Here’s our latest round-up of events taking place from Friday, March 29 to Thursday, April 4 across the borough.
Friday, March 29
It’s Been Emotional – The Cross Keys, Burton Joyce
Friday Quiz Night – Burnt Stump Inn, 8.00pm
‘Choc ‘N’ Hops’ Real Ale Festival – Robin Hood & Little John
Oscar Catch-up Screenings: The Holdovers (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 29 Mar – Wed 3 Apr, Various Times £6.80pp
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
“Hilarious and heartfelt, it’s a tale to be treasured” Empire ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti) and Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Winner of 1 Academy Award – Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Directed by Alexander Payne
With Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
2hrs 10 mins // US 2023
Connie Bolton – The Nags Head, Carlton
Wicked Little Letters (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 29 Mar – Wed 3 Apr, Various Times £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley).
When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
Directed by Thea Sharrock
With Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley,
1hr 40 mins // UK 2023
Colin Stevens – Waggon & Horses
Dune Part II (12A) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 29 Mar – Tue 2 Apr, Various Times £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on Dune: Part Two, the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning Dune.
“Audacious, intimate, and menacing like no other blockbuster in existence” Independent ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Empire ★★★★
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
With Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
2hrs 47 mins // US 2023
VYBZ – Top Spot, Carlton
Saturday, March 30
Let’s Eighties – The Richard Herrod Centre, Carlton
Put on your dancing shoes for lots of your favourite songs from artists including Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Queen, Bryan Adams, Madness, George Michael and lots more!
Free entry (no ticket required).
Oscar Catch-up Screenings: The Boy & the Heron (12A) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sat 30 Mar – Mon 1 Apr, 4:30pm £6.80pp
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death and creation, in tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
*Saturday 30 March will be the English Dubbed Version (Voice cast includes Robert Pattinson, Luca Padovan, Christian Bale)
*Monday 1 April will be the Subtitled Version (Original language- Japanese)
“An astonishing, sumptuous animated fantasy featuring everything you love about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time” Empire ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Independent ★★★★
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Winner of 1 Academy Award – Best Animated Feature Film
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
2hr 4 mins // JAP 2023
Lottie T’Vay – Arnold Liberal Club
EVENT CINEMA: National Theatre Live: The Motive & the Cue (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sat 30 Mar – Sun 7 Apr, Various Times £12.50pp
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
“Mark Gatiss gives the performance of his career in this shiver-making drama” Telegraph ★★★★★
The Motive and the Cue
a new play by Jack Thorne
directed by Sam Mendes
Jess K – Top Spot, Carlton
Easter Craft Fayre – The Beacon Hill, Carlton
Ben Hibbet – Admiral Rodney, Calverton
Easter Egg Trail – Gedling Scout Hut
Alan Squires – Arnold Ex- Service Club
Sunday, March 31
Sunday Sessions: King of Rome – The Pit, Newstead
These gigs will be free as always but this year we will be passing a bucket around so please remember to bring a couple of quid in cash for the artists.
Easter Party – Arnold Liberal Club, Arnold
Family Easter Party – Calverton Working Men’s Club
Children’s Easter Party – Mapperley Golf Club
EVENT CINEMA: ROH Live: Madama Butterfly – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sun 31 Mar, 2pm £15.00pp
When the young geisha, Cio-Cio-San, marries American Naval Officer Pinkerton, she believes she is entering a real, binding marriage for life. Forsaking her religion and community, she learns all too late that for Pinkerton, their marriage is merely an illusion – with tragic consequences.
With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un bel dì, vedremo’ (‘One fine day’) and the Humming Chorus, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from 19th-century European images of Japan. Asmik Grigorian performs the role of Cio-Cio-San, with Kevin John Edusei conducting.
OPERA
Music – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – Kevin John Edusei
Sunday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead, 9.00pm
Wednesday & Sunday evenings
Sarah Bright – The Beacon Hill, Carlton
Spring Fair & Model Submarines Steam Event – Papplewick Pumping Station
March Food Fayre – Old School Building, Burton Joyce
Monday, April 1
Easter Fun Day – Gedling Inn, Gedling
With bouncy castles, bigger than ever before fun run, inflatable fun, face painting, glitter tattoos, Easter egg hunt and more. No booking required.
The longbow’s Easter Party – The Longbow, Arnold
£5pp
Easter Kids Party – The Elwes Arms, Carlton
Childrens Easter Egg Hunt – The Vale Social Club, Colwick
Soul (PG) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Mon 1 – Wed 3 Apr, Various Times £5.00pp
Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams and your interests come from? What is it that makes you… YOU? Pixar Animation Studios will take you on a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life’s most important questions.
Soul introduces Joe Gardner voiced by Jamie Foxx, a school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. In the film, just when Joe thinks his dream might be in reach, a single unexpected step sends him to a fantastical place where he’s is forced to think again about what it truly means to have soul. That’s where he meets and ultimately teams up with 22 voiced by Tina Fey, a soul who doesn’t think life on Earth is all it’s cracked up to be.
“With beauty, humour, and heart, this is Pixar at its very best” Independent ★★★★★
“A deeply sweet, happy, gentle film.” Guardian ★★★★★
“Pixar’s latest masterpiece” Telegraph ★★★★★
*Includes the short film Burrow
Directed by Kemp Powers, Pete Docter
Voiced by Jamie Foxx
1hr 47 mins // US 2020
Monday Quiz Night – The Arrow, Arnold, 7.30pm
Pub League Poker – The Brick Yard, Carlton
Free pint to the winner of the night for season 2, along with the cash pot from player buy ins (£5 a head) and 100 points on the leaderboard.
Monday Quiz Night – The Bread & Bitter, Mapperley
Monday Quiz Night – Four Bells, Woodborough, 7.30pm
Tuesday, April 2
Pub Quiz – The Brickyard, Carlton
Booking advised due to popularity of event.
£2 buy in per person, £25 bar tab to be won and a rolling higher or lower jackpot
Jam in the Attic – The Gleaners, Calverton
Wednesday, April 3
Wednesday Quiz Night – The Nags Head, Carlton, 8.30pm
Wednesday Quiz Night – Robin Hood & Little John, Arnold, 8.30pm
Thursday, April 4
Boogie Night Thursdays – The Longbow, Arnold, 6.00pm – 9.30pm
Creating a safe and fun environment for adults with learning difficulties to socialise and dance the night away.
Jazz Steps: Basil Hodge Jazz Africa – Bonington Theatre, Arnold
Thu 4 Apr, 7:30pm £15.00pp
Afrobeat, Township and Funk – a contagiously rhythmic mix of music by legendary artists Fela Kuti, Abdullah Ibrahim, Manu Dibango & Randy Weston. This new band, led by pianist Hodge, includes Tony Kofi (sax) and Winston Clifford (drums).
*Please note, seating for Jazz Steps shows is unallocated
Thursday Quiz Night – The Gleaners, Calverton, 8.30pm
? – Top Spot, Carlton
Quiz Night – Sashas Bar, Arnold
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Echo Beach – Top Spot, Carlton
Thursday Quiz Night – The Vale Hotel, Woodthorpe, 8.00pm
Weekly quiz night in support of local food bank.
Thursday Quiz Night – Copper Mapperley, 7.00pm
Thursday Quiz Night – Gedling Inn, Gedling, 8.00pm
All listings correct at time of going to press
Please contact venue to confirm availability and details
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