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Madame Bovary by The Masque Theatre

The Masque Theatre's take on Madame Bovary is unveiled to the public starting Tuesday next week at The Playhouse Theatre in Clare Street. The theatre group has issued the following press statement: 'speech is a cracked kettle on which we tap...

Shrektacular family fun

Shrek the Musical has arrived from Far Far Away and is at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate from 14th March to 25th March, Karin Johnstone has sampled the fun... It’s no surprise that a musical version of the Dreamworks film Shrek...

Drama from scratch: with, by and for Northampton

Christopher Elmer-Gorry, Artistic and Executive Director of Warts and All Theatre celebrates the success of an 18 month theatre project with The Collective -Northampton’s Theatre-Making group for adults Back in July 2017 Warts and All Theatre hosted Scuff Night at...

A tribute to the tributes at The Deco

From Elvis to Adele, from Cilla to The Four Seasons, The Bee Gees to Sir Elton, Coldpay to The Spice Girls, and the legendary duo that is Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - there's a fantastic variety of tribute...

Love from a Stranger is slick and cinematic

Tre Ventour reviews Love from a Stranger at the Royal Theatre Northampton... After Cecily Harrington (Helen Bradbury) breaks her engagement to Michael Lawrence (Justin Avoth) following meeting Bruce Lovell (Sam Frenchum), a stranger who enquires about renting her apartment, things...

Falling in love with Hamlet again

Tre Ventour's review of the RSC's touring Hamlet at Royal & Derngate... Written by William Shakespeare and directed by Simon Godwin, this is Hamlet, a tale of tragedy and revenge set in Denmark. Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius (Clarence Smith), with Queen...

Cilla the musical is epic theatre

Tre Ventour saw Cilla Black the Musical at Royal and Derngate, Northampton... Liverpool in the 1960s. Everyone had a story about Cilla Black. You couldn’t walk into any club without hearing a story or two. Mention Liverpool and music in...

Sting unveils The Last Ship at Royal and Derngate

Sting came to Northampton to whet the town’s appetite for the visit of his musical The Last Ship. He was joined by cast members at the Royal and Derngate theatre to give a sneak preview of some of the songs...

Review: Can a live action Brief Encounter match the movie classic?

The Playhouse Theatre has tackled one of Tre Ventour's favourite films with their stage production of Brief Encounter... One evening, after seeing A Passage to India at Royal & Derngate last year, fellow reviewer Kevin Evans (Bill in Brief Encounter)...

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...
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Made in Northampton Party Season’s parenting stereotypes broke me with a single line – theatre review, Royal& Derngate

There was robust debate over a glass of pop following press night of Royal & Derngate's latest Made in...
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