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...
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Interview: Michael Maloney and Bob Barrett on playing Poirot and Monsieur Bouc in Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie Ltd, Fiery Angel and Lucy Bailey (director of the West End hit Witness for the Prosecution) will bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of another Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Orient Express to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 February 2025. We spoke to Michael...
Interview: Rebekah Lowings, Josh St. Clair, and Jacqui Dubois talk about Ghost the Musical
Photo Credit: Alistair Muir Since it premiered in Manchester in March 2011 and moved to the West End that summer, Ghost the Musical has thrilled audiences around the world. It has been on Broadway, played everywhere from Germany to Australia via South Korea and Russia, and has toured the...
Preview: Murder on the Orient Express, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Agatha Christie Ltd, Fiery Angel and Lucy Bailey (director of the West End hit Witness for the Prosecution) will bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of another Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Orient Express to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 February 2025. Winter 1934 and an...
Review: Now That’s What I Call a Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 14 January 2025
By Catherine Collins. In 1989 I was 15, so when I saw Now That’s What I Call a Musical – which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night – was set then (and in 2009 for the friends 20 year reunion) I knew I had to go. Much like we...
Mayflower announces transport bursary in partnership with Xelabus
Thousands of local school pupils will be provided with subsidised transport to theatres thanks to new partnership between Mayflower and Xelabus. The new bursary scheme, announced today, will help fulfil the belief that every person has the right to attend the theatre and experience the joy and opportunity this...
Preview, Ghost the Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The globally acclaimed, Ghost the Musical, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 11 to Saturday 15 February 2025. The movie Ghost is one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won...
Open auditions to take place for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody
Open auditions will take place for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, which tours Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 January 2026. Producers of FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, the hit New York and Las Vegas sensation, have announced that they will hold open auditions to discover new talent who...
Jason Donovan returns to Mayflower Theatre in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat favourite, Jason Donovan, will return to Mayflower Theatre this spring. For one week only, he will reprise his celebrated role as Pharaoh. Playing from 13 – 18 May 2025, these dates mark the only opportunity to see Jason on the 2025 UK tour....
Record-breaking 100,000 attend Mayflower shows over festive period
The city’s Mayflower venues (Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios) are celebrating a record-breaking run of festive shows. Over 100,000 people came to see English National Ballet’s Nutcracker, Elf the Musical, A Very Hungry Christmas Caterpillar, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Wind in The Willows, across both venues. Mayflower...