Alison Goodyear, Michelle Keegan and Michael Evans are artists engaged in a collective exploration of ideas and enquiries pertaining to materiality and a diverse array of technological processes within our respective disciplines of painting, printmaking, and virtual reality. The collaborative works embody the synergy between the mechanical, the digital, and the handcrafted.
Bring your under 5's to clap, sing and wave our way through our favourite nursery rhymes and songs. Singing nursery rhymes and doing the actions are great for interaction, communication skills and motor skills - and most of all, it's fun! Please note that the Rhymetime sessions will be run on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day and it will not be possible to book in advance. Parents and Carers can collect a ticket from the front desk on the Friday morning at 10am.
12.30 - 2.00pm Free If you’re looking for a way to unwind after a busy week or just want to make some new crafting friends, come along with your chosen craft to these friendly informal sessions. They take place every Friday lunchtime in the Northampton Museum & Art Gallery lower café area. Drop in – no booking required but please purchase a drink or something to eat from the cafe.
This beautiful food truck will be parked up on front serving delicious Mexican street food to eat up in or take away
Richard the Wine Guy will be taking us on a wine journey around Southern Italy and its islands
ELVANA – THE WORLD’S FINEST ELVIS FRONTED TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA! FROM THE BOWELS OF DISGRACELAND, ROCK & ROLL ICONS OF THE AFTERLIFE ARE RAISED FROM THE DEAD! ROCK & ROLL MEETS GRUNGE AS ELVIS FRONTS NIRVANA AND GIVES THE BAND THE FRONT MAN IT’S BEEN MISSING SINCE ’94. ELVANA TEAR THROUGH NIRVANA’S CATALOGUE WHILST SPLICING IN GRUNGED UP SECTIONS OF THE KING OF ROCK & ROLLS FINEST MOMENTS, CULMINATING IN A WHOPPER MASH UP OF OVERDRIVE & OLD SCHOOL ROCKABILLY. IT SMELLS LIKE CHEESEBURGERS AND TEEN SPIRIT, DADDY-O!
Spymonkey’s tragically funny attempt to pull off a classic Greek comedy Written by Carl Grose and Spymonkey, with massive apologies to Aristophanes Spymonkey’s Toby Park and Aitor Basauri are at the end of the road. The other Spymonkeys have taken themselves off to a better place, and they’re about to call it a day. To their rescue rides mega-rich philanthropist Patty Getty and her theatrically ambitious niece Jacoba with an offer they can’t refuse! But does this beleaguered comedy duo have what it takes to perform the classic Greek comedy The Frogs at Patty’s legendary amphitheatre in Hollywood? Shot through with Spymonkey’s uniquely surreal comedy, The Frogs is a delirious trip through Greek theatre, a monster-filled Underworld and classic vaudeville double acts but with existential angst, bronzed oiled torsos and a jumping chorus of tap-dancing frogs! What are you waiting for? Hop to it! A Royal & Derngate and Spymonkey co-production
The ’80s Show – The Greatest Tribute to the Greatest Decade, brings you the best ’80s party on the Planet! As we all know the ’80s was all about high energy and innovation, which produced some of the most memorable bands and styles of all time. Every band strived to be different and hardly any sounded the same making most hit records instantly recognisable from the first few seconds. The ’80s Show covers as many of these eras as possible and has gone to monumental lengths to get all the sounds and music absolutely perfect to take you on a journey of nostalgia to the golden days when it was all about fun. Featuring only the best musicians and singers around with female sax and percussionist this band are hard to tell the difference from the record! Add to that an amazing light/video/laser show, you can sing and dance away to the massive hits of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, Tears For Fears, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, Kim Wilde, Wham, Tiffany, Go West, Level 42, Belinda Carlisle, OMD, Erasure, Elton John, David Bowie and many more, with a few nice surprises. Frankie says “Don’t miss it!”
Join Ballet Theatre UK as we follow the yellow brick road and discover all the wonders of Oz. Enjoy Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion, (and yes Toto too) as they seek the Wonderful Wizard to find that there’s no place like home! The Wizard of Oz is a two act, full-length, ballet adaptation of the iconic tale by L. Frank Baum, told through the magic of classical dance. Set to a classical score which brings the story to life, this production is family friendly and is the perfect way to introduce children to the classical ballet. The production is presented with beautiful backdrops, stunning theatrical sets and costumes evoking the iconic sketches by W.W. Denslow, from the original publication.
Rythmn Junction performing at The Wig and Pen
Punk took the world by storm, leaving a lasting legacy that continues to inspire and provoke people today. The young people of Northamptonshire were as inspired by punk as the rest of the country - they formed bands, set up music and clothing stores and managed punk nights. This major exhibition follows the Punk: Rage & Revolution exhibition at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery and explores fashion, music, the local gig scene and much more.