The remains of Winchester Castle, The Great Hall, will play host to the multi award-winning, locally-based new play, Henry I, from Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 July. Henry I tells the story of spare royal son, Henry, who gets nothing after William the Conqueror dies. Henry’s sister remains faithful,...
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Preview: The Mikado, Theatre Royal Winchester
Audiences can enjoy a fresh take on a Gilbert & Sullivan classic when an all-male adaptation of The Mikado comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Monday 3 to Saturday 8 July. This recently award-nominated production of one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most famous operettas begins in 1950s England, where...
Winchester Hat Fair announces 2023 line-up
Image: Gobbledegook Theatre Company Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, is ready to take over Winchester’s city streets and green spacesagain – with bold street theatre, music, dance, circus, and more, from Friday 30 June to Saturday 1 July. This summer, Hat Fair features the...
Preview: NT Live Sing-A-Longs, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester is hosting two sing-along versions of family-favourite musicals, Encanto and The Greatest Showman on Saturday 17 June. Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals – an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed placed called Encanto, which has blessed every...
Preview: NTL: Fleabag, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester hosts another National Theatre Live cinema screening – the hilarious and award-winning one-woman show, Fleabag, on Friday 16 June. Fleabag is the story of ‘some sort of woman living her sort of life’! Oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed is just the tip of the iceberg, with...
Preview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Royal Winchester
Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is given a rambunctious twist when it comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 13 June. A Midsummer Night’s Dream famously tells the story of four Athenian lovers, a group of amateur actors rehearsing a play, and a spat between the King...
Preview: Kendal Mountain Tour 2023 – Adventure Films, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of travel, adventure and sport can enjoy an evening of award-winning films when Kendal Mountain Tour 2023 – Adventure Films is staged at Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 8 June. Kendal Mountain Tour 2023 – Adventure Films celebrate some of the most spectacular places on Earth, and showcases...
Preview: Top Secret: The Magic of Science, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo Credit: Michelle Mason Walker Children, and their grown-ups, can watch a real-life science lab take shape when Top Secret: The Magic of Science takes to the stage at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 11 June. Families will marvel at the mystery of magic, the miraculous feats of science...
Preview: NT Live: Best of Enemies, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester will host another National Theatre Live cinema screening – the political thriller, Best of Enemies, on Monday 5 June. Best of Enemies tells of two feuding political rivals in late 1960’s America. As two men fight to become the next president, a new nightly TV format...
Preview: Winchester Comedy Festival’s Summer Gala 2023, Winchester
Comedy audiences are in for an evening of laughs with Winchester Comedy Festival’s Summer Gala 2023 at Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 3 June. This is an evening of comedy from award-nominated and competition-winning comedians, who have performed around the country and on TV. They include Larry Dean, who...