to do a verse.
Sometimes labels call you up
and end up using your verse
on a remix, so I thought I’d
go down, make a little bit of
money and that’d be it.”
”When I got there I walked
in the studio and Mike was
sat there. His laptop was in
front of him, all ready to go
and he just really relaxed. He
was really simple and down to
earth. Afterwards he caught
the tube back with us and then
went off about his business…”
”A few months later when I
heard a copy of the album I
was well happy! It’s out there.
I do get people coming up
to me asking me questions,
telling me it’s at number three
in the album charts and stuff.
It seems surreal, but at the
end of the day it is a great
thing for me. I’ve had feedback
from America and Europe and
elsewhere…
If you could make a track
with anyone who would you
choose?
”I’ve been asked this before
and said Prince because I
think together we could make
something crazy. I’d like to
work with Vadim, I like Phi Life
Cypher, I’d also like to work
with Rapper Ru from Smokes
and Bluntz in Notts. I’ve tried
to get him in the studio a lot
and he keeps saying he’s going
to but he’s really hard to pin
down. ”
What are your favourite
places in Notts?
”The cashpoint!! No seriously,
there’s a Chinese restaurant
in Hockley that I really like
and there’s always the studio.
I used to go out clubbing all
the time, but now I get really
bored! I still like good hiphop
nights tho. I go to the Bomb
every now and then and I’m
looking forward to seeing The
Roots play at Rock City in
November.”
What UK acts are you
particularly feeling at the
moment?
”I like what Estelle is doing. I
love Dizzee Rascal. I don’t care
what anyone wants to say, I
love him and think his music
is amazing. From Notts I love
Mr 45, I think he’s an amazing
rapper. He’s a timeless emcee.
I think Lee Ramsay is really
underrated. He’s got so much
skill it’s scary. There’s a load of
new youths out there as well.”
”Check out the dark whisper
label coming out in 2005. It’s
my own label and there are
going to be lots of new artists
on there such as Smiley, Matic
and Paris One ( female from
Radford who’s done some stuff
with Sweet Dreams).”
Anything else you want to
say..?
”Yes. Nottingham is not a
massive city, but we got a lot
of talent. The support we get
is good and whenever I’ve
gigged here it’s always been
love. Keep it up at LeftLion! All
we need now is a decent legal
radio station in the city that is
prepared to play the kind of
music that people around here
are making…”
Marga Boys
Lee Ramsay is still only in his mid-twenties,
which is surprising when you consider that
has been rocking Nottingham for a decade.
He is currently working on his ‘Marga Boys’
project, a collaborative which also heavily
features ODV producer Nick Stez and multi
talented musician Pij.
We hooked up with them for a chat a while
ago to hear their new sounds. Lee told us
“Wherever we go it’s going to be exciting.
Whereas before we might not have gone to
some of these places, now we want to try
everything.”
Full interview and
audio samples on
www.leftlion.co.uk
Full interview and audio samples on
www.leftlion.co.uk
08
*
how sick is
this game . . .
words: Gaz Smith
Recently I was motivated to resume playing a
PS2 game, which had remained dormant on my
shelf for quite some time. The reason for this
,
renewed motivation was it s involvement in
recent publicity surrounding a murder case...
I remember the day I
purchased Manhunt from
Another World. When I
approached the counter
the woman muttered under
her breath ‘Manhunt…
sick’. Whether she knew I
had heard her or not didn’t
matter. The truth is that I
knew a lot about the game,
but even I wasn’t quite
prepared for its content…
The tabloids, the justice
system, Curry’s, Dixon’s
and even Tony Blair want
Manhunt banned! The
reason for this negative
publicity is that it was
alleged to have driven
Warren LeBlanc, 17, to
murder Stefan Pakeerah
earlier this year in
Leicestershire. This kind of
press always irritates me,
whether it’s a notoriously
violent film, segmented
satanic death metal verses
or a post-watershed TV
programme. Surely anyone
in their right mind can make
the decision between the
real world and fantasy…?
The basic premise behind
Manhunt is simple. You are
a very very bad man and at
the start of the game, you’re
to be executed. However,
someone gets you out of the
execution chamber alive and
will only let you live if you
follow his directions. This
man is, in fact, the ‘Director’
of the game. He instructs
you on the basics and gives
you the ‘motivation’ for
each scene. This generally
translates to killing
anything with a pulse. In
order to really impress the
director, you need do this
in the most violent manner
possible…
Other adult games that
Rockstar have produced
include the ‘Grand Theft
Auto’ series. The third
chapter has the player
controlling a character on
a quest to ‘own’ the city.
This is acheived by going
through just about every
heinous activity known
to man, such as extortion,
protection, murder,
mugging, car theft and
property development. The
beauty of the game is the
freedom to do just about
anything, particularly in
terms of breaking the law.
It is this theme that
Rockstar have exploited
that concerns me. I am
an avid gamer and enjoy
video games as a means
of escapism from the
hum drum of daily life.
Looking back on yesteryear,
however, I feel nostalgic for
the likes of Sonic and Mario,
both of which appealed
on less brutal levels with
cutesy looks and basic
gameplay.
Nowadays we have photorealistic graphics with
which developers are
free to create just about
anything real or unreal.
They often use these to
create brutal scenes of
murder and violence. So,
if an average kid plays
something like Manhunt
long enough are they likely
to mimic its content? In my
opinion no, but perhaps if
the person playing such
a game already has an
unstable state of mind
and difficulty determining
reality from fantasy then
they may commit crime
of any sort regardless of
outside cultural influences.
It’s also worth pointing
out that Manhunt was
originally released with an
18 certificate and that both
LeBlanc and Pakeerah were
under this age at the time of
the incident.
Manhunt could be definitely
classed as a ‘snuff’ game.
Dan Houser the executive
producer of Manhunt and
other Rockstar games (Max
Payne, GTA 3 + Vice City)
seems to have found a
niche in producing games
that would be illegal if
produced in film format. As
a hardcore gamer, I have
to admit that the makers
have once again pushed
the boundaries in creating
almost total freedom
and that it’s slightly
discomforting.
09
Nottingham For Reel
One For The Road is the debut feature film from the
Nottingham-based film director Chris Cooke. It tells the
tale of a group of alcoholics who meet at an AA class, but
soon head off to the pub together to hatch crazy plans to
make money. words: Jared Wilson. photos: Dom Henry
The film will be released
on DVD in November and
was shot in locations
throughout Nottingham.
It was made with financial
support from local agency
EM-Media and features a
strong Nottingham cast
and crew. It received rave
reviews in the national
press during it’s cinema
run earlier this year.
Chris Cooke is one person
who seems to have his feet on
the ground, despite the lavish praise. In conversation he
immediately puts you at ease
with his dry self-depreciating
sense of humour. I spoke to
him one bleak Tuesday morning…
You must be pleased with
the success of One For The
Road…
”Yeah, I’m really happy. It’s
had a fairly limited release,
but it’s been a good one.
We’ve had some excellent
reviews in the national press.
The audiences I’ve spoken to
also seemed to enjoy it.“
Some of the Nottingham
actors are brilliant in this
film…
”Absolutely! When we were
auditioning for Shifting Units,
the short that lead to this
feature, a mate of mine was
saying that the guy we wanted
to play Paul was Rupert Proctor. He came in for his audition last and, to be honest, I
should have listened to her
from the beginning. He walked
in and he was the part.”
”The same thing goes with
Mark Devenport. He’s another
local filmmaker and actor and
he was absolutely brilliant.
He’s one of the best comedy
writers and short filmmakers
in this region anyway and I
wrote the character especially
for him.”
It must have been quite a
contrast between working
with those guys and alongside a classic actor like
Hywel Bennet?
The only way is up for Nottingham director Chris Cooke; Chris Cooke with fellow director and One For The Road star Mark Devenport
”He’s a great actor and he really looks the part. The great
thing about him, compared
to the other actors, is that he
comes from a totally different
tradition. It worked really well,
because he was like an island
that everyone else was kind of
swimming around.”
It seems that the film-making community in Nottingham is thriving at the
moment…
“There is a really good network here and I think it is
growing. There really are loads
of people making films all the
time. Some people are doing
it on an outsider level, sometimes with really low budgets
and others with a little funding.”
”The sense of community is
definitely one of the things
that kept me going. I was unemployed for about five years
and during that time I worked
on as many shorts as I could.
