Play to the Crowd – the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers community engagement work – is looking for support cast members for this year’s family pantomime. Cinderella tells the rags to riches story of a servant girl who is magically transformed...
Preview: Dinosaur World Live, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Back at the Mayflower Theatre, Dinosaur World Live – the interactive children’s theatre show that brings dinosaurs to life on stage – returns on Tuesday 27 June. Dinosaur World Live presents a host of impressive pre-historic creatures including every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, along with a...
Preview: Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo credit: Hamish Gill On the back of an incredibly successful 30th year anniversary tour, smash hit rock & roll musical, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 June. Loved by critics and audiences alike, Buddy tells the enduring story of...
Half-term Highlights for The Point and The Berry Theatre
An open-air adaptation of a David Walliams’ children’s book, Bad Dad, at Itchen Valley Country Park is the highlight of a busy half-term of events at The Point and The Berry Theatre. Heartbreak Productions presents the warm-hearted tale that follows the highs and lows of a father-son relationship on...
Preview: NT Live: Best of Enemies, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester will host another National Theatre Live cinema screening – the political thriller, Best of Enemies, on Monday 5 June. Best of Enemies tells of two feuding political rivals in late 1960’s America. As two men fight to become the next president, a new nightly TV format...
Preview: Winchester Comedy Festival’s Summer Gala 2023, Winchester
Comedy audiences are in for an evening of laughs with Winchester Comedy Festival’s Summer Gala 2023 at Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 3 June. This is an evening of comedy from award-nominated and competition-winning comedians, who have performed around the country and on TV. They include Larry Dean, who...
Preview: Dinosaur Adventure Live, Theatre Royal Winchester
Child audiences can enjoy one of the greatest prehistoric shows on Earth when Dinosaur Adventure Live comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 June. Dinosaur Adventure Live follows intrepid rangers on a quest to recover the data crystal, restore power to the island, and save...
Preview: Fizz Fest, Hambledon Vineyard, Hambledon
England’s oldest commercial vineyard, Hambledon Vineyard, will host the 9th Vineyards of Hampshire (VoH) Fizz Fest on Sunday 23 July from 12 to 4.30pm. Join Hampshire’s ten premier vineyards on a summer’s day as they showcase more than twenty-five different premium sparkling and still wines. With a glass of...
Volunteers needed for Hat Fair 2023
Photo by Adrienne Photography Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts – is looking for volunteers to help at this year’s event in Winchester, which runs from Friday 30 June to Saturday 1 July. The festival, which each year takes over the city streets and...
Preview: The Fureys, Theatre Royal Winchester
Folk fans can enjoy the delightful Fureys, who are set to perform at Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 27 May. Described as one of Ireland’s all-time most acclaimed and influential middle of the road, folk and traditional bands, The Fureys will bring to the stage their best loved songs,...