Reviews
Abigail’s Party – Review
| March 9, 2019
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
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Kinky Boots launches UK Tour from Northants Royal & Derngate
| November 1, 2017
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
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The Caretaker – Review
| October 20, 2017
“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,
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Love From A Stranger thriller set for UK Tour
| October 17, 2017
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
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Death of a Salesman – Review
| June 14, 2017
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
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John Steinbeck epic The Grapes of Wrath comes to Royal & Derngate Theatre
| May 8, 2017
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
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A Passionate Woman – Review
| March 10, 2017
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
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The Tempest – Review
| June 29, 2016
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
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King Lear – Review
| April 6, 2016
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
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Michael Pennington stars in Royal & Derngate’s King Lear
| February 29, 2016
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
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Emma Lowndes climbs into The Herbal Bed for national tour
| January 21, 2016
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
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Heroic Hannay back hunting spies in 39 Steps UK tour
| November 25, 2015
Olivier Award-Winning Comedy, The 39 Steps, marks its 10th anniversary with a new national tour starting at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate in January. Based on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935
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