There was always someone
who needed a runner or a
sound recorder or someone to
do the lighting or whatever.
It was a really good nurturing
ground… and it still is.”
10
Nottingham For Reel continued...
Are you a fan of Shane
Meadows’ work?
”Absolutely. I’m dying to
see his new film Dead Mans
Shoes. I’ve heard so much
about it and always look out
for what he’s doing…”
Are you still going to use
DV tape to film on?
”Yeah, I’m sticking with it!
It’s a double-edged sword
because it allows me to get
much closer to the actors and
I can afford to experiment a
lot more than I could on film.
On the other hand you end
up with far too much footage.
There was something like a
90 to 1 ratio for One For The
Road. It can be a nightmare
in the edit suite.”
What are you working on
at the moment?
”A comedy about death and
grief. A woman flies out to
the French Alps to pick her
brother up after he’s spent
months out there leading
a hedonistic life. The story
follows them on the journey
back to Nottingham for their
mother’s funeral. The closer
they get to home, the more
honest they become with
each other.”
”It’s a bleak subject, but
I chose it because I think
that’s where the routes of
comedy lie. The failure of
communication is one of the
things that I really enjoy
writing about.”
I understand you’re also
developing a British wrestling movie..?
”Another bleak black comedy,
because I can’t stop myself.
Nottsword
Wrestling is one of those
things where everything is
fake apart from the physical pain. There’s something
about the way that people
create characters that I was
really fascinated by. You
create another identity and
it becomes a facet or an
extension of who you are
and can reveal more about
yourself than you’d like. You
escape from things, but you
can never really escape from
yourself…”
One For The Road (2004)
One For The Road,
Cooke’s debut feature, is a poignant,
blackly comic view
on male bonding and
the unreliability of
friendship through
drink. A bunch of
recovering alcoholics meet at an AA
class, only to decide
to take a group journey to the pub. Whilst there they
begin to hatch plans to make themselves rich and try
to cover up the emerging darkness in their personal
lives.
If you were a wrestler
what would your character be?
The stalwart cast of character actors is led by Hywel
Bennett (The Family Way, TV’s Shelley), and features
Nottingham-based actors such as Rupert Proctor
(Heartlands, Notting Hill) and Greg Chisholm (TV’s
Holby City). This is the wry downbeat world of The
Office seen after a very heavy session!!
”The fat bald one. There’s
always one. I’d like to be the
new Brian Glover...”
One For The Road
is released on DVD
on 22nd November.
By Tom Cowdrey
All of the clues below can be answered using the names of Nottingham pubs and clubs,
with the exception of two answers which are the names of local bands.
TOMMY C’S CHALLENGE
A special prize (and the respect of all at LeftLion) will be awarded to the first daring adventurer who manages to have a drink in every one of the venues in
the crossword. The brave winner will need to provide photographic evidence of their crawl by posting it to the forums of www.leftlion.co.uk/forum
CLUES DOWN
1 + 17a + 9d + 10d. Lordly-sounding Canning Circus pub. Great beer garden. (3, 4, 7, 6) 2. See 14d. 3. Druggy-sounding city bar and restaurant.
(5) 4. See 18a. 5. See 4a. 6. Paul Hogan’s favourite Notts live hiphop band. (9) 7. See 2a. 8. See 16a. 9. See 1d. 10. See 1d. 11. See 3a. 12.
Veggie bar located down a twitchel. 13 + 8a. Find the way to this Roman-sounding bar. 14 + 2d. The kind of pub where Robert Smith might get lost. (6,
6) 15. See 17d. 16 + 18d. Go on a wander to a favourite Antipodean pub. (4) 17 + 15d. Scrooge’s kind of place. (3, 6) 18. See 16d. 19. See 6a.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Can this bar make synthesised music? (4)
2. +7d. Blue-blooded offspring. (5, 8)
3 + 11d. Club offering salvation. (6, 5)
4 + 5d. Delicious-sounding night spot where biscuits are nibbled. (6, 4)
5. No smoking in this pub that rose from the ashes. (7)
5
6. + 19d. A ringer for this old city pub. (4, 4)
7. Fantastic pub at the bottom of Mansfield road.
4
The sister pub of 1d. (7)
8. See 13d. 9. Aptly-named canalside haunt. (10)
10. Have you been burning the candle at both ends
in this Hockley bar? (3)
6
11. Get in shape! Nerds hang out here. (7)
12. Nightclub where all the local journalists hang out! (5)
13. The Robin _______ . (4)
14. Bar ______. This place lets anyone in. (4)
15. See 12d.
9
16 + 8d. The conversation always flows in this rock pub. (5, 4)
17. See 1d.
13
18 + 4d. This Notts Hip Hop group are not into acting. (3, 8)
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11
Shane Meadows is a bit of a legend
around Nottingham. Three fulllength feature films into his career,
he is well respected in the British
film industry, with the cream
of the UK’s actors seemingly
queuing up to work with him.
Perhaps the most refreshing thing about our Shane,
however, is that working with the shiniest tools is
not necessarily what he wants to do. Meadows
usually films in locations that you are more likely
to see on East Midlands today, rather than in
the cinema and this, alongside his eagerness
to work with local and relatively untrained
actors is, as he confesses, where his skills lie.
The streets and people of Nottingham
had not appeared so regularly in
mainstream British cinema since Karl
Reiz adapted Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday
Night and Sunday Morning in 1960.
Meadows is about to launch his new film,
Dead Man’s Shoes. This is an eerie tale
about two brothers returning to their
hometown to wreak revenge. On the
verge of it’s release he returns to the
city where he has made his name...
Once Upon A
Time In The
Midlands . . .
words: Jared Wilson, photos: David Bowen
14
Nottingham
Voices
Things people have said
on the LeftLion forum
On Nottingham’s Face of Shame
”There is a certain mentality in Nottingham that
counteracts the more leftfield aspect to the city.
Nottingham simply is not as ‘cool’ a place as
many people make it out to be. It is a towny
city, ruled by the mainstream.”
D
listings feature
theatre
Public theatre goes
down the pan...
”Every time I go into town at the weekend I
witness some form of violence. Two weeks
ago I went out and saw six separate incidents in which people took a beating.”
Baron of Carlton
”At the end of the day it’s a fact that people go
out get pissed and look for a fight as a part of
their weekly routine.”
Ben Cipher
”We’re all going down, sinking in the mire
that continued apathy has left this nation with. Nothing to believe in, nothing to
work for, nothing to lose.”
Barry Clava
”Part of the problem seems to be Nottinghamshire Constabulary’s bizarre obsession with appearing on TV. Every time I see something on
telly about boozing, or fighting, it’s a programme
following the Notts Police around.”
NJM
”Local crime statistics look more like they
are being hyped up the police to gain extra
revenue. They do not have a basis in reality.”
John Lyle
“It’s all propaganda to make you feel that we
live in the worst of times, when in fact we live
in the best of times.”
Guy Gooberman
”If they eased the drinking hours, it would make
a difference. You get a bottle neck at about
11pm where people are manoeuvring to their
final venue for the night. This results in flash
points for trouble.”
Chief 1975
”Interesting that at Euro 2000, pretty
much all the violence from England fans
occured in Belgium (where pot was illegal
and difficult to get hold of) and there was
hardly any trouble at all in Holland.”
NJM
”Like most vices binge drinking is a way of escaping the mundane day to day life. The government should be putting effort into reducing the
working week to 4 days and see what effect that
has on these social issues.”
Alan
Normally when you go to the
loo you spend a penny. If you
go into Trent Bridge public toilets this month, however, you
might end up buying a theatre
ticket and staying for an hour.
Ladies and Gents is the latest play
from Irish theatre group Semper
Fi. Formed in November 1999, the
group’s purpose is to create profound theatre from unexpected
tales, within site-specific locations.
They visit Nottingham in October
as part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Stages Touring programme, in association with the
NOW Festival..
Trent Bridge public toilets will be
the backdrop to their latest performance. As the title suggests,
the play is set and performed
inside the ladies and gents lavatories and has garnered much critical acclaim. Set in Ireland in the
1950’s it is a visceral and chilling
descent into the murky underworld of high class prostitution
and political scandal. Jared Wilson
stood next to writer Paul Walker
for a chat at the urinals...
So the play is set and performed in public toilets...
