The team at SEE Southampton have been working hard behind the scenes in conjunction with the City Council Archaeology Unit, updating exhibitions at the western walls’ historic Westgate. The not-for-profit organisation’s free to enter exhibition is now open for the 2025 with its main ‘Provisioning the Pilgrims’ displays –...
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Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – The Drone Lightshow, The Rose Bowl, Hampshire
By Sally Churchward. It’s a bit of a bonkers concept – light up drones creating gigantic moving images in the night sky to a narrated abridged telling of the plot of a classic movie. But The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – The Drone Lightshow works, and makes for...
A new contemporary performance week is announced
Three of Winchester’s performing arts charities, Play to the Crowd, Hampshire Cultural Trust and Discarded Nut, have joined forces to celebrate contemporary performance with the creation of RAW – Winchester’s contemporary performance week. This year’s RAW will run from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 March with performances taking place...
Preview: John Crace: What the hell just happened?, The Berry Theatre, Hedge End
Political sketch writer, John Crace, will bring his show, What the Hell Just Happened? to The Berry Theatre on Friday 28 March. John Crace has been the Guardian’s political sketch writer for the last ten years and is one of the paper’s most loved columnists. He has also written...
International Women’s Day: The once and future queens – women writers of science fiction and fantasy
By Christopher Taylor. It’s no secret that the world of sci-fi and fantasy has rarely been welcoming for female authors: publishers often lacked faith in women, and readers gravitated to male names. Worse than that, even female authors who break through seem more at risk of disappearing from...
International Women’s Day: Crowning the Queens of Horror Literature
By Laura McCarthy. To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, we take a look at the great women of horror writing. Stephen King may be known as the ‘King of Horror’ but to decide on a Queen poses too much of a challenge, as there are just...
Opinion: This International Women’s Day I’m feeling bitter and proud
By Elliott Eden. I’m a 16 year old AFAB (assigned female at birth) and this is how I’m feeling this International Women’s Day: bitter. Most days I feel too scared to leave the house, mostly not from any fear of physical danger but just from the usual...
Edwyn Collins brings farewell tour to Southampton’s Central Hall
By Darren Grayer. Scottish pop legend Edwyn Collins has this week announced a farewell tour that sees him visit Central Hall in Southampton on 2nd October. I know what you’re thinking, yet another artist that will be embarking on the first of several farewell tours that will hopefully draw...
Review: …Earnest? MAST Mayflower Studios
By Lewis MacLean. Image: Mark Senior. The Importance of Being Ernest is a play by Oscar Wilde. The similarities kind of end there. To describe this play entirely could potentially ruin it, so you simply need to see it for yourself. Those who like live theatre will love it....
Coming soon – new Quiz Nights at the theatre!
Play to the Crowd, the charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, is hosting a series of quizzes in the theatre foyer to raise funds for their artist development programme. Teams are invited to pit their wits against each other to answer the most general knowledge, theatre and pop culture...