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Moving and powerful theatre for our troubled times. Review: I, Daniel Blake at Royal and Derngate, Northampton.

By Karin Johnstone “I am not a client, a customer, nor a service user. I am not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief. I’m not a National Insurance Number or blip on a screen. I paid my dues, never a penny short, and proud to do so.” So states the eponymous Daniel Blake. Kathy and Daisy, played by Bryony Corrigan and Jodie Wild – All photography by Pamela Raith Seven years have passed…

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Moving and powerful theatre for our troubled times. Review: I, Daniel Blake at Royal and Derngate, Northampton.

By Karin Johnstone “I am not a client, a customer, nor a service user. I am not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief. I’m not a National Insurance Number or blip on a screen. I paid my dues, never a penny short, and proud to do so.” So states the eponymous Daniel Blake. Kathy and Daisy, played by Bryony Corrigan and Jodie Wild – All photography by Pamela Raith Seven years have passed…

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Pictures from the march where Northampton added its voice to the clamour for action on the climate

Pictures from the march where Northampton added its voice to the clamour for action on the climate

While government and business leaders tried to hammer out a credible response to the looming climate disaster facing the planet at Cop26 Northampton’s activists took to the streets to call for change. The Umbrella Pavilion on the Racecourse was the starting point for the march which was organised by Exctinction Rebellion. They processed to the Guildhall and made speeches on November 6 in concert…

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Pictures from the march where Northampton added its voice to the clamour for action on the climate

Pictures from the march where Northampton added its voice to the clamour for action on the climate

While government and business leaders tried to hammer out a credible response to the looming climate disaster facing the planet at Cop26 Northampton’s activists took to the streets to call for change. The Umbrella Pavilion on the Racecourse was the starting point for the march which was organised by Exctinction Rebellion. They processed to the Guildhall and made speeches on November 6 in concert…

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The psychedlic road movie that started at NSB

The psychedlic road movie that started at NSB

A shimmering lake surrounded by mountains, fresh air palpable. A small red rucksack catches my eye in the corner of a field. It’s my corporate screensaver but something about the rucksack resonates with me, writes Karin Johnstone. It reminds me of Kerouac’s description in the Dharma Bums, when he buys his travelling bag and checks out all the little pockets and straps deciding what will go where.…

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The psychedlic road movie that started at NSB

The psychedlic road movie that started at NSB

A shimmering lake surrounded by mountains, fresh air palpable. A small red rucksack catches my eye in the corner of a field. It’s my corporate screensaver but something about the rucksack resonates with me, writes Karin Johnstone. It reminds me of Kerouac’s description in the Dharma Bums, when he buys his travelling bag and checks out all the little pockets and straps deciding what will go where.…

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Would you cut the rope?

Would you cut the rope?

Karin Johnstone reviews Touching the Void which is at Royal & Derngate, Northampton

You are 19,000 feet up a mountain in hazardous icy conditions roped to your climbing partner. He falls over a precipice. You can’t see him but he is dangling in the void his leg already crushed and broken into pieces. There is no way of pulling him back up – would you cut the rope to save yourself?

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Would you cut the rope?

Would you cut the rope?

Karin Johnstone reviews Touching the Void which is at Royal & Derngate, Northampton

You are 19,000 feet up a mountain in hazardous icy conditions roped to your climbing partner. He falls over a precipice. You can’t see him but he is dangling in the void his leg already crushed and broken into pieces. There is no way of pulling him back up – would you cut the rope to save yourself?

Touching The…

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