Make your voic e h e a rd
www.LeftLion.co.uk/forum
“Yes it is. I appreciate that it’s not
the usual venue for most theatre
goers, but that’s partly why we did
it. It’s important to keep pushing
the boundaries of theatre and do
something different. That’s probably why it’s done so well.”
I understand the play has been
a big success in Edinburgh and
Dublin...?
“Yeah. It’s got a really good reception everywhere we’ve performed
it so far and we have picked up
a few awards in and around the
scene. The best accolades always
come from the audience though.
It’s always fun to see what people
make of it...”
How many public toilets would
you estimate that that play has
been performed in to date?
“It’s getting to be quite a lot.
Every night the play is performed
in two parts, one half in the gents
and one in the ladies. Both halves
run simultaneously, so you begin
in one side and then finish in the
other. Up to now it must be dozens and will multiply as we go on
a national tour with this...”
Have you ever had any bizarre
incidents from performing in
the loos...
“Not as many as you would think!
We’ve had a few people leave because of the smell. We also regularly get people outside who get
angry with us. They see a public
toilet and they want to use it, but
don’t really appreciate the doormen telling them that they can’t
because there is a `performance’
going on inside.”
Tell us a bit about the cast...
“They’ve been absolutely brilliant.
These are quite difficult roles and
that is compounded by the fact
that the venue is far from the
usual one for any actor...”
What kind of audiences do you
expect for this?
“The best kind of audiences are
those that get really into it. We’re
looking for more young people to
come to our plays because a lot
of older people don’t really like
the thought of standing around
in such an unusual venue for an
hour. We’re also trying to take
theatre out of its conventional
venues and on to a new crowd,
which is a big part of why we do
it.”
Have you ever come across
Nottingham’s Hard Graft Theatre Company? They’ve been
performing in Charity Shops
and people’s living rooms?
“I haven’t but I’d welcome the
chance to speak with them. It
sounds interesting... I’ve heard of
people touring living rooms before
but Charity shops sounds great!
Good luck to them..”
Ladies and Gents at Trent Bridge
public toilets takes place from
11-16th October. Tickets are £10
from the Nottingham Playhouse
15
www.leftlion.co.uk/listings
listings...
Period of:
02/10/04 - 30/11/04
Theatre
sat 2/10
Aladdin
Venue: Nottingham Arts Theatre
Times: 7pm
The Keith Barret Show: Live
Venue: Playhouse
Price: £14.50
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Rob Brydon plays the
hapless chauffeur Keith Barret,
who first found notoriety in the
award-winning TV comedy Marion
& Geoff. Join him as he tries to
answer the eternal question: what
makes a successful relationship?
Expect the usual brand of hilariously
downtrodden but always positive
humour, as Wales’ most famous
divorcee delights audiences with his
own woeful experiences of personal
relationships.
theatre/clubs/live music/exhibitions/comedy
mon 11/10
Dad’s Army
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
“Don’t Panic, Mr
Mannering”. The Home Guard of
Walmington-on-Sea are Britain’s
last line of defence against a Nazi
invasion. God help us. The foolish,
doddery and flat-footed brigade are
to be brought back to life by the Arts
Theatre’s amateur company.
Runs Until: 16/10
tue 12/10
Event:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Benji Reid
Lakeside Arts Centre
£7 / £10
8pm
wed 13/10
Going Straight
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £8 - £22.50
Runs Until: 9/10
A Passage To India
Venue: Playhouse
Price: £6 - £22
Times: 7.45pm + matinees
Info:
Adapted from E.M. Forster’s
novel about the clash of cultures
between Indians and their colonial
rulers. When an Indian man is
accused of assaulting an English
woman, the battle lines are drawn,
and woe betide anyone who finds
themselves on the wrong side.
Runs Until: 23/10
wed 6/10
Mandragora King Of India
Venue: Lakeside Arts Centre
Price: £7 - £10
Times: 8pm
Info:
Tara Arts produce plays
of particular relevance to Asian
audiences. Mandragora is a
fantastical story of an Indian king
whose people are visited by a series
of omens foretelling the arrival of
people with white skin.
mon 11/10
Ladies & Gents
Venue: Trent Bridge Public
Toilets.
Times: 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm
Info:
When was the last time you
went to the toilet and spent a tenner
rather than a penny? As part of the
NOW festival, the critically acclaimed
Ladies and Gents is coming to
Nottingham to be performed in
the Trent Bridge Public Toilets.
Described as “a chilling descent into
the murky underworld of high-class
prostitution, political scandal and
establishment cover-ups” it promises
to be a unique experience for
theatre-goers.
Runs Until: Sat 16 October
tue 9/11
Henri Oguike Dance Company
Price: £7 / £10
Times: 8pm
fri 22/10
Elizabeth
Price: £5 - £10
Times: 8pm
Trans Act
Times: 7.30pm
Jus’ Like That
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £8 - £19
Times: 7.30pm + Sat & Wed
matinee.
Runs Until: 18/11
mon 15/11
sun 24/10
La Boheme
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £20 - £30
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Set in Paris this heartrending story and glorious music
never fails to move the crowd.
fri 29/10
mon 4/10
tue 5/10
tue 19/10
Vincent Dance Theatre
Price: £7 / £10
Times: 8pm
Toy Story 2 - Disney On Ice
Venue: Nottingham Arena
Price: £10.50 - £27
Runs Until: 17/10
Summit Confrence
Venue: Lace Market Theatre
Info:
An intensely atmospheric
play set if 1941 examining the
perverse logic of the Nazi party
through a meeting between the
mistresses of Mussolini and Hitler.
Directed By Daniel Bryant.
Runs Until: 16/10
Motor City Memories
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £15.50 - £18
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
An All star night of Supreme
Temptation featuring Richard Street,
Kaaren Ragland & Jnr Walker All
Stars.
fri 15/10
Decibel
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Live Season
Lakeside Arts Centre
£6 - £8
7.30pm
Yellow Earth Theatre (with Brit)
presents: 58
Venue: Playhouse
Price: £5.50 - £10
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Based on real events you
may remember, a police clerk in
Dover is given the
job of cataloguing the possessions
of 58 Chinese immigrants who
died while being smuggled into the
country in a lorry. Through these
articles, the hopes and struggles of
those people is revealed.
Runs Until: 16/10
sun 17/10
Step Into Fantasy
Times: 7pm
mon 18/10
Jesus Christ Superstar
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £8 - £29.50
Runs Until: 2/11
The Tempest
Venue: Playhouse
Price: £6 - £22
Info:
Fearing for their lives
in a mighty storm, a handful of
noblemen are forced to abandon
ship. They find themselves washed
up on Prospero’s island, inhabited
for 12 years by the exiled Duke and
his daughter Miranda. This is no
accident, and with Ariel and Caliban
under his power, Prospero sets about
to wreak his revenge. Love, magic,
misplaced loyalty and characters that
only the audience can see are all
ingredients of one of Shakespeare’s
greatest romances.
Director: Richard Baron
Runs Until: 20/11
Wyrd Sisters
Price: £5 - £7
Info:
A tale of a lost Kingdom,
three witches and magic!
A hilarious madcap clash of Macbeth,
Hamlet and Monty Python with all
the elements typical of the Discworld atmosphere! You will find
everything here - a lost crown,
a scheming Duke, the ghost of a
murdered king, dim soldiers, three
witches meddling in royal politics
to put the rightful person on the
throne, a kiss that lasts for 15 years.
Runs Until: 20/11
sat 30/10
Double Take
Venue: Playhouse
Price: £4 - £5
Times: 11am
Info:
Based on the lives of
African-Caribbean twins, June and
Jennifer Gibbons - the silent twins
- who grew up in rural Wales in the
1970’s. Merging text, music and
movement this fast-moving, highlycharged and thought provoking play
promises to help us all explore the
challenges of being a teenager in an
ever more demanding adult world.
For 14yrs +
mon 1/11
The Circus Of Horrors
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £14, £18 & £22
Times: 7.30pm
wed 17/11
Riding the Roller Coaster
Info:
Written by a local author
Andrea Weatherston the play takes
a sensitive look at the growth of
the relationship between two young
people as they go on an outing to
the seaside.
Director: Gill Scott
Runs Until: 20/11
fri 26/11
Dance The Snow
Times: 7pm
Runs Until: 28/11
sat 27/11
Measure For Measure
Info:
Set somewhere between
a comedy and a tradgedy.
