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Treasure Island
2025-05-03 19:30 (Europe/London) | Royal and Derngate Theatre, 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP
Escape to Treasure Island with Le Navet Bete and their swashbuckling, smash-hit comedy for all the family!
Featuring dastardly pirates, tropical islands and a mermaid you’ll never forget, set sail on the Jolly Todger with Jim Lad, Long John Silver and a whole host of other characters for a hilarious voyage across the seas. But will they get there in one piece? Is everyone who they say they are? And does ‘X’ really mark the spot?
Le Navet Bete (The Three Musketeers, Dracula: The Bloody Truth) are a multi-award winning physical comedy company based in Devon. Joining forces with one of UK theatre’s best comedy writers and directors John Nicholson (Peepolykus, BBC Radio 4), the company of four play out Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary tale as you’ve NEVER seen it before!

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Brian Bilston and Henry Normal
2025-05-06 19:30
Brian Bilston and Henry Normal appear together for the first time in a show which one critic has described as ‘two people reading some poems’.
Along the way, they will be drawing on their vast catalogue of crowd favourites – and throwing in new poems, to prevent becoming their own tribute bands.
Not ones to overpromise, Brian and Henry are prepared to commit to delivering the greatest poetry show in the history of the world: an evening of poems to be enjoyed, not endured.
Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. With over 200,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community.
Henry Normal is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival.
Please note that this performance contains some swearing and light sexual references.

Kane Brown: Don’t Listen To Me
2025-05-09 20:00
Fearlessly hilarious delivery combined with honesty and sincerity. Kane Brown is 19 years in the game, has performed around the world, has opened for Guz Khan on his UK Tour, can be seen on
Man Like Mobeen (Netflix), Deepfake (Channel 4), She’s the One (Amazon) and heard on his hit Podcast, Rated 18.
“Kane Brown commands the comedy stage with an irresistible blend of warm, charismatic allure and electrifying, razor-sharp truth. His magnetic presence and seamless delivery captivate audiences, leaving them in fits of laughter and craving more. You haven’t truly experienced a comedy show until you’ve attended a Kane Brown performance. Kane Brown is the comedian’s comedian.” – Mo Gilligan
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Ahir Shah: Ends
2025-05-10 19:30
Please note the date of this performance has been moved from Fri 14 March

Ahir Shah presents his award-winning stand-up show Ends. The show spans six decades, three generations, and two continents, synthesising past and present in search of hope for the future. It’s funnier than it sounds, honestly. Loads of absolutely cracking gags.
Ends was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Starting as a work-in-progress show, it became the word-of-mouth hit of the festival, culminating in Shah winning the 2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show.
Since then, Ends enjoyed 5 sold-out weeks at London’s Soho Theatre, and has been performed at both the prestigious Royal Court Theatre and the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in Los Angeles.
He’s now finally able to take it on tour, and he’s very much looking forward to it. You should come, it’ll be good.

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?
2025-05-10 19:30
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed. Would he survive? (No spoilers!).
For a comedian who had done a whole show on male genitalia (Talking Cock) and written a book about toxic masculinity (The Problem With Men) this felt like some cruel trick of fate.
With extra dates added in 2025 for his much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone’s lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?

Fever: We Call It Ballet
2025-05-29 19:00
Get ready for We call it Ballet!

Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dance and light show. Enjoy a unique fusion of classical ballet and modern technology, where local dancers literally light up the stage with glittering routines and glow-in-the-dark costumes.
The timeless tale of the cursed princess awakened by her true love’s kiss comes to life on stage, as pirouettes and gravity-defying leaps cast a kaleidoscope of colours across the space. It’s a beautiful production you won’t want to miss! Get your tickets now for We call it Ballet in Northampton: Sleeping Beauty Dance and Light Show!
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Yesterday Once More – Carpenters Songbook
2025-05-29 19:30
The story of the Carpenters is one of career highs, heartbreaks and music that touched the world. Yesterday Once More transports us to a time when legends ruled the airwaves and The Carpenters soared to stardom with well-crafted tunes and pitch-perfect soulful vocals. Get ready to relive the magic of their legacy with the ultimate homage to the two siblings who changed the musical landscape forever.
For over two decades, Toni Lee has been performing Karen Carpenter tunes with incredible accuracy in top venues throughout the UK and beyond. Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters Songbook is the most recent production featuring a full band steeped in Carpenters musical nuance and ready to bring an unforgettable night of nostalgia and heartfelt music. All the hits are here including: Superstar, Rainy Days, Mondays, (They Long to Be) Close to You and of course, Yesterday Once More.

