Dragons and Mythical Beasts, the award-winning family show that brings mythical creatures to life on stage using spectacular puppetry, will be at Mayflower Theatre on Saturday 1 July. Enter into a magical world of myths and legends as Dragons and Mythical Beasts unveils a myriad of dark secrets. Come...
New waterside restaurant, The Lightship, to open in The Solent
A high-end experience restaurant, The Lightship – which will honour the nautical heritage of The Solent, is set to open on Friday 30 June. With an idyllic position at Haslar Marina on the English waters, the highly anticipated drinking and dining delight will transform Portsmouth’s historic 1940’s ex-Trinity House lightvessel to offer...
Tickets selling fast for Let’s Rock Southampton
Tickets for Let’s Rock: The Retro Festival are selling fast as the popular ‘80s retro event prepares to transform Southampton Common into sea of neon on Saturday 8 July. Thousands of revellers will descend on the city to dust off their dancing shoes and enjoy a day of gloriously...
Winchester Hat Fair announces 2023 line-up
Image: Gobbledegook Theatre Company Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, is ready to take over Winchester’s city streets and green spacesagain – with bold street theatre, music, dance, circus, and more, from Friday 30 June to Saturday 1 July. This summer, Hat Fair features the...
Review: The King and I, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 13 June 2023
By Catherine Collins I remember singing along whilst watching the film, The King and I, on the TV as a child, so I was excited to be in the audience when it opened at Mayflower Theatre tonight. Set in 1860s Bangkok, The King and I tells the story of the unconventional...
Play to the Crowd wins at Winchester Business Excellence Awards
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, has been awarded the inaugural Creative and Cultural Award at this year’s Winchester Business Excellence Awards. The awards, organised by the Winchester Improvement District (BID), The Hampshire Chronicle and Hampshire Chamber...
Preview: NT Live Sing-A-Longs, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester is hosting two sing-along versions of family-favourite musicals, Encanto and The Greatest Showman on Saturday 17 June. Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals – an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed placed called Encanto, which has blessed every...
Preview: NTL: Fleabag, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester hosts another National Theatre Live cinema screening – the hilarious and award-winning one-woman show, Fleabag, on Friday 16 June. Fleabag is the story of ‘some sort of woman living her sort of life’! Oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed is just the tip of the iceberg, with...
Preview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Royal Winchester
Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is given a rambunctious twist when it comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 13 June. A Midsummer Night’s Dream famously tells the story of four Athenian lovers, a group of amateur actors rehearsing a play, and a spat between the King...
Preview: Unwrapped Festival, Eastleigh & Hedge End
Santa Claus himself will be making a very special off-season appearance at Unwrapped Festival in Eastleigh and Hedge End on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June. From 1pm to 3pm, those attending either day of the free, family-friendly festival will have the chance to meet Father Christmas as he...