On Tuesday 14th March award-winning health journalist Sarah Graham will be at The Railway Inn, Winchester delivering an empowering manifesto for change in women’s healthcare in her inclusive, pro-NHS, pro-choice discussion – Rebel Bodies, in the latest Wire Wool event. Women make up 51% of the population and are...
Review: Ri Baroche – Drag ‘n’ Drop, The Art House, Southampton, March 2
words and pictures by Anita Foxall. Drag ‘n’ Drop, a drag musical-comedy, is Ri Baroche’s new show. They performed it at The Art House, Southampton, on 2nd March for the first time as a warm up for their upcoming show at the Brighton FemFest on 7th March, but also as...
Book review: Toy Fights, a Boyhood, by Don Paterson
by poetry editor Anita Foxall. Toy Fights, a Boyhood is the wonderful memoir by poet Don Paterson. However, straight at the beginning, we are warned not to expect poetry, as this book stops where the poetry begins. However, widely aware poetry cannot be omitted from his life, Patterson brought...
The Rocky Horror Show’s creator Richard O’Brien chats ahead of the show’s arrival in Southampton this month
The Rocky Horror Show is on the road again, and coming to the Mayflower Theatre from March 20 to 25, celebrating its 50th year. Ahead of the show’s arrival in Southampton, Richard O’Brien chatted about the story behind the iconic show, the cinematic version and more. What was...
Suburban Safari: Focus on the Crocus
words and pictures by Katie Isham. Word on the street is spring is here. Some might say it’s fool’s spring, but let’s embrace it anyway. The treasure we’re hunting for today is never bothered by winter regardless: these tiny, mighty flowers laugh in the face of hail and welcome...
Lord of the Lost to play Southampton’s 1865 in September
Genre-bending German gothic metal band Lord of the Lost will be coming to Southampton’s 1865 on September 26. Over the past 13 years, the name Lord of the Lost has embedded itself into the top-tier of dark and heavy music. Juggling elements of metal, industrial, glam, rock and pop,...
Dub War come to Suburbia, Southampton, on March 3
Ragga/metal stalwarts Dub War are heading to Southampton this week as part of their Westgate Under Fire UK Tour. Performing at Suburbia on Friday 3 March, Dub War will be unleashing their unique fusion of rock, punk, hip-hop and reggae dub in Southampton. Originally formed in 1993 in Newport,...
Review: The Mousetrap, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, February 28
by Joy McKay. Agatha Christie’s classic ‘WhoDunit’ was originally written in 1947 as a radio sketch named ‘Three Blind Mice’ for the birthday of Queen Mary, but first opened as ‘The Mousetrap’ we know today in 1952. It is famously the world’s longest running play having a continuous run...
Tigercub’s tour following release of The Perfume of Decay comes to The Wedgewood Rooms in November
Brighton-based rock ‘n’ roll trio Tigercub have announced details of their highly anticipated new album The Perfume Of Decay, which is set for release on 2nd June via Loosegroove Records, the label co-founded by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, a longtime champion of the band. The band will be...
Southampton listings 28 February – 6 March
It’s a week of classic theatre this week Mike Leigh’s play Abigail’s Party comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 March – for a preview click here and look out for a review, coming soon. Meanwhile, the ultimate whodunit, The Mousetrap (pictured top) opens at...