TV dance sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe is thrilled to be presenting a brand-new production, Johannes Radebe: House of JoJo, at Mayflower Theatre on Sunday 7 April, following the phenomenal success of his first two sell-out UK and Ireland tours. Join Johannes Radebe and a host of eclectic...
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Preview: Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Fan-favourite and winner of Best New Musical (What’s On Stage Awards 2023), Bonnie & Clyde The Musical comes to Mayflower Theatre from 2 – 6 April 2024. Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is the story of two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere who became the biggest folk...
Diversity, Ashley Banjo and Kev Orkian cast in Mayflower’s pantomime
Mayflower Theatre has announced further star casting for this year’s giant pantomime spectacular, Jack and the Beanstalk. Joining the previously announced Britain’s Got Talent winners and street dance sensations, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, will be award-winning actor and stand-up comedian, Kev Orkian – who will be returning to Mayflower...
Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Mayflower Theatre in March
by Michael Coveney. After their initial success with an early, twenty-minute version of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice were taken up by producer David Land, given a weekly wage of £20 a week each, an office, and encouraged to write...
Interview – Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces
By Diane Parkes Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces with contemporary circus company NoFit State for a bold new production of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice this spring. The production, which comes to Mayflower Theatre on March 20, will use a range of circus skills...
Preview: Jesus Christ Superstar, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, will visit Mayflower Theatre from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 March 2024. Jesus Christ Superstar is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the...
Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sleeping Beauty, Mayflower Theatre, 8 February 2024
By Joy McKay. This year is the 40th anniversary of Sir Peter Wright’s retelling of The Sleeping Beauty, which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night. Based on the original 1890 collaboration between composer Tchaikovsky with choreographers Marius Pepita and Lev Ivanov it is a true classic of classical ballet....
Preview: Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
New Adventures, Martin McCallum and Marc Platt are delighted to announce the full cast of Edward Scissorhands – devised, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne – which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 March 2024. Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the...
Preview: WNO Death in Venice, Così fan tutte, and Opera Favourites, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes at Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 March 2024, with two new productions, Death in Venice and Così fan tutte Death in Venice WNO will stage a new production of Britten’s Death in Venice , which will be the first...
Preview: Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Direct from the West End, and having sold out venues worldwide, Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners will perform at Mayflower Theatre on 8 March 2024. In partnership with Tourism Ireland and in association with legendary Irish pub O’Donoghue’s – the place where it all started...