Groups of up to four people will be able to experience the stories of three generations of Northampton football fans in The Twelfth Player, a site-specific performance at Northampton Town’s Sixfields stadium.
Audience members will be guided around the stadium via film and headphones as they observe a performance taking place simultaneously in the real world and on a computer screen.
People will experience the highs and lows of the past 70 years of the club’s history, travelling behind the scenes on a 40-minute walking tour.
The show has been created by Seven Sisters Group whose site-specific performance at London’s lidos, Like a Fish Out of Water, was a sell-out at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
During the past couple of years, artistic directors Susanne Thomas and Sophie Jump have researched the football club’s history and met many of those who have helped to define it. They spoke with a wide range of people from staff and fans to players and the volunteer mascot Clarence to draw out their individual experiences and gain a perspective on what matters to the Cobblers and their fans.
The Twelfth Player runs from Thursday 22 June until Wednesday 12 July. Tickets cost £5 each. The schedule of dates and times is available at the Royal and Derngate web site.