Young fans of children’s book writer Julia Donaldson’s beloved stories will love Zog and the Flying Doctors, which visits Theatre Royal Winchester from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 March. Zog and the Flying Doctors tells the story of Zog, a super keen student turned air-ambulance who, with his Flying...
Perform at Hat Fair!
Playmakers are offering local talent the chance to perform at this year’s Hat Fair festival – and there are two ways for them to get involved. Playmakers are calling upon local singers, musicians, comics, choir members, dance troupes and others with a short performance to apply now to be...
Preview: Graziano Di Prima – Believe: My Life on Stage, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Following his sixth consecutive year on the hit BBC show, Strictly Come Dancing favourite Graziano Di Prima and his wife Giada Lini will take to the stage in a brand-new dance show, Believe: My Life on Stage, which visits MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 15 March 2024. Joining this...
60th anniversary of Southampton’s city status approaches
By Martin Brisland. On 24th. February 1964 Southampton was granted a royal charter to henceforth be known as the City and County of the City of Southampton. It was the culmination of a process that had begun 30 years earlier. The first informal approaches were made in the mid-1930s,...
Newton Faulkner will be coming to Southampton’s 1865 this spring
Newton Faulkner will be coming to Southampton’s 1865 on Friday 17 May. The English singer-songwriter is embarking on the second leg of his extensive Feels Like Home Tour and will be playing a career-spanning set including highlights from his No1 double-platinum debut, Hand Built By Robots, plus previewing cuts...
Preview: LORE, Theatre Royal Winchester
Contemporary dance enthusiasts will delight in new production, LORE, which visits Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 5 March. LORE takes audiences on a folklore inspired journey into a pagan world of gods, demons and humans. The show explores a connection with nature and the energy that flows from the...
Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Mayflower Theatre in March
by Michael Coveney. After their initial success with an early, twenty-minute version of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice were taken up by producer David Land, given a weekly wage of £20 a week each, an office, and encouraged to write...
Cowes Fringe Festival makes a grand comeback
Set against the picturesque backdrop of Cowes, the Fringe Festival will take place from the 24 – 26 of May 2024, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy a diverse range of music and performances. The much-anticipated return of the Cowes Fringe Festival is set to dazzle audiences with an...
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce intimate Bournemouth Show
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced a live performance at Bournemouth O2 Academy, taking place on Monday 18 March 2024. The show is part of a series of warm-up gigs at some of the UK’s most intimate venues – recently announced live dates at Poole Lighthouse (17 March)...
Preview: Dom Joly: The Conspiracy Tour, Theatre Royal Winchester
Comedian Dom Joly returns with The Conspiracy Tour at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 6 March. The comic has been travelling around the globe once more, looking into some of the strangest and weirdest conspiracy theories that exist and his tour is a funny, fascinating and anarchic guide to...