Children & Families

Theatre & Dance

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Djanogly Theatre

Christmas at Lakeside: The Storm Whale

Sat 14 Dec 2024 – Sun 5 Jan 2025

Join us for this magical Christmas show for kids. Suitable for ages 3+.

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Children & Families

Workshop

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Visual Arts Studio

Gallery Art Group

Saturdays 11 January - 29 March

Let you creative expression flourish in our Gallery Art Group.

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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

Close up of microphone on stage. with audience seating in the background.

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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Craft Fair

Lustre 2024

Beautiful things for you and your home

Fri 8 – Sun 10 Nov 2024

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Past exhibition

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Put the date in your diary for our much anticipated contemporary craft and design market.

A great chance to get ahead and start your Christmas shopping or simply treat yourself with over 50 of the UK’s top designer-makers and craft artists handpicked to bring you this beautiful craft fair.

We’ll be bringing you the best in covetable collectable craft, showcasing jewellery, textiles, ceramics, glass, leather, wood and much, much more.

If you love handmade, beautiful things, then our nationally renowned craft fair is for you!

Image: Keeley Traae Design

Jewellery

a decorative daisy chain — LAURA BAXTER FINE JEWELLERY | https://laurabaxterjewellery.bigcartel.com/ | @laurabaxterjewellery

A pair of decorative earrings — JUDITH BROWN JEWELLERY | www.judithbrownjewellery.co.uk | @judithbrownjewellery

a multi coloured piece of jewellery — RACHEL BUTLIN | www.rachelbutlin.com | @rachelbutlin93

a selection of wooden animal themed jewellery — ELOUISE MAKES JEWELLERY | www.elouisemakes.co.uk | @elouisemakes

3 elasticated necklaces of different colours — AMBER COOPER GREEN | www.ambercooper-green.com | @ambercoopergreen.artist

a pair of green stone tear drop shaped earrings — NATALIE JANE HARRIS | www.nataliejaneharris.com | @nataliejaneharrisjewellery

a gold and diamond decorative ring — REBECCA LAWLEY | www.rebeccalawleyjewellery.com |@rebeccalawleysilver

a pair of gold hoop earrings next to a small brush — BECCA MACDONALD | www.beccamacdonald.com | @beccamacdonald_studio

two gold rings with decorative stones — LUCY MARTIN | www.lucymartin.co.uk | @deptfordlucy

a pair of red and diamond earrings hanging from a plant stem — NOBUKO OKUMURA | www.nobuko.co.uk | @okubonarumuko

a lady with long dark hair wearing gold jewellery — ANISHA PARMAR | www.anishaparmar.com | @anishaparmarstudio

a pair of earrings each consisting of three interlocking hoops — ALYS POWER | www.alyspower.co.uk | @alyspower

silver and diamond necklace on a white background — CATHY SUTHERLAND JEWELLERY | www.cathysutherland.com | @cathysutherlandjewellery

A black, orange and white ring on a white background — TIKI BY CECILE GILBERT | www.tikibrighton.com | @tikibrighton

a decorative colourful ring on a white background — CAROLINE BROGDEN CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY | www.carolinebrogden.co.uk | @carolinebrogden

a decorative comb — HELEN SHERE DESIGN | www.sheredesign.co.uk | @helensheredesign

Textiles

a hand wearing a knitted fingerless purple and orange gloves — CAROLYN SARA DESIGNS | www.carolynsaradesigns.co.uk | @carolynsaradesigns

three gold coloured purses in a row with top fastenings — ANN CHARLISH STUDIO | www.anncharlish.co.uk | @anncharlishstudio

