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• All-star cast in love-life comedy
• The Belper short play festival June 2012
• DJ Twist set to bow out
• Canon Alec takes Bain Valley reins
• <b>Music</b> really IS the food of love!
• <b>Nottingham</b> Playhouse play to give insight into turbulent life of author Mary <b>...</b>
• Relaunch to give “platform neutral” <b>publishing</b>
• Upcoming events
• Introducing our New Guest Blogger – Amir Bazrafshan

All-star cast in love-life comedy Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:46 PM PDT A host of television talent will be tickling the funny bones of spectators at a Derbyshire theatre. Award-winning comedy, Funny Peculiar, stars Bolsover-born Steven Blakeley, best known for playing PC Geoff Younger in Heartbeat, Craig Gazey, ... See all stories on this topic » Derbyshire Times

The Belper short play festival June 2012 Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT The Belper short play festival June 2012  The Belper short play festival now has over one hundred performances scheduled over the three days 2 / 3 / 4 June. Added: 16 April 2012 This post has been generated by Page2RSS

DJ Twist set to bow out Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:44 PM PDT AFTER six years broadcasting to Derbyshire's youth community on Notrious, manager and presenter DJ Twist has announced he's hanging up his headphones. He will step down from his popular 9-10pm slot after his last session on April 28 and be replaced by ... See all stories on this topic »

Canon Alec takes Bain Valley reins Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT He is a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, a member of the Lincoln Diocesan Synod and a member of the award winning Lincolnshire Resilience Forum. With a keen interest in music, he currently plays with the Mareham le Fen Victory Silver Band and the Boston ... See all stories on this topic »

<b>Music</b> really IS the food of love! Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT WHEN Les Springall starred on stage at a 1940s dance, playing with his brass swing band, little did he know he would meet the woman he would marry. It was love at first sight when Diana Ladlow met Les at a social night she organised on May 15, 2010. See all stories on this topic »

<b>Nottingham</b> Playhouse play to give insight into turbulent life of author Mary <b>...</b> Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:38 PM PDT A NEW play will give theatre-goers an insight into the turbulent life of author Mary Shelley before she wrote her classic novel Frankenstein. Mary Shelley, written by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson, opens at Nottingham Playhouse on Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic »

Relaunch to give “platform neutral” <b>publishing</b> Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:35 PM PDT By ET News staff East Midlands Newspapers – publisher of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph – announces plans to relaunch the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in a move to "platform neutral" publishing. The relaunch scheduled for late May will comprise ... See all stories on this topic » Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Upcoming events Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:15 AM PDT Upcoming events Intellectual Property explained Monday 23rd April 2012 Dave Hopkins of the Intellectual Property Office gives an overview of the types of Intellectual property (copywright, Design rights, tradema... Read onor Making a Living: Sharing Experiences - Ashby Tuesday 15th May 2012 Creative Leicestershire is running a series of group discussions on the issue of how artists and creatives make a living. The event is focus... Read onor Melton Creative Business Surgeries Tuesday 22nd May 2012 Book an advice session with Fred Brookes our business adviser if you wish to discusss a specific element about your business such as 'Starti... Read onor Rutland Creative Business Surgeries Tuesday 12th June 2012 Book an advice session with Fred Brookes our business adviser if you wish to discusss a specific element about your business such as 'Starti... Read onor Making a Living: Sharing Experiences Tuesday 19th June 2012 Creative Leicestershire is running a series of group discussions on the issue of how artists and creatives make a living. The event is focus... Read onor This post has been generated by Page2RSS

Introducing our New Guest Blogger – Amir Bazrafshan Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:40 AM PDT Creative Nottingham would like to give Amir a warm welcome who will be joining us for the next four weeks. To get to know him a little better, we've asked him eleven questions. Over to Amir… Greetings and welcome to the first of my guest blogs on this excellent Creative Nottingham website. Over the next 4 weeks, I will be doing my utmost to communicate some of the things that I am most passionate about while desperately trying not to bore the pants off you folk who are good enough to read my drivel. To commence, and in the interests of getting to know me, below is my first post. 1.            Who are you – Name, Business Name, Based in…. My name is Amir Bazrafshan. I am a filmmaker and currently Head of Production at indie distributors Crabtree Films and soon to be Director at my own business Apricot Creative Video. 2.            What brought you to Nottingham? I was born here, so I'd have to say, my folks! 3.            What keeps you in Nottingham? The city's vibrancy and brilliant creative communities. There are lots of very talented people doing some excellent work here. It can be a very inspiring place to be based. My friends and family also play a small part in keeping me here! 4.            What makes you unique to other creative people in Nottingham? (eg:- What is your business specialism? Do you have any hidden talents?) I have an interesting skillset, the individual components of which complement one another-filmmaking, marketing and business. Apricot Creative Video, my new business, is essentially a great chance for me to do what I love the most – making videos – but this venture brings together all of my skills, in that we will make a video for a client (practically any business can benefit from a promo video, especially on their website) and we will help it get seen by as many people as possible by developing a bespoke digital strategy, which will draw on my marketing/distribution experience. Ultimately, I want my clients to get as much from their videos as possible. It's a really exciting prospect to be able to combine elements of work that I am most passionate about. 5.            Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time? (future business & creative plans) With a little luck I will be directing feature films as well as exciting commercial work via my business. 6.            What do you wish you had more time for? Reading! I really miss reading and about 60% of the books I own, I'm yet to delve into L 7.            What is your ultimate guilty pleasure? Watching Man vs Food – proper car crash TV (or perhaps that should be carb crash TV!?). 8.            What, in your eyes, breeds creativity? An open mind, persistence and a sense of fearlessness: An open mind will keep you primed for various possibilities and avenues that may not be immediately obvious. Persistence is crucial because making a breakthrough to that key idea hardly ever comes easy, you have to keep digging until you reach what you believe to be out there. As for fearlessness; if you are without fear, no matter how far out, weird or inconspicuous that initial spark of an idea might be, you will have what it takes to develop it, often into uncharted waters and help it evolve into something really special. Whether these qualities are a part of a collaboration or on one's own, to me, they are essential for creativity. 9.            Where in Nottingham have you found to relax and unwind? As a film lover, at the top of the list is the Broadway Cinema. It's a wonderful place to watch a film, get a bite to eat or just chill out with friends and a drink. Lee Rosy's (across the road from Broadway) is a really cosy independent tea room. Their teas and coffees are excellent and if you have a sweet tooth (like me!) I am sure they will have a cake to satisfy your needs (the lemon meringue is a particular favourite). Other than these, I am a big fan of my sofa and can often be found unwinding with my feet up at the end of a long day. 10.          What would you like to see more of in Nottingham? Although we have the brilliant Bang! Short Film Festival and Mayhem Horror Film Festival, I'd love another film festival – not unlike the 24 Hour Film Challenge that BritFilms TV ran so successfully a couple of years ago. There was always a real buzz around the city when that event took place and it would be wonderful to get something like that going again. It was such a blast and a great opportunity to find new talent as well as network with like-minded people. 11.          What big thing (project or event) are you currently working on? Currently I am writing a feature film that should (fingers crossed) go into production in late summer. I'm putting the final touches to a short film I directed a couple of months ago and I'm prepping the launch of my new business, Apricot Creative Video. So, yes, I have lots on at the moment, but I'm not complaining one iota, it's a very exciting time!   You can find out more about Amir at:  twitter: @amir_hb web: www.go-apricot.co.uk Subscribe to the comments for this post? 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