Catherine Collins

Preview: La Voix, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

Move over hanging gardens of Babylon, Egypt’s pyramids step aside, because there’s a new wonder of the world in town – La Voix! Officially the UK’s Funniest Red Head, La Voix is heading to the MAST Mayflower Studios on Saturday 22 October, with her live band, in a brand...

Preview: X-treme Magic, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Prepare to be dazzled, petrified and astounded: the world’s most dangerous magic show, X-treme Magic, is coming to Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, on 18 October 2022. Produced by Shone Productions, this is a modern-day spectacle of magic and illusion like no other – no rabbits are being pulled out of hats...

Preview: Bunker Cabaret, The Point, Eastleigh

The Point has programmed a special last-minute performance by the Hooligan Art Community from Ukraine, Bunker Cabaret, to The Point on Friday 14 October. Combining music, poetry, dance and film, the show is named because much of it was literally devised in a bunker by the company’s performers Sam...

Preview: The Color Purple at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Leicester’s Curve theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome are bringing their critically acclaimed, award-winning co-production of The Color Purple to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 October. Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner, Marsha Norman, The Color...

Preview: Richard the Second, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

Tangle, in association with MAST Mayflower Studios, is proud to present a radical and electrifying new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Richard the Second, performed in its distinctive Southern African Township theatre style, and performing on stage from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 October. A nation is in turmoil. Three first cousins...

Preview: Leo Sayer, Concorde Club, Eastleigh

With the world emerging from a two-year hiatus, Leo Sayer will be celebrating the milestone of 50 years as a recording artist the only way he knows how -via a huge UK tour, including a stop at Concorde Club on Thursday 20 October 2022. One of the most successful...

Preview: Emergency Festival, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

From the 5 to the 29 October, MAST Mayflower Studios is hosting Emergency Festival – a month of events to discuss all things climate change. The temperature is rising, there’s plastic in the oceans, the rainforest is disappearing… and maybe using a ‘bag for life’ isn’t going to turn...

Preview: The Little Mermaid, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Northern Ballet is bringing Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale to life this autumn, as it brings The Little Mermaid to Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 October. When a young mermaid is finally allowed her first glimpse of life beyond the ocean, she is enthralled by...