Current students events

We’re delighted to welcome an ensemble from the world-famous BBC Concert Orchestra to University Hall, for this special performance of Wynton Marsalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale. Conducted by Martyn Brabbins and featuring guest narrator Clarke Peters (The Wire, Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods), Marsalis’ masterpiece is a retelling of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale (L'Histoire du soldat). This event is part of a double bill, with The Soldier’s Tale being performed at the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts on Saturday 20 April.

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Grammy nominated for Best Folk Album, the Associated Press called Mary Gauthier “one of the best songwriters of her generation.”

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This event is only open to NTU students. Join us for a riotous, funny play told through the technicolour lens of three British Muslim schoolgirls at Nottingham Playhouse.

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This event is only open to NTU students. Get creative! Join us at this free drop-in session to create your own tile to be added to our collaborative mural. Come along, grab a brush, and get painting! 

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This event is open to NTU students and staff only. Join Bad Betty Press editor Amy Acre for a free masterclass on turning your poems into sites of transformation.

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This event is only open to NTU students. Work with local illustrator Hannah Sawtell who will guide you through different approaches to drawing, incorporating a range of mixed media. Suitable for all skill levels – materials are provided.

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Take a break from work, study or shopping and enjoy one of our free lunchtime concerts. From vocal to instrumental, classical to folk and jazz, enjoy performances from our talented students in a relaxed setting.

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This event is only open to NTU students. Come along to a free drawing session with Nonsuch Studios' Caroline Rowland. Open to all abilities, invite your friends for a couple of hours of doodling fun!

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Join us for a free tour of Bonington Gallery's current exhibition, Karuppu by Osheen Siva, with BSL interpretation.

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This event is only open to NTU students. Join our weekly writing hour followed by an informal book club, suitable for all interests and abilities. Between 3 - 4 pm you can carry on with your writing, start something new, and get some feedback. From 4 pm, come along for a book club – bring along what you're currently reading or choose a theme to discuss with the group. These sessions are weekly during term time and take place at either City or Clifton campuses.

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