Photo credit: Tom Langford Victorious Festival 2024 marked a milestone year, earning national recognition, making significant charitable contributions, and driving economic prosperity in Portsmouth. Community Impact 2024 was a fantastic year for Victorious enabling the festival to continue its Victorious in the Community work. This year the festival is proud...
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Southampton council criticised for handing city rebrand to London firm
By Sally Churchward. Southampton City Council (SCC) has come under fire for handing a lucrative contract to rebrand the city to a London agency, without giving local companies the chance to bid for the work. After In Common discovered that SCC chose not to invest the £80,000 contract locally,...
Preview: Adam Kay: Undoctored, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of doctor and writer, Adam Kay, will welcome his return to Theatre Royal Winchester where he will perform his brand-new show, Undoctored, on Monday 10 February. After a record-breaking run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out season in the West End, Adam Kay: Undoctored is based on...
Mayfield Garden Centre reopens after major revamp
Mayfield Garden Centre, part of Hampshire’s largest mental health charity Solent Mind, has officially reopened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Lord Mayor, Councillor David Shields and Jude Gardner, Acting Operations Manager for Southampton Services at Mayfield Garden Centre, cut the ribbon. Members of the local community, and Solent Mind employees...
Preview: Murder on the Orient Express, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Agatha Christie Ltd, Fiery Angel and Lucy Bailey (director of the West End hit Witness for the Prosecution) will bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of another Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Orient Express to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 February 2025. Winter 1934 and an...
Heritage: Do you know a labyrinth from a maze and a miz-maze?
By Martin Brisland. Image – Mizmaze in the grounds of All Saints Church, Millbrook, Southampton Do you know a labyrinth from a maze and a miz-maze? We have several examples in our area at Town Quay Park, Redbridge, Breamore and Winchester. Like me, you may be familiar with the...
Interview: Michael Betteridge, Composer of Riders to the Sea and prologue The Last Bit of the Moon
Riders to the Sea written by Ralph Vaughan Williams based on the play by JM Synge visits MAST Mayflower Studios from Thursday 30 January to Saturday 1 February 2025. We spoke to Michael Betteridge, Composer of Riders to the Sea and prologue The Last Bit of the Moon. How did...
Reef bring 30th anniversary tour to Southampton this October
Reef are set to celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut Top 10 album Replenish with a headline UK Tour, bringing them to Southampton’s 1865 in October. Singer Gary Stringer says, “It’s such a pleasure to announce that we will be on tour next year celebrating 30 years...
Samantha Fish comes to Southampton on four-date tour
Image by Curtis Knapp. Following her October 2024 UK tour, celebrated blues rock guitarist Samantha Fish returns to the UK in May and June for 4 exclusive UK concerts that will take at Cheese & Grain, Frome (May 28), Arts Club, Liverpool (May 30), The Brook, Southampton (May 31), and O2 Academy2 Oxford (June 1). “I’m ecstatic to return to the UK for...
Interview: Artist and stage designer John Macfarlane on working on Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella
By Diane Parkes. Artist and stage designer John Macfarlane has created stunning sets for shows across the globe but there was one story he really wanted to work on – Prokofiev’s ballet Cinderella. So when former Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) Director David Bintley decided to create a new production...