Back at the Mayflower Theatre, Dinosaur World Live – the interactive children’s theatre show that brings dinosaurs to life on stage – returns on Tuesday 27 June. Dinosaur World Live presents a host of impressive pre-historic creatures including every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, along with a...
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Preview: Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo credit: Hamish Gill On the back of an incredibly successful 30th year anniversary tour, smash hit rock & roll musical, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 June. Loved by critics and audiences alike, Buddy tells the enduring story of...
Half-term Highlights for The Point and The Berry Theatre
An open-air adaptation of a David Walliams’ children’s book, Bad Dad, at Itchen Valley Country Park is the highlight of a busy half-term of events at The Point and The Berry Theatre. Heartbreak Productions presents the warm-hearted tale that follows the highs and lows of a father-son relationship on...
Preview: Wish You Were Dead, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Following the critically acclaimed smash-hit primetime ITV series Grace, Wish You Were Dead – featuring DSI Roy Grace – will arrive at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 June. Wish You Were Dead follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a much needed holiday...
Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 May and includes the brand new opera, Blaze of Glory!, and a new production of The Magic Flute. WNO will perform its new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute under the baton of Teresa...
Preview: Extraordinary Bodies: Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Waldo’s Circus of Magic and Terror, the brand-new musical from Extraordinary Bodies and their most ambitious production to date, comes to MAST Mayflower Studios from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 May. Set in 1933 Brandenburg, the Nazis are burning books and suspending civil rights. Many are desperate to escape,...
Review: Annie: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 24 April 2023
By Catherine Collins When Annie: The Musical opened at Mayflower Theatre last night – I was immediately transported back in time to one of my favourite childhood films of the 80s. The show begins with the set of an orphanage dormitory in New York in the 1930s – during...
Review: Gormenghast, Maskers Studio Theatre, Southampton, 24 April 2023
By Martin Brisland Firstly, for those who haven’t yet discovered the Maskers Theatre Company it is time you did! Since 1994 it has had its own studio theatre seating around 40. Complete with a bar, this hidden gem can be found just off Shirley High Street. Maskers were established...
Preview: Message In A Bottle, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Message In A Bottle, the acclaimed dance theatre production set to the music of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist, Sting, will arrive at Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 May. The highly original dance production – combined with breath-taking music in an uplifting story of humanity and hope...
Preview: Winnie the Pooh: A New Musical Adaptation, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Tigger too have come to life in a beautifully crafted musical stage adaptation, which opens at Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 31 May to Sunday 4 June. Deep in the Hundred Acre...