As ever, there’s loads going on in Southampton this week, with everything from internationally-renowned opera on the big stage to numerous pub quizzes and open mic nights at pubs across the city. On stage, Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes to Mayflower Theatre this week and includes the...
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MAST Mayflower Studies announce new artist programme
MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton, has announced the launch of a new early career artist programme – Propel Associates – designed with the ambition to develop and mentor local companies or individual artists looking to pursue their creative careers. The programme aims to support, empower, and enrich artists through a...
Preview: Wish You Were Dead, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Following the critically acclaimed smash-hit primetime ITV series Grace, Wish You Were Dead – featuring DSI Roy Grace – will arrive at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 June. Wish You Were Dead follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a much needed holiday...
Preview: The King and I, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I will delight audiences when it comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 June. Set in 1860s Bangkok, The King and I tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between...
Preview: Comedy Nights at The Berry, The Berry, Hedge End
Four rising comedians will appear at the Berry Theatre in June ahead of their hotly anticipated runs at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Saturday 17 June will see Ahir Shah (pictured) and Sara Barron take the stage in Hedge End, whilst Ania Magliano and Pierre Novellie perform the following week...
Jess Gillam, Mica Millar and Joe Stilgoe among Turner Sims Summer Nights headliners
Turner Sims Southampton presents its third year of Summer Nights, featuring a range of events from 7 to 20 July. Expect incredible artists and awe-inspiring live music, a festival vibe without a tent or a welly boot in sight. Younger audiences can also look forward to the return of...
Southampton listings 9 – 15 May
There’s a huge variety of things to choose from in and around Southampton this week. On the 13th Pride and Honour Wrestling, which aims to be a family-friendly event, comes to the City’s Empire Hall. The evening is a fundraising event for People’s Pride Southampton, who hold events in...
Celebrating Sholing Valleys Spring Fayre – and all spring fayers/fetes/fairs
by Katie Isham. It’s that time of year again. As spring blossoms, posters start appearing on lampposts, school gates and parish noticeboards across the land. All advertising the greatest events in the calendar: the spring fair! (Merging into its summer relation.) Now, I’m not entirely sure what the difference...
When Rivers Meet come to Southampton’s The 1865 this month
Award-winning blues rock duo When Rivers Meet have recently released “Perfect Stranger” the second single taken from their forthcoming highly anticipated third album “Aces Are High” released later this summer. The new single coincides with their “Breaker of Chains” UK headline tour which kicked off on 28 April with...
Hampshire theatre company Blue Apple’s Frankenstein production screened to thousands in China
Last month, Beijing cultural centre Body On and On screened a film recording of Blue Apple’s Frankenstein to over 2,000 people in China as part of the UK Disability Arts Spring Screening Season, a cultural event arising from a British Council initiative. Frankenstein was originally staged at Theatre Royal Winchester and livestreamed in...