What’s on

Find theatre, classical & chamber music, world, folk & jazz gigs, live comedy, dance performances, children's shows, free talks and workshops, as well as our visual art exhibitions and museum programme below.

Special Collections
Sylva

Friday 14 December - Sunday 07 April

Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, discover the unusual tales of Nottinghamshire’s woodlands and the people who have worked, lived and been inspired by them.
Exhibitions
Homage to the Bauhaus

Saturday 02 March - Sunday 02 June

In the centenary year of the founding of the influential Bauhaus art school in Weimar, Homage to the Bauhaus considers the impact of the school’s teachings and aesthetic ideas on artists and photographers in the twentieth century.
Exhibitions
Charles Poulsen: Gridations

Saturday 02 March - Monday 27 May

Poulsen’s drawings are striking abstractions realised in layers of pencil, wax and gouache.
Special Events
Manuscripts and Special Collections Conservation Demonstration

Thursday 04 April

Meet Manuscripts and Special Collections Conservator Robert Pearce and enjoy a demonstration of how he carries out paper repairs.
Music
Escher Quartet

Thursday 04 April

The New York-based Escher Quartet performs a programme with an American focus.
Special Events
Behind the Scenes of Losing Her Voice

Friday 05 April

Enjoy behind the scenes access to Elizabeth Kelly’s new opera Losing Her Voice.
Music
Losing Her Voice

Saturday 06 April - Sunday 07 April

Performed by professional soloists and musicians alongside University of Nottingham’s talented student musicians.
Take Part & Learn
Medieval Embroidery

Saturday 06 April

Join Tanya Bentham from Threads in Time and learn the techniques of medieval embroidery using authentic naturally dyed threads.
Exhibitions
Circles of Influence

Saturday 06 April - Sunday 19 May

Complementing the Homage to the Bauhaus exhibition, MA Photography students at Nottingham Trent University have produced new work reflecting on the educational
approach,
Exhibitions
Current Archaeology in the East Midlands

Saturday 06 April - Sunday 30 June

A new Museum Exhibition Programme, Current Archaeology in the East Midlands, displays and examines work undertaken throughout the East Midlands by archaeologists, community groups and museums.
Children & Families
Art Investigator Max

Saturday 06 April - Saturday 25 May

Creative Saturday afternoons at Djanogly Gallery.
Children & Families
Lindy Hop!

Tuesday 09 April

Missing Strictly? Swing into spring in style and learn to Lindy Hop at Lakeside this Easter in our exciting, energetic dance workshop.