Children & Families

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Djanogly Theatre

Splat!

Sun 1 Jun 2025

A family-friendly comedy about art and creativity, taking you through the history of visual art. For ages 3-6.

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Children & Families

Workshop

May Half-Term

Sat 24 May – Sun 1 Jun 2025

Fill your May half-term with interactive experiences, creative workshops, theatre and free exhibitions

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Celebrations & Events

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

Meetings & Conferences

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Artistic & rehearsal hire

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Catering For Your Event

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Plan Your Visit

Spend the day at Lakeside Arts.

Whether you’re taking in an exhibition or enjoying a show in our theatre. Treating yourself in one of our cafés or making the most of our surroundings. Find everything you’ll need to know about your visit including our opening hours, how to find us, parking, and access information below.

Opening Times

A52 Roadworks

National Highways are carrying out significant roadworks on the A52 Derby Road between Priory roundabout and QMC roundabout from 19 May to spring 2026. Lane closures and traffic management systems will be in place throughout.

We strongly recommend travelling to Lakeside by Tram where possible. Travel disruption is likely and if travelling by bus or car, we strongly encourage:

Leaving plenty of time to travel to Lakeside.
Checking live traffic information before travelling.

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DH Lawrence Pavilion & Pavilion Café

This is where you’ll find our Box Office*, Wallner and Weston Galleries*, plus the Pavilion Café and toilets.

Monday-Friday: 8am-4pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10am-4pm

*opening times vary.

Evening event Café opening:
The Pavilion Café opens at 5.30pm for snacks, drinks and pre-booked hot meals, remaining open until the event start time or, where applicable, the end of interval.

Box Office

Pop by to purchase tickets, pick up tickets or make enquiries.

Day-to-day hours:
Tuesday-Saturday: 11am-4pm
Sunday: 12noon-4pm
Closed Monday

Show and event hours:
One hour before the event start time until 30 minutes after the event start time. For example, for a 7.30pm show the box office will be open 6.30pm-8pm.

Djanogly Gallery

Gallery Shop, Gallery Café and Angear Visitor Centre

Wallner Gallery

Weston Gallery

University of Nottingham Museum

The home of a collection of archaeological artefacts of all periods from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. You’ll find the museum between the Djanogly Gallery and Djanogly Recital Hall.

Thursday-Sunday: 12noon-4pm

Closed Monday-Wednesday

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Opening Times

Find the opening times for all of our wonderful spaces and buildings here.

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Getting Here

Make your visit a breeze, parking and travel information here.

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Booking Tickets

All you need to know about booking tickets for Lakeside events.

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Cafés

Enjoy our delicious café menus and discover your new favourite spot.

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Accessibility

Get all your access information for a smooth and enjoyable experience.

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Shape your day

We've pulled together some handy guides of how to spend your day.

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Family Facilities

Family friendly facilities for a fun day out.

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Shop

Explore handcrafted gifts & art in our unique gallery shop.

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Parks

We're surrounded by Highfields Park and University Park Campus.

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Children & Families

Splat!

Sun 1 Jun 2025

Children & Families

Workshop

May Half-Term

Sat 24 May – Sun 1 Jun 2025

Plan Your Visit

Opening Times

A52 Roadworks

DH Lawrence Pavilion & Pavilion Café

Box Office

Djanogly Gallery

Gallery Shop, Gallery Café and Angear Visitor Centre

Wallner Gallery

Weston Gallery

University of Nottingham Museum

In this section

Opening Times

Getting Here

Booking Tickets

Cafés

Accessibility

Shape your day

Family Facilities

Shop

Parks

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