Image: Hannah Carter. Young Knives have recently announced a new album Landfill, alongside the record’s lead single ‘Dissolution’, as well as a run of headline UK tour dates, bringing them to The Joiners, Southampton, in January. Four years have passed since Young Knives’ last studio outing – 2020’s aggressive...
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Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems comes to Bournemouth in February
Image: Derek Bremner. Get ready to be transported back to the decade that defined a generation – as the legendary Jo Whiley brings her electrifying new show Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems to your doorstep, coming to Bournemouth in February. The queen of this decade of British music will be rummaging...
Winchester Poetry Day draws crowds of poetry lovers
Winchester Poetry Day drew crowds of poetry lovers to The ARC. Almost 300 tickets were sold for the day which aimed to celebrate poetry in its many forms. This year the well-versed and the poetry-curious travelled to Winchester from all over the UK, and from all over the world...
Experience: The trials and tribulations of working out as a trans woman
By Mabel Wellman. Since I was in primary school, I have enjoyed exercising. I was around ten years old when I got my first set of dumbbells with my pocket money. My step dad bought me a set of weights, dumbbells and barbells from a neighbour too not long...
Interview: Choreographer of Mariposa, Carlos Pons Guerra, talks about the upcoming show
Mariposa, a queer tragedy inspired by Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, visits MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 November 2024. We spoke with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra ahead of the upcoming show. We see that the BBC described you as the Pedro Almodovar of dance! How do you...
Review: & Juliet, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Sally Churchward. The world can feel like a very bleak place, sometimes more so than others. Yesterday was definitely one of those days. But & Juliet last night (6/11/24) at the Mayflower Theatre was exactly the feelgood and more full frontal reminder that there is also joy to...
Review: Wonderboy, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton, 5 November 2024
By Lewis MacLean. The first thing that caught my eye (and ears) in Wonderboy – which opened at MAST Mayflower Studios last night – was the use of vivid colourful shapes and funky music courtesy of innovative use of digital technology. ‘This was new’, I thought and as time...
Jack Savoretti comes to Bournemouth in March
Image: Chris Floyd. Following his most recent single ‘Bada Bing, Bada Boom’ featuring Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), a sold-out summer tour, his largest ever sold out shows outside the UK, collaborations with Italian legend Zucchero and Australian pop royalty Natalie Imbruglia, Jack Savoretti has announced that he...
Darren Day to join tour of Chicago for one week only at the Mayflower Theatre
Darren Day joins the UK and Ireland tour of Chicago as Billy Flynn for one week only, playing the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 November 2024. Darren returns to the role, joining stage and soap star Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart, much-loved performer and TV...
Kawala come to Southampton’s Engine Rooms in February
North London five-piece Kawala have announced an upcoming project, the Kawala Collection landing January 24th,and will be going on tour, coming to Southampton’s Engine Rooms on February 1st. Mini album, the Kawala Collection, releasing January 24th, consisting of 9 tracks portraying Kawala’s diverse songwriting capabilities, from the sun-kissed American...