Award-winning play, Wonder Boy is heading to MAST Mayflower Studios in from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 November 2024. Wonder Boy is a heart-warming and inspiring story about the power of communication told through the experiences of 12-year-old Sonny who lives with a stammer and has to find his...
Preview: Bowjangles in Dracula in Space, The Point, Eastleigh
Get ready for an out-of-this-world experience as Bowjangles in Dracula in Space lands at The Point in Eastleigh on Friday 18 October 2024. Performing as a string quartet, the show follows outrageous adventures, charismatic characters and original musical comedy, bringing music, theatre and comedy together in a way you’ve never...
Preview: R.O.G.E.R Radio Attempts Frankenstein, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre fans are invited to immerse themselves in a comedic, chaotic radio play set-up, with performers playing multiple characters, when R.O.G.E.R Radio Attempts Frankenstein comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 29 October. The show tells of a charming radio company attempting to perform a radio-play of the spine-tingling...
Heritage: Did you know that a Shirley man played an important role in the development of antibiotics?
By Martin Brisland. Edward Penley Abraham was born in 1913 in South View Road, Shirley. A blue plaque is displayed on the house near the current site of King Edward VI School. He attended from 1924, but at that time it was in situated in Havelock Road. The BBC Radio...
Preview: & Juliet, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Olivier and What’s On Stage award-winning and Tony Award-nominated musical, & JULIET, takes to the stage at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 November 2024. There is life after Romeo! Be whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh...
Preview: Murder for Two, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of comedy theatre will enjoy the anarchic musical murder mystery – with a twist, Murder for Two, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Thursday 31 October. Murder for Two opens on a birthday party and the discovery of the body of an acclaimed novelist whose celebration it...
New theatre piece to be created at The Point with the local community
Local members of the community can get involved in a new piece of theatre, which will be co-created in collaboration with Bunkhum Ensemble, The Point, Eastleigh and The Dome, Brighton. Bunkum Ensemble – a new theatre company based at The Point in Eastleigh – are looking to meet creative...
Preview: The Smartest Giant in Town, Theatre Royal Winchester
Family audiences can enjoy the heart-warming tale of The Smartest Giant in Town when the stage adaptation of the Julia Donaldson story comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Saturday 26 October. The Smartest Giant in Town by the beloved children’s book author, Julia Donaldson, with illustration by Axel Scheffler,...
Preview: Kathakali, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
The renowned Kala Chethena Kathakali Company, from Kerala, South India, is bringing the ancient art of Kathakali to MAST Mayflower Studios on Monday 4 November 2024. Kathakali is the classical dance drama of Kerala, South India, and combines storytelling, dance, drama, ritual, vibrant costumes, and an intricate makeup, featured...
Preview: John Nichol’s The Unknown Warrior, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of military history will be captivated by the story of the First World War soldiers lost forever, in John Nichol’s The Unknown Warrior, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Friday 25 October. The former Gulf War prisoner-of-war, John Nichol, tells the story of the Unknown Warrior who...