Reviews

Aladdin reviewed: like the lamp – magical after a polish

Richard Beeby reviews Aladdin, the Derngate panto at Royal & Derngate, our review of the Royal Christmas show Jungle Book is here... The tag line on the front page to this year's festive panto offering at the Royal & Derngate...

The Jungle Book reviewed: the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack

The only person who arrives to the Jungle Book with no baggage is Mowgli. Settling down in the Royal Theatre for the Made in Northampton version I found myself admiring the bold set design (ladders and ropes hanging down invitingly)...

Hedda Gabler reviewed: she’s a hot mess of a psychopath

Tré Ventour reviews Hedda Gabler at Royal & Derngate... Bound by the constraints of holy matrimony to an aspiring academic, Hedda Gabler (Lizzy Watts) fights against patriarchal conventions and shudders at the idea of motherhood. She is confined within the...

What does the fundraising Carlsberg Christmas Brew taste like?

A beer by Carlsberg only available in Northampton is also contributing to a local appeal which aims to help the elderly in winter. Carlsberg has donated £10,000 of proceeds from the sales of Carlsberg Christmas Brew to Northamptonshire Community Foundation's...

Fabulous fine dining in theatre’s top room – Hibiscus, Northampton review

Penda had been looking forward to this. A promise of an up-market dining experience in Northampton for less than £30 a head? Yes please. Hibiscus is tucked away upstairs in Royal & Derngate’s building, in the former Crown Room, a...

The fact is a book makes a great Christmas present

Lena 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 Caring & Sharing Trust to bring music, hope and love into the...

Are you still mad as hell?

Tre Ventour looks at the classic movie Network... Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is an ageing newsreader for UBS. Set to be sacked in a fortnight, after his ratings have gradually declined, he reacts by announcing on air that he's going...

Q-Film Weekender: Defining the other

Tré Ventour looks at the Q-Film Festival at the Errol Flynn Cinema... Starting on the evening of October 20 with drinks and snacks at the Q-Film Launch at Foodie Rocks, I met a number of attendees of the festival aiming...

Kids rocked at Foodies.(Rock)

NQ's Penda looks at another county eaterie... There were  furrowed brows from the younger Penda friends as they looked at the menu at uber-trendy Foodies.Rocks (not my punctuation). They were conflicted: they’d been given their own menus and a little tick-box...

There’s no place like home: The Wizard of Oz reviewed

Tre Ventour reviews The Wizard of Oz at Royal & Derngate for half term this week... Northampton Musical Theatre Company’s latest production The Wizard of Oz at Royal & Derngate is a knockout. In the past, the company have done productions...
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