Shakespeare’s play of hipocrisy,
love, sex and death examines the
ways in which a state can interfere
with the private lives of its citizens.
Director: Tony Armstrong
Runs Until: 6/11
thu 4/11
The Kaos Richard III
Price: £5 - £10
Times: 8pm
Runs Until: 5/11
Event: Sleeping Beauty
Venue: Playhouse
Runs Until: 15/1
tue 30/11
Hamlet
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Info:
Royal Centre
£8 - £20
7.30pm
The threads of this
classic play twist through
murder, madness and revenge.
Prince Hamlet is commanded by
his father’s ghost to avenge his
murder by his brother Claudius.
Hamlet wrestles with his uncle’s
guilt, his relationship with his
mother and his own isolation.
Runs Until: 4/12
16
listings...
Period of:
01/10/04 - 31/11/04
Club Nights
fri 1/10
Movement
Style: DnB, HipHop, Breaks
Venue: The Bomb
Price: £8 adv. £10 otd.
Times: 10pm - 3.30am
Info:
Ray Keith, Marcus Intalex,
Addiction, Mr. Lowkey, MC IC3,
Menace & Ninety. Bosco (live), Pete
First Blood, Technical Edge, Rico
Back Scratchers Federation
Basement Boogaloo
Style: Funk, Soul, House
Venue: Bar None
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
Residents: Nick Shaw,
Ed Cotton, Alphonse
Spectrum
Style: Breaks, HipHop
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10 (£8/£9)
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Freestylers (DJ Set),
The Young Punx, Hexadecimal,
Pete Jordan. Stereo MCs, Border
Crossing, Itchy Fader Fingers. Jon
More (Coldcut), Dave Boultbee,
Spectrum Breakers, Camouflage DJ’s
sat 2/10
thur 7/10
Highness Sound System
Style: Reggae, Roots
Venue: Blue Print
Price: £5
Times: 10pm til late
Info:
Roots music played in a
traditional one-turntable manner.
Variety of deejays and singers Full
reggae sound system operated by
Shakisha Hi Fi Regular
fri 8/10
Camouflage
Style: HipHop, Breaks
Venue: The Bomb
Price: £9
Times: 10pm - 3am
Info:
Aspects, Dreadzone
Sound System. Featuring:
MC Spee, Warpsound, Too-B,
Non Thespian, Karizma, T-Cutt,
Dubfella, Windows78
Soundsystem
Style: Breaks,World Music,Funk
Venue: Stealth
Price: £8/£10
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Soundsystem present Bugz
in the Attic Breakestra (live 12 piece
funk band from LA) Plus DJs from
DiY, Percussion and Leftfoot
On Your Knees
Style: Funky House,Breaks,Ska
Venue: Blue Print
Price: £5.00
Times: 10.30pm - late
Info:
A night for all non-facist
party lovers at Nottingham’s
friendliest underground nightclub
sat 9/10
Style: Techno, DnB, Deep House
Venue: Blue Print
Price: £5
Times: 10.30pm - Late
Info:
Neil Landstrumm (Live),
JE:5, Dave, Dom & Mossup (a.k.a
The Filthy Residents), DJ Smith, Jay
& SEB, Paul Murphy, Ed Cotton
Rebirth
Style:
Venue:
Times:
Info:
Techno
The Bomb
10pm - 4am
Stacey Pullen
Stealth Presents
Venue: Stealth
Price: £8/£6
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
2 Lone Swordsmen,
Dave Congreve
tue 5/10
Spellbound
Style: Alternative, Electronica
Venue: Cookie Club (The)
Price: £3
Times: 10.30pm - 2am
Info:
Expect 80’s Goth, electro,
and alternative sounds
wed 6/10
Repercussion
Style: DnB, HipHop, Deep House
Venue: Snug
Price: £5
Times: 10pm-3am
Info:
Bad Company UK (DBridge), Artificial Intelligence, SP:
MC, Ollie K & Wylie-D, MC Manikular,
Reason Soundsystem, XS.iF,
Reference
Soul Surgery
Style: Funk
Venue: Moog
Price: Free
Times: 8pm - 12am
Info:
Ed Cotton & Nick Shaw.
thur 14/10
Liars Club vs. Our Disco
Style: Punk, Rock, Electronica
Venue: The Social
Price: £4 (£3adv / b4 10:30)
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
Simon Bookish (live),
Trash’s Rory Phillips will be joining
Our Disco mainman Den Odell and
the Liars Club DJs
fri 15/10
Chibuku Shake Shake
Style: House, Breaks, Soul
Venue: The Bomb
Price: £8 adv. £10 otd.
Times: 10pm - 3am
Info:
Jon Carter,
Tayo, Dom Chung,
Phat Phil Cooper,
Presents NU Northern
Soul, Lewis RV ,
JS & Fever
On 4 Decks/2 Mixers
Kombination Funk
Style: DnB, Breaks, Techno
Venue: Blue Print
Price: £6
Times: 10 til late
Info:
Evol Intent, Paz, Jay
B, Lowkey, MACP, MCs Ninety
& Menace. Matt Bromley, Nick
Summers, Mark Jacobs
Sunglasses At Night
Style: Electronica, Eighties
Venue: The Social
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
TBA
Bugged Out! V Liars Club
Style: House, Breaks, World
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10 (£8 adv.)
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Death in Vegas Live, JoJo
De Freq, Soul Mekanik
tue 19/10
Detour
Venue: Stealth
Price: £3.50 adv. £4 otd
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
Fluff, Freqbeats, Lynkx, MG,
Timmy W, MC Menace
wed 20/10
Stealth Presents
Style: Breaks, House
Venue: Stealth
Price: £12 / £10
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Anthony Rother (live),
Craig Richards, Dave Congreve,
Matt Tolfrey, Timm Sure
Camouflage
Style: HipHop, Breaks
Venue: The Rescue Rooms
Price: £7.50nus motd
Times: 8.30pm - 1am
Info:
Peanut Butter Wolf, Kids
of The Last Dats, Kids in Tracksuits,
Windows78, Dubfella
tue 12/10
Detour
Venue: Stealth
Price: £3.50 adv. £4 otd.
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
XS.iF, Goodfella, Trouble,
Mouse, Camo, MC Manikular
fri 22/10
Detonate
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10
Times: 10pm - 3am
Info:
Hype, Bassline Smith,
Drumsound, Transit Mafia, MC
Biggie, MC E-LL, MR Thing & Yungun,
Santero, Detail, Yoda, Freqbeats,
Jon Rust
wed 13/10
thu 28/10
Funktion
Style: DnB, Breaks
Venue: Synergy
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
On rotation: Jest:R,
Random Guy, Marcus Stubbs,
Timmy W, The Weaselman, FYA
fri 29/10
Weekend Breaks
Style: Breaks
Venue: Synergy
Price: £2.50(NUS/Flyer) or £3
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
Paul Arnold
sat 30/10
sat 16/10
Bombs Birthday Bash
Style: Breaks, Techno
Venue: The Bomb
Price: £12 tickets / £14 otd
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Green Velvet 3hr set, Lo
Fidelity Allstars, Deekline & Wizard
(live) feat. Yolanda, Koda Collective
(live), Fran Green, Jeet, Max Cooper,
Nick Davy
tue 26/10
Detour
Venue: Stealth
Price: £3.50 adv. £4 otd.
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
Element, Casual Breakin,
Transit Mafia, Fergus, D’Lex ,
Yons MC
FireFly
Style: Techno
Venue: The Ballroom
Times: 10pm - 6am
Info:
Orbital DJ Set: Phil Hartnol,
Justin Robertson, Rennie Pilgrem
(album launch), Chris Finke, Jeet,
Nick Davy
Boutique & Stealth
Style: House and Big Beat
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10 (£8 adv)
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Tom Middleton, Tiefschwarz,
Radio Slave, DJ Touche and
Zongamin (live)
tue 2/11
Spellbound
Style: Alternative, Electronica
Venue: The Cookie Club
Price: £3
Info:
Expect 80’s Goth, electro,
and alternative sounds
wed 3/11
Style: DnB, Breaks, Deep House
Venue: Snug
Price: £5
Times: 10pm - 3am
Info:
Calibre, Breakage, Kasra,
Stamina MC, Trouble, Reference, MC
Manikular, Reason Soundsystem,
XS:if
Soul Surgery
Style: Funk, Soul
Venue: Moog
Price: Free
Times: 8pm - 12am
Info:
Essential treatment for that
midweek comedown with doctors: Ed
Cotton and Nick Shaw
fri 5/11
sat 23/10
Venue: Rock City
Price: £16 adv.
