Exhibition

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

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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.

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Circus

Theatre & Dance

Performer Naomi Woods, a woman with long blond hair, is suspended from the ceiling.

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Djanogly Theatre

Gobbess

Thu 19 Jun 2025

Perfectly blending circus skills and spoken word Naomi Wood will have you captivated.

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A tram travels past Lakeside Arts

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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

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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

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Catering For Your Event

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Jobs & Volunteering

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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.

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Children & Families

Science Museum Group

Space Descent

Family VR Experience

Sat 24 May – Sun 1 Jun 2025

Performing Arts Studio

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Past event

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Join astronaut Tim Peake in a thrilling high-speed spaceflight with a new virtual reality experience Space Descent from the Science Museum Group.

Experience what it feels like to sit inside the Soyuz capsule as it makes its dangerous high-speed journey back to Earth. Space Descent retraces Tim Peake’s 400km journey back to Earth from the International Space Station through an immersive, 360° 3D virtual reality experience.

Created by the award-winning Alchemy VR, this experience is a thrilling ride previously experienced only by a handful of astronauts and is narrated by Tim Peake himself, the UK’s first European Space Agency astronaut.

Coming to Space Descent - here's what you need to know

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Science Museum Group

It really is breath-taking!"

Tim Peake

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