Panto has come a long way since I started reviewing back in the 1990s. No more shonky sets and wonky donkeys, it's all rather stylish on stage at the Royal and Derngate this Christmas. Just remember to take your coat if you're in the stalls...more of that later on. Georgia Brierley-Smith as Tink - all photography by Pamela Raith The old-style curtain has gone and an apparently hi-tech 'scrim', a sort of translucent screen that you can project effects onto, makes for a stunning flying-through-the-stars effect for Peter and Not-Wendy.

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We're very lucky here in Northampton - with autumn nearly upon us there's so much good stuff going on we shouldn't just settle in on the sofa every night. Case in point - go and see some live theatre. A brand new production of Hugh Whitemore’s acclaimed play Breaking the Code, opens at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate has opened, running from Thursday 11 to Saturday 27 September, before touring.

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So he's back. George Furbank, Northampton's quiet but deadly full-back is starting for Saints in the European final against Bordeaux Bègles today (May 24). As coach, car and trainloads of Saints fans will be excitedly making their way to the Principality Stadium, or various enterprising pubs and clubs in Northampton showing the game, the team will be focussing, resetting the determination and resilience which has seen them see off all comers on their path to the final.

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"It's been madly busy since the win," says a smiling sales assistant at the Saints Shop at Cinch Franklins Gardens stadium. "I think because we didn't open until the Wednesday after the Leinster game, people wanted to get ready for the final straight away." And it feels like half the town will be at the 74,000 capacity Principality Stadium in Cardiff on May 24 dressed in the club's green, black and gold - tickets were like hens' teeth as supporters flocked to the site's Investec Champions Cup…