Music in the City returns to Southampton this month

By Nick Mabey. This year’s two-day free music festival, Music in the City, in the heart of Southampton, on September 28th and 29th, promises to be bigger and better than ever before.  With over 300 artists in more than 50 venues there’s bound to be something for everyone. For...

Preview: The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal Winchester

Theatre fans will be pleased to learn that Sasha Regan’s all-male cast returns to the city with her award-winning rendition of The Pirates of Penzance, which will be performed at Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 8 October. The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan is a classic operetta...

Preview: Shout Season, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

MAST Mayflower Studios’ Shout Season is back with a whole new line up of exciting events this Autumn. Their upcoming Shout season takes place across October and November, with a wide variety of events and shows for all ages. The season kicks off on 5 October with the sensational...

Maskers Theatre – Murder in the Citizens’ Jury opens this week

Southampton amateur dramatics company The Maskers Theatre’s new play focuses on an issue which affects everyone.  Murder in the Citizens’ Jury was written by a local writer, D A Baden from Southampton University,  a professor of sustainable business and this is the premiere of her new play  ‘Murder in...

Preview: The Lion and the Unicorn, Theatre Royal Winchester

Audiences are invited to enjoy another radio-play-live-on-stage when the wartime-set The Lion and the Unicorn comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 2 October. The Lion and the Unicorn opens on the evening of 13 October 1939 – six weeks after war has been declared on Hitler’s Germany –with...

Bastille’s Dan Smith announces London date this autumn

 This week Bastille’s Dan Smith has unveil “&” Part Two – a two track release featuring new singles, Blue Sky & The Painter and Leonard & Marianne, taken from the forthcoming album “&” (Ampersand) out October 25th. A string of European dates have also been announced, including one in...