By Declan Clune, Secretary – Southampton & South West Hampshire Trades Union Council I am writing as one of the organisers of the counter demonstration held in Southampton city centre on Saturday 25th January 2025. We were there to oppose UKIP’s protest on the same day, time and location,...
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Community rallies behind popular Southampton venue Board in the City
By Mabel Wellman. Award winning board game café Board In The City CIC has been blown away by the support that their GoFundMe fundraiser has received since it was opened this week. The cafe is struggling with bills built up during covid and had an extra blow when a...
Preview: Peter James Picture You Dead, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace returns to Mayflower Theatre in Picture You Dead from Thursday 27 February to Saturday 1 March 2025. The show is adapted from the UK’s number one crime writer Peter James’ bestselling novel. The world premiere of Picture You Dead is the seventh Peter James book...
Southampton gig guide: February
By Vicky Greer. Live music is the perfect escapism. Not long ago, I was out in the wind and the cold on my way to Vinilo Record Store to see DITZ’s instore. My shoes we soaked through, and if I’m honest, I did consider packing it all in and...
Pyramid Concert at Central Hall, Southampton
By Max Ndupuechi. Southampton & Isle of Wight Music and Friends of the Southampton Youth Orchestras will present their annual Pyramid Concert on Saturday 1st February. It will feature Elgar Strings, Youth Strings, Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia, Youth Orchestra & special guests Boom! I Max (pictured), am a member...
Preview: Gone Too Soon Live: The Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston Show, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston are invited to an evening celebrating the icons when Gone Too Soon Live: The Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston Show comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Friday 14 February. Taryn Charles, who is best-known for her breath-taking performance on Britain’s Got Talent...
Review: Dial M For Mayhem, Middle Ground Theatre Company at The Theatre Royal, Winchester
By Dan O’Farrell. A play-within-a-play is always good value, especially if it goes disastrously wrong. Shakespeare knew this well: he saved the whole last act of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for the workmen’s hilariously inept production of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’. In more recent times people have queued in...
Preview: Dragons – Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
In Asia, dragons represent resilience, joy and optimism. They are the inspiration for Dragons – the latest work by avant-garde choreographer Eun-Me Ahn, a swirling hallucinatory mix of dance, music, holograms and incredible costumes, which comes to Mayflower Theatre on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 February. In Dragons, Ahn...
Books & film: Risen from the dead – the modern horror revival
By Laura McCarthy. The recent success of media in the horror genre is undeniable. During the very first opening weekend at the cinema this year, we have seen Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu become the top grossing film at the box office in the UK, grossing £5.2million and becoming Focus’ seventh...
Review: New Years Day with Conquer Divide – The Engine Rooms
By Spring Wise. Saturday night at The Engine Rooms was packed full of energy for New Years Day, supported by Conquer Divide. I was excited when this gig exceeded capacity from The Joiners, to fill one of Southampton’s more wheelchair-accessible venues, and it was packed. Conquer Divide are a...