The sultry, mysterious atmosphere of Paris is coming to theatres across the UK – including Portsmouth Guildhall on Wednesday 9 October – with Come What May. Starring AJ and Curtis Pritchard (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing With The Stars, Love Island) and a cast of West End performers, this incredible...
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Preview: Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter, Theatre Royal Winchester
Singer Camille O’Sullivan performs intensely dramatic interpretations of favourite songs in Loveletter at Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 11 September. The show sees the multi-award-winning singer – known for her unique take on songs – performing tracks and stories about love, loss, joy, light and darkness, choosing music from...
Madagascar the Musical get zootastic at Marwell
Ahead of a week of performances of Madagascar the Musical at Mayflower Theatre, a couple of the cast escaped to Marwell Zoo, to get stuck in and see what is really involved in living and breathing the zoo environment. Connor Keetley (Skipper/Maurice) and James Hilton-Foster (ensemble) got stuck in...
Andrew Combs announces new album and Winchester tour date
Andrew Combs announces a brand new album, Dream Pictures, which is released on the same day he plays at The Railway in Winchester on 23 August 2024. Dream Pictures is written for the quiet hours that bring each day to a close. At night, after putting his children to...
Disney’s Aladdin star to bring magic to Southampton Pride with special performance of Proud of Your Boy
Disney’s Aladdin is celebrating the upcoming run of its highly acclaimed show at Mayflower Theatre with a special performance of its iconic number, Proud of Your Boy, by Aaron Elijah Patel at the Southampton Pride Stage, Guildhall Square on Saturday 24 August. Julianne Watling-McCarthy, Director of Southampton Pride CIC explains:...
Wickham Festival move pays off
Photo credit: Striking Faces The Wickham Festival’s switch to a new site has proved to be a huge success. Organisers took the long-standing popular event to a new field a few hundreds yards away in a bid to avoid the mud which proved such a problem last year. And...
Southampton comes together to condemn hatred and racist violence
By Sally Churchward. Amid growing racist violence across the country, Southampton communities are standing together against hate. On Wednesday evening, a demonstration organised by Hampshire Antifascists will be held in the city centre, leaving from the Peace Fountain at 7pm. This will be a counter-demonstration to planned demonstrations at...
Preview: One Night in Dublin, Theatre Royal Winchester
Music fans will enjoy the ultimate tribute to feel-good Irish music when One Night in Dublin comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Friday 30 August. One Night in Dublin sees Middi and his award-winning tribute band, the Wild Murphys, transporting audiences to ‘Murphy’s Pub’ for two hours of music,...
Interview: Karim Zeroual on his role as King Julien in Madagascar
Madagascar the Musical comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 August. Popular TV Presenter, theatre performer and Strictly Finalist Karim Zeroual – best known for anchoring CBBC and reaching the final of Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 – leads the cast of the brand-new UK tour...
Cast of SIX visit Tudor House in Southampton
To mark their royal return to Mayflower Theatre in 2025, and yet another sell out run this year, Mayflower Theatre and SIX visited Tudor House in Southampton to visit the Bronze Cannon which is in situ in the house garden. The cast of SIX visited the bronze cannon which...