The Sleeping Beauty, which has been delighting audiences for well over a hundred years, sprinkling ballet magic on this favourite childhood story and its cast of familiar characters, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 February. Cursed by a wicked fairy, a beautiful princess pricks her...
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Preview: São Paulo Dance Company, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Brazilian heat and energy power the virtuoso dancers of one of Brazil’s finest dance companies in a thrilling triple bill, which comes to Mayflower Theatre on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 February 2024. São Paulo Dance Company is at the forefront of the South American contemporary dance scene. The...
Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 9 January 2024
By Catherine Collins Everybody’s talking about Jamie, and if they aren’t… they should be, after the phenomenal show opened at Mayflower Theatre last night. Inspired by the 2011 BBC documentary, Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, the musical is based on the true-life story of Jamie New, a teenager from...
Mayflower Theatre launches An Inspiring Place and Mayflower Tours
The team at Mayflower Theatre have announce that their 2024 Mayflower Tours Open Day will take place on Saturday 3 February. The Open Day will launch An Inspiring Place – the new and improved public venue tour programme, which will see tours tailored to different groups of attendees, including...
Record breaking 80,000 attend Mayflower shows over festive period
The City’s Mayflower venues, Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studio, are celebrating a record-breaking run of festive shows. Over 80,000 people saw Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, A Christmas Carol and Counting Down to Christmas across both venues. Mayflower Theatre had over 74,000 people attending Snow White, making it...
I Should Be So Lucky – interview with Debbie Isitt
No stranger to crafting hits for the stage and screen, BAFTA and Emmy award-winning writer and director, Debbie Isitt, is bringing the iconic songbook of Stock Aitken Waterman to life in the new musical, I Should Be So Lucky, which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday...
The Wizard of Oz – interview with The Vivienne
The Wizard of Oz, the musical based on the iconic story by L. Frank Baum, will be arriving at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Sunday 21 January 2024. Here, we talk to The Vivienne, who plays the Wicked Witch of the West. What can audiences expect when they...
Preview: I Should Be So Lucky, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Musical I Should Be So Lucky arrives at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 January 2024. The Wedding is off, but the Honeymoon is on! Head from the aisle to the isles in the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical featuring the soundtrack of a generation with music...
Preview: The Wizard of Oz, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Wizard of Oz, the musical based on the iconic story by L. Frank Baum, will be arriving at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Sunday 21 January 2024. Michael Harrison, the producer of the smash-hit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat which thrilled audiences on its UK Tour in...
Preview: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Following a record-breaking three-year West End residency, sold out UK & Ireland Tour and Amazon studios award-winning film, the smash-hit and critically acclaimed musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 9 to Sunday 14 January 2024. Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate...