Here’s our latest round-up of latest events taking place from Friday February 2 to Thursday February 8 across the borough.
Friday, February 9
Kinky Fiesta – Calverton Miners Welfare
Lex Icon – Nags Head, Carlton
Priscilla (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 9 – Tue 13 Feb, Various Times £6.80pp £5pp on Tuesday
The iconic Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) returns with PRISCILLA, a deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy and fame. Starring Golden Globe nominee Cailee Spaeny and Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi, Coppola’s film presents the unseen story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s long courtship and turbulent marriage. Their romance is a great American myth that spans decades and oceans, from the army base where they met to his dream-world estate at Graceland.
Faithfully adapting Priscilla’s own memoir, and anchored by Spaeny’s Venice Best Actress winning performance, this is a mature and masterful cinematic feast for the senses that sees Coppola at the very top of her game.
“Is this already the best film of 2024?” The i ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★ Times ★★★★
Directed by Sofia Coppola
With Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi
1hr 53 mins // US 2023
The Vinyl Revival Club – Arnold Liberal Club
Gary Marshall – Major Oak, Arnold, 8.00pm
Migration (U) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 9 – Sun 25 Feb, Various Times £6.80pp £5pp on Tuesday
Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.
“This handsome tale of two ducklings perfectly fits the half-term bill” Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by Benjamin Renner
Voiced by Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks
1hr 30 mins // US 2023
Friday Quiz Night – Burnt Stump Inn, 8.00pm
EVO – Top Spot, Carlton
One Life (12A) – Bonington Cinema
Thu 8 – Mon 12 Feb, Various Times
One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker played by Johnny Flynn, who, along with Trevor Chadwick (played by Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warinner (played by Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II,. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time.
How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky (played by Anthony Hopkins) lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life!’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.
“Anthony Hopkins is stirring as the ‘British Schindler’ who saved 600 Jewish children” Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by James Hawes
With Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn
1hr 50 mins // UK 2023
Saturday, February 10
Guitar Classics by Taff – Top Spot, Carlton
Steve Knight – Arnold Liberal Club
Xtra Mile – Calverton Working Men’s Club
Cupids Disco – The Longbow, Arnold
Joey Collins – The Admiral Rodney, Calverton
Sunday, February 11
Pop-Up Food Fayre – Burton Joyce Old School Building
Scott Carr – Top Spot, Carlton
EVENT CINEMA: ROH Live: Manon – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sun 11 Feb, 2pm £15pp
This adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel embodies Kenneth MacMillan at his best, his acute insight into human psychology and his mastery of narrative choreography finding full expression in the impassioned duets of the central couple, visceral and urgent in their desire.
The heroine’s struggle to escape poverty make Manon one of the most dramatic and devastating of ballets, emphasized by Nicholas Georgiadis’ evocative designs that reflect the juxtaposition between Manon’s impoverished origins and the lavish world she longs to inhabit. The 2023/24 Season celebrates the centenary of Nicholas Georgiadis.
BALLET
Music – Jules Massenet
Choreography – Kenneth Macmillan
Sunday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead, 9.00pm
Wednesday & Sunday evenings
Monday, February 12
Bob Massey: Every Day Victorian Toys – Dice & Balls, The Amp, Arnold
Monday Quiz Night – The Arrow, Arnold, 7.30pm
Catch-up Screenings: Wonka (PG) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Mon 12 – Tue 13 Feb, 4:30pm £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
“Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat” Guardian ★★★★★
“The most fun you’ll have in a cinema all year” Telegraph ★★★★★
Independent ★★★★ Empire ★★★★
Directed by Paul King
With Timothée Chalamet
1hr 57 mins // US 2023
February Half Term Activities – Dice & Balls, Arnold
- Monday 12th February 10am – Bob Massey will be talking about Victorian Toys
- Tuesday 13th February 11am and 2pm – Balloon Modelling Workshops
- Wednesday 14th February 2pm – Balloon Modelling Workshop
- Thursday 15 February 2pm – Mini Circus Skills Workshop
- Friday 16 February 10:30am – Cayt Hewitt will be running a Doll’s House Workshop
- Friday 16 February 5pm to 7pm – Teen’s Games Night
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, February 13
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
Pancake Day – The Gedling Inn, 12-7PM
Bike Night – The Gleaners, Calverton
Wednesday, February 14
Wednesday Quiz Night – The Nags Head, Carlton, 8.30pm
EVENT CINEMA: My Favourite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (PG)) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Wed 14 – Sun 18 Feb, Various Times £12.50pp
Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, this special anniversary concert was filmed at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.
Featuring a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Audra McDonald, Rita Moreno, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St. Louis, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace and Patrick Wilson, the landmark event was accompanied by the 40-piece Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Orchestra, conducted by Simon Lee.
Directed and staged by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Broadway’s The King and I, South Pacific), the celebration of the historic partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II showcases original arrangements of the most iconic songs from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Cinderella, The Sound of Music and more!
2 hrs 34 mins including an interval
Wednesday Quiz Night – Robin Hood & Little John, Arnold, 8.30pm
Thursday, February 15
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.
Thursday Quiz Night – The Gleaners, Calverton, 8.30pm
Matt Symons – Top Spot, Carlton
Quiz Night – Sashas Bar, Arnold
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Roll & Review: Game designers and play testing sessions – Dice and Balls, Arnold
*Please note that this a fortnightly event, please check with venue
Thursday Quiz Night – The Vale Hotel, Woodthorpe, 8.00pm
Weekly quiz night in support of local food bank.
Colwick Theatre Club presents The Little Mermaid – Colwick Community Centre
February 15, 16 & 17
Thursday Quiz Night – Copper Mapperley, 7.00pm
Comedy Hotspot) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Thu 15 Feb, 8pm £15.00pp
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
