Open auditions will take place for FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, which tours Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 January 2026. Producers of FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, the hit New York and Las Vegas sensation, have announced that they will hold open auditions to discover new talent who...
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Review: Hairspray, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 7 January 2025
Photo credit – Ellie Kurttz By Catherine Collins. 23 years after Hairspray the Musical first premiered there was no stopping the beat as it took to Mayflower Theatre’s stage last night. From start to finish, this vibrant, high-energy show took the audience along on the journey of teenage misfit,...
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...
Preview: The Young’uns, Turner Sims, Southampton
Acclaimed North East folk act, The Young’uns, will celebrate two decades of singing together with a newly announced spring 2025 UK tour, including a stop at Turner Sims in Southampton on Thursday 24 April 2025. The much-loved trio – comprising of Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes, and David Eagle –...
Preview: Harriet, Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton
Often compared to the legendary Karen Carpenter, Harriet’s brings her latest album, Trying to Get the Feeling Again, to Hanger Farm Arts Centre on Thursday 6 February. Celebrating ‘70s nostalgia, the album emerges as Harriet has successfully taken some of the timeless classics of the decade to a new...
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: An Inspector Calls, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
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. When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the...
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,...
Dear Evan Hansen – Ryan Kopel and Sonny Monaghan interview
By Liam Rudden Media ‘Today is going to be a good day…’ With not one, but two Evan Hansens in the room, that would appear to be a given. Ryan Kopel and Sonny Monaghan may sport very different looks and have an age gap of six years but they...
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...