By Diane Parkes. Artist and stage designer John Macfarlane has created stunning sets for shows across the globe but there was one story he really wanted to work on – Prokofiev’s ballet Cinderella. So when former Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) Director David Bintley decided to create a new production...
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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...
Preview: Cinderella, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB )will open Sir David Bintley’s magical production of Cinderella at Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 February 2025. Sir David Bintley’s Cinderella remains one of the most popular ballets in BRB’s repertoire, featuring sumptuous sets and costumes, virtuoso dance and magical transformations. Sergei...
Interview: Director Stephen Daldry on reviving An Inspector Calls
Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls will play at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 28 January to Saturday 1 February 2025. We spoke to acclaimed director Stephen Daldry about reviving his seminal production. When you were first asked to direct An Inspector Calls...
Preview: Riders to the Sea, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Riders to the Sea written by Ralph Vaughan Williams based on the play by JM Synge visits MAST Mayflower Studios from Thursday 30 January to Saturday 1 February 2025. Weaving together live performance, projection and recorded sound to create a more intimate, visceral telling of the Vaughan Williams opera,...
Preview: Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Performed by Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel: Through the Years is an authentic-sounding concert to the unforgettable music of Simon & Garfunkel, and it comes to MAST Mayflower Studios on Wednesday 29 January 2025. Made up of Dan Haynes and Pete Richards, Bookends have toured the globe extensively with their...
Interview: Craig Revel Horwood on directing Now That’s What I Call a Musical at Mayflower Theatre
The world premiere of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical, a brand-new British musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, will visit Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 January 2025. We spoke to Craig Revel Horwood as he prepares...
Preview: Dear Evan Hansen, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 January 2025. Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why… Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more...
Preview: Jack and the Beanstalk, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
As panto season approaches, Jack and the Beanstalk makes a gigantic return to Mayflower Theatre from Saturday 14 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025. Follow Jack and climb a beanstalk of gigantic proportions to cloudland in this magical family pantomime. Doomed to sell his trusty cow, join Jack...
Preview: Elf the Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
After sell-out arena tours, Elf the Musical comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 December 2024. The stage show, Elf the Musical features Santa’s magical flying sleigh, an audience snowball fight, and a giant candy cane journey from the North Pole, amongst many spectacular scenes set...