Times: 8.30pm - 3am
Info:
Rahzel Live, Goldie, Roni
Size Live, Zinc, Clipz, MC Tali,
Dynamite MC, MC Foxy, Adam
Freeland, Hexadecimal, Phi Life,
Cypher, Ricochett Klashnekoff,
Kaiser & DJ Dex, Rodney P Live
Band, Transit Mafia, MC E-LL,
Santero, Detail, Problem Child
Renaissance Nottingham
Style: House
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10 (£8 adv)
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
James Zabiela, David
Guetta, Lexicon ave, Sound Alliance
Live, Can’tMixWon’tMix AllStars
Style: Breaks, HipHop
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10 (£8/£9 Cons / adv.)
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
The Herbaliser,
Stanton Warriors,
Phantom Beats,
Pete Jordan,
Gotan Project (DJ Set) (tbc),
Dave Boultbee,
Itchy Fader Fingers,
Spectrum Breakers (Residents)
listings...
17
fri 5/11
Basement Boogaloo
Style: Funk, Soul, House
Venue: Bar None
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
Residents: Nick Shaw, Ed
Cotton, Alphonse
fri 5/11
Movement
Venue: The Bomb
Times: 10pm - 3am
Info:
Lineup to be confirmed - Probably
Brian G tbc, Krust tbc, Heist tbc and
Lynkx tbc!
sat 6/11
Detonation
Style: Drum and Bass
Venue: The Ballroom
Price: £15
Times: 10pm - 6am
Info:
Shy FX, MC Skibadee
Swift & MC IC3
Zinc & Eksman
Friction & SP MC
Blame & MC P-Fine
Transit Mafia & MC E-LL
fri 26/11
Detonate
Venue: Stealth
Price: £10
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
SS, Pendulum, Transit
Mafia, Hold Tight, MC Biggie, MC
E-LL, Skinnyman & DJ Flip, Skitz,
Santero, Detail, Finley Quaye,
Richie G & Martin K9
Weekend Breaks
Style: Breaks, Breaks, Breaks
Venue: Synergy
Price: £2.50 (flyer)/£3
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
Ben & Lex
WEEKLY CLUB NIGHTS
sundays
Out To Lunch
Style: Jazz
Venue: Dogma
Price: Free
Times: Afternoon
Info:
Less of a club night and
more of an experience. Sunday jazz
and beats to ease away the night
before
mondays
Recover...
tuesdays
Crash
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Indie, Alternative
The Rig
£2 / £3
9.30 - 2am
fridays
Atomic
Style: Eighties, Nineties
Price: £4
Info:
Friday night at The Cookie
Club is Retro night featuring two
decades of music
sat 13/11
FireFly
Style: Techno, Breaks
Venue: The Bomb
Price: £tbc
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Surgeon, Freq Nasty,
Firefly Residents
wed 17/11
Soul Surgery
Style: Funk, Soul
Venue: Moog
Price: Free
Times: 8pm - 12am
Info:
From the lads that bring
you Basement Boogaloo. Ed Cotton
and Nick Shaw
fri 19/11
Sunglasses At Night
Style: Electronica, Eighties
Venue: The Social
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
Tom Magic Feet’s birthday
event with live act/special guest TBA
Chibuku shake shake
Venue: The Bomb
Times: 10pm - 4am
Info:
Lottie, Lewis RV, JS and
Fever, Dave Smith
fri 19/11
Style: DnB, Breaks, Techno
Venue: Blue Print
Price: £8
Times: 10 til late
Info:
Faith In Chaos (Live),
Dylan B2B Robyn Chaos, John
Rolodex, Lynkx, Dyazide, Lowkey,
MAC P, MCs Ninety & Menace
thu 25/11
Funktion
Style: DnB, Breaks
Venue: Synergy
Price: Free
Times: 9pm - 2am
Info:
DJ’s on rotation, Jest:R,
Random Guy, Marcus Stubbs, Timmy
W, The Weaselman
Audio
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Funk, Soul, Disco
Snug
£5 (£3 b4 10.30pm)
10pm - 3am
Dusk
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Love Shack
Style: Eighties
Venue: Rock City
Price: £4 adv £5 otd
Times: 9.30pm - 2am
Sabotage
Style: Eighties, Nineties
Price: £4
Info:
Anything from Acid House
to Brit-Pop
Salt
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Detour
Venue: Stealth
Price: £3.50 adv £4 otd
Times: 10pm - 2am
Info:
Where Detonate and
Detonation cane it up the fast lane
with the big boys, Detour hops over
a farmer’s gate, doffs its cap to
some wider styles and strolls along
the scenic route
HipHop, House, Breaks
Dogma
Free
2am Close
HipHop, Soul
Snug
£4
10pm - 3am
wednesdays
The Big Wednesday
Style: Alternative, Rock, Pop
Price: £2.50
Info:
A good mix of music for
a comedy drunken nite. Upstairs
plays current indie and downstairs is
nothing but Rock/Metal/Punk & Ska
all evening
thursdays
Dogmatic
Style: HipHop, Breaks, Funk
Venue: Dogma
Price: Free
Times: 2am til close
Mirrorball
Style: RnB, Disco, Funk
Venue: Snug
Price: £4
Times: 10pm - 3am
Tuned
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Indie, Alternative, Pop
Rock City
£3.50 - £4
8.30pm - 2am
Up The Junction
Style: Sixties
Price: £2.50
Info:
Offers you a whole evening
of tunes ranging from Beatlemania,
Mod, Beatpop, Soul, Motown and
Psychedelia all thrown into one big
melting pot of Nostalgia.
Club NME
Style: Indie, Rock
Venue: Stealth
Price: £4/£3/£2
Times: 9:30pm - 2am
Info:
Home Taping Is Killing
Music Alongside some of the best
bands on offer. Check Stealth’s
website for up to date listings.
Non Stop & Dirtle Wax Records
present: ‘ish’
Style: HipHop, Funk, Soul
Venue: Westside Bar
Price: Free
Info:
DJs Dirty Joe & Furious P,
Guest MCs, Skate Videos & Kung Fu
films
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saturdays
Distortion
Style: Rock, Indie, Alternative
Venue: Rock City
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 2.30am
Funk U
Style: Funk, Disco, Soul
Price: £5
Info:
With access to Rise and
Shine downstairs included in the
price
Rise & Shine
Style: Indie, Alternative
Price: £5
Info:
The Club’s long running
indie night continues with access to
Funk U in the price
Tony Global
Style: HipHop, RnB, Soul
Venue: Dogma
Price: Free
Times: till 2am
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Date:
Times:
HipHop
The Ballroom
£15adv
Friday 12/11
10pm-5am
Blak Twang
Klashnekoff
Skinnyman
Estelle
Jehst
Yungun
Cappo
Kyza
Mr Thing
Duurty Goodz
Asaviour
Tempa
45
MistaJam
TL
Shinobi
Broadcast live on 1xtra
Style:
Venue:
Price:
Date:
Times:
Breaks, Hiphop
The Bomb
£9 (£7 adv)
Friday 12/11
10pm - 3am
Backdraft (botchit & scarper)
Michael Morph
Too-B
Cash Mark
Treva Whateva
DJ Blakey (world dmc)
T-Cutt
Swiz
18
listings...
Period of:
01/10/04 - 31/11/04
thu 7/10
Bent, Rescue Rooms, £7
Nail Tolliday and Simon Mills, aka
Bent, are one of the most successful musical duos to hail from the
city. Having soundtracked numerous
adverts and TV shows as disparate as
‘Six Feet Under’ and BBC gardening.
They still like playing out in their
Nottingham stomping ground.
Live Music
fri 1/10
Lez Haultz Et Les Bas
Price: £10 (£7 concessions)
Times: 7.30pm
Crash Kelly
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £6 adv
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: Deadline, Spit
Like This, Silver Jet.