Red haired lady modelling a green and blue patterned hat — MEGAN CROOK TEXTILES | www.megancrook.com | @megancrooktextiles

multi colour collared garments on coat hangers — G FORCE | @gforce_nottingham

3 fabric bags hung up on a wall — TERESA GREEN | www.teresagreen.co.uk | @teresagreentextiles

a white knitted bunny rabbit — HEATHER HANCOCK STITCH | www.heatherhancock.co.uk | @heather.hancock.mixedmedia

a multi coloured home furnishing — OKSANA HOLBROOK | @oksanaoriginals

a multi coloured patterned scarf — SHELLEY FAYE LAZAR | www.shelleyfayelazar.com | @shelley_faye_lazar

range of knitted waterbottle covers — WEEWOOLIES | https://weewoollies.co.uk/ | @weewooliesuk

a small woven zip bag. The bag is patterned and has yellow running across its base. — ALICE JOAN WOVEN | www.alicejoanwoven.co.uk | @alicejoanwoven

Ceramics

4 white and blue rectangular plates — ALEX ALLDAY | www.alexallday.co.uk | @a.allday

a decorative circular item hanging from a branch — LUCY BAXENDALE | www.lucybaxendale.com | @baxenburg

a pink orchid in a decorative ceramic pot — FOTO CERAMICA | www.fotoceramica.co.uk | @kitsfotoceramica

A selection of cream ceramic pots with different coloured interiors — GABI KOMAR DIXON CERAMICS | www.gabikomardixon.com | @gabikomardixon

6 metal beetles in a circle — ANNA COLLETTE HUNT | www.annacollettehunt.com | @annacollettehunt

a ceramic jug on a countertop — ROBERT HUNTER | www.hunterceramics.co.uk | @roberthunter.ceramics

two cream vases, one with a plant stem in. They are on a wooden board. — TONE VON KROGH CERAMICS | www.tonevonkroghceramics.co.uk | @tonevonkrogh

a line of ceramics — REBECCA PERRY | www.rebeccaperryceramicdesign.com | @rebeccaperryceramics

an acer plant on a silver coloured plate — CAROL ROGERSON | www.carolrogerson.com | @carolrogersonceramics

a variety of ceramics — ROLLING ROSES | www.rollingroses.com | @rollingroses

a cream coloured vase with multiple spouts — SHAPES FROM THE EARTH | www.shapesfromtheearth.com | @shapesfromtheearth

a lit glass sea lampshade hanging from the ceiling — AMY FRANKIE SMITH | www.amyfrankiesmith.com | @amyfrankiesmith

Toy bear on a ball — VICKY YATES CERAMICS | www.vickyyatesceramics.co.uk | @vickyyatesceramics

Glass

blue and clear decorative plate on a white background — STEVIE DAVIES GLASS | www.stevie-davies.co.uk | @stevie_davies_glass

5 differently coloured tall vases — MAGGIE WILLIAMS GLASS | www.maggiewilliamsglass | @maggiewilliamsglass

More makers

an illustrated yellow bird — SUZANNE AGER | www.suzyagertextiles.co.uk | @suzyagertextiles

Four Black and wooden decorative pots. Two with plants in. — BOTANICAL INTERIOR DESIGN: MADE BY KACEY | www.madebykacey.com | @made.by.kacey

A silver bowl and lid — NETTIE BIRCH | www.nbbyng.com | @nettiebirch

small wooden object on a white background — FRAN BUXTON MIXED MEDIA | www.franbuxtonmixedmedia.com | @fran_buxton_mixed_media

A selection of domed ceramics — HANNAH LANE – PAPER & WOOD | www.hannahlaneartworks.com | @hannahlaneartworks

OLIVIER LEGER ART | www.olivierleger.com | @olivier_leger

a green handbag on a white background — WOLFRAM LOHR | www.wolframlohr.com | @wolframlohr

two plant saplings in glass tubes hung up on a wooden shelf — MARK LOWE | www.marklowe.co.uk | @marklowelighting

two decorative bears — MICHAELA MCMILLAN | www.michaelamcmillan.com | @michaelamcmillan

decorative blue and brass vases — SOPHIE VICTORIA | www.sophievictoria.design | @sophievictoriadesign

A selection of bright primary coloured pots sit on a mirrored surface — KEELEY TRAAE DESIGN | www.keeleytraae.com | @keeleytraae_3d

Three dark metal vases sit on a wooden shelf with a yellow flower in the middle vase — MELISSA MONTAGUE | www.melissamontaguemetalsmith.co.uk | @melissamontaguemetalsmith

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