Following a string of singles and a UK headline tour announcement, Americana rock band Morganway are set to release their new record, Back To Zero – an album captured over a wild period in the band’s recent history. Writing and recording took place during 2020s lockdowns and then later fitted around a relentless...
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Winchester Poetry Festival opens the ever-popular Winchester Poetry Prize for submissions
Winchester Poetry Festival is calling on poets from around the world to submit their best, unpublished work to be in with a chance of winning £1000. Poems can be on any subject and in any form or style but must be written in English and be no more than...
Preview: The Counterfeit Beatles come to Theatre Royal Winchester this month
Coming to Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 22 April, The Counterfeit Beatles have been performing for 25 years and they’ve won local and global fans after playing everywhere from Victorious Festival in Portsmouth to venues in Europe, and around the world from India and Thailand to South Korea. They also...
Southampton listings: April 4 – 10
It’s Easter and there’s plenty of related fun to be had. This includes the Friends of St James’ Park Easter Eggstravorganza (check out that double pun) in St James Park in Shirley on Monday 10th. As the name suggests, as well an Easter trail, it features fairground organs, as...
Alt-rock trio The Tiger Lillies hit the road in May, bringing them to Portsmouth in June
This spring, the Olivier Award-winning godfathers of alternative cabaret, the legendary alternative-rock trio The Tiger Lillies embark on a European tour of their highly-acclaimed back catalogue of music with their show ‘From the Circus to the Cemetery’, to coincide with the release of their first ‘best of’ album, ‘The...
Photos: ABP Southampton Marathon 2023
photos by Mike Daish. Sunday, April 2, saw more than 6,000 runners take to the streets of Southampton, to take part in a full marathon and 10K and 5K runs. The annual event is an important fundraising opportunity for local charities and a large number of participants were being...
Preview: National Theatre Live screening of GOOD at Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester hosts a cinema screening of National Theatre Live’s GOOD, on Thursday 20 April. GOOD is set at the start of the Second World War when an intelligent German professor, John Halder, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences. One of Britain’s most powerful, political...
Preview: Nothing Happens (Twice) at Theatre Royal Winchester
Slapstick and Beckett in Nothing Happens (Twice), come to Theatre Royal Winchester this month as a pick your price show from Little Soldier Productions. Fans of slapstick and physical comedy will rejoice at the hilarious Nothing Happens (Twice), at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 19 April. It tells...
The Pearl Harts come to Portsmouth following release of album Love, Chaos
London-based rock duo The Pearl Harts recently released Hypocritical the second single to be taken from their second album Love, Chaos (out 21 April, via Double Bang Records), ahead of their UK tour, bringing them to The Edge of the Wedge, Southsea, in May. Blending amped-up punk motifs with...
Exhibition celebrating connections to the sea in Southampton comes to October Books with a launch event
A new exhibition, celebrating our connection to the sea, comes to the community room at October Books in Portswood, Southampton, in April. Take me to the Sea exhibition launches on Thursday, April 6, with a special event for all ages being held from 4pm to 7pm. The evening offers...