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...
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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...
Ocean Colour Scene to join the lineup for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions
Britpop legends Ocean Colour Scene will join the lineup for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions. Taking to the stage in Guildhall Square on Friday 27 June, Ocean Colour Scene will be supported by fellow ’90s icons Cast and Echobelly. They join a stellar roster of previously announced artists including McFly, Train,...
Holocaust Memorial Day: Blue Apple Theatre short film with University of Winchester
While the Holocaust is remembered rightly as an act of genocide against Europe’s Jewish population, the Nazis also sent close to 250,000 people with disabilities to their deaths. This grim fact is highlighted by Winchester’s Blue Apple Theatre, whose performers have learning disabilities and have been making a short...
Preview: 50 Years of Fender: The Stratocaster Story, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of the world’s most iconic guitar, the Fender Stratocaster, will be excited to learn that a celebration of the instrument returns to Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 13 February. 50 Years of Fender: The Stratocaster Story tells the story of the world’s most recognisable guitar through the five...
Preview: Room on the Broom, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
‘Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom!’ Tall Stories is delighted to announce that the company’s Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic picture book, Room on the Broom, directed by Olivia Jacobs, will be flying into MAST Mayflower Studios from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 February 2025. Enchanting...