Gary Us Bonds
Price: £14 adv
Times: Early show as club night
follows - 10.15pm finish
The ga ga’s
Venue: Rock City
Price: £5 adv
Times: 7.30pm
With support from: Hurricane
Party
fri 8/10
sun 3/10
Modulator ESP + 4m33s
Venue: Peggers
Price: Free
Times: 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Info:
Ambient live Awakenings
presents an evening of live ambient
and electronic music
Pitchshifter
Venue: Rock City
Price: £11
Times: 8pm
With Support From: Sikth
mon 4/10
10,000 Things
Price: £5
The Elvis Collection
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £12 - £14
Times: 7.30pm
tue 5/10
Off The
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Info:
Wall
Royal Centre
£13.50 - £15
7.30pm
Pink Floyd Tribute
Maroon
Venue:
Price:
Times:
5
Rock City
£15
8pm
The Letters Organise
Venue: Junktion 7
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: The Once
Over Twice, The Wireless Stores
sun 10/10
Moscow By Night
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £15 - £20
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
A celebration of Russian
performing arts
wed 6/10
The Femm Nameless
Venue: Junktion 7
Info:
Described by Time Out as
“Punk funk goes afrobeat..”
With Support From: Sambawamba
Presents Nottingham School Of
Samba
Nazareth
Price: £14 adv
Times: 8pm
The Black Velvet Band
Times: 7.30pm
Hondo Mclean
Venue: Rock City
Price: £tbc
Times: 8pm
Hugh Cornwell and Band
Price: £12.50 adv
Times: 8pm
Bowling For Soup
Venue: Rock City
Price: £12.50
Times: 7pm
Info:
14+ night
The Brian Travis Band
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £4
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: Callaghan,
We Show Up On Radar
sat 9/10
The Delgados
Price: £9 advance
Times: 8pm
Info:
+ Guests
thu 14/10
thu 7/10
Splint
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £4
With Support From: El Cielo,
Everything For Some
Focus
Price: £11 advance
Times: 8pm
With support from: The Boxer
Rebelion, Ruben
wed 13/10
Oh What A Night
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £15 - £25
Times: 16th - 7.30, 17th & 18th 5.30pm & 9pm
End date: 16/10
Bartok & Beethoven String
Quartet Series
Times: 7.30pm
tue 19/10
Alabama Thunderpussy
Venue: Rock City
Price: £7
Times: 8pm
A Feast
Venue:
Price:
Times:
of Gilbert & Sullivan
Royal Centre
£8.50 - £17.50
7.30pm
Alias
Venue: Rescue Rooms (The)
Price: £7 adv
Times: 8pm
wed 20/10
Paris In Spring
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £4
Info:
+ Support
thu 21/10
Dopamine
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £4
With Support From: Midasuno
The Blueskins
Venue: NTU Union
Price: £4
Times: 7pm
Info: With support from:
The Koots. Earth The Calafornian
Love Dream
fri 15/10
Texas Terry Bomb
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 1am
With support from: New
Generation Superstars (tbc), The
Darkheart Boys
sat 16/10
Brand Violet
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £6
Times: 9pm - 1am
With support from: The Kull,
Shard, Pressure
Track and Field
Price: £7
Times: 8.00pm
With support from: Tom Hingley
(Of Inspiral Carpets)& The Lovers
Live, Philistine, The Tommies
All Nighter
Venue: Rock City
Price: £6
Times: 8.30pm - 6am
Info:
Hell Is For Heroes, Breed
77, Amplifier, Mike Davis Dj Set
sun 17/10
Punish The Atom
Price: £2 adv
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £20 - £30
Times: 7.30pm
John Laws Cornucpia
Ensemble
Times: 8pm - 12am
Hot Snakes
Price: £7.50 adv
Times: 8pm - late
Swound!
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: Free
With Support From: Mawda, Big
Gay Following, Metro Joe
Chk Chk Chk
Price: £10 adv
Times: 8pm
22-20s
Price: £7 adv
Times: 8pm
Info:
+ Guests
22-20’s have been cutting up a
bluesy storm since they shot on to
the scene last year. They recently
headlined the NME Britpack tour
and seem to be on something of an
upward tangent. Their recent single
’22 Days’ saw them claim a presence
in the Top 40 and confirm their
status as one of the most exciting
new bands in the country. Not bad
for a bunch of guys from Lincoln…
thu 21/10
Captain Everything
Venue: Rock City
Times: 8pm
With Support From: Howard Alias,
No Comply, Vanilla Pod
sat 23/10
Marah
Price: £8 adv
University Philharmonia
Times: 7.30pm
Maelkar
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £tbc
Times: 9pm - 1am
Info:
With Redshift, + Support
sun 24/10
mon 18/10
Shichiseikai
Times: 7.30pm
Hope Of The States
Price: £9 adv
Times: 8pm
mon 25/10
More info and listings available on the site: LeftLion.co.uk/listings
19
listings...
Spunge
mon 25/10
Venue: Rock City
Price: £10
Times: 7pm
With support from: Whitmore,
Solarbeat, Phinius Gage
tue 26/10
Living Colour
Price: £15 advance
Times: 8pm
Paul Carrack
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £20
Times: 7.30pm
wed 27/10
Dr Faustus
Price: £8 advance
Times: 8pm
Glass Onion
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £4
Times: 9pm - 1am
Info:
+ Support
fri 29/10
Jackson Browne
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £36.50
Times: 8pm
Quartet Series
Price: £12(£9 concessions)
Times: 7.30pm
Midtown
Venue: Rock City
Price: Normal Admission Prices
With support from: Hidden In
Plane View
sun 31/10
Neal Casal
Price: £10 adv.
Info:
+Guests
Delays
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Info:
Gene Pitney
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £17 - £21
Times: 7.30pm
Wheels
Venue:
Price:
Times:
New Music Players
Times: 7.30pm
Lionel Richie
Price: £30
On The Bus
Royal Centre
£9.50
2pm
U2 two
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £13 - £15.50
Times: 7.30pm
tue 2/11
Bloc Party
Price: £6 adv
Times: 8pm
With support from: The New
Rhodes, Vatican DC
Brian Adams
Price: £30
Times: 7.30pm
Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £22.50
Times: 8pm
42nd Street
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £10 - £16
Times: Various
End date: 6/11
The Magic Of Mozart By
Candlelight
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £15 - £20
Times: 7.30pm
sat 06/11
Bright Lights Trio
Times: 7.30pm
Needledrop
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: The Fluids,
Mark Greville, +Support
Hayseed Dixie
Price: £8adv
Times: Early Show - 10.15 finish as
clubnight follows
John Mayall & Chicken Shack
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £18.50 - £22.50
Times: 7.30pm
The Filaments
Venue: Rock City
Times: 8pm
With Support From: The Foamers,
The Freaks Union, The Mingers
fri 29/10
mon 8/11
Tyketto (Original Line Up!)
Venue: Rock City
Price: £12.50
Times: 8pm
Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Times: 7.30pm
British Sea Power
Price: £12.50 adv
Times: 8pm
Incredible String Band
Price: £13.50 advance
Times: 8pm
The Commitments
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £13.50 - £15.50
Times: 7.30
Andrew Foster-Williams BassBaritone
Times: 7.30pm
sat 12/11
Byzantine
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: Metal
Gutworm, Running With Scissors
Russian Cossack State Dance Co.
Venue: Djanogly Recital Hall
Price: £16.50, £15.50
sun 13/11
Paul Weller
Price: Tickets £28.50 + BF
Divine Brown
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: The Vincent
Razorbacks, Six Killer (tbc)
Busted
Info:
Wack!
tue 15/11
Motorhead
Venue: Rock City
Price: £19.50
Times: 8pm - late
thu 17/11
Beta Band
Venue: Rock City
Price: £15
Times: 7.30pm
fri 18/11
tue 9/11
Even from the title of their debut
album, The Decline of British Sea
Power, it is apparent that this band
ooze a quintessentially British style.
An expectant crowd will await at the
Rescue Rooms.
Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar
Price: Free
Times: 7.30pm - 11pm
Info:
Bringing you the best
live music that Nottingham has
to offer. (But then we would say
that...)
On the last friday of every month
‘LeftLion Presents’ brings you
the best musical acts live from
Nottingham. The music varies in
style from folk, to funk to hiphop.
This month sees the mighty
Hellset Orchestra take the stage.
A classically trained crew of
Nottingham musicians who want to
rock! Drawing comparisons with the
likes of Eels and Flaming Lips, they
will go far...
