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Nonsuch on Trent - Final weekend

Nonsuch Victoria Embankment

Until Sunday 5 September

Victoria Embankment


It?s been an amazing festival so far and the team is set to round off the week in style with a range of entertainment for kids and adults alike. This will include local legends, comedy legends, and some of the best up and coming musical talent. There are five shows to chose from.

Full listings

Nonsuch on Trent - Friday theatre

Nonsuch Robin Hood

Fri 3 September

Victoria Embankment


7pm:?Three Inch Fools: Robin Hood
Five actors, with all manner of musical instruments, struggle to remember Nottingham's-own, and Britain?s best-known folk tale.

Expect the full Three Inch Fools treatment ? an evening packed with wildly-inventive story-telling, fast-paced drama, a host of musical instruments and many a quick costume change along the way!

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Nonsuch on Trent - Saturday comedy

Lou Sanders

Sat 4 September

Victoria Embankment


1-2pm:?Comedy Club 4 Kids
The Comedy Club 4 Kids? gets the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+). Expect the best of stand up, but without the rude bits!

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7.30pm: Stand up Comedy?- Brilliant stand-up comedy, this time for adults, with four top comedians - Lou Sanders (pictured), Josh Weller, Annie McGrath, and Carl Donnelley

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Nonsuch on Trent - Sunday music

Hackney Colliery Band

Sun 5 September

Victoria Embankment


2-3pm:?Shlomo?s Beatbox Adventure For Kids?
World record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo makes mad music with his mouth. Become one of this sonic superhero?s sidekicks in a world of funny sounds, brilliant noises and cool music.

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6-8pm:?Hackney Colliery Band
A genre-bending combination of brass, reeds, percussion, and electronica, firmly establishes HCB as one of the most exciting live bands in the UK. Not to be missed.

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Arboretum Sunsets: Cider Festival

Arboretum Sunsets Cider Festival

Sat 4 September

Nottingham Arboretum


As the sun sets on the Arboretum Sunsets festival, catch the final three events of the programme.?

On Saturday, Somerset scrumpy legends The Wurzels perform live at the inaugural Arboretum Cider Festival.?

Expect top ten hits Combine Harvester, and I am a Cider Drinker?alongside great cider suppliers and sausage sizzlers! There will be?lots more live music & DJs too!

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Arboretum Sunsets: Free Yoga session

Outdoor Yoga

Sunday 5 September

Nottingham Arboretum


This week's final, free Sweaty Betty yoga session is courtesy of The Reformer Studio.

Enjoy a free session from this local studio focusing on mind/body connection, and promoting core strength, alignment, and flexibility.

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Arboretum Sunsets: This is the Kit

This is the Kit

Sun 5 September

Nottingham Arboretum


This Is The Kit is the much beloved musical project of talented musician Kate Stables.

Kate sings, plays guitar, banjo, trumpet and percussion, while a cast of carefully hand-plucked friends deliver guitar strums, banjo plucks, hushed horns and electronic textures that sit beneath Stables' easy, earnest lilt.

The band will be supported by: Blood Wizard, Francis Lung, The Magic Lantern, Daudi Matsiko, R Loomes, and Milla Tebbs.

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The Seven Fingers - Passagers

TRCH Seven Passagers

Tues 5 - Weds 6 October

Royal Concert Hall


Book now for one of the world?s most exciting and inventive contemporary circus companies, combining choreography and dance with physical theatre, dazzling acrobatic skills, multi-media and music.?

Passagers will bring you on a jaw-dropping and unexpected journey, celebrating connections and adventures. Performing death defying feats with giant poles, hoop tumbling and wire walking, this artistic collective seamlessly weaves in music, movement and storytelling to create a spectacular and beautiful show.

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Open Air Theatre - Pride and Prejudice

Castle Pride and Prejudice

Fri 3 September

Nottingham Castle


It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen?s witty and romantic masterpiece is one of the best-loved stories of all time, dealing with the most important questions in life?

Will Mrs Bennett manage to offload her numerous daughters in record time? Will Lizzy and Darcy actually get together? Will creepy Mr Collins just go away?

Join The Pantaloons in the grounds of the recently reopened Nottingham Castle for this delightfully innovative and hilarious new adaptation.

Outdoor Cinema - The Princess Bride

Castle Princess Bride

Sat 4 September

Nottingham Castle


A night of cinematic magic courtesy of Nottingham Castle and Broadway Cinema.

Robin Wright and Cary Elwes star in this fairytale adventure about a beautiful princess and the gallant hero who rescues her from an evil villain.

Directed by Rob Reiner, it?s an enchanting classic the whole family will love!

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Twelfth Night: Free Shakespeare

Nottingham Shakespeare

Until Sat 11 September

Various city locations


Coming to a location near you, ranging from graveyards to bandstands. This is your chance to see classic Shakespeare performed for free!

Nottingham Shakespeare Company is a community theatre group dedicated to bringing fresh, contemporary, accessible interpretations of the Bard to everyone in Nottingham and beyond.

Join them for the fast-paced, 90 minute, comedy rollercoaster of?Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night -?a rollicking rom-com of desire, disguise, and?deception.?

Catch one of the six performances across five venues from today until Sat 11 September.

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Gandey's Circus: Offer for What's On readers

Gandey's 2021

Fri 10?to Mon 13 September

Forest Recreation Ground


Gandey's returns with a sensational new production for 2021!

This production has it all! It?s the heart-stopping spectacular dreams are made of, where?fearless artistes hand-picked direct from each corner of the earth perform death-defying acts.

We?ve got a great discount for What's On subscribers - Get 50% off all full price adult tickets* Use the code WHATS ON when you make your booking.

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*Half price will only be valid for full adult tickets (not concessions, family, offer days)


Shine Night Walk: Discounted entry offer

Shine 2021

Fri 10 September

Old Market Square


Get ready for a night to remember!?Join the Cancer Research UK team for a very special evening in Nottingham.

Make 2021?a year to remember and experience a night like no other - a marathon, half marathon or 10k charity night walk through your city.?

Select the cancer type you want to support and raise money for life-saving research.?It?s a night to celebrate, push yourself and feel proud.

There is still time to enter the walk and for all entries up 5 September there is a 30% discount?- Just use?code 30SHINE?

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