By Joy McKay. The Life of Pi is on it’s first UK tour following successful runs of the West End debuting in 2021 and Broadway in 2023 and opened at The Mayflower last night (14 May 2024). Based on the Booker Prize winning and bestselling novel of the same...
Preview: The Lion Inside, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios are co-producing the production of The Lion Inside, and look forward to it entertaining young audiences in Southampton from Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 1 June 2024. Fed up of being ignored and forgotten by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But,...
Cinderella actor receives national panto award nomination
Photo credit: Ali Wright Play to the Crowd, arts and education charity, is pleased to announce that its 2023/24 pantomime at Theatre Royal Winchester, Cinderella, has received a nomination in the Great British Pantomime Awards 2024. Actor Max Mirza has been nominated for Best Early Career Newcomer for his...
Howden Insurance renews partnership with Play to the Crowd
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, is thrilled to announce that Howden Insurance in Winchester has renewed their Corporate Partnership with the charity for the next three years. The company has been long-time supporters of Theatre Royal...
Preview: High Jinx: Magic, Illusion & Circus, Theatre Royal Winchester
Mesmerising magic and crazy circus stunts are promised from High Jinx: Magic, Illusion & Circus at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 26 May at 1.30pm and 4.30pm. High Jinx is a jam-packed show featuring incredible magic tricks, mind-boggling illusions, inspiring feats of juggling and daring circus stunts, which will...
Award-winning festival, Victorious, announces full comedy line up
Set on the stunning Southsea seafront from 23 – 25 August 2024, multi-award-winning Victorious Festival – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has announced its full comedy line-up for this summer’s Bank Holiday extravaganza. Building on the success of last year’s expanded comedy offering, Victorious will welcome some of...
Preview: Steeleye Span, Theatre Royal Winchester
Folk music fans are in for a treat when Steeleye Span return to the city and Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 18 May. The British folk-rock band will be celebrating 50 years together and a new album, The Green Man Collection, which features tracks from recent releases and new...
In conversation with Wicked stars Sarah O’Connor (Glinda) and Laura Pick (Elphaba)
Wicked, the spectacular, multi-record-breaking and critically acclaimed production, is set to fly back to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 16 June 2024. Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women – the popular Glinda and a...
Mayflower Theatre and Theatrical Lydia come together in food bank drive for Feed the Community Foodbank
To mark Come From Away performing at Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, Theatrical Lydia and Mayflower Theatre ran a foodbank drive which raised over 25 crates full of food – which has now been donated to Feed The Community Foodbank in Southampton, and is expected to supply the foodbank for...
Playmakers Youth Theatre Showcase hailed a success
Photo Credit: Cave & Sky Last month Playmakers Youth Theatre presented their annual Showcase at Theatre Royal Winchester and enjoyed incredible feedback from leaders and audiences. The theme of the Showcase was Look Back, Look Forward and Look Up and the groups, made up of young people from school...