MAST Mayflower Studios’ third annual Christmas youth production, A Christmas Carol, will open at the city centre venue on Tuesday 19 December 2023. Featuring a cast of 50 young people performing a new festive musical based on the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge – a classic from the past...
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Preview: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The fairest pantomime of them all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, comes to the stage of Mayflower Theatre from Saturday 9 to Sunday 31 December. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be spectacularly brought to life with an abundance of comedy, sensational song and dance numbers, fabulous costumes,...
Review: The Full Monty, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 7 November 2023
By Catherine Collins I’m not sure how it has been 25 years since smash hit film, The Full Monty, first aired in the UK, but it has. As the stage show opened at Mayflower Theatre last night, we probably should have expected things to have moved on it that...
Preview: The Nutcracker, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The much-loved festive family treat returns this Christmas, continuing English National Ballet’s tradition of presenting a version of Nutcracker every year across the country since it was founded in 1950. On a sparkling Christmas Eve in a frost-dusted Edwardian London, Clara receives an enchanted Nutcracker as a present. Together,...
Review: The Bodyguard, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 30 October 2023
By Catherine Collins As the curtain rises on a dark October evening, The Bodyguard opens on the Mayflower Theatre stage with a bang, before transporting the audience into a pop concert, with lights, dancing and the powerful voice of Emily Williams, who takes on the role made famous by...
Southampton’s countdown to Christmas event
Southampton’s Christmas Lights switch-on event is just around the corner and two special guests have been announced who will flip the festive switch, and officially mark the start of the Christmas festivities in the city. Kick-starting the Christmas Countdown on Thursday 16 November will be Mayflower Theatre’s panto star,...
Preview: WNO Ainadama, La traviata, and Play Opera LIVE, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo: La traviata by Julian Guidera Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Autumn Season, which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 November, includes productions Ainadamar, La traviata and Play Opera Live. Flamenco and poetry meet opera as Welsh National Opera’s Autumn Season opens on Wednesday 22 November...
Emergency Season at MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
The temperature is rising, there’s plastic in the oceans, the rainforest is disappearing…and maybe using a ‘bag for life’ isn’t going to turn it all around. MAST Mayflower Studios brings its Emergency Festival – a season of work across October and November relating to the climate crisis and asking...
The Full Monty, Cast Q&A, Mayflower Theatre
A new production of award-winning smash hit play, The Full Monty, starring TV favourites, Danny Hatchard (EastEnders), Jake Quickenden (X Factor, I’m A Celebrity…), and Bill Ward (Emmerdale, Coronation Street) is heading to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 November. We caught up with the cast to...
Preview: Fascinating Aïda, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Britain’s raciest and sassiest cabaret trio are bringing their brand-new show, Fascinating Aïda, to Mayflower Theatre on Monday 20 November 2023. Celebrating 40 years on the road in 2023 as Dillie Keane, Liza Pulman and Adèle Anderson, Fascinating Aïda have racked-up millions of internet followers, performed in the world’s...