University Students

In our busy arts venue, there are loads of opportunities to get involved with internships, traineeships, theatre, and music. And, if you want to make some extra money, there are opportunities to come and work as part of our team. Check out our Jobs page for more information on work opportunities. 

Reflections Drawing Open – Applications now open

Inspired by Lakeside’s current exhibition Drawn Through Time: Penny McCarthy, Titian and other Time Travellers (9 May – 26 July), this is an open application exhibition for UK-based artists working with drawing. Your work will be featured in our upcoming exhibition Reflections, which opens 1 – 31 August 2026. Reflections aims to celebrate the diversity and workmanship of contemporary drawing and provide a platform for artists to showcase their work to a wide public audience. The Reflections Drawing Open is open to all artists who work with drawing, and is a chance to showcase your work in a high-profile, curated setting.

To apply see Lakeside Arts Drawing Open: Call for Entries – Lakeside Arts, Nottingham. You will need six high-quality JPEGs of your work and an artist statement. For full competition terms and conditions please see here

£5 University of Nottingham Student Tickets

We want to make sure everyone can enjoy the great performances we put on, so we offer £5 tickets for University of Nottingham students on selected shows! 

To see which shows these are available for, visit the What’s On page of our website and filter events using the ‘Offers’ function, selecting ‘£5 UoN Student’. Just remember to select the ‘student’ ticket option when you book.

No student tickets left? Two and a half hours before a show or event, students can buy any unsold seats for £5. To buy these you need to call our box office on 0115 846 7777 or pop in in person.

I really enjoy Lakeside events, the variety of artists is amazing! I’m a student new to the area, and I appreciate the reduced price tickets to the events. It allows me to book tickets to anything that looks interesting, including artists whom I would otherwise never see, and genres I would otherwise not consider. Some of the events I’ve been to (that I had booked on a whim and had no expectations of) have genuinely been the best I’ve been to in my life!