Multi-instrumentalist and one man army Funke and the Two Tone Baby is back with new single “O Great Mother”, ahead of the release of his forthcoming album ‘Reacclimate’ (due 20 October). He is also setting out on a UK tour, bringing him to The Joiners, Southampton, in November. Described...
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Preview: Graffiti Classics: The Comedy String Quartet, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit – David Pickens An all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show is coming to Theatre Royal Winchester from Graffiti Classics: The Comedy String Quartet on Sunday 15 October. Graffiti Classics is made up of 16 strings, 8 dancing feet and four voices with one aim – to make classical...
Southampton listings: 3 – 9 October
It’s a big week if you’re into musicals, with he iconic song-and-dance spectacular, 42nd Street, at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from 3 – 7 October, while there’s exciting theatre with MAST Mayflower Studios’ revival of Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead, (pictured) which runs from...
Preview: Let’s Talk About Philip, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo Credit – Elmar Rubio Audiences are invited to the thought-provoking Let’s Talk About Philip, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 11 October. The story opens after the funeral of Helen’s mother when her father says to her, ‘let’s talk about Philip’ – thus breaking over 30...
Southampton listings: 26 September – 2 October
It might be October this weekend – and honestly, how can it already be October? – but it’s still festival season in Southampton, with an exciting new event coming to the city this weekend. To coincide with the start of Black History Month, Sunday sees the first Black Business,...
Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival in Southampton this weekend
More than 50 black-led organisations in Southampton and Hampshire-based organisations have teamed up to create Southampton’s first ever Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival, taking place this weekend.The event will be held on Sunday 1st October, the first day of Black History Month, from 11am – 6pm in Southampton’s...
Preview: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Mischief, the multi award-winning company responsible for the global comedy phenomenon, The Play That Goes Wrong, and the BBC One television series, The Goes Wrong Show, returns to Mayflower Theatre on Tuesday 24 October. Co-penned by Mischief’s celebrated writing trio, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, Peter Pan...
Preview: Ben Hart: JADOO, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit: Matt Crockett Winchester’s own and now a world-renowned, multi award-winning magician, Ben Hart returns to Theatre Royal Winchester with his new show, JADOO, on Sunday 8 October. In JADOO, the West End star and once Britain’s Got Talent finalist draws on his experience of travelling around India...
Interview: Frantic Assembly bringing Metamorphosis to the stage
In 2019, when actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres suggested to Scott Graham, the artistic director of Frantic Assembly– one of the most iconic and collaborative British theatre companies of the last 30 years– that he might like to stage a version of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, his initial response was a...
Preview: Unknown Realms, Theatre Royal Winchester
Contemporary dance enthusiasts are invited to a double-bill examining the past and the present, and rooted in African and contemporary culture, with ACE Dance and Music’s Unknown Realms, which visits Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 3 October. Unknown Realms explores how the world we once knew is becoming one...