MY MOTHER’S FUNERAL: THE SHOW
By Kelly Jones
A Paines Plough, Mercury Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, Landmark Theatres, and Royal & Derngate, Northampton co-production
Director Charlotte Bennett
At Royal & Derngate: Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 October 2024
On sale in May when full details will be announced.
NEVER LET ME GO
A play by Suzanne Heathcote
Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Rose Original Production with Bristol Old Vic, Malvern Theatres, and Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Director Christopher Haydon
Set & Costume Design Tom Piper
Movement Director Anna Morrissey
Casting Director Sam Jones CDG
At Royal & Derngate: Wednesday 16 – Saturday 26 October 2024
You were brought into this world for a purpose.
And your futures – all of them – have been decided.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s international best‑selling novel arrives on stage in this world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s gripping new adaptation.
What if you discovered your whole reason for being was not about your life but about making someone else’s possible? Your dreams, your desires, your love for another, all of them irrelevant in a world that values only what you give, without question or condition, to someone you’ve never met and will never know.
Memory and reality collide in this stunning new staging that challenges us to think about what it means to be human. What it means to have hope and heart – to love and to lose.
Opens at Rose Theatre in Kingston from Friday 20 September to Saturday 12 October, with a Press Night on Wednesday 25 September, then touring to Royal & Derngate, Malvern Theatres, Bristol Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre.
THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN
Adapted from the best-selling book by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
A Royal & Derngate, Northampton, production
Saturday 7 to Sunday 29 December 2024
Join the Jolly Postman on a frosty, fairytale adventure in this brand-new stage adaptation from Royal & Derngate.
This award-winning story for all the family sees the Jolly Postman cycling through the snow to deliver parcels and letters to familiar friends as they prepare for Christmas celebrations.
There are visits to Red Riding Hood, Humpty Dumpty, the Gingerbread Man, and not forgetting the big, bad wolf!
As the snow continues to fall, who will help the Jolly Postman get home in time for Christmas?
Live music, original songs and a sprinkling of theatre magic bring this favourite festive classic to life for all ages to enjoy.
By arrangement with Penguin Books Ltd, a Penguin Random House UK company
60 mins (no interval); Aimed at younger children and their families, this show is suitable for all ages.
For more information about Royal & Derngate’s full programme go to:
https://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/
Box Office 01604 624811
