Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Hat Fair, has announced that Hat Fair 2023 will go ahead this summer, albeit in a smaller way. The charity learnt in November that it would no longer be funded by Arts Council England (ACE) as a National Portfolio Organisation...
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Preview: Cowes Fringe Festival, Cowes, Isle of Wight
The quirky and creative are set to collide, as the first-ever dynamic fringe event in Cowes delivers an explosion of art and culture through performances and workshops, from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 May. Hosted in unique venues throughout the town, Cowes Fringe guarantees a memorable weekend extravaganza of...
Preview: Gertrude Lawrence: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of variety theatre and musicals can delight in a celebration of one of Britain’s brightest theatrical stars, Gertrude Lawrence, with A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 3 May. Gertrude Lawrence was a charismatic stage star who excelled in sophisticated musical comedies,...
Southampton Mental Health Network wants your views on mental wellbeing
Southampton residents and workers are being urged to get involved with a charity’s research to find out what is required to make Southampton a more mental wellbeing friendly city. Southampton Mental Health Network’s (SMHN) anonymous, online survey is focused on what is needed to improve the city’s mental wellbeing friendliness...
Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre awards £9k in bursaries to aspiring performers
Three aspiring performers from Hampshire were chosen to receive £9,000 in bursary money to venture into education to fulfil their career aspirations. Olivia Davies, Petra Joan-Athene and Thomas Kingman were each given £3,000 by Mayflower Theatre, Southampton as part of its Higher Education Bursary Scheme – an initiative to...
Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson in conversation with Bryan Cheyette at Parkes Lecture this month
The Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations and the University of Southampton are to host a conversation between Booker-Prize winning novelist, broadcaster and public intellectual, Howard Jacobson and Professor Bryan Cheyette who has been writing on Jacobson since 1984 for this year’s Parkes Lecture. Howard Jacobson’s memoir...
Southampton listings: April 18 – 24
Support your local record store! It’s Record Store Day this weekend, so look out for what’s happening at local record stores – Overdraft, Vinilo, Hundred Records, Elephant Records, Pie & Vinyl. And speaking of supporting all things local and musical, this week also sees a triumphant and long sold-out...
Preview: Tracy Borman: How to be a Good Monarch, Theatre Royal Winchester
Historians and royalists can explore a millennium of kings and queens when Tracy Borman: How to be a Good Monarch comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 29 April. Tracy Borman: How to be a Good Monarch is an entertaining, informative and gripping audio-visual tour of 1000 years of...
Preview: The Play’s The Thing brings Hidden Stories to Hanger Farm Arts Centre in May
Milton Keynes based theatre company, The Play’s the Thing, has been awarded funding from Arts Council England to take two brand new plays based on historic true crime cases to Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton, on 12th May as part of its Hidden Stories tour. The two short plays...
Preview: Around the World in 80 Days, Theatre Royal Winchester
All ages can enjoy watching the antics of a band of travelling performers when Around the World in 80 Days comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 May. Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, this brand-new, fun and colourful production tells the story...