Runners across Southampton have been in training for months or more ahead of this weekend’s ABP Southampton Marathon and related events. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for good weather for the runners and their supporters as they pound the streets of the city on Sunday. If you’re looking...
Roller derby – Southampton City Rollers vs Brighton Rockerbillies, Haywards Heath, March 25
by Joy McKay. Roller derby had a riotous return when our own Southampton City Rollers took on the Brighton Rockerbillies at a sold out game in Haywards Heath at the weekend. In their new uniforms, debuted at the weekend, they looked like a true team ready to have a great...
Review: The Commitments – The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 27th March 2023
by Peter Nicholson. It certainly doesn’t seem like over 30 years since I saw the film, but knowing that the stage show was coming to Southampton meant that I was looking forward to recapturing my enjoyment of 1991 movie. I’d not seen the stage show when it enjoyed huge...
Marathon Fundraiser for Blue Apple Theatre
A former volunteer at Hampshire charity Blue Apple is running the London Marathon to help people with learning disabilities take part in performing arts activities which increase their confidence and reduce their isolation. Seb Longman volunteered at Blue Apple Theatre during their production of The Tempest in 2019. Deeply...
Billie Marten comes to Southampton’s Vinilo following release of Drop Cherries
Billie Marten will be coming to Southampton as part of a run of record store shows in support of her fourth record Drop Cherries, which will be released on 7th April via Fiction Records. She will be at the city’s Vinilo Record Store for an intimate gig on April 9th....
Winchester Poetry Festival and Hampshire Cultural Trust launch Hampshire Young Poets Competition 2023
Winchester Poetry Festival and Hampshire Cultural Trust have opened the Hampshire Young Poets Competition 2023 for submissions. This year the theme is ‘home’ and aspiring young poets, living or studying in Hampshire, are invited to write a poem of no more than 14 lines exploring what ‘home’ means to...
Review: Suede, O2 Guildhall Southampton, March 24
words and photos: Anita Foxall. Suede released their new album Autofiction In September 2022 and they are now touring to promote it. The Southampton Guildhall received them last night, and they were as magnificent has they have always been. Dublin-based Sprints opened the night, and their garage punk sound was...
Isle of Wight vocalist Nina Ross to release debut single, Milk
Isle of Wight based vocalist Nina Ross is set to release her debut single ‘Milk’ next month. The track is a cover of a fellow Island band’s song and rising stars, Plastic Mermaids (who connect via mutual drummer, Chris Jones). Nina delivers a pure, stripped-back melancholic version of the...
Southampton school reunion to become annual event
Following a successful event last year, organisers of a reunion of pupils from a Southampton school are planning on making it an annual gathering. Those who attended Southampton Grammar School for Girls, Southampton College for Girls or Hill College between 1907 and 1989 are invited to a reunion at...
The mighty Southampton City Rollers roller derby team return this weekend
by Joy McKay. After a Covid enforced hiatus, Southampton City Rollers, Southampton’s own Roller Derby team, return to the track as they take on the Brighton Rockabillies in Haywards Heath on Saturday (March 25). This sold-out double header event is sure to be high on action as the Brighton...