Reviews

Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

March 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Back in August 2017 we wrote about the huge redevelopment that had been ongoing at Delapre Abbey in Northampton. One of the major changes was the removal of the much-loved [...]

Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

March 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

The search for Penda’s perfect Sunday lunch has become a bit of a quest for the family. Not organised enough to plan in advance, there are many weekends spent deciding at [...]

Avenue Q will shock you with what used to be shocking

February 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you fancy a quick situation report on how far we’ve come lately you could do worse than spending the evening on Avenue Q. If you are not aware of this 16-year-old [...]

They have changed the menu at Buddies!

January 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Towards the end of the last century I arrived in Northampton as a wide-eyed bumpkin from leafy Bedford and I asked the grizzled old hacks at the Chron what this dirty old [...]

One of the the most important plays I’ll watch this year

January 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Tre Ventour reviews the Made In Northampton production Our Lady of Kibeho, staged for the first time in the UK at Royal & Derngate… Photos by Manuel Harlan Kibeho [...]

JK Rowling is criminally good

January 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Lena Davis has been a music producer, writer and Personal Manager; a photographer and journalist and, over thirty years ago, got together with Caroline Scattergood to create [...]

The Worst Witch is the best

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Review – The Worst Witch, Royal Theatre Northampton (show seen, Sunday Dec 9) THEY are pretty tough to impress, ten-year-old girls. They’ve just reached that eye-rolling, [...]

Caught by Hook, lines and singers

December 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Peter Pan starring Darren Day is the Northampton Royal & Derngate main pantomime and runs until Sunday December 30. The atmosphere in the Derngate foyer before the [...]

James Acaster is back in town

November 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

The NN Cafe has come back to life in Northampton’s Guildhall Road and James Acaster, who usually treats his home county to a few intimate Christmas gigs, is bringing [...]