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  • MC Hammersmith: Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property

    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London. He presents an hour of improvised comedy raps based on your suggestions. Featuring brand-new routines for 2026! You’ll leave astounded at the speed of his brain, the spontaneity of his punchlines, and the stability of his upbringing. Jaw-dropping, hilarious, utterly unbelievable. ★★★★★ ‘Stomach-achingly funny raps’ (EdFringeReview.com). ★★★★★ ‘An improvised hip-hop masterpiece’ (VoiceMag.uk). Tour support for Jason Manford. 200 million views online. As heard on BBC Radio 4, as seen on Beta Squad.

  • Thank You For The Music

    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC The Ultimate Tribute to ABBA Calling all Dancing Queens, this is your night to say, Thank you for the Music! This international smash-hit tribute show brings all ABBA’s number one hits to the stage in a production like no other. The hugely popular show, now in its 22nd year, with a brand-new show for 2026 combines the unmistakable harmonies, colourful costumes, and dazzling performances by our all-star cast. Join us for the party of the year, you can dance, you can jive, and have the time of your life as we bring you all the hits, including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Mamma Mia, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, The Winner Takes It All and many many more! Thank you for the Music! For without a song or a dance what are we! Touring the nation. Tickets on sale now! This is a tribute show and is no way affiliated with any original artists/estates/management companies or similar shows. Promoter reserves the right to alter the programme.

  • SIX: The Musical

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    DIVORCED ★ BEHEADED ★ LIVE! The crowning glory of Broadway, the West End and beyond, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Northampton following its previous sell out success! Winner of over 35 international awards including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winner of the Whatsonstage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times). From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red. Think you know the rhyme, think again… Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! ACCESS ENHANCED PERFORMANCES Audio Described & Touch Tour – Wed 13 May 6pm (Touch Tour begins at 5pm) This performance will be audio described by Talking Theatre. BSL Interpreted – Thu 14 May 8pm This performance will be BSL Interpreted. Please click here for Access Information

  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a new version of the West End classic – rebooted and reimagined for 2026. All 37 plays. Three actors. One wildly funny show. The worldwide comedy hit returns with a brand-new, updated version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), a fast, furious and gloriously absurd sprint through all of the Bard’s tragedies, comedies and histories. Expect Hamlet performed backwards, Titus Andronicus as a YouTube cooking tutorial, and all of the History plays turned into a chaotic football match where the crown is kicked from king to king. Throw in lightning-fast costume changes, sword fights, outrageous improvisation and the result is a wildly inventive and hilarious celebration of Shakespeare. After nine years in London’s West End, two TV specials and performances in over 20 countries, the Reduced Shakespeare Company bring their legendary Shakespeare spoof to a new generation of audiences.

  • SIX: The Musical

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    DIVORCED ★ BEHEADED ★ LIVE! The crowning glory of Broadway, the West End and beyond, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Northampton following its previous sell out success! Winner of over 35 international awards including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winner of the Whatsonstage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times). From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red. Think you know the rhyme, think again… Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! ACCESS ENHANCED PERFORMANCES Audio Described & Touch Tour – Wed 13 May 6pm (Touch Tour begins at 5pm) This performance will be audio described by Talking Theatre. BSL Interpreted – Thu 14 May 8pm This performance will be BSL Interpreted. Please click here for Access Information

  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a new version of the West End classic – rebooted and reimagined for 2026. All 37 plays. Three actors. One wildly funny show. The worldwide comedy hit returns with a brand-new, updated version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), a fast, furious and gloriously absurd sprint through all of the Bard’s tragedies, comedies and histories. Expect Hamlet performed backwards, Titus Andronicus as a YouTube cooking tutorial, and all of the History plays turned into a chaotic football match where the crown is kicked from king to king. Throw in lightning-fast costume changes, sword fights, outrageous improvisation and the result is a wildly inventive and hilarious celebration of Shakespeare. After nine years in London’s West End, two TV specials and performances in over 20 countries, the Reduced Shakespeare Company bring their legendary Shakespeare spoof to a new generation of audiences.

  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. The Theatre Chipping Norton and Selladoor Worldwide present a new version of the West End classic – rebooted and reimagined for 2026. All 37 plays. Three actors. One wildly funny show. The worldwide comedy hit returns with a brand-new, updated version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), a fast, furious and gloriously absurd sprint through all of the Bard’s tragedies, comedies and histories. Expect Hamlet performed backwards, Titus Andronicus as a YouTube cooking tutorial, and all of the History plays turned into a chaotic football match where the crown is kicked from king to king. Throw in lightning-fast costume changes, sword fights, outrageous improvisation and the result is a wildly inventive and hilarious celebration of Shakespeare. After nine years in London’s West End, two TV specials and performances in over 20 countries, the Reduced Shakespeare Company bring their legendary Shakespeare spoof to a new generation of audiences.

  • SIX: The Musical

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    DIVORCED ★ BEHEADED ★ LIVE! The crowning glory of Broadway, the West End and beyond, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Northampton following its previous sell out success! Winner of over 35 international awards including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winner of the Whatsonstage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times). From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red. Think you know the rhyme, think again… Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! ACCESS ENHANCED PERFORMANCES Audio Described & Touch Tour – Wed 13 May 6pm (Touch Tour begins at 5pm) This performance will be audio described by Talking Theatre. BSL Interpreted – Thu 14 May 8pm This performance will be BSL Interpreted. Please click here for Access Information

  • Joe Kent-Walters

    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time) Yorkshire’s biggest bastard and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2024 is back, after yet another sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! This time he’s dead… dead good! And also, dead. He’s a dead man. Join the nation’s favourite demonic entertainer, owner of a Working Mens Club in Rotherham what is also a portal to hell, as he dazzles you from beyond the grave. See him now before he is well and truly gone. “Plenty of fun for fans of Johnny Vegas, The Mighty Boosh and Vic and Bob… but Kent-Walters’s mock-old-school-entertainer character has a charisma and a weirdness that is all his own too” The Times

  • Screaming Blue Murder Comedy Club

    Recurring
    Royal and Derngate Theatre 19-21 Guildhall Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1DP

    Don’t miss our comedy club with compere Dan Evans. This season features many of comedy’s rising stars. Doors 7.45pm Show 8pm. Fri 10 April Justin Panks Jon LongLouise Leigh This show will take place in the Underground Sat 30 May Alistair BarrieAlex Bertulis-FernandesRoss Smith This show will take place in the Underground Line up may be subject to change, advance booking is recommended. Recommended for ages 16 and above.