Following a successful run at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, comedian, actress, writer, voiceover artist and podcaster Lucy Porter is set to embark on a national tour of her critically acclaimed show ‘Wake Up Call’, bringing her to Totton and other dates across the region this spring. ‘Wake-Up Call’...
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Preview: The 1975 at Bournemouth International Centre
Formed in Manchester in 2002, The 1975 have established themselves as one of the defining bands of their generation with their distinctive aesthetic, ardent fanbase and unique sonic approach. Being Funny In A Foreign Language, the band’s fifth studio album, was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, United...
Eastleigh filmmaker’s movies to be shown on the big screen in Southampton
by Sally Churchward. A filmmaker from Eastleigh is looking forward to seeing his films on the big screen this week. On Thursday, January 5, three of Anas Sfagsi’s short films will be shown at Harbour Lights Picture House in Southampton. The former Crestwood Community School, who studied media production...
MAST Mayflower Studios to co-produce Frantic Assembly and Lemn Sissay’s Metamorphosis
MAST Mayflower Studios will be co-producing Frantic Assembly’s collaboration with Lemn Sissay OBE on a new adaptation of Franz Kafka’s shocking tale of cruelty and kindness, Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is an inherently visceral production about the limitations of the body and the mind, of imagination and aspiration. It has a...
Drama dance, comedy and more in Theatre Royal Winchester’s 2023 line-up
Theatre Royal Winchester is looking forward to a new year and a line-up set to put a smile on everyone’s faces – with drama, dance, comedy, magic, music, circus, song, children’s theatre and performance from local groups. The season begins with local theatre company, Blue Apple, taking to the...
Preview: My Fair Lady, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The critically acclaimed and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe’s much loved My Fair Lady will open at Mayflower Theatre from 12-29 January 2023. My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to...
Preview: The Cher Show, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Tony Award-winning, The Cher Show, has delighted fans around the world – and now it’s set to dazzle on the Mayflower Theatre stage, when it comes to Southampton from Tuesday 3 to 7 January 2023. Starring Debbie Kurup, Danielle Steers and Millie O’Connell as Cher – Star, Lady...
Southampton event listings: 20 December – 1 January
Not wishing to freak out anyone who hasn’t finished (or started) their preparations but Christmas is this week – Sunday in fact. So obviously we’re in full Christmas swing. This week’s listings, courtesy of our friends at Shop Local Southampton, carry us all the way into the New Year,...
Southampton Tenants Union aims to tackle bad maintenance and black mould
The newly-formed Southampton Tenants Union is holding a meeting tomorrow evening (December 15) at October Books 189, Portswood Road. The group has decided to take action on the issue of bad maintenance leading to mould and the consequential physical and mental health issues. Campaigning ideas are all welcome. “We...
Festival announcement: Bastille and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to headline PennFest
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Bastille have been announced as the impressive headliners for PennFest, in Buckinghamshire. The two-day festival will be headlined by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on Friday July 2 and Bastille on Saturday July 22. On Friday, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the critically-acclaimed...