After sell-out arena tours, Elf the Musical comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 December 2024. The stage show, Elf the Musical features Santa’s magical flying sleigh, an audience snowball fight, and a giant candy cane journey from the North Pole, amongst many spectacular scenes set...
Interview: Faye Brookes as she returns to the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago at Mayflower Theatre
Photo credit: Paul Coltas The multi-awarding winning musical, Chicago, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 November 2024. We spoke to Fay Brookes as she returns to the role of Roxie Hart in the UK and Ireland tour. You are well known for your award-winning turn as...
The Point, Eastleigh is shortlisted at the National Fantastic for Families Awards
The Point Eastleigh and The House of Many Moons have been shortlisted in the Fantastic for Families Awards, for magical story world, Timothy the Yeti. Organised by Family Arts Campaign, these awards showcase the innovation, creativity and impact made by cultural opportunities in the UK. The Fantastic for Families...
Interview: Choreographer of Mariposa, Carlos Pons Guerra, talks about the upcoming show
Mariposa, a queer tragedy inspired by Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, visits MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 November 2024. We spoke with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra ahead of the upcoming show. We see that the BBC described you as the Pedro Almodovar of dance! How do you...
Review: Wonderboy, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton, 5 November 2024
By Lewis MacLean. The first thing that caught my eye (and ears) in Wonderboy – which opened at MAST Mayflower Studios last night – was the use of vivid colourful shapes and funky music courtesy of innovative use of digital technology. ‘This was new’, I thought and as time...
Darren Day to join tour of Chicago for one week only at the Mayflower Theatre
Darren Day joins the UK and Ireland tour of Chicago as Billy Flynn for one week only, playing the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 November 2024. Darren returns to the role, joining stage and soap star Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart, much-loved performer and TV...
Interview: Brenda Edwards speaks as she returns to the role of Mama Morton in Chicago at Mayflower Theatre
Photo: Brenda Edwards by Paul Coltas The multi-awarding winning musical, Chicago, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 November 2024. We spoke to Brenda Edwards as she returns to the role of Mama Morton in the UK and Ireland tour. You initially made your West End debut...
Preview: Monty Python and The Foley Grail, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Get ready for an adventure like no other as Compass Presents brings you the 50th-anniversary tour of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, reimagined as an interactive and immersive experience, when it comes to MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 15 November. Described as “a silly show for silly people,”...
Charles Edwards and Sir David McVicar talk about Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
By Diane Parkes For stage designer Charles Edwards, Giacomo Puccini is the greatest opera composer because his stories cut straight to the heart. Puccini’s understanding of people ensures his works, which include Tosca, La bohème and Madam Butterfly,are among the most popular and frequently staged operas worldwide. And it...
Theatre Royal Winchester reveals Mother Goose panto cast
Photo credit: The Other Richard Theatre Royal Winchester announces the cast for this year’s pantomime, Mother Goose, set to run from 30 November 2024 to 5 January 2025. The traditional story of Mother Goose tells of a lady who is about to be thrown off her land when she cannot...