National Theatre Connections 2024

Essential 80s Featuring Paul Young + T’Pau + Hue & Cry

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

The decade of fun and flamboyancy, the era of music videos, the 12 inch, compilation CDs and some of the most enduring popstars in the world! Essential ’80s brings the very best chart-topping artists of the era to the stage for a nostalgic tour of everyone’s favourites!

Comedy Special at V and B

VnB 10 St Giles' Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Comedy Special at V and B

British Comedian Of The Year Heat

The Charles Bradlaugh 1 Earl St, northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Acts will be vying for a place in the finals held at The Comedy Store for the largest cash prize in comedy.

A panel of judges plus YOU the audience will help decide who goes into the finals.

Art-Jam at Saints Coffee

Saints Coffee 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

a true N town artist sharing her skill over cocktails 

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights

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

Hot on the heels of his most successful solo tour ever, Steve Hackett brings his Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights tour to Northampton in 2022. The tour will mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis album Foxtrot which, in 1972, was pivotal in establishing the band as a major force in British rock.

Set Subject Competition – Northamptonshire Natural History Society

Northamptonshire Natural History Society The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castilian Terrace, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

A themed competition for up to three digital and/or print images per member per round. Entries in this round to illustrate "straight out of the camera" 

Chess Night at Saints Coffee

Saints Coffee 62 St Giles' St, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Chess night, bring a chessboard!

Dance! Northampton

The Deco The Deco, Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE

An uplifting night for a great cause, celebrating and showcasing local talent with proceeds going to British Heart Foundation and Cynthia Spencer Hospice.

Featuring performers from talented dance and stage schools throughout Northampton including one of Northampton’s most successful dance schools Starlight Stage School!
Dexterity, Gymnastricks, Northamptonshire School of Dance and more!

Newton Faulkner Feels Like Home Tour – The Roadmender

Roadmender 1 Lady's Ln, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

STRIPPING HIS SONGS BACK TO THEIR PUREST FORM. NEWTON WILL BE OUT THERE SOLO, JUST HIM, HIS ACOUSTIC GUITARS, AND HIS VOICE

Martin Bayfield’s Rugby Legends

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

From the police beat to the Hollywood movie screen to a Five Nations Grand Slam and MasterChef final, Martin Bayfield has had a varied life!

Join the former England international and true giant of the game as he embarks on his Rugby Legends UK tour. Martin will take to the stage with former players to reveal never-heard-before stories and incredible insight into the sport we all treasure.

The audience can expect stories with soon to be announced special guests about international games, local teams; legends emerging from coal mines, farms, police stations, classrooms, universities. Matches played on 6” of grass, mud in the winter, hard pan in the autumn and spring months. Riotous end of season tours and half cooked lasagne or chilli con carne after the game washed down with beer, then the long, meandering journey home.

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