The Great Eggscape – Easter Trail
town centreHead into town and visit the 10 brilliant local businesses to help the doggie detectives solve the mystery of the missing bunnies!
Head into town and visit the 10 brilliant local businesses to help the doggie detectives solve the mystery of the missing bunnies!
The Laforey parade will step off from the Guildhall at 11am, following two loops of a route along St Giles' Street, down Hazelwood Road and up Derngate, back to St Giles' Square. At the end of the parade, cadets will salute local dignitaries, including Brigadier David Russell-Parsons, Deputy Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire and the Mayor of Northampton. Formal proceedings begin in the Guildhall Courtyard at 10.15am, with a march of the guard and parade inspection taking place ahead of a service of remembrance at approximately 10.30am. HMS Laforey was adopted by the community of Northampton in 1941 during 'Warship Week', a Royal Navy fundraising initiative which saw towns and cities in Britain raise money towards building naval ships. The town raised more than £750,000 to fund HMS Laforey and she was assigned to several operations in Mediterranean Sea, including escorting a relief convoy to Malta as part of Operation Halberd. Local charities, churches and schools also provided the ship's crew with gloves, socks and hats, while school children wrote them letters. When officers and men from the adopted ship visited the local community, a celebratory parade was organised in their honour. Sadly, the ship sank on the 30th March 1944 after...
Stagecoach Performing Arts Northampton proudly presents this years productions. We Will Rock You and Cinderella. Sing along with ‘Main School’ and join in the panto fun with ‘Further Stages’. We Will Rock You Friday Main School Show starts 12.00pm —————————————————————————————————————- Saturday Main School Show starts 3.15pm
Well-known amongst the local art community for her gregarious personality, Elke Pollard created a wide body of work in a variety of media and styles predominantly colourful large-scale portraits and floral still lifes. Alongside her art, Pollard worked as a designer and seamstress. This exhibition will showcase art and design highlights from the life of this influential and prominent Northampton artist.
Coming soon, an exhibition in The Temporary Exhibition Gallery at Northampton Museums and Art Gallery Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Saturday 16 March - Sunday 9 June 2024 Vivienne Westwood was seen as the Grand Dame of fashion design for over 50 years. Her work with partner Malcolm McLaren defined the look of punk in the 1970s and subsequent fashion collections shaped the fashion world of the late twentieth century. This exhibition showcases a small part of an extensive personal collection that features her iconic shoes and outfits from her career defining collections such as Seditionairies, favoured by the Sex Pistols and Pirate. The Vivienne Westwood brand was not involved in the curation or organisation of this exhibition.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Saturday 2 March - Sunday 1 September A celebration of the 20th century paintings, prints and sculptures in our collection that all share an abstraction of form, from large oil on canvas paintings to angular metal sculptures. This exhibition is a presentation of this central stream of modern art production, investigating abstract art’s unique voice, freedom of expression and artistic origins.
Stagecoach Performing Arts Northampton proudly presents this years productions. We Will Rock You and Cinderella. Sing along with ‘Main School’ and join in the panto fun with ‘Further Stages’. Cinderella – Further Stages – Show
Come on Barbie, lets go PARTY! It’s time for THE MIGHTY 90’s PARTY of the YEAR! Turn Back Time and come party in the VengaBus with us for one night only! This pop extravaganza dances its way through the style, sounds, and stars of the 90s! Get ready to Spice Up Your Life because We Like to Party with our power pop supergroup! Delivering unforgettable renditions of hits including Wannabe, Hit Me Baby One More Time, Backstreet’s Back, Wonderwall, I Have Nothing and more, performed by a stellar professional cast. Believe in the nostalgia as you get to party the whole night to the tunes of Take That, Aqua, Cher, Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Venga Boys, and many more. And don’t miss the show-stopping vocals of CLEOPATRA serenading you with covers of hits that made the 90s truly legendary. If you Want It That Way, then It Only Takes A Minute to get tickets that give you and your friends some Fast Love. Don’t Think Twice, come on and Vogue. Power ballads, infectious pop beats and dance floor smashers, this electrifying party never stops!
Head into town and visit the 10 brilliant local businesses to help the doggie detectives solve the mystery of the missing bunnies!
Camelot is in trouble. King Arthur knows that if he doesn’t turn things around, this civilisation will be forgotten, and be known as nothing more than a rather dull time in British history. But when three hapless squires approach him about changing that legacy… a legend is born. Teaming up with one of UK theatre’s best comedy writers and directors, Olivier Award nominated John Nicholson (The Time Machine: A Comedy), award-winning funny men Le Navet Bete (The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, Dracula: The Bloody Truth) are back with a brand-new laugh-out-loud show for the ages. A comedy for the whole family, this hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends will have audiences crying with laughter and become part of the legend themselves!