Alan Moore will play a key role in the film. In the trailer, Moore - dressed mysteriously like The Moon - leans in and whispers: 'We've saved you the best seats in the house.'Alan Moore will play a key role in the film. In the trailer, Moore - dressed mysteriously like The Moon - leans in and whispers: 'We've saved you the best seats in the house.'
Alan Moore will play a key role in the film. In the trailer, Moore - dressed mysteriously like The Moon - leans in and whispers: 'We've saved you the best seats in the house.'

Breaking down all the Northampton landmarks from Alan Moore's upcoming feature film The Show

Welcome to The Show - "We've saved you the best seat in the house..."
By Alastair Ulke
Published 6th Oct 2020, 17:28 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2020, 19:48 BST

"A frighteningly focussed man of many talents, passports and identities arrives at England’s broken heart, a haunted midlands town that has collapsed to a black hole of dreams, only to find that this new territory is as at least as strange and dangerous as he is."

So goes the teaser 'The Show', the upcoming feature film penned by legendary Northampton writer Alan Moore.

The trailer for the new film - which was shot entirely here in Northampton - was released on October 5 and there's a lot of nightmarish, twisting, surreal imagery to unpack.

But amongst the clown barristers and armed gunmen, several of Northampton's landmarks can be picked out.

Here is The Chron's breakdown of the trailer that promises to show our town centre stage - but not as anyone has ever imagined it before...

All images courtesy of EMU Films, Lex Films and Protagonist Pictures.

To watch the trailer, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN-KNh4QqPk.

The Show was shot entirely in Northampton and a few familiar sites can be seen in the trailer. This shot appears to show the Racecourse.

1. Welcome to Alan Moore's Northampton

The Show was shot entirely in Northampton and a few familiar sites can be seen in the trailer. This shot appears to show the Racecourse. Photo: EMU FILMS/LEX FILMS/PROTAGONIST PICTURES

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The trailer suggest the film will take a trip to a sinister burlesque nightclub. This shot welcomes the viewer to "St James's End Working Men's Club". What could be inside?

2. St James's End Working Mens Club

The trailer suggest the film will take a trip to a sinister burlesque nightclub. This shot welcomes the viewer to "St James's End Working Men's Club". What could be inside? Photo: EMU FILMS/LEX FILMS/PROTAGONIST PICTURES

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Actress Ellie Bamber plays a reporter for everyone's favorite local newspaper - The Northampton Mercury? A copy can be seen in the background here. In fact, Ellie spent a day with The Chron to learn more about her role!

3. The Northampton... Mercury?

Actress Ellie Bamber plays a reporter for everyone's favorite local newspaper - The Northampton Mercury? A copy can be seen in the background here. In fact, Ellie spent a day with The Chron to learn more about her role! Photo: EMU FILMS/LEX FILMS/PROTAGONIST PICTURES

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Some of The Show's final sequences were shot in a courtroom at Northampton's County Court. Several shots in the trailer show barristers, clerks and judges in clown make-up...

4. It it pleases your honour...

Some of The Show's final sequences were shot in a courtroom at Northampton's County Court. Several shots in the trailer show barristers, clerks and judges in clown make-up... Photo: EMU FILMS/LEX FILMS/PROTAGONIST PICTURES

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