Reviews

Mamma Mia made me happy

Mamma Mia has just finished its run at Northampton Derngate and Tré Ventour reviews the hit show here... Set on a Greek island, the story acts as a landscape to a number of ABBA hits. Twenty year-old Sophie (Lucy May...

Greetings and loneliness

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...

Oh Frig I’m 50: Richard Herring is wiser whether he likes it or not

Review: Richard Herring at Royal Theatre, Northampton Richard Herring kicked off the current leg of his Oh Frig I'm 50 tour in the Royal Theatre, Northampton with a warm and funny show about the humiliation of aging. Herring - who you...

Mayor fest is a feast of originals and tributes to the best

Peter Dennis gives us a flavour of the opening night of Mayor-fest which took place at The Picturedrome... Mayor-fest, as the name suggests, is a three day event organised by the Mayor of Northampton to raise awareness and funds for...

Alexander Newley memoir is a catalogue of minor complaints

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...

A Passage to India is a timely tale with bite

Tre Ventour reviews A Passage To India, the latest from the Made In Northampton brand at Royal & Derngate... Based on the novel by E. M. Forster, A Passage to India revolves around the changing dynamics between the British colonials...

The time is right for A Passage to India

Review: A Passage to India, Royal Theatre, Northampton  I love it when you get a life-affirming whoosh from a visit to the theatre. At the end of A Passage To India (by the simple8 ensemble as a Made In Northampton co-production) at...

The Press brings you tomorrow’s chips today

Matt Moore finds he has a taste for a pun... Hot off the press… it’d be a great way to start this review, but instead I’m just namechecking one of the many burgers available at Northampton’s latest gourmet burger restaurant....

The Rover reviewed: showing feelings not victims

Sex , sexuality and gender in The Masque Theatre's take on The Rover

The future is bright: you can still see Paddington 2

Script writer Karin Johnstone looks at some upcoming cinema treats... I recently got back from a conference in Berlin about technology supported learning. The main theme was how workplaces, governments and societies are going to deal with uncertainty. An uncertain...
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