A new adaptation of the classic story, Alice in Wonderland, takes to the stage at Theatre Royal Winchester from Monday 24 October. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland is a brand new production that views the classic Lewis Carroll tale from a different perspective. This is a land where...
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New apprenticeship programme showcases Southampton’s culture and heritage
Southampton is being championed with a new apprenticeship programme showcasing Southampton’s culture and heritage. It has been launched by locally-based training provider Kiwi Education. Kiwi’s managing director, Michael Steel, said he wanted to build on and capture the same energy and passion shared throughout the City of Culture 2025...
Hampshire author launches her latest book Tree Glee, at local bookshop tonight
Local author Cheryl Rickman launches her new book TREE GLEE: How and why trees make us feel better this evening (13 October), at 7pm at P&G Wells Bookshop in College Street Winchester. Endorsed by Dr Jane Goodall, Dame Joanna Lumley and Alan Titchmarsh MBE, TREE GLEE is part ode...
Alt-metal band Life of Agony coming to Southampton’s 1865 on February 10
New York alt-metal band Life of Agony have announced a show in Southampton next spring. Landing at The 1865 on 10 February 2023, the iconic group are returning to the UK with a bang to mark the 30th Anniversary of their seminal debut album ‘River Runs Red’. Part of...
Preview: An Inspector Calls, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of J B Priestley’s classic thriller, An Inspector Calls, returns to Mayflower Theatre from 1 to 5 November 2022. Written at the end of the Second World War and set before the First, An Inspector Calls is a compelling and haunting thriller....
Southampton listings, October 11 – 17
This weekend sees Southampton’s first ever Transgender Pride come to the city. For more information about the event on October 15, click here. Black History Month continues throughout October. This week’s highlights include Chelsea Carmichael at the Turner Sims and Black in Focus British Film Night at MAST Mayflower...
Hampshire’s Blue Apple Theatre takes Frankenstein to Rome for Keats-Shelley 200 bicentenary celebrations
The #Keats-Shelley 200 campaign marks the 200th anniversary of the deaths of the Romantic poets, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, and focuses on the final years of the lives of both poets with events both in the UK and in Italy. Events celebrate the poets’ extraordinary legacies as...
Business directory 10 – 16 October
In Common has launched a new paid listings section. This is it! Please get in touch if you have an event or local business to promote. As a small, not for profit organisation, we rely on donations and low cost adverts like these and are very grateful to organisations...
Preview: La Voix, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Move over hanging gardens of Babylon, Egypt’s pyramids step aside, because there’s a new wonder of the world in town – La Voix! Officially the UK’s Funniest Red Head, La Voix is heading to the MAST Mayflower Studios on Saturday 22 October, with her live band, in a brand...
Preview: X-treme Magic, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Prepare to be dazzled, petrified and astounded: the world’s most dangerous magic show, X-treme Magic, is coming to Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, on 18 October 2022. Produced by Shone Productions, this is a modern-day spectacle of magic and illusion like no other – no rabbits are being pulled out of hats...