A Southampton charity working with the elderly and vulnerable is helping the University of Southampton with a community engagement project about the findings it has made in medical research. Communicare is collaborating with the University and Southampton Voluntary Services so service users and volunteers can participate in a series of community research sessions...
Review – Wunderhorse, The 1865, Southampton
By Vicky Greer. Wunderhorse are a force to be reckoned with. Rising through the ranks with their debut album Cub back in 2022, they’ve swiftly become one of the most celebrated, thrilling voices in alternative music. On Monday hundreds of fans were crammed into The 1865 to see their...
Vicky Greer – music writer
I’m a music journalist originally from Northern Ireland. I moved to Southampton for university in 2018 and decided to stick around for the music scene here. I have a degree in French and Spanish and spent a year living in Toulouse where I studied multilingualism in the local alternative...
Review – The Mountaintop, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. The Mountaintop scaled new heights at MAST Mayflower Studios. Katori Hall’s re-imagining of Dr Martin Luther King’s final night on earth is utterly captivating and deeply thought-provoking – and superbly performed by two actors at the peak of their powers. Ray Strasser-King is completely convincing as...
Review – The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal Winchester
By Charlotte Ndupuechi Sasha Regan’s all-male cast of The Pirates of Penzance returned to Theatre Royal Winchester, with a modern and playful twist on Gilbert and Sullivan’s timeless operetta (8/10/2024). The Pirates of Penzance is about a young man Frederic (Cameron McAllister) who is mistakenly apprenticed to a band of...
Review – War Horse, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. I had always resisted every entreaty to go and see War Horse. I didn’t think it was my sort of thing. After being persuaded to see it at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre, I can honestly say it is everybody’s sort of thing – or at least it...
Miles Kane comes to Southampton’s Papillon this winter
Miles Kane has announced a fresh run of UK headline dates in November & December 2024, bringing him to Southampton on December 4th. The tour comes off the back of his celebrated solo 2024 One Man Band run across Europe and a string of UK summer festival performances. “I had...
Calling all history buffs! Author Alice Hunt book talk and signing this week
On Friday 11th November at 6.30pm, October Books will be hosting a talk with renowned historian Alice Hunt. Hunt will be discussing her new book Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 with Professor Mark Stoyle of the University of Southampton. Despite spanning only ten years, the 1650s was an incredibly...
Comedian Larry Dean brings show Dodger to Berry Theatre in the new year
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Larry Dean is set to embark on a national tour this autumn with his brand-new stand up show Dodger, bringing him to Southampton’s Berry Theatre on February 25th. Dodger sees Larry contemplate his heroes and his identity. His hero was Elvis, but this year his thoughts have...
Beans on Toast comes to Southampton’s Joiners next year
Since 2005, Beans on Toast has written simple songs about complicated subjects. Tackling the big issues of the day but doing so with his feet firmly on the ground, he’s become a people’s champ of the modern folk scene and amassed a huge back catalogue of songs in the...