Three of Winchester’s performing arts charities, Play to the Crowd, Hampshire Cultural Trust and Discarded Nut, have joined forces to celebrate contemporary performance with the creation of RAW – Winchester’s contemporary performance week. This year’s RAW will run from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 March with performances taking place...
Preview: John Crace: What the hell just happened?, The Berry Theatre, Hedge End
Political sketch writer, John Crace, will bring his show, What the Hell Just Happened? to The Berry Theatre on Friday 28 March. John Crace has been the Guardian’s political sketch writer for the last ten years and is one of the paper’s most loved columnists. He has also written...
Coming soon – new Quiz Nights at the theatre!
Play to the Crowd, the charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, is hosting a series of quizzes in the theatre foyer to raise funds for their artist development programme. Teams are invited to pit their wits against each other to answer the most general knowledge, theatre and pop culture...
Preview: The Baddies, Theatre Royal Winchester
Family audiences are invited to meet the worst villains ever when The Baddies comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Friday 21 March. The Baddies is a stage adaptation of the book by children’s author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler and tells of a witch, a troll and an...
Preview: Sexbomb: Celebrating the Music of Sir Tom Jones, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of the legendary Sir Tom Jones can now reflect on his incredible life in music with Sexbomb: Celebrating the Music of Sir Tom Jones, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 13 March. Sexbomb celebrates one of the biggest names in pop music – Sir Thomas Jones...
Writers and directors wanted for new project
Local writers and directors looking for others to discuss creative ideas with and work together are invited to apply for a ‘speed-dating’ evening at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 9 April. The Unwritten: Creative Speed Dating Evening, which will see writers and directors pitching ideas, showcasing their work and...
Preview: In Other Words, The Point, Eastleigh
Five-star and Moliere Award winning theatre show, In Other Words, heads to The Point, Eastleigh on Friday 14 March. In Other Words is a deeply affecting love story, exploring the transformative power of music to help reconnect those living with dementia to their loved ones and the world around...
Heritage: the highest point in Southampton
By Martin Brisland. How High the Moon is a jazz standard song dating from 1940. The enduring popularity, since it started in 1955, of the Guinness World Records books shows that people are always fascinated to learn what is the fastest, longest, heaviest, oldest, tallest in any given field....
Preview: Dreamcoat Stars, Theatre Royal Winchester
Musical theatre fans can enjoy every minute of Dreamcoat Stars – a chance to revel in the biggest musical numbers – when the show returns to Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 16 March. Dreamcoat Stars features four sensational singers from the global hit, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, performing...
Preview: Three Little Vikings, Theatre Royal Winchester
Child audiences and their grown-ups are invited to meet three brave little Viking girls when Three Little Vikings comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 15 March. Three Little Vikings tells the story of three little girls from a Viking village where everything is going wrong – chickens are...