Rhymetime at Northamptonshire Central Library

Pure Genius Performing at the Wig and Pen

Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust presents an opportunity to share inspiration and aspiration with three generations of orchestras – County Junior Orchestra, County Training Orchestra and County Youth Orchestra. Other NMPAT shows this season include: NMPAT: Big Sing | NMPAT: Wind Band Spectacular

Lee Martin For Gag Reflex Presents Britain’s Got Talent 2022 winner Axel Blake is heading out on the road with his new show In Style. From the wilds of Dunstable, Axel Blake arrived on the country’s living room screens in style as Simon Cowell’s golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent. His observational comedy paired with his witty charm captivated the audience propelling him to be crowned 2022 Champion of the hit show. Axel is continuing to chase his dreams. Fresh from appearing on the 2022 edition of the Royal Variety Show he is on the road with his first ever national tour – Axel Blake is coming to your town – In Style.

Chambers Touring Proudly Presents Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman. Join the star of Live at the Apollo for this “unapologetically funny” (Telegraph) exploration of empathy, morality and political contradiction. ★★★★ Evening Standard As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You, The Big Narstie Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Unapologetic.

In partnership with the Royal Opera House and the Voices Foundation, pupils from the David Ross Education Trust (Bobby Moore Academy Primary, Briar Hill Primary School, Cedar Road Primary School, Eastfield Academy, Kings Heath Primary Academy, Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School, The Arbours Primary Academy) will perform a 60-minute version of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Directed by Jonathan Ainscough, and conducted by Simon Toyne, the pupils join with professional singers and instrumentalists to bring to life Humperdinck’s enchanting fairy tale masterpiece. The opera depicts the famous Grimm fairy tale of two children who venture into the forest to forage for berries and encounter the Sandman, the Dew Fairy, and a Witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, on their adventure. Full of great tunes, including the famous ‘Evening Prayer’ and ‘Witch’s Ride’, this production is perfect for audiences young and old.

Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival.  Join us this March for an exhilarating evening of live theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools.  See Shakespeare’s timeless stories brought to life like never before, and support young people from your community as they take to the stage.

Since Miles’ last tour finished at The London Palladium in 2017, he’s been in The Full Monty on Disney Plus, The Durrells and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? on ITV, as well as a heap of episodes of Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and Have I Got News For You. He’s made an award-winning radio series and he’s published a novel. But for Covid, he would have played a lead at the RSC. Hey ho. Nevertheless he’s done a play in the West End and played the Emperor of Austria and Europe in a Ridley Scott film. Yet one sunny day in the middle of all this, he suddenly suffered a brain seizure. This led to the discovery of a tumour the size of a cherry tomato, and a rather pressing need to undergo major neurosurgery. Obviously, one doesn’t wish to make a big deal of it, but the experience has left him with a story to tell and a few things that he’d like to share with the room. So that’s exactly what he’s doing in his new show On I Bang – a tale about surprise, fear, luck, love and qualified medical practitioners.