A small antidote to a rainy Sunday afternoon in the run up to Christmas was spent in the warm and cosy, phone-free stalls of the Royal Theatre, surrounded by pre-school and primary children.
OK, so add in a repetitively...
Panto has come a long way since I started reviewing back in the 1990s. No more shonky sets and wonky donkeys, it's all rather stylish on stage at the Royal and Derngate this Christmas. Just remember to take your...
It was St Valentine's night, 32 years and four children after our relationship's first St Valentine's night, and we were at Northampton's Royal & Derngate for a preview performance of (the) Woman by Jane Upton.
I know there are people...
I'll be up front - I went into this review thinking most musical theatre leaves me cold. Except The Book of Mormon of course. Oh, and Hamilton, Chicago and Matilda. Maybe The Sound of Music. Er...and West Side Story....
In these doom-laden days, there's a lot to be said for taking some time out to do something utterly detached from reality and away from phones, like taking in a show at the theatre. But that message hadn't got...
A melancholy and moving adaptation of the book by Kazuo Ishiguro - well-worth catching during its Northampton run this week.
Right then, if you haven't read the book, or watched the film, beware the gentle spoilers ahead. Despite having a...
Herman Melville's tale of a man's obsession starts its national tour as far from the sea as possible
It might be one of the most well-known stories we've never read, and here's yet another adaptation of Moby Dick, a...
An anarchic, tender and 'unfrogettable' return from the Spymonkey team
“It’s tapdancing frogs Dad, why wouldn’t you want to go?” our 15-year-old, theatre-obsessed daughter chided. She’s been my reviewing sidekick for the last few months but was unavailable for The...
As we settled in to the first Sunday matinee we already knew that actor Joey Wilby, playing Snow White's best friend, the chirpy Buttons-a-like Muddles, had been injured in rehearsals in the week running up to opening night. But...
By Karin Johnstone
“I am not a client, a customer, nor a service user. I am not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief. I'm not a National Insurance Number or blip on a screen. I paid my...
