The UK’s most iconic retro festival series, Let’s Rock, will be coming to seven locations across the UK this summer, including new events in Northampton and Swansea, while Let’s Rock Scotland have partnered with Party at The Palace for a two-day event in August. The season kicks off on...
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Preview: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre fans will be swept away by The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary, which visits Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 4 June. The play tells of a bored Emma Bovary – bored with her boring doctor husband, boring provincial village and boring role as a dutiful wife in nineteenth-century...
Only The Poets reschedule Southampton date & offer low price tickets to make music accessible
By Sally Churchward. One of the hottest British bands of the moment, Only The Poets (OTP) have announced their rescheduled date at Southampton’s Engine Rooms. The band were set to play the venue on June 13, but had to reschedule a number of their dates having been given the...
Preview: Cluedo 2: The Next Chapter, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Following the huge success of the critically acclaimed original play, and based on the classic Hasbro board game, Cluedo is back at Mayflower Theatre with a brand-new comedy mystery, from Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 June 2024. The hilarious whodunnit returns with a new story, a new house, new...
Preview: National Theatre Live: Nye, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit: Johan Persson The story of the man behind the NHS is told in new play, Nye – the next National Theatre Live screening to take place at Theatre Royal Winchester on Monday 3 June. Nye tells the story of Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan who faced with death is...
Preview: The Lion Inside, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios are co-producing the production of The Lion Inside, and look forward to it entertaining young audiences in Southampton from Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 1 June 2024. Fed up of being ignored and forgotten by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But,...
Cinderella actor receives national panto award nomination
Photo credit: Ali Wright Play to the Crowd, arts and education charity, is pleased to announce that its 2023/24 pantomime at Theatre Royal Winchester, Cinderella, has received a nomination in the Great British Pantomime Awards 2024. Actor Max Mirza has been nominated for Best Early Career Newcomer for his...
Gardeners help raise £775 for Soton charity tackling loneliness
Southampton gardeners who purchased a range of plants for their plots and windowsills at a fundraising sale last Saturday (May 11) have helped raise £775 for the charity Communicare. Communicare held the bring and buy plant sale at CommuniBakes on St James Road, Shirley with the money going towards...
New York’s Been Stellar kick off UK tour at The Joiners this week
Been Stellar have shared a third track, Sweet, from their forthcoming debut Scream From New York, NY album out on 21 June via their new label Dirty Hit. Catch them on the first date of their UK tour this week (May 15) in Southampton at the legendary Joiners. Scream...
Mothers* Rebellion – Protest in Southampton this month
You can join Extinction Rebellion Southampton and Parents for Future Hampshire for a Mothers* Rebellion for climate justice this month. Mothers* Rebellion is a global, peaceful, family friendly protest where a circle of mothers* (and allies) sit down together in a public place, facing the passers-by, with signs sharing...