Hats off to James Dacre’s Royal & Derngate for bravely slapping on brand new musical Gin Craze in the very week Lloyd Webber and four other London shows got abruptly pinged-off by test ’n’ trace (more like trick-or-treat, frankly: isolation blackmail).
NEWS: English theatres will reopen their doors from 17 May 2021
English theatres will finally be able to reopen their doors from next week after the Government today confirmed the next stage of its post lockdown roadmap will begin on 17 May 2021.
NEWS: Ralph Fiennes will star in & direct new regional tour of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
Ralph Fiennes will create a brand-new stage adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets this summer. Announced this week as Britain marks a year since regional theatres were forced to close, this world premiere production will welcome audiences back to live theatre when it reopens the Theatre Royal Bath from 25 May to 5 June, and launches Royal & Derngate’s Made in Northampton season in the venue’s Royal auditorium from 8 to 12 June in a co-production between both venues.
NEWS: Royal & Derngate announces four new musicals for 2021
Royal & Derngate Northampton has announced that it will premiere a season of original musical theatre as part of its upcoming Made in Northampton 2021 season.
‘Proves that the future is bright for new British musicals’: THE SEASON – Touring ★★★★
Christmas arrived early in Ipswich thanks to new musical The Season, a co-production between the New Wolsey Theatre and Northampton’s Royal & Derngate Theatre.
PHOTOS: 1990s-set Education Education Education cast pay tribute to Friends with iconic photo
As The Wardrobe Ensemble prepare to officially open their 1997 hit Education Education Education at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios, the cast took to Trafalgar Square to recreate another iconic 1990s moment. Remember Friends in the fountain? Of course, you do!
‘It’s rare for fringe companies like ours to reach this level’: James Newton’s on The Wardrobe Ensemble’s West End debut with Education Education Education
The Wardrobe Ensemble’s award-winning devised hit Education Education Education is coming to the West End for one month only. We’ve rounded up highlights from some of the production’s rave reviews to date to show you why you definitely don’t want to miss it! Time to get booking!
FEATURED SHOW: What do critics say about ★★★★★ ‘love letter to the 1990s’ Education Education Education?
The Wardrobe Ensemble’s award-winning devised hit Education Education Education is coming to the West End for one month only. We’ve rounded up highlights from some of the production’s rave reviews to date to show you why you definitely don’t want to miss it! Time to get booking!
NEWS: The Wardrobe Ensemble follows Education in the West End with Pelican Daughters in Edinburgh
After they make their West End debut with the transfer of 1990s-set Education Education Education, award-winning company The Wardrobe Ensemble conclude this summer with a return to the Edinburgh Fringe and their brand-new, contemporary tale The Last of the Pelican Daughters.
PHOTOS: Education Education Education prepare for West End class at Trafalgar Studios
Sneak a peek behind the scenes, and rewind the clock to the 1990s, with The Wardrobe Ensemble as they prepare for the West End premiere of their multi-award-winning devised hit Education Education Education. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Tom Morris’ production of Touching the Void receives West End transfer
Tom Morris’ production of Touching the Void will open in the West End at the Duke of York’s Theatre, previewing from 9 November 2019 for a strictly limited season with an opening night of 14 November.
‘The physicality of Bailey’s direction serves the play well’: GHOSTS – Northampton ★★★★
A CLEANSING FURY FROM THE 1880s Wipes you out every time, Ibsen’s furious, shocking, violent assault on the cruel decayed conventions of his century’s end. Its indecency – a plot driven by syphilis, prostitution, illegitimacy, … Continue reading →
NEWS: The Wardrobe Ensemble brings its award-winning show Education, Education, Education to the West End
The Wardrobe Ensemble transfers their Scotsman Fringe First and The Stage Edinburgh Award-winning 1990s-set comedy Education Education Education to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios for a month’s season from 31 May 2019.
‘Prenger is priceless’: ABIGAIL’S PARY – Touring ★★★★
Mike Leigh’s classic Abigail’s Party is back in the theatre with its irrepressible hostess, Beverly Moss, handing out gin and tonics and cheesy-pineapple nibbles to the sounds of Demis Roussos.
NEWS: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day receives world premiere at Royal & Derngate, adapted by Barney Norris
Royal & Derngate’s commission of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, adapted by Barney Norris, will receive its world premiere in Northampton in February 2019 before a national Out of Joint tour.
NEWS: Arts Council England funds Royal & Derngate’s three-year musicals programme
Arts Council England announced an investment package of nearly £0.7 million to fund Northampton-based Royal & Derngate’s three year programme to create original musical productions for mid-scale theatres.
‘I left more moved than I expected’: A PASSAGE TO INDIA – Touring & London ★★★★
Our age is beginning, once more, to appreciate EM Forster properly: the recent TV Howard’s End caught his wit as well as the social indignation and melancholy, and allowed something of the philosophical-mystical oddity of the man and his dream of “only connect”.
NEWS: Kinky Boots launches UK tour from Northampton in September 2018
A new UK touring production of Kinky Boots will open on 19 September 2018 at Royal & Derngate in Northampton, returning to the home of this British story, whilst the West End production continues at the Adelphi Theatre.
THE CARETAKER – Northampton ★★★★
There are moments of pure awkwardness when the play’s central character, Patrice Naiambana’s Davies, finds himself caught in the middle of difficult conversations and situations.
NEWS: Tim Pigott-Smith stars in Death of a Salesman tour, Full cast announced
The cast and creative team have been announced for Royal & Derngate’s major touring revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman starring Tim Pigott-Smith.
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