Editing Northampton (section)

=== Entertainment ===
[[File:RoyalDerngate.JPG|thumb|right|[[Royal & Derngate]], one of the main venues for arts and entertainment]]
The [[Royal & Derngate]] theatre complex, on Guildhall Road in the [[Cultural Quarter, Northampton|Cultural Quarter]] of the town centre, is one of the main venues for arts and entertainment in Northampton. [[The Deco]], situated in Abington Square in the town centre, is a 900-seat theatre and conference centre, which shares its [[Art Deco]] building with the Northampton Jesus Centre. It was restored by the [[Jesus Army]] as part of their Jesus Centre project. The Deco used to be a cinema in the 1960s; [[The Beatles]] appeared there twice on stage in 1963: firstly as unknowns as part of the [[Tommy Roe]]/[[Chris Montez]] tour; secondly as part of their own tour in their own right.<ref name="BeatlesE">{{cite book |last=Harry, Bill |title=The Beatles Encyclopaedia (2000 paperback edition; first published 1992) |publisher=Virgin Publishing, London W6 9HA |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7535-0481-9 |location=London |pages=9 and 776}}</ref> Smaller theatres include the Northampton Playhouse and the Cripps Theatre, which is part of Northampton School for Boys.

The two commercial cinemas in Northampton are [[Vue (cinema)|Vue]] at [[Sol Central Northampton|Sol Central]] in the centre and [[Cineworld]] at Sixfields. There is also the subsidised Forum Cinema at [[Lings Forum]], whose film programme is widely varied and includes art-house and non-mainstream films. The Northampton Filmhouse, an independent cinema joined to the side of the Royal & Derngate theatre complex, opened in June 2013.

There are also many local entertainment venues which provide events. [[Roadmender (nightclub)|The Roadmender]], which used to be run and funded by the council and later bought by The Purplehaus group, hosts mainstream touring bands and one off-gigs. There are other popular late-night entertainment venues, pubs, bars and clubs in the town centre, and along the Wellingborough and Kettering Roads on the way into the town centre. Northampton also has ten-pin bowling alleys and late night casinos.