By Spring Wise. I expected to be able to write a somewhat narrative review of this show, being that it’s an adaptation of Madame Butterfly, and spoiler rules do not apply to 120 year old operas! Mariposa, however, is something entirely its own. Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra sets his...
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Review – The Mountaintop, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. The Mountaintop scaled new heights at MAST Mayflower Studios. Katori Hall’s re-imagining of Dr Martin Luther King’s final night on earth is utterly captivating and deeply thought-provoking – and superbly performed by two actors at the peak of their powers. Ray Strasser-King is completely convincing as...
Preview: The Lion Inside, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios are co-producing the production of The Lion Inside, and look forward to it entertaining young audiences in Southampton from Wednesday 29 May to Saturday 1 June 2024. Fed up of being ignored and forgotten by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But,...
Preview: Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Little Angel Theatre’s major new adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book will run from Friday 8 – Sunday10 March at MAST Mayflower Studios. Alongside this puppet-filled musical, which at its core celebrates the joy of reading, Little Angel Theatre will deliver a ground-breaking literacy...
Preview: A Christmas Carol, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios’ third annual Christmas youth production, A Christmas Carol, will open at the city centre venue on Tuesday 19 December 2023. Featuring a cast of 50 young people performing a new festive musical based on the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge – a classic from the past...
MAST Mayflower Studios announce new Propel Associate Artists for 2023/24
Michael Ockwell, Chief Executive of MAST Mayflower Studios and the whole team are thrilled to announce details of the new Associate Artists for 23/24 as part of the Propel scheme – a programme designed to support companies and artists, local to Southampton and the surrounding areas, telling Southampton stories...
Preview: The Good Enough Mums Club, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
The Good Enough Mums Club – a new musical written, produced, directed and performed by mums based on real life, moving, funny tales of motherhood – is coming to MAST Mayflower Studios on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 2023. Not perfect? Join the club! From peeing on sticks to...
Review: Frantic Assembly – Metamorphosis, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton September 27
By Anita Foxall. “One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect,” is the first line in Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Frantic Assembly brought their fantastic stage adaptation (written by poet Lemn Sissay) to the MAST, and they took...
Preview: Do You Believe in Ghosts?, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
MAST Mayflower Studios is set to be spooked this Halloween season as it hosts the tour of Do You Believe in Ghosts? in Southampton. An original play, like no other! Step into the haunted theatre for a chilling night as leading man Adam, an actor-turned paranormal investigator, unravels the...
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...