By Laura McCarthy. Without a doubt, Agatha Christie’s novel Murder on the Orient Express is her finest and most famous work, offering up complex questions surrounding morality and what it means to abide by the law. Due to the multifaceted nature of this murder mystery, adaptions for film, TV,...
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Drama at Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios
Experience a range of captivating dramas at the Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios this year. Shows include: Murder on the Orient Express – 18 – 22 February 2025 – Mayflower Theatre Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full...
Preview: Hamilton, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The multi award-winning Hamilton will play a six week season at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from 18 March – 26 April 2025. Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American...
Review: Ghost The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. Having loved the movie the musical is based on; would this production be what I’ve hungered for? The Oscar-winning movie from 1990 with Demi Moore, the late Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce...
Preview: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
New Adventures announces the full cast of 40 for Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, playing at Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, from Tuesday 11 to Saturday 15 March 2025, as part of its 30th anniversary. This ground-breaking production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago...
Who says crime doesn’t pay? Certainly not Picture You Dead author, Peter James
by Richard Barber. Who says crime doesn’t pay? Peter James has sold 23 million copies of his crime thrillers worldwide with 21 consecutive UK Sunday Times number ones, as well as chart-toppers in Germany, France, Russia and Canada. He’s also a New York Times best-seller, his murder mysteries translated...
Preview: Only Fools and Horses: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Stick a pony in your pocket – The Trotters are back and coming to a town near you, as the smash hit show, Only Fools and Horses: The Musical, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Monday 3 to Saturday 8 March 2025. Join us as we take a trip back...
Leading South Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn brings her magical spectacle Dragons to Southampton to open her UK tour
By Diane Parkes. South Korean culture is currently riding a huge wave of popularity with both K-pop and Korean film crossing boundaries and being embraced by people worldwide. Now iconic choreographer Eun-Me Ahn is hoping a tour of her work Dragons will spark the imaginations of UK audiences for...
Preview: Peter James Picture You Dead, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace returns to Mayflower Theatre in Picture You Dead from Thursday 27 February to Saturday 1 March 2025. The show is adapted from the UK’s number one crime writer Peter James’ bestselling novel. The world premiere of Picture You Dead is the seventh Peter James book...
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...