Exhibition

A photo of an exhibition with yellow and pink walls, with Song Dynasty by Rae-Yen Song in the foreground

Featured Event Device

Djanogly Gallery

Material Worlds

Sat 17 May – Sun 31 Aug 2025

An ambitious, free, group exhibition exploring how contemporary artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways.

Find out more

Theatre & Dance

A woman, wearing a white sleeveless top , with her hair tied back stands behind flowers.

Multibuy

Featured Event Device

Djanogly Theatre

La Nuova Flora & The Pearl

Tue 15 Jul 2025

A euphoric evening, a double bill of dance, bursting with power, energy and emotion.

Find out more Book now

A family walk along a park path towards Lakeside Arts

A tram travels past Lakeside Arts

large group of people clapping

Booking Tickets

Freshly baked scones

A person in a wheelchair enjoys an accessible swing.

A vast lake with stone lion ornament

A small boy in a blue hoodie sits at a cafe table

Family Facilities

A light bright shop space with square shelves and colourful displays.

Colourful rowing boats sat at the side of the lake, with the Trent building in the background.

Two secondary school students in uniform painting in yellows, reds and oranges as part of a school trip at Lakeside Arts.

Schools & educators

A student actor on stage with red hair being led off by another student

University Students

child wearing a hand made face mask from a childrens workshop

Families & Children

Lakeside's Performing Arts Studio setup for a drinks reception.

Celebrations & Events

Lakeside's theatre with a full audience, a speaker at a lecturn and four empty chairs on stage.

Meetings & Conferences

Eleven actors on stage in orange costumes and in a jungle scene, with the moon overhead.

Artistic & rehearsal hire

A croissant filled with cheese and tomato

Catering For Your Event

Close up of microphone on stage. with audience seating in the background.

Lakeside front of house staff in blue fleeces stand smiling

Jobs & Volunteering

The backs of two people's heads wearing headphones and operating the tech for a theatre show

A black and white photograph of an outdoor swimming pool on the site where Lakeside Arts now sits

Sekou Keita, a musician, sits surrounded by an orchestra with headphones on

A woman walking through luminarium which is glowing with reds and purples.

Grass interspersed with daisies, a winding path and a small tree just coming into lead dominate the foreground. Children playing in Highfields Park, an ice cream van and Lakeside Arts' DH Lawrence Pavilion are in the background. A bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds is overhead.

large group of people clapping

Back What’s on

Fireside

Loading...

Coming soon

Members booking

Final few

Sold out

Book now

Priority booking Wed 9 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

Children & Families

Theatre & Dance

Nikki & JD / Lost Dog present

Fireside

Thu 30 Oct 2025, 4.30pm

Outdoor Theatre, Highfields Park

£10

Loading...

Coming soon

Members booking

Final few

Sold out

Book now

Priority booking Wed 9 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

Running time

45 minutes, no interval

Age range

Suitable for ages 5+

Loading...

Coming soon

Members booking

Final few

Sold out

Book now

Priority booking Wed 9 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

On general sale Wed 16 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

Gather around the fire and let us remind you of what it was to be afraid of the dark.

The award-winning circus company Nikki & JD in collaboration with Lost Dog have created an outdoor show that combines circus, dance, theatre and live music to re-enact the original horror story.

Dark, comic and physically dangerous this is a modern re-telling of that ancient epic: Beowulf.

Photo © Pablo Herrera Pérez

Production photos

An actor dressed in white talks to an audience standing and sitting around him

Four acrobats dressed in white outdoors in an evening climb on each other

an actor dressed in white wearing a mask upside down, with the light of a fire falling on her

A silhouette of an actor talking into a microphone with smoke around him

Watch the trailer...

Absolutely stunning, breathtaking acrobatics and skills and wonderfully witty humour."

Audience member

Stay Connected

Don’t miss out on our year-round calendar of events. Click below to join our mailing list, and get our updates straight to your inbox.

Sign up