Mayflower Theatre has released production images for this year’s biggest pantomime on the South Coast, the GIANT, Jack and the Beanstalk. The 2024/2025 pantomime will see Britain’s Got Talent winners and street dance sensations, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, return to lead this year’s cast as Jack and the Trot...
Interview: Julian Eardley on playing Mother Goose at Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit: Richard Davenport This year’s pantomime at Theatre Royal Winchester is Mother Goose, which is set to run until Sunday 5 January 2025. We spoke to Julian Eardley, who plays Mother Goose. Julian, Mother Goose is your 15th panto at Theatre Royal Winchester. Is there a favourite panto...
Preview: Yipee Ki Yay, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Following critically acclaimed UK tours, two Edinburgh Festival Fringe seasons and two North American seasons, the acclaimed rhyming retelling of classic (festive?) film Die Hard is at MAST Mayflower Studios on Wednesday 22 January 