Only Fools and Horses: The Musical
2025-06-02 19:30, 2025-06-03 19:30, 2025-06-04 19:30, 2025-06-05 19:30, 2025-06-06 19:30, 2025-06-07 19:30
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you! The smash hit show Only Fools and Horses: The Musical – direct from a record-breaking four-year sold-out run-in London’s West End – featuring Del Boy, Rodney, Grandad, Cassandra, Raquel, Boycie, Marlene, Trigger, Denzil and Mickey Pearce.
Based on John Sullivan’s legendary television show, this critically acclaimed home-grown musical spectacular features cherished material from Britain’s best loved TV series. With a script and original score written by John’s son, Jim Sullivan, and comedy giant Paul Whitehouse, prepare to get reacquainted with Britain’s most lovable rogues and experience the classic comedy brought to life on stage through an ingenious script and 20 hilarious songs.
Fans and critics alike praised Only Fools and Horses: The Musical in their droves during its triumphant West End run: The Sun awarded five stars, hailing it “One Del of a show!”; the Daily Mirror said it was “a treat for Trotter fans” in their five-star review. The Sunday Times bestowed four stars and remarked that “Only Fools is a blast from our wide-boy past. A hearty stage adaptation of the 1980s BBC television comedy”. Evening Standard also awarded four stars, complimenting the “unashamedly British night out. A jubilant lovely jubbly!”. While the Daily Mail urged its readers to “raise a glass of Tittinger to Del Boy and Rodney as Only Fools and Horses storms the West End!”
Join us as we take a trip back in time, where it’s all kicking off in Peckham. While the yuppie invasion of London is in full swing, love is in the air as Del Boy sets out on the rocky road to find his soul mate, Rodney and Cassandra prepare to say ‘I do’, and even Trigger is gearing up for a date (with a person!). Meanwhile, Boycie and Marlene give parenthood one final shot and Grandad takes stock of his life and decides the time has finally arrived to get his piles sorted.
With musical contributions from the iconic Chas & Dave, the beloved theme tune as you have never heard it before, and an array of brand-new songs full of character and cockney charm, you’re guaranteed to have a right ol’ knees-up! Only Fools and Horses The Musical is a feel-good family celebration of traditional working-class London life in 1989 and the aspirations we all share.
So don’t delay, get on the blower, and get a ticket for a truly cushty night out – only a 42 carat PLONKER would miss it!

The D-Day Darlings
2025-06-03 19:30
The D-Day Darlings present their explosive, brand new show, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day!
Following on from a stand out year commemorating D-Day 80 with a string of notable appearances including; The One Show, Lorraine, BBC Radio 2 concert and on ITV’s D-Day 80 concert at The Royal Albert Hall, the nation’s premiere wartime inspired group are back by popular demand and are bringing their sensational celebration show to theatres across the country. Featuring music from their much-anticipated brand new album “When The Lights Go On Again” expect an uplifting tribute to hope & heroes.
Selected tour dates will feature guest appearances including performances from The D-Day Juniors, The D-Day Darlings Voices Choirs and BGT Winner (2019) Colin Thackery.
A sensational celebration show for all the family marking VE Day 80. Not to be missed!

Viggo Venn
2025-06-04 19:30
Norwegian clown Viggo Venn moved to this country with one dream: to be a British comedian.
The rest, you already know about. After blowing away the competition in an explosion of hi-vis jackets, balloons, and joyous idiocy, Viggo became the most talked-about new entertainer in the country by winning Britain’s Got Talent in June 2023.
Don’t miss him as he staggers bewildered into your town for a first national tour.
Please Note: Due to having badly broken his foot, this show was rescheduled from Sat 22 February.

The Smeds and The Smoos
2025-06-05 13:30, 2025-06-06 13:30
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and The Smoos
A stellar show based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
A joyful tale of star-crossed aliens
Soar into space with this Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of the much-loved book by superstar duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far-off planet, Smeds and Smoos can’t be friends. So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love and zoom off into space together, how will their families get them back?
Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up, from Tall Stories – the company who brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom live on stage.
The Smeds and The Smoos© Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2019, published by Scholastic

Jenny Eclair: Jokes, Jokes, Jokes
2025-06-08 19:30
In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show.

?From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana! ??

Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.
?‘Ruthlessly funny’ The Times ?
Pre-order Jenny’s memoir HERE

…Earnest?
2025-06-09 19:30
The Edinburgh Fringe smash-hit …Earnest? arrives at Northampton following rave reviews ahead of an eagerly awaited West End run.

When a traditional production of Oscar Wilde’s classic play gets underway, everything seems to be going perfectly to plan… that is, until the lead actor fails to arrive on cue and an actual audience member is chosen to star in the show.
What follows is a madcap medley of impromptu games and spontaneous solutions as the desperate director does his best to keep this faithful production going. But with stage whiskey being swapped, off-the-cuff auditions being held and muffins being eaten (no matter what state they’re in), there’s just no telling what this unique version of The Importance of Being Earnest is going to throw up. Especially when more audience members are drafted in to replace an ever-thinning cast… With the script ripped up and rewritten, can the show reach its fabulous finale, just as Oscar Wilde intended?
This one-of-a-kind comedy sensation is completely different, completely chaotic, and completely Wilde every single night. And who knows, you might even become a star yourself! Guaranteed to have you laughing whether you’re sitting in the audience… or performing onstage …Earnest? is perfect for fans of The Play That Goes Wrong and Noises Off!
????? “Get this on the West End now, please!” – Lost in Theatreland

