Royal & Derngate Spring 2010 !

 

 

Launch their  Spring 

season for 2010 !

For a new booklet on what's on this

spring at Royal & Derngate Northampton.

Royal & Derngate

Guildhall Road

Northampton

NN1 1DP

Administration 01604 626222

Box Office 01604 624811

Fax 01604 250901

Email box.office@royalandderngate.co.uk

•  Johann Strauss Gala, on 13th January 7.30 pm  (Derngate)
  
• Anton & Erin, Steppin' Out 15th January 7.30pm (Derngate)
  
• Natalie Clein, Plays Dvorak 17th January 7.30 pm (Derngate )
  
• Soothsayers, 17th January  7.45pm                         (Royal)
• Barb Jungr, The Men I Love 20th January 7.45pm  (Royal)
• Sean Hughes, What  I Mean To Say Was.... 7.45pm ( Royal)

Wed 13 Jan
Venue: Derngate

Waltz back to the glittering ballrooms of 19th Century Vienna with the Johann Strauss Orchestra, directed in traditional Viennese fashion by David Juritz with sparkling soprano Caroline MacPhie and the Johann Strauss Dancers in stunning costumes of the period.

Your Strauss favourites played in this concert include The Blue Danube Waltz, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Radetzky March, Thunder and Lightning Polka, The Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus, Pizzicato Polka, Perpetuum mobile, Wiener Blut and Die Fledermaus Overture.

7.30pm

Tickets
£28.50 £26.50 £23.50 £19.50 £15.50 

 

Anton & Erin- Steppin' Out

Fri 15 Jan
Venue: Derngate

Step out with national treasures Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag as they return to Royal & Derngate with their glamorous new show, following last year’s sold out UK tour.

Dance icons and charismatic stars from the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, Anton & Erin will dazzle and charm with their ballroom magic in an exciting new production that showcases perfectly their phenomenal talent. The inimitable partnership is joined on stage by a superb dance ensemble together with acclaimed conductor and arranger Richard Balcombe who will Strike Up The Band with the renowned London Concert Orchestra. The superb line-up of artists is completed by guest singer and West End star Graham Bickley whose dreamy vocals will cause hearts to flutter.

With classics anthems from the four icons of the American Songbook, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, this fabulous evening celebrates the very best of music, song and dance in an all-new extravaganza.

7.30pm

Tickets
£33 £36 £39

There will be 30 tickets available for each concert this season as part of our free ticket intiative for under 26s. Click here to find out more!

Natalie Clein plays Dvořák

Sun 17 Jan
Venue: Derngate

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Dvořák Cello Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Conductor Garry Walker
Cello Natalie Clein

It was during his second visit to America that Dvořák produced his superb Cello Concerto, partly inspired by a performance of a cello concerto by his friend, Victor Herbert. The work also enshrines the memory of Josephina Kaunitzova, a young piano pupil, whose illness and death led Dvořák to recompose the Concerto’s ending – one of his most heartfelt utterances.

Famously described by Richard Wagner as the “Apotheosis of the dance”, Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony takes his fascination with rhythm to almost obsessive heights, from the heart-breaking loveliness of the second movement Allegretto to the unstoppable, dizzying whirl of the finalé. Beethoven himself thought the Seventh one of his best works.

7.30pm

Tickets from £14

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Soothsayers

Sun 17 Jan
Venue: Royal

Idris Rahman- Saxaphone
Robin Hopcraft- Trumpet, Vox
Zoe Rahman- Keys
Julia Biel- Vox
Kodjovi Kush- Bass
Patrick Illingworth- Drums
Phil Dawson- Guitar

South London afro beat and dub collective, Soothsayers, are a dynamic and exciting live act that combine thumping grooves and killer horn lines with uplifting vocal melodies. Bringing together sounds from varied genres to create something that’s unique, the group showcase music that’s completely different to anything you will have heard before.

Led by Idris Rahman and Robin Hopcraft, and with a band that includes Mercury Prize keyboardist Zoe Rahman, expect to be blown away by Soothsayers.

“THRILLING HARMONIES... SERIOUSLY INFECTIOUS
DANCEFLOOR ORIENTED GROOVES... GOOSEBUMP INDUCING VOCALS” THE GUARDIAN

7.45pm

Tickets
£15 £13 (Box £25)

Barb Jungr

Wed 20 Jan
Venue: Royal

The Men I Love

Following a sell-out run and rave reviews at New York’s prestigious Cafe Carlyle, Barb Jungr is back in the UK with the show that wowed American audiences – The Men I Love.

Britain’s top song stylist brings the new Great American Songbook to life with a joyous collection of some of the best songwriters of the last 40 years. Music from Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Brian Eno, and Iggy Pop feature in this wonderful evening of magnificent music. With her stunning arrangements, internationally acclaimed singing and wit, Barb Jungr is sensational!

“SENSATIONAL – A PERFORMER OF VOLCANIC EBULLIENCE AND GOOD HUMOUR”
THE NEW YORK TIMES

7.45pm

Tickets
£16 £14 (Box £26)

Sean Hughes

Fri 22 Jan
Venue: Royal

What I meant to say was...

The youngest comic ever to win the Perrier award - for his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 1990 - Sean Hughes

The star of The Last Detective (ITV), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC) and Sean’s Show (Channel 4) whose dark, explosive style and quick-fire audience banter have made him a household name, is not to be missed.

“ONE OF THE BEST STAND-UPS OF HIS GENERATION”
DAILY TELEGRAPH

7.45pm

Tickets

£15 £13 (Box £25) is back with a brand new show, bursting at the seams with the darkly brilliant, self-deprecating barbed wit that has kept him at the top of his game ever since.

Tickets for all performances

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