Blazin’ Fiddles
Times: 7.30pm
fri 11/11
Adequate 7
Venue: Rock City
Times: 8pm
With Support From: Kenisia, The
Peacocks, Buzzkill
tue 2/11
Forty Winks
thu 10/11
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £tbc
With support from: My Deaf Audio
fri 05/11
The Renegade Playboys
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £5
Times: 9pm - 1am
With Support From: Zen Motel,
Freegarden, Big Air
mon 1/11
thu 28/10
wed 03/11
thu 04/11
sat 30/10
Tim and Neil Finn
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £26.50
Times: 7.30pm
NTU
£9 adv
7pm
+ support
Six By Seven
Venue: Rock City
Price: £6 adv
Times: 8pm
Quartet Series
Times: 7.30pm
An Evening WIth Joolz Denby
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £7
sat 19/11
The Dead Pets
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £tbc
Times: 9pm - 1am
Info:
+ Support
wed 3/11
Second Smile
Venue: Junktion 7
Price: £tbc
Info:
With Sparks, Lights &
Flames, Plus Support
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £13.50 & £15.50
Times: 7.30pm
Abram Wilson Sextet
Times: 8pm
sun 20/11
Amy Winehouse
Venue: Rock City
Price: £15
Times: 7.30pm
Amy Winehouse has made a
stunning impact onto the British
music industry over the last year,
her debut album Frank being
nominated for the Mercury Music
Prize. Still aged just 20, her husky
style is at once innocent and sleazy.
The Hollies
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £19.50
Times: 7.30pm
All Nighter
Venue: Rock City
Price: £6
Times: 8.30pm - 6am
Info:
Flogging molly, Streetdogs,
The Briggs, More acts TBC
20
listings...
Live Listings
Continued...
sat 20/11
Joanna Newsom
Venue: Rescue Rooms (The)
Price: £6.50 adv.
Times: Early Show - 10.15 finish as
clubnight follows
Goose Fair is more than just an
institution in Nottingham. The biggest
open fair in the country returns with
the allure of hair-raising rides and
hook a duck. This year there is also
a fringe theatre and music festival
taking place in various venues along
Mansfield road.
Runs From: 06/09 - 09/09
sun 21/11
Spirit of Broadway
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £13 - £18
Times: 7.30pm
fri 01/10
Period of:
01/08/04 - 01/01/05
Vince Neil
Venue: Rock City
Price: £16 adv.
Times: 7pm
Exhibitions
fri 01/10
mon 22/11
Halfway To Paradise
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £13.50 - £15.50
Times: 7.30pm
tue 23/11
Glenn Tilbrook Band
Price: £14 adv
Info:
+ Guests
Landscape Photography
Venue: Djanogly Art Gallery
Info:
Jem Southam works at
specifically selected sites that
he returns to repeatedly over
several months or years, recording
the effects of natural processes
and human intervention on the
environment.
Runs Until: 17/10
fri 01/10
wed 24/11
Dhaffer Youseff
Times: 7.30pm
The Darkness
Info:
Sold Out
thu 25/11
Jools Holland
Venue: Djanogly Recital Hall
Price: £25.50
Times: 7.30
fri 26/11
Elshaday Berhane
Venue: Angel Row Gallery
Info:
For the final exhibition
in the Window 04 series Elshaday
Berhane will create a new interactive
installation which allows gallery
visitors to change the ‘show window’
and entrance area at street level.
A series of wooden constructions,
based upon an old Chinese game,
will be hung in the foyer window;
a simple mechanism allows the
sequence of wooden panels to be
manipulated and over turned to
create different images.
Runs Until: 6/11
fri 01/10
LeftLion Presents...
Venue: Malt Cross Cafe Bar
Price: Free
Times: 7.30pm - 11pm
Info:
Bringing you the best
live music that Nottingham has
to offer. (But then we would say
that...)
Nottingham Bach Choir and
Orchestra
Venue: St Marys Church
Bjorn Again
Venue: Royal Centre
Price: £15 - £16.50
Times: 8pm
Electric
Venue:
Price:
Times:
Six
Rock City
£12 adv
7.30pm
mon 29/11
You will see how domestic life
was transformed by rationing, the
threat of air raids, and a spirit of
social responsibility. Government
propaganda posters not only
reflected the war news and civil
defence, but also encouraged
citizens to ‘Make do and Mend’ and
‘Dig for Victory’.
Runs Until: 16/12
fri 01/10
Sneezes 2003
Info:
Throughout 2003, artist
Ellie Harrison has recorded the exact
time, to the nearest minute, of her
every sneeze - amounting to a grand
total of 318. In this installation,
the times of these random events
are displayed around the gallery
walls, as if on a giant timeline from
January through to December. The
changes between seasons and in the
artist’s personal health are reflected
in the distribution of sneezes around
the space. (...bless you!)
Runs Until: 7/11
fri 01/10
sat 27/11
The (International) Noise
Conspiracy
Price: £8.50 adv
World War II
Info:
This exhibition raises
questions about the impact of
the Second World War on local
communities The material on display
provides a local perspective on the
war years for young and old alike.
Birdsong
Venue: Angel Row Gallery
Info:
An Exhibition By Sutapa
Biswas
Sutapa Biswas has, in the last 17
years, created an evocative and
challenging body of work which
addresses feminism and cultural
identity. The exhibition Birdsong
Comprises two new films, which
touch on themes of memory and
rites of passage.
Runs Until: 6/11
China Black
Venue: Playhouse
Info:
In celebration of Black
History Month, Nottingham
Playhouse presents an exhibition
of work by Korean and local
African artists. China Black takes
its inspiration from the production
58, and is based on the themes
of journey and movement. The
exhibition will be at the Playhouse
throughout October.
Artists: Yun JI Young, Natalie Okpara
and Valerie Burrell
Curator: Inja Kim
Runs Until: 30/10
wed 02/11
The Surface Of The Lake
Venue: Yard Gallery (The)
Info:
Teruyoshi Yoshida’s
installation, Surface of the Lake
is aptly named. Shimmering,
just above the gallery floor, it is
remiscent of the play of light on
water and beautifully captures the
idea of the transient moment. In
his work, Yoshida draws directly
from his deep commitment to, and
understanding of, Japanese culture
and ritual. It was also the starting
point for a new commission by Claire
Barber which is sited in the rarely
viewed laundry room next to the
gallery. Strange, yet faintly familiar
fabrics - an old tent, fishnet tights
and net curtains - are mementos
of Claire Barber’s past and
present, representing her personal
associations with her home and her
travels over the past two years.
Runs Until: 21/11
fri 05/11
Bad Behaviour
Info:
Featuring over 50 works
from the Arts Council Collection, this
National Touring Exhibition from the
Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre,
presents contemporary British
sculpture, installation, photography
and video from the 80s to the
present day.
Runs Until: 19/12
wed 10/11
Art On The Stairs
Venue: Nottingham Castle
Price: Castle admission Prices
Info:
New work reflecting the
artist’s Iraqi heritage, cultural
experiences and longheld interest
in the science behind colour, as he
celebrates 20 years as a muralist.
Runs Until: 16/1
sat 20/11
Nottingham Annual Open Art
Exhibition
Venue: Nottingham Castle
Info:
A celebration of the
incredible range of creative work
being produced by artists and
makers in the East Midlands region.
A fantastic opportunity to add to, or
start, your own art collection with
work by both new and established
talents. From less than £100.
Painting, photography, glass,
ceramics and textiles are among the
100 plus works to choose from.
Runs Until: 5/12
wed 13/10
Smallkid & Coverage Present
Price: Free
Times: 5pm - 8pm
Info:
This cheeky starter to
Detonate’s Rock City main comes
courtesy of Smallkid & Coverage.
The event will include a graffiti wall
outside the venue and an open mic
session inside hosted +by Mista Jam
(UK Takeover) and Rodney P (1xtra)
Bonfire night at the
Forest recreation ground
promises rides and
entertainments, as well
as a display of fireworks
that makes discerning
local residents question
exactly how much of
their council tax has
been sunk into the
visual feast. Mushy peas
are a popular choice...
21
listings...
Period of:
01/10/04 - 31/11/04
Comedy
fri 1/10
Jongleurs
Venue: Bar Risa
Price: £13 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Michael Legge, Rex Boyd,
Steve Harris, Hal Cruttenden
Runs Until: 2/10
sun 3/10
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
TV Star and Perrier Award
Newcomer 2004 Tony Law, Matt
Kirshen. Compere Darrell Martin.
Fresh from fun in Edinburgh
tue 5/10
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Alan Anderson, Ed Petrie
Craig Deeley and MC Mike Belgrave
thu 7/10
Jongleurs
Venue: Bar Risa
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Paul Tonkinson, Mark Maier,
Tony Morewood, The Fluffy Brothers
Runs Until: 9/10
thu 14/10
tue 19/10
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
James Dodeswell, James
Sherwood, John Newton, MC Kevin
Shepherd
wed 20/10
The Edinburgh & Beyond Comedy
Tour 2004
Price: £5 - £10
Times: 8pm
Info:
Chris Addison, writer and
star of The Department (Radio 4),
Dan Antopolski, Craig Campbell’s,
Tony Law’s
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Valentine Flyguy, Tom Bell,
Michael Fabbri, Paul Kid, MC Spiky
Mike
sun 24/10
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Johnny Vegas returns to
his favourite club to host a night
of guests. Reg Hunter, the coolest
stand up on the planet. Perrier
Nominee twice Stan Stanley,
mirthster and manicman. Very silly
Brian Damage and Krystaal - a very
daft couple
tue 26/10
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Dougie Dunlop, Dave
Longley, Matthew Tiller, Brent
Wilson. MC Spiky Mike
We are looking to increase the variety of goods in the LeftLion online shop
We mean by this, stuff you’ve produced rather than stuff you
generally want to sell (like old socks, broken tv’s and nicked bikes).
We’re thinking along these lines:
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photos we could sell as prints,
original artwork on canvas.
clothing,
music (cd's/vinyl),
or anything else you think people might be interested in.
We offer the best rates pretty much anywhere in notts
(at least that we’ve found so far).
Please email suggestions to us at:
[email protected]
thu 28/10
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Alun Cochrane, Daniel
Packard, George Egg, Curtis Walker
Runs Until: 30/10
sun 31/10
Just The Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Phil Kay, The true
improviser and maverick of comedy.
TV can’t deal with him, a lot of clubs
can’t cope with his spontaneous
nature. John Oliver, one of the
‘clever school’ of comedians. That’s
clever, but also a bit immature.
Compere Darrell Martin.
tue 2/11
thu 21/10
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Brendhan Lovegrove, Paul B
Edwards, Mike Milligan,
Jamie Mathieson
Runs Until: 23/10
thu 14/10
Mark Thomas
Venue: Playhouse
Cost:
£10 - £14
Times: 8pm
Info:
Mark Thomas is well known for
his ability to create a political ruckus
in this country and seems to be able
to talk his way into causing corporate
fat cats all kinds of trouble. For this we
at LeftLion admire his style. He brings
his live bandwagon to Nottingham’s
Playhouse this November.
sun 17/10
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Will Smith, TV’s Posh
Boy. Come laugh at him as he
makes a mockery of himself for our
enjoyment. Hal Cruttenden,
Steven Carlin - Scottish, odd,
unique. Darrell Martin is your host
and compere... can he stay off the
booze?
sun 10/10
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Just Plain Silly and Special
Raymond and Timpkins Revue Every time this stupid duo are on
they absolutely storm it. Childish is
to mature a word, silly isn’t enough.
Compere Dan Nightingale - a new
find... come see this young man
grow into a star
mon 10/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Brendan Riley, Roger D,
Sean Meo, Richard Morton
Runs Until: 16/10
thu 11/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Bar Risa
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Simon Clayton, David
Hadingham, Curtis Walker,
John Ryan
Runs Until: 13/11
sun 14/11
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Glenn Wool - Canadian
cowboy of great mirth, Josie Long She caused a sensation at Edinburgh
Festival. Darrell Martin
wed 18/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Bar Risa
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
JoJo Smith, Toby Foster,
Steve Best, Geoff Boyz
Runs Until: 20/11
sun 21/11
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Andy White, Josey Long,
Matt Green, Adrian Freeman, MC
Gary Delaney
wed 3/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price: £8
Times: 7pm
Info:
Junior Simpson, Geoff Boyz,
Simon Bligh, The Raymond and Mr
Timpkins Revue
thu 4/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Bar Risa
Price: £8 - £15
Times: 7pm
Info:
Ricky Grover, Eddie Ifft
Sean Percival, Kevin Gildea
Runs Until: 6/11
sun 7/11
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
John Bishop, A truly
captivating stand up from the land
they call scouse. Warm and engaging
Jason John Whitehead. Compere Dan
Nightingale
tue 9/11
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Silky, Issy Suttie, Tony
Cowards, Dave Parkin, MC Spiky
Mike
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Adam Hills on tour. More tbc
tue 23/11
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Hal Cruttenden, Johnston
and Johnston, Hazel Humphries, MC
Spiky Mike
fri 25/11
Jongleurs
Venue: Jongleurs
Price: £8 - £19.95
Times: 7pm
Info:
Tony Hendriks, Johnny
Candon, Jim Jeffries
Runs Until: 27/11
sun 28/11
Just the Tonic
Venue: Cabaret
Price: £tbc
Times: 7.30pm
Info:
Chris Addison - Eddy
Brimson. Another act TBC Darrell
Martin
tue 30/11
Get A Grip
Venue: The Social
Price: £5
Times: 8.30pm
Info:
Paul Kerensa, Martin Evans,
Griff, MC Liz Stephens
22
Roger Mean’s
Rocky Horrorscopes
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
Cancer (June 21 - July 21)
You’re not going to die this week, but it will be close. If you feel a pain in the
kidney, make arrangements with your family and friends. Avoid wearing hats
until next Sunday.
Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 17)
Since you were twelve you have never felt truly complete. All this is about to
change as you meet a twin brother you never even knew you had. Play nice.
Your local supermarket is doing 2 for 1 on your favourite dessert. On Thursday
afternoons they’re offering double dividend points on your storecard. They
haven’t got any of that nice fruit juice you like, but don’t let it spoil your day.
Leo (July 22 - Aug 22)
A tramps dog will attack you, biting into your leg with its sharp pincer teeth.
Make sure you are wearing clean pants because you will have to take your
trousers off to show the full extent of the injury to the nurse.
Pisces (Feb 18 - Mar 19)
Stay indoors for the first two days of the week. A scruffy looking man will follow
home from Kwiksave on Wednesday afternoon and introduce you to someone
important to your future. Go and buy milk with him.
Virgo (Aug 23 - Sept 21)
Ever slept with anyone you shouldn’t have? Sexually transmitted diseases are
currently invading your system. You should get it checked out before it gets too
late. Flush the thrush!
Aries (Mar 20 - Apr 19)
Spend all your money, because you won’t have much longer to enjoy it. Buy a
fast car and drive it at high speed. For protection, you may wish to fill the entire
car with foamy cushions. Weirdo!
Libra (Sept 22 - Oct 22)
Don’t forget Auntie Vi’s birthday on Friday. Don’t send flowers on account of her
hayfever. Don’t buy her chocolates because she’s on a diet. Take care.
Taurus (April 20 - May 19)
Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
Eat a good 3 meals a day, brush your teeth when you wake up in the morning
and before you go to bed at night. Make sure you get a good night’s sleep. Say
no to strangers. Don’t forget to say your prayers. Don’t do drugs.
Watch out for small vicious furballs hiding out in a bush waiting to attack.
They’re pissed off because you don’t cuddle Muffsie any more. Don’t neglect your
teddy bears!
Gemini (May 20 - Jun 20)
Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
Take that old musical instrument out of your attic because a famous musician’s
car is going to break down in front of your house. Make sure you have your
toolbox and a can of petrol handy. Napalm can be useful…
Feed your pets washing powder, it’s good for them. Stop using the toilet, its
filthy! Cook your loved ones a nice dinner and sneak some of your bodily fluids
in.
NOTTS
Bones’ Fun Cave...
TRUMPS
Grate Misstakes in Cultural Histroy
Victoria Centre
Shhh...soon zey
vill be gone, Daisy
Broadmarsh Centre
Verr ist all zis MILK
comming from?
Total number of shops
120
Of which selling worthless tat (%)
Total number of shops
8.2
Of which selling worthless
Wimpy bars
#01: The Dairy of Anne Frank
0
Wimpy bars
Big gay fountain clocks
1
Utter pikey rating
Big gay fountain clocks
2/10
Utter pikey rating
83
tat (%)
42.5
1
0
8/10

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