Bristol band The Jesus Bolt will be playing a charity gig at St Denys Church, Southampton on Saturday, February 10th. The Jesus Bolt – are Hazel Winter, formerly of the Blue Aeroplanes, and Gerard Starkie, formerly of Witness. The duo plays indie rock blues and has been compared to...
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Pet Needs come to Southampton’s Joiners on UK tour
Image credit: Vanessa Sollner. Pet Needs come to The Joiners, Southampton, on April 27 on the final UK date of their European tour. Those who can’t wait that long can also catch the band at an in-store event at Pie & Vinyl in Southsea on February 19th. Founded with...
Brianna Ghey – A Night of Tribute and Mourning at The Art House, Southampton
By Mabel Wellman. On the 2nd February, the names of Brianna Ghey’s murderers were released. Brianna Ghey was a 16 year old trans girl, who was brutally murdered last year. With the names being released and the large media attention once more, a lot of trans people and our...
The Beans on Toast Band announce spring tour dates, coming to Portsmouth
English Folk hero – Beans on Toast – will be taking his brand new live band out on tour for the first time, including a date at Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth on Thursday 7 March. With a new-look outfit comprising Scottish guitar wizard / folk songsmith Memphis Gerald, honky-tonk...
Preview: WNO Death in Venice, Così fan tutte, and Opera Favourites, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes at Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 March 2024, with two new productions, Death in Venice and Così fan tutte Death in Venice WNO will stage a new production of Britten’s Death in Venice , which will be the first...
My Life Story come to Southampton and Portsmouth
My Life Story have confirmed in-store appearances at Southampton’s Vinilo and Southsea’s Pie & Vinyl this month. Touring in support of ‘Loving You is Killing Me’, the Britpop band’s fifth studio album and first for some 5 years, Jake Shillingford from the band will be performing live and signing...
Preview: Rambert’s Death Trap, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Rambert returns to the Mayflower Theatre stage on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 March with Death Trap, a brilliant evening of dance devised by Ben Duke (of Lost Dog). Death Trap brings together Goat (2017) and Cerberus (2022), and continues Rambert’s focus on storytelling and characters, featuring awe inspiring...
Preview: The Hound of The Baskervilles, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of Sherlock Holmes can celebrate the 120th anniversary of The Hound of the Baskervilles when it comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 March. The Hound of the Baskervilles tells the story of the legend of the hound that has haunted the Baskerville family...
The first UK tour of Dear Evan Hansen collaborates with TikTok to find new talent
The casting team of Dear Evan Hansen, in collaboration with TikTok, are searching for the next generation of talent to star in the first ever UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical. Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why… Meet Evan:...
Preview: Hannah Rose Platt, Papillion, Southampton
Hannah Rose Platt is supporting Chuck Ragan at Papillon this Saturday night (3 February). A fascinating artist who made an album of poetic ghost stories last year called Deathbed Confessions – think shades of Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Kate Bush. Released in the Spring of 2023 and produced...