The UK tour of Coming to England, a brand new stage adaptation based on Floella Benjamin’s award-winning book, comes to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 October 2024. We spoke with Floella ahead of the Southampton show. Could you tell us about Coming to England, and...
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‘Reclaiming the Narratives’ – Black History Month South official launch on Monday
Image: Lou Taylor at a previous BMHS launch. Black History Month South (BHMS) has announced the official launch of its 2024 celebrations with an event themed “Reclaiming Narratives,” set to take place on Monday, 23rd September 2024. The event will run from 11am to 2pm at St Mary’s Fire...
Preview: Black is the Color of My Voice, Theatre Royal Winchester
Audiences will be thrilled to learn that Black is the Color of My Voice returns to Theatre Royal Winchester on Monday 16 September – for one night only. Black is the Color of My Voice tells the story of a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks...
Preview: Coming to England, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Nicoll Entertainment and MAST Mayflower Studios announce the UK tour of Coming to England, a brand new stage adaptation based on Floella Benjamin’s award-winning book, which comes to MAST Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 October 2024. Adapted by David Wood (‘the national children’s dramatist’ – The...
Preview: Black is the Color of My Voice, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring many of her most iconic songs, Black is the Color of My Voice comes to MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September 2024. Apphia Campbell’s acclaimed play follows a successful jazz singer and civil rights activist as...
Photos: Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival – Southampton
Photos by Charlie Hislop and Anita Foxall. More than 50 black-led organisations in Southampton and Hampshire-based organisations teamed up to create Southampton’s first ever Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival, held on Sunday 1st October, the first day of Black History Month. The idea was conceived by The United...
Preview: Sizwe Banzi is Dead, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios has announced casting for their upcoming revival of Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which runs from Friday 6 to Saturday 14 October 2023. Port Elizabeth in Apartheid South Africa, Sizwe Banzi, an African worker, has a passbook stating he was...
Review: The Color Purple, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. The story of fear, abuse and oppression may not be what is expected of a musical, and yet The Color Purple, which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night (25 October), is exactly that. Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Color...
Preview: Black is the Color of My Voice, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring her most iconic songs performed live, Black is the Color of My Voice comes to MAST Mayflower Studios on Friday 21 October. Apphia Campbell’s acclaimed play follows a successful jazz singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the...