Exhibition

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Djanogly Gallery

Angear Visitor Centre

Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe

Sat 25 Jan – Sun 27 Apr 2025

This free exhibition unites art and science in a captivating exploration of the quantum universe, celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

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Children & Families

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Performing Arts Studio

Space Descent

Sat 24 May – Sun 1 Jun 2025

Family VR experience from the Science Museum Group, retracing Tim Peake's 400km journey back to earth. Suitable for 7+.

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A family walk along a park path towards Lakeside Arts

A tram travels past Lakeside Arts

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Booking Tickets

Freshly baked scones

A person in a wheelchair enjoys an accessible swing.

A vast lake with stone lion ornament

A small boy in a blue hoodie sits at a cafe table

Family Facilities

A light bright shop space with square shelves and colourful displays.

Colourful rowing boats sat at the side of the lake, with the Trent building in the background.

Two secondary school students in uniform painting in yellows, reds and oranges as part of a school trip at Lakeside Arts.

Schools & educators

A student actor on stage with red hair being led off by another student

University Students

child wearing a hand made face mask from a childrens workshop

Families & Children

Lakeside's Performing Arts Studio setup for a drinks reception.

Celebrations & Events

Lakeside's theatre with a full audience, a speaker at a lecturn and four empty chairs on stage.

Meetings & Conferences

Eleven actors on stage in orange costumes and in a jungle scene, with the moon overhead.

Artistic & rehearsal hire

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Catering For Your Event

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Lakeside front of house staff in blue fleeces stand smiling

Jobs & Volunteering

The backs of two people's heads wearing headphones and operating the tech for a theatre show

A black and white photograph of an outdoor swimming pool on the site where Lakeside Arts now sits

Sekou Keita, a musician, sits surrounded by an orchestra with headphones on

A woman walking through luminarium which is glowing with reds and purples.

Grass interspersed with daisies, a winding path and a small tree just coming into lead dominate the foreground. Children playing in Highfields Park, an ice cream van and Lakeside Arts' DH Lawrence Pavilion are in the background. A bright blue sky with white fluffy clouds is overhead.

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Back What’s on

Broadway at Lakeside

Outdoor

Film

Broadway at Lakeside

Fri 22 – Sat 30 Aug 2025

Join us for an outdoor cinema screening of an iconic film in the beautiful surroundings of Lakeside Arts, presented by Broadway.

Outdoor Cinema

Outdoor

Film

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Outdoor cinema, University Park

Summer of Soul (12)

Fri 22 Aug 2025

An outdoor film screening presented by Broadway Cinema at Lakeside.

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Outdoor

Film

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Outdoor cinema, University Park

Buena Vista Social Club (U)

Sat 23 Aug 2025

An outdoor film screening presented by Broadway at Lakeside.

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Outdoor

Film

Anime image of a couple embracing in front of a lake.

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Outdoor cinema, University Park

The Boy and the Heron (12)

Fri 29 Aug 2025

An outdoor film screening presented by Broadway at Lakeside.

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audiences are sitting on camping chairs while watching film on a screen between Elpida's tree artworks

audiences watching outdoor cinema sitting on camping chairs and blankets with Lakeside's Pavilion building in the background

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audiences are sitting on the grass and camping chairs while watching outdoor cinema at Lakeside Arts

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