Folk music fans are in for a treat when Steeleye Span return to the city and Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 18 May. The British folk-rock band will be celebrating 50 years together and a new album, The Green Man Collection, which features tracks from recent releases and new...
In conversation with Wicked stars Sarah O’Connor (Glinda) and Laura Pick (Elphaba)
Wicked, the spectacular, multi-record-breaking and critically acclaimed production, is set to fly back to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 16 June 2024. Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women – the popular Glinda and a...
Mayflower Theatre and Theatrical Lydia come together in food bank drive for Feed the Community Foodbank
To mark Come From Away performing at Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, Theatrical Lydia and Mayflower Theatre ran a foodbank drive which raised over 25 crates full of food – which has now been donated to Feed The Community Foodbank in Southampton, and is expected to supply the foodbank for...
Playmakers Youth Theatre Showcase hailed a success
Photo Credit: Cave & Sky Last month Playmakers Youth Theatre presented their annual Showcase at Theatre Royal Winchester and enjoyed incredible feedback from leaders and audiences. The theme of the Showcase was Look Back, Look Forward and Look Up and the groups, made up of young people from school...
Preview: Morgan & West’s Massive Magic Show, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester is set to host a magic show for kids and childish grown-ups when world-renowned magicians Morgan and West return with their Massive Magic Show for Kids on Sunday 5 May. A brand-new magic show, Morgan & West’s Massive Magic Show is packed with mysterious magic tricks...
Preview: Wicked, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Wicked, the spectacular, multi-record-breaking and critically acclaimed production, is set to fly back to the Mayflower Theatre stage from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 16 June 2024. Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two young women – the popular Glinda and a...
Preview: Austen’s Women: Lady Susan, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of Jane Austen will enjoy the darkly comic Austen’s Women: Lady Susan, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 2 May. Lady Susan is a brand-new one-woman show about society and the women trapped within it – featuring the devil-may-care black widow character of Lady Susan, who is...
Preview: Jack’s Ashes, Theatre Royal Winchester
Cricket fans can be in for a humorous but insightful evening when one man show, Jack’s Ashes, comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Wednesday 1 May. Jack’s Ashes tells the story of former professional cricketer, Jack, as he steps up to give his team talk to motivate the players,...
Play to the Crowd announces new partnership with Pulse Cargo
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, announces that Pulse Cargo, worldwide freight shipping experts, have recently become Corporate Partners supporting Hat Fair Festival Logistics. Since receiving the news that the charity would no longer receive core funding...
Preview: Life of Pi, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier Award winning stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel, Life of Pi, will journey to Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 May 2024. Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen...