Mike Leigh’s classic Abigail’s Party is back in the theatre with its irrepressible hostess, Beverly Moss, handing out gin & tonics and cheesy-pineapple nibbles to the sounds of
Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, is embarking on a UK tour, opening at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, and returning to the home of
“What’s the game?” I began to think it might be Monopoly. The volatile Mick in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of London’s streets,
Be careful who you wish for… A whirlwind romance with a handsome and charming stranger sweeps Cecily Harrington off her feet and she recklessly abandons her old life
Slipping into another actor’s shoes can’t ever be easy. Nicholas Woodeson stepped up to the plate to replace – as if anyone could – Tim Pigott-Smith – in
John Steinbeck’s prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath, is now a thrilling stage production, opening at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate Theatre this week. The co-production, with Nuffield Theatres
I’ve never ventured into any loft (spiders) but I’m conscious that, whichever home I’ve been in, they eventually get used to store memories, a family’s history consigned to
The National Youth Theatre has thrown its offering into the Shakespeare anniversary hat with a fresh and original version of The Tempest. It opened last night at Northampton’s
It’s a busy year for King Lear. Last night two productions opened – Don Warrington assumed the mantle of put-upon royal father in Manchester while Shakespeare classicist Michael
Michael Pennington is set to play one of Shakespeare’s greatest roles, King Lear, in a new production from Northampton’s Royal & Derngate, directed by Max Webster, that will
Downton Abbey’s Emma Lowndes leads the cast in a revival of Peter Whelan’s acclaimed Jacobean thriller, The Herbal Bed, a (possibly) true story about how Shakespeare’s daughter fought
