Ned Boulting, ITV’s lead Tour de France commentator, will return to the MAST Mayflower Studio on Wednesday 2 November with his one-man stage show to provide a fresh assault on your cycling senses. The cunningly entitled, Re-Tour de Ned, is an indispensable theatrical road map for anyone aspiring to...
Preview: Loose Ends, 1865 Club, Southampton
One of the most successful UK R&B soul bands of the 1980s, Loose Ends, will be bringing their unique sounds to the stage of the 1865 Club on Friday 28 October at 7.30pm. The trio formed in London in 1980, and Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, and Steve Nicol were...
Review: The Color Purple, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. The story of fear, abuse and oppression may not be what is expected of a musical, and yet The Color Purple, which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night (25 October), is exactly that. Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Color...
Preview: Bombay Superstar, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Bombay Superstar is a brand-new musical about love and betrayal in the golden age of Bollywood cinema, and it’s coming to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 November. Bombay Superstar is the 50th show from Phizzical, who create bold, adventurous work which brings new perspectives to South...
Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Autumn Season, which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 November, includes new productions of The Makropulos Affair and La bohème, and the return of the ground-breaking new opera, Migrations. The Makropulos Affair is directed by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by WNO’s Music...
Preview: Festive Fairy Lights and Fizz, Bapsy Hall, Guildhall Winchester
The popular and historic Festive Fairy Lights and Fizz is set to return to Guildhall Winchester on Friday 9 December from 6 to 10pm. Presented by Vineyards of Hampshire, Fairy Lights and Fizz will be held in the Victorian grandeur of the Bapsy Hall, which will be decked with...
Preview: Othello, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Frantic Assembly will bring its acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Othello to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 November. Blisteringly relevant today, Othello exposes the tension, fear and insecurity buried beneath the veneer of our relationships and how easily that can be maliciously exploited. Lies and truths...
Preview: Delicate, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Delicate – a new circus show about what it means to be delicate from Extraordinary Bodies, Cirque Bijou and Diverse City will be at MAST Mayflower Studios from Monday 14 to Tuesday 15 November. Delicate revolves around four different characters, united in their frustration at their bodies changing, ageing,...
Preview: The Osmonds: A New Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
You loved them for a reason, and now you can see the sensational The Osmonds: A New Musical – and relive one of the world’s biggest ever boy bands –at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 November. The story, by Jay Osmond, tells the true story of the...
Preview: The Kaiser Chiefs, Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth
One of Britain’s most treasured bands, the multi-award-winning Kaiser Chiefs, will kick off their arena tour in November, including a stop at the Bournemouth International Centre on 17 November. They will be supported by The Fratellis and The Sherlocks. Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of...