Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, is thrilled to announce that Howden Insurance in Winchester has renewed their Corporate Partnership with the charity for the next three years. The company has been long-time supporters of Theatre Royal...
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Preview: High Jinx: Magic, Illusion & Circus, Theatre Royal Winchester
Mesmerising magic and crazy circus stunts are promised from High Jinx: Magic, Illusion & Circus at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 26 May at 1.30pm and 4.30pm. High Jinx is a jam-packed show featuring incredible magic tricks, mind-boggling illusions, inspiring feats of juggling and daring circus stunts, which will...
Plant sale to benefit local charity, working to eradicate loneliness in Southampton
Plant lovers can bag some greenfingered bargains at a spring plant sale this month in aid of a charity working to eradicate loneliness in Southampton. Communicare is holding the event on May 11 at CommuniBakes, at 21, St James Road in Shirley, with all money raised going towards helping...
Award-winning festival, Victorious, announces full comedy line up
Set on the stunning Southsea seafront from 23 – 25 August 2024, multi-award-winning Victorious Festival – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has announced its full comedy line-up for this summer’s Bank Holiday extravaganza. Building on the success of last year’s expanded comedy offering, Victorious will welcome some of...
Groundbreaking composer Erland Cooper brings latest project to Southampton’s Turner Sims
Image: Erland Cooper – Credit Samuel Davies. Scottish groundbreaking composer Erland Cooper – who merges music with evocative storytelling and conceptual art – has just heard the mastertape he buried in the earth three years ago for the very first time. The only recording of his new work, Carve...
Breast Walk Ever fundraising events in Hampshire this month
This month you can walk for life saving research into secondary spread breast cancer. You can choose from a Marathon, Half Marathon or 10K distance in the fundraising event for Against Breast Cancer. Follow in the footsteps of King Charles after his escape from Worcester in 1651 on “The...
Frank Turner’s record attempt brings him to Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton and beyond
This weekend Hampshire musician Frank Turner is undertaking the first ever Music Venue Trust world record attempt for the most gigs played in 24 hours. Coinciding with two huge landmarks – his 3000th show and the release of his tenth album ‘Undefeated’ today (3 May) – Frank Turner is...
City centre vigil to call for ceasefire in Palestine this weekend
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Southampton and Stop the War Coalition return to the city centre on tomorrow (4 May) to call for a ceasefire and enduring peace in Palestine. Local people will gather together to call on Israel for an immediate ceasefire and to mourn the unprecedented loss of life...
Preview: Steeleye Span, Theatre Royal Winchester
Folk music fans are in for a treat when Steeleye Span return to the city and Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 18 May. The British folk-rock band will be celebrating 50 years together and a new album, The Green Man Collection, which features tracks from recent releases and new...
Mayflower Theatre and Theatrical Lydia come together in food bank drive for Feed the Community Foodbank
To mark Come From Away performing at Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, Theatrical Lydia and Mayflower Theatre ran a foodbank drive which raised over 25 crates full of food – which has now been donated to Feed The Community Foodbank in Southampton, and is expected to supply the foodbank for...