Here’s to you Mrs Robinson! White Cobra Productions bring the story, made famous in the film starring Ann Bancroft and Duston Hoffman, to The Deco stage this May. The theatre is teaming up with the award-winning, Northamptonshire theatre group, with three performances of The Graduate between Thursday, May 16th, to Continue Reading
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Fringe Festival set to showcase students’ final year productions
The Student Fringe Festival runs from 29 April – 5 May at The Platform The University of Northampton (BA) Events Management students are hosting this year’s Fringe Festival. This theatre festival is a week-long production to showcase the (BA) Acting and Creative Practice students’ final year pieces. A variety of Continue Reading
High School Musical dances its way to Northampton this Easter
Northampton Musical Theatre Company Youth Society presents the stage edition of Disney’s High School Musical. Bring the whole family to be entertained by iconic song and dance numbers such as Bop to the Top, We’re All in This Together and Breaking Free. The story-line lends itself perfectly to theatre: boy, Continue Reading
Northampton Film Festival – A triumph!
Northamptonshire-based theatre producer Kelly Golding writes about the Closing Ceremony of the Northampton Film Festival I had the pleasure of attending the Closing Ceremony of the Northampton Film Festival hosted at Royal & Derngate, where the audience were treated to an eclectic programme made by talented up and coming film Continue Reading
The Playhouse bring Helen Hanff’s book of literary letters to life
84 Charing Cross Road takes to The Playhouse stage from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 April 2019. Hanff’s novel of the same name was adapted by James Roose-Evans, and tells the story of a literary love affair of sorts, between Hanff herself and bookstore owner on the other side of Continue Reading
Brand new musical co-production comes to Northampton this November
Royal & Derngate, Northampton, and New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, have announced their co-production of a new musical. The Season, by 2018 Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award winners, Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, comes to Northampton and Ipswich in November. It’s Christmas Eve and Dougal has travelled from Northampton to New Continue Reading
Performance festival heads to Northampton town centre this April
The University of Northampton run Flash Festival returns to Northampton from 1-6 April 2019 In the space of 6 days, a number of groups of aspiring acting students take to the stage to express their creativity through a total of 30 performances. The festival has been successfully running since 2013 Continue Reading
Classic Irish play heads to The Playhouse with Northampton’s White Cobra
Northampton based theatre company White Cobra Productions are putting on their production of the acclaimed play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, in their home town. Now established as a modern classic of Irish theatre, The Beauty Queen of Leenane will be performed for five nights at Northampton’s Playhouse Theatre, in Continue Reading
Masque announce cast for “The Duchess of Malfi” at Holy Sepulchre
Northampton’s Masque Theatre present John Webster’s revenge tragedy from 2-6 April 2019 – the cast of 18 local performers have just been announced. Director John Myhill combines faces old and new to bring to life the dark revenge play in the atmospheric surroundings of the Holy Sepulchre Church on Sheep Continue Reading
The Girl From Tiger Bay comes to Castle Theatre
On Sunday 24 February, experience the story of Dame Shirley Bassey’s incredible rise to stardom at Castle Theatre, Wellingborough. The Girl from Tiger Bay is the ultimate ‘rags to riches’ tale of her magical career spanning 65 years – audiences will be dazzled by this epic musical show, chronicling this remarkable artiste’s Continue Reading