Royal and Derngate

The Crowd Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about crowds, people and connection. The Crowd Show is a show suitable for anybody who has been in a crowd or wants to be in the crowd for this show. Rob Auton is an award-winning writer, actor and podcaster, named the “Brian Cox of Comedy” by the Guardian. Rob has written eight hit Edinburgh Fringe shows, which have led to nationwide tours and television/radio appearances. Rob has had four collections of poetry and illustrations published by Burning Eye Books and Harper Collins. In 2020, Rob started The Rob Auton Daily Podcast which went on to amass over two million listens and win a gold award for Best Daily Podcast at the British Podcast Awards.

Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT) presents an opportunity to share inspiration and aspiration with three generations of orchestras – County Junior Orchestra, County Training Orchestra and County Youth Orchestra.

Five years after they set out on their hugely acclaimed 2018 Acoustic Tour, and released its companion album We The Collective, The Levellers will embark upon a brand new Acoustic Tour in 2023 which will be accompanied by a second volume of acoustic reworkings of some of their finest compositions. The 2018 album, which was produced by John Leckie, resulted in their highest chart position in twenty years.

Sara decided she wanted to be famous at 14 years old. Since then, she has auditioned for Barrymore, scared Pete Burns and ruined Hugh Grant’s birthday – but look at her now…(please look, she needs you to look. And clap. And laugh. And then clap again). The star of her very own stand-up special Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads is back with a brand-new stand-up show! Sara Pascoe is a highly acclaimed comedian, writer, and actor. She wrote and starred in her recent sitcom Out Of Her Mind, and is the celebrated host of The Great British Sewing Bee, Last Woman On Earth, Comedians Giving Lectures and Comedy Central’s Guessable. Sara also wrote and performed the Radio series Modern Monkey and Sara Pascoe vs Monogamy, which was inspired by her first book Animal. Her second book, Sex Power Money, was a Sunday Times bestseller, and the accompanying podcast of the same name garnered millions of listens and multiple award nominations during its run. This performance will be BSL Sign Interpreted with the interpreter standing stage right.  Presented by Show And Tell in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management.

Nathan Carter has established himself as one of the most popular and best all-round entertainers in Ireland packing the biggest venues. Success led Nathan to follow his dream of becoming a professional entertainer in January 2010. His career took off almost immediately and he single-handedly revived the live music scene in Ireland attracting young fans in their thousands. Following the phenomenal success of the iconic hit song ‘Wagon Wheel’ in 2012, Nathan became an established star in Ireland, outselling One Direction and Drake. Nathan has recorded six number one albums in Ireland and has had a top 20 UK album release with the CD ‘Beautiful Life’. Nathan’s latest  album ‘The Best of the First Ten Years’ released  in November 2020 went straight to Number One in the Irish Album Charts – at a time when he was unable to perform live gigs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He has used the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 to re-assess his career and his talents including writing new material for a brand new show.

Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT) presents an opportunity to share inspiration and aspiration with three generations of orchestras – County Junior Wind Orchestra, County Training Wind Orchestra and County Youth Concert Band.

The rhythm, the passion and the chemistry reignites for 2023! Strictly stars Karen Hauer, Gorka Marquez and their scintillating cast return with Firedance, featuring fresh flavours and super-charged choreography. Join the stars in a captivating dance off inspired by Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Carmen, and West Side Story featuring an eclectic mix of Latin, Rock and Pop music from artists such as Camilla Cabello, Jason Derulo, Gregory Porter, Gypsy Kings, J.Lo, Marc Anthony and many more. With sizzling dancers, mesmerising fire specialists and a sensational live band, Firedance will ignite passion as we turn up the heat for 2023.