Words By Vicky Greer. The age-old question: How many gigs can you go to in a week? Try as I might, I’ve never managed more than two (recently, it was the same band, when I saw The Damned twice in six days). I’ve tried many times, but something always...
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Preview: Coming to England, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Nicoll Entertainment and MAST Mayflower Studios announce the UK tour of Coming to England, a brand new stage adaptation based on Floella Benjamin’s award-winning book, which comes to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 October 2024. Adapted by David Wood (‘the national children’s dramatist’ – The...
Preview: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Theatre Royal Winchester
Child audiences will be left mesmerised by a host of lovable puppets on stage when The Very Hungry Caterpillar comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Saturday 14 September. The Very Hungry Caterpillar shares author and illustrator Eric Carle’s beloved story of a hungry caterpillar who munches through a range...
Kathryn Tickell comes to Lighthouse Poole this autumn
Playing Lighthouse Poole on Tuesday 1 October with her band The Darkening, Kathryn Tickell is a composer, performer, educator and successful recording artist with a string of releases to her name, whose work is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of Northumbria. Named after the old Northumbrian word for...
Preview: National Theatre: Prima Facie, Theatre Royal Winchester
Actor Jodie Comer shines in a screening of National Theatre Live’s Prima Facie at Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 12 September. Prima Facie tells the story of Tessa – a young, brilliant barrister who has worked her way up from working class origins to the top of her game,...
Palestine Solidarity Campaign National Day of Action event in Southampton this weekend
This Saturday (31/8/24), Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding a National Day of Action across the UK on the theme of divestment. PSC is urging banks, local government pension funds, and universities to withdraw investments from companies that help sustain Israeli apartheid. In support of the campaign, PSC Southampton will...
Preview: Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter, Theatre Royal Winchester
Singer Camille O’Sullivan performs intensely dramatic interpretations of favourite songs in Loveletter at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 11 September. The show sees the multi-award-winning singer – known for her unique take on songs – performing tracks and stories about love, loss, joy, light and darkness, choosing music from...
Welly come to The Joiners for homecoming gig
Welly, the up and coming British band, are returning to their lead singer’s roots, with a homecoming gig at The Joiners next month, coming off the back of their performance at Victorious Festival at the weekend. Playing with notions of artifice and aspiration, style and self, the group’s titular...
Berries bring autumn tour to a close at Southampton’s Heartbreakers
Image by Derek Bremner. Confirming details of their new self-titled album ‘BERRIES’, the band will be touring the UK throughout October and November, bringing them to Southampton’s Heartbreakers.Due for release on 18th October via the Xtra Mile Recordings label, their new album ‘BERRIES’ is preceded by its lead single...
Preview: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!, Theatre Royal Winchester
Comedian Vittorio Angelone – who once found fame online but is now selling out venues – takes to the stage at Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 10 September to present his new show, Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!. The show, which appears in Winchester after the...