Ned Boulting, ITV’s lead Tour de France commentator, will return to the MAST Mayflower Studio on Wednesday 2 November with his one-man stage show to provide a fresh assault on your cycling senses. The cunningly entitled, Re-Tour de Ned, is an indispensable theatrical road map for anyone aspiring to...
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Preview: Loose Ends, 1865 Club, Southampton
One of the most successful UK R&B soul bands of the 1980s, Loose Ends, will be bringing their unique sounds to the stage of the 1865 Club on Friday 28 October at 7.30pm. The trio formed in London in 1980, and Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, and Steve Nicol were...
Preview: Isle of Wight’s Plastic Mermaids come to The Joiners, Southampton
Isle of Wight quintet Plastic Mermaids will embark on a UK headline tour in November, bringing them to The Joiners, Southampton on the 3rd. With sets at Glastonbury and Camp Bestival under their belts from earlier this year, the band are looking forward to getting on the road again....
What’s on in Southampton, October 25 – 31
It’s half term and it’s almost Halloween, so there’s plenty of spooky but not too spooky family fun to be had this week. This includes a free community-run trail in St Denys, Southampton. Read about it here. There’s more family fun to be had in the form of a new...
Preview: Austentatious at Theatre Royal Winchester
Smash-hit improv Regency comedy, Austentatious, is set to delight Jane Austen fans when it comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Friday 4 November. Austentatious is an improvised comedy play featuring rakish dukes, swooning ladies and romantic entanglement – with a brand new and unique-to-that-performance ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel created...
Campaigners for access to an NHS dentist for all to hit Southampton’s streets
Campaigners for everyone to have access to an NHS dentist will be on the streets of Southampton tomorrow (October 25). Members of the Toothless in Southampton campaign will be giving out leaflets and talking to shoppers and residents at the junction of Burgess Road and University Road from 11am....
Preview: Bombay Superstar, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Bombay Superstar is a brand-new musical about love and betrayal in the golden age of Bollywood cinema, and it’s coming to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 November. Bombay Superstar is the 50th show from Phizzical, who create bold, adventurous work which brings new perspectives to South...
Southampton business directory, 24 – 30 October
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Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Autumn Season, which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 November, includes new productions of The Makropulos Affair and La bohème, and the return of the ground-breaking new opera, Migrations. The Makropulos Affair is directed by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by WNO’s Music...
Preview: Festive Fairy Lights and Fizz, Bapsy Hall, Guildhall Winchester
The popular and historic Festive Fairy Lights and Fizz is set to return to Guildhall Winchester on Friday 9 December from 6 to 10pm. Presented by Vineyards of Hampshire, Fairy Lights and Fizz will be held in the Victorian grandeur of the Bapsy Hall, which will be decked with...