ANTONY LAWRENCE JOANNE CLIFTON JAMES GILLAN

Based on the Oscar winning DreamWorks film, the Broadway and West End smash hit Shrek The Musical is a fun filled and hilarious musical comedy with a cast of vibrant characters and a ‘shrek-tackular’ score.

Featuring the beloved Princess Fiona, the evil Lord Farquaad, a host of magical fairy-tale characters and fabulous songs including the smash hit I’m A Believer, Shrek The Musical is a “musical extravaganza for big kids and little kids alike”.

With a star cast including Antony Lawrence (The Lion King, Mary Poppins) as Shrek, Strictly Come Dancing’s Joanne Clifton as Fiona, James Gillan (Everybody’s talking About Jamie) as Lord Faquaad and Brandon Lee Sears (Dreamgirls) as Donkey, this is a perfect night out for the young, and the young at heart, the award-winning Shrek The Musical is guaranteed fun for all ages and will have you dancing and laughing all the way home.

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig

Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire

Music by Jeanine Tesori

Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions

Brandon Lee Sears

Tue 10 – Sun 15 October

Tue - Sat Eves 7.30pm

Wed, Sat & Sun Matinees 2.30pm

DERNGATE

Tickets from £27

Concessions, Groups and Stage & Screen Members discounts

Sign Language Interpreted

Audio Described

What happens when the lights go out?

New Years’ Eve. Wealthy musician Charles Rodgers and his extended family arrive to see in the new year at an isolated holiday cottage in rural England. Yet from the moment they arrive a sequence of inexplicable events begin to occur. When a power-cut leaves them in complete darkness, Charles summons the help of the owner Mrs Smith with disastrous consequences. This thrilling new ghost story by acclaimed writer Torben Betts will thrust you into darkness and have you on the edge of your seats.

From the award-winning Original Theatre (Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art and Birdsong).

“A KILLER THRILLER TO KNOCK EM DEAD” Daily Mail on Original Theatre’s Night Must Fall

“AN UNCOMMONLY TALENTED PLAYWRIGHT” Time Out on Torben Betts

Mon 16 – Sat 21 October Eves 7.30pm, Thu & Sat Matinees 2.30pm

ROYAL

Tickets from £27

Concessions, Groups and Stage & Screen Members discounts

Sign Language Interpreted

Audio Described

Recommended for ages 14+

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Fierstein

Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell

Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots

Written

by

Geoff Deane and Tim Firth

Northampton Musical Theatre Company continue to build on the success of Calendar Girls, Made In Dagenham and Shrek, and are delighted to bring their fantastic new production of Kinky Boots to the stage.

With wonderful music by Cyndi Lauper, this tale about a struggling shoe factory, based on a true story, will lift your spirits and have you dancing in your seats.

NMTC are once again proud to be making the Derngate auditorium their home for Kinky Boots, coinciding with its 40th birthday year.

HHHHH ”AN INCREDIBLE EVENING”

What’s Good To Do on Calendar Girls

Tue 24 – Sat 28 October

Eves 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Matinees 2.30pm

DERNGATE

Tickets from £19

Sign Language Interpreted

Recommended for ages 12+

Royal & Derngate’s artist support programme

Generate proudly presents its fifth festival dedicated to supporting emerging and established artists. This November artists are invited to attend scratch performances, discussions, workshops, one-to-one support opportunities and networking sessions. Each scratch event will be followed by a Q&A session allowing audiences the opportunity to directly give feedback and support the future life of the work.

We are very proud to have developed this festival with direct input from independent artists and highlight some of the work by those on our Generate Associate Artists programme. Past artists have included Michaela Blackburn, Tristan Jackson-Pate, Chris Lowe and Georgia Tillery Randak.

Over 800 people saw performances and took part in events at GenFest 2022. Whether you are an artist working in the region, or you are interested in finding out more about how theatre is created, GenFest 2023 is the first place to see shows as they are created and get support with your career development.

Mon 6 – Mon 13 & Sun 26 – Tue 28 November Times vary, see website for details

VARIOUS

Tickets for most performances are free, selected Royal performances are from £5

‘EXHILARATING ENTERTAINMENT FROM SIX KILLER QUEENS’

‘SMART. SASSY. I’D GIVE THIS RIDICULOUSLY FUN MUSICAL SIX STARS IF I COULD’

Reigning on Broadway and in the West End, the international smash hit musical SIX is back by popular demand.

Winner of the 2022 Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’, double winners of the WhatsOnStage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ (2022/2023) and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times).

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.

Think you know the rhyme, think again... Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE!

HHHHH “SIX IS A MARVELLOUS SHOW. A ROYAL TREAT” Daily Telegraph

HHHHH “THE MOST UPLIFTING NEW BRITISH MUSICAL I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WATCH” Evening Standard

Tue 28 November – Sat 2

December

Tue & Thu 8pm, Wed & Fri 6pm & 8.30pm, Sat 4pm & 8pm

DERNGATE

Tickets from £12.50

Concessions, Groups and Stage & Screen Members discounts

Sign Language Interpreted

Audio Described

Touch Tour