Cirque: The Greatest Show – Reimagined
2025-06-10 19:00
Cirque explodes into 2025 with a brand-new show – bolder, braver and more breathtaking than ever before!
Get ready for a dazzling fusion of musical theatre and jaw-dropping circus acts, taking the original Circus meets Musical Theatre spectacle to thrilling new heights.
Experience iconic West End showstoppers paired with awe-inspiring circus acts showcasing their breathtaking feats of agility.
This all-new production promises to transport you on a vibrant, kaleidoscopic journey bursting with colour, energy, and excitement.
Starring Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer winner Max Fox, and featuring stunning vocalists and world-class circus performers, this family-friendly extravaganza is a must-see for 2025!
Show content varies dependent upon venue facilities and regulations. Promoter reserves the right to alter the programme

Russell Kane: HyperActive
2025-06-12 19:30
Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is out on the road again, setting it on fire with his unique recipe of sharp wit and “storming physical comedy” (Mail on Sunday).
The brand-new tour comes with a safety warning: wear strong underwear – pants will be spoiled. Russell is high-energy, high-octane, and hyper-active!

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
2025-06-13 20:00
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac, the world’s finest tribute to Fleetwood Mac, returns to Royal & Derngate.
Channelling the spirit of Fleetwood Mac at their very best, Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac offers a unique opportunity for fans, both old and new, to rediscover the songs and performances that have ensured Fleetwood Mac’s place as one of the most loved groups of all time.
Personally endorsed by Fleetwood Mac founding member, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac is the ultimate tribute to one of rock and roll’s most remarkable groups.
Doors: 7:30pm
Performance Begins: 8pm

Mayhew Youth Dance Company
2025-06-15 18:30
The Mayhew Youth Dance Company return to the Royal stage with a varied programme of classical and contemporary works.
This young dynamic company shine in a mixture of established repertoire and new choreography created specifically for the company. With a wealth of young talent on show, this production will appeal to all lovers of dance.

The Searchers: Thank You Tour
2025-06-15 19:30
Retirement does not come easy for The Searchers. Thus far they have completed no less than three ‘final’ tours. That was to be it, no more. But Never Say Never, has been their motto and only something very special could change their minds. Well, just such a thing has happened.
They will include many of their long list of successes such as Sweets For My Sweet, Sugar & Spice, Needles & Pins, What Have They Done To The Rain? Love Potion Number 9, Don`t Throw Your Love Away, and so many more.
Officially named last year as the longest serving pop group in British history they have toured continually over 67 years since choosing the title of the classic 1957 John Wayne movie as a name for their skiffle group. In 1963 they shot to number one in the UK charts with their first single Sweets For My Sweet and the rest is history.

Lord What Fools These Mortals Be
2025-06-16 19:00
Silhouette Youth, Northampton Academy, Kingsthorpe Secondary and Manor Secondary come together to present ‘Lord what fools these mortals be’. We are all proud to be part of the Royal Shakespeare Associate schools programme and we have created an original piece of work based on comedic scenes from some of Shakespeare’s best loved plays.
Come and spend an evening with us as we explore the madness of mortals!

Steve Steinman’s Love Hurts – Power Ballads & Anthems
2025-06-19 19:30
From the producers of Anything For Love and Vampires Rock and starring Steve Steinman, this brand-new show features a powerhouse cast of amazing singers and 7 piece live band.
You are guaranteed the night of your life, rocking out to some of the greatest power ballads and anthems of all time!
Includes tracks from Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Aerosmith, Tina Turner, Cutting Crew, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Rainbow, Van Halen, Europe, Air Supply and many more.

The King’s Speech
2025-06-19 19:30, 2025-06-20 19:30, 2025-06-21 19:30
Britain is in crisis, and so is The King.
As Hitler threatens Europe, a concerned nation needs to hear from its monarch. But facing the biggest moment of his life, King George VI is unable to find his voice.
Based on the Academy Award-winning film starring Colin Firth, this is the moving story of how The King overcame his fear of public speaking through the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue
The King’s Speech details the unlikely relationship between royalty and a tough Australian speech therapist, who empowers the stammering future King with the ability to speak to, and for, the nation.
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Guenther Steiner: Unfiltered LIVE
2025-06-21 19:30
Buckle up and fasten your seatbelts for a hugely entertaining all-areas-access conversation spanning a decade inside Formula 1, with former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit docuseries Drive to Survive.
Following his sell-out 2024 tour and hot off the release of his latest book, Unfiltered, Formula 1’s favourite underdog is back on the road for his biggest tour ever as he takes us into the pit lanes and onto the circuits of the world’s greatest race tracks. Through this unique lens, he guides us on a thrilling rollercoaster ride through the heart of high-stakes motor racing, sharing an unobstructed view of the pressures and exhilaration of high-speed competition.
Full of twists and turns, from hiring and firing drivers, balancing books, pre-season preparations, the design, launch and testing of a car, culminating in the inside story of his severance from the team – Guenther will take you on a wild ride through his unconventional career in motor sport, his decade working on the Haas team… and beyond.
Uncompromising, brutally funny and searingly honest, this is Guenther at his very best, telling his story as only he can. Not an event any fan of Formula 1 can afford to miss.
There is an option to buy Unfiltered by Guenther Steiner as an add on to your ticket purchase.
