The sensational production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 13 to Sunday 18 May 2025. Released as a concept album in 1969, the stage version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has become one of the world’s...
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Hat Fair 2025 stall holders call out
The organisers of Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts – are looking for stall holders to take part in the event, which takes place on Saturday 5 July. Market traders, charities and good causes are being asked to apply to be part of the...
Grease School Edition principal casting announced
Casting has been announced for Mayflower Theatre’s 2025 Summer Youth Project, Grease: School Edition, as the leads meet with musical theatre superstar, Marley Fenton, who previously starred as Danny Zuko in the 2024 tour of Grease the Musical. Grease: School Edition will bring the electrifying energy of Rydell High...
Preview: That Knave, Raleigh, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of historical drama will be captivated by the story of adventurer, lover and traitor, Sir Walter Raleigh when That Knave, Raleigh comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 30 April. The show, which takes audiences back to the Elizabethan era, tells the story of one of Britain’s most...
Risk free dance at Mayflower
Mayflower (Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios) share details of their risk free dance scheme, which is to develop dance audiences within the local community. The Risk Free offering will provide audiences with the opportunity of trying something they may not otherwise attend, with zero risk. If you don’t like...
Self Esteem announces new album and record store tour
In support of her new album, A Complicated Woman, Self Esteem, AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor, has announced an intimate record store tour, including a date in Southampton on 24 April. The album, due for release on 25 April, is the follow up to the hugely acclaimed BRIT and Mercury...
Preview: The Comedy of Terrors!, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of farce are invited to an evening of multiple mistaken identity when The Comedy of Terrors! comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Tuesday 29 April. The Comedy of Terrors! tells the story of Jo Smith who arrives for an audition with director, Vyvian Jones – only to discover...
Preview: It is I, Seagull, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
An opera singer is on a mission to make opera more interesting. Comedy writer and opera singer, Lucy Mellors, is flying into Mayflower Studios on Wednesday 7 May for a performance of It is I, Seagull, her comedy opera show set in space. Raised in Hedge End, Southampton, Lucy...
Preview: Rhinestone Cowboy, Theatre Royal Winchester
Celebrate the life and music of the American country music singer, Glen Campbell, with Rhinestone Cowboy, at Theatre Royal Winchester on Friday 25 April. Rhinestone Cowboy takes audiences on a journey through Campbell’s remarkable career, reliving the highs and lows – from his humble beginnings and early session musician...
Preview: Welsh National Opera’s Spring Season, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 30 April to Saturday 3 May, and Peter Grimes, The Marriage of Figaro, and Play Opera Live. Peter Grimes Following on from the success of Welsh National Opera’s new production of Britten’s Death in Venice, this Spring...