Rambert returns to the Mayflower Theatre stage on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 March with Death Trap, a brilliant evening of dance devised by Ben Duke (of Lost Dog). Death Trap brings together Goat (2017) and Cerberus (2022), and continues Rambert’s focus on storytelling and characters, featuring awe inspiring...
Articles with the Tag What’s On Southampton
The first UK tour of Dear Evan Hansen collaborates with TikTok to find new talent
The casting team of Dear Evan Hansen, in collaboration with TikTok, are searching for the next generation of talent to star in the first ever UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical. Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why… Meet Evan:...
Preview: Hannah Rose Platt, Papillion, Southampton
Hannah Rose Platt is supporting Chuck Ragan at Papillon this Saturday night (3 February). A fascinating artist who made an album of poetic ghost stories last year called Deathbed Confessions – think shades of Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Kate Bush. Released in the Spring of 2023 and produced...
Review: Interesting Wallpaper, Heartbreakers, Southampton
By Anita Foxall Interesting Wallpaper had their headliner show at Heartbreakers on the 26 January. They were joined by 2 local bands, Sturmey Archers and Watching the Buzzards, for a complete Sofa City Bands Collective celebration. A full venue filled with support for local music. Who said we are not...
Review: Oh What a Lovely War, MAST Mayflower Studios, 29 January 2024
By Martin Brisland. More than sixty years on from its debut, this classic satire about war still has power to shock and to thoroughly entertain. Blackeyed Theatre’s first-rate production of Oh What A Lovely War set in World War 1 is highly relevant today given the threats to world...
Preview: Blood Brothers, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The legendary, award-winning production of the international smash hit musical, Blood Brothers, returns to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 27 February to Saturday 2 March 2024. Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins separated at birth, who grow up on the opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences. When Mrs...
The Big Give is helping Birmingham Royal Ballet to restore costumes
Money raised through the Big Give is helping Birmingham Royal Ballet to restore the wonderful costumes of Sir Peter Wright’s beautiful production of The Sleeping Beauty – a jewel in the crown of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s repertoire as it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, with the costumes in...
Preview: Stuff and Nonsense: Pinocchio, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
A new adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic story from Stuff and Nonsense, Pinocchio, visits MAST from Tuesday 13 to Thursday 15 February ,and has all the elements of the story we all love and much more besides, as it unpicks the broader themes of this timeless story. The story...
N’Faly Kouyaté announces UK tour dates for February
N’Faly Kouyaté will be bringing his Ré-Génération Tour to the UK for a series of special live shows this month, beginning at Southampton’s Turner Sims on 8 February. Best known as the frontman of Afro Celt Sound System, the Belgium-based artist will be hitting the road for nine intimate...
Review: I Should Be So Lucky: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 23 January 2024
By Catherine Collins. If you’re a fan of some of the biggest hits Stock, Aitken and Waterman were responsible for in the 80s and 90s, then you will love I Should Be So Lucky, which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night. The plot revolves around Ella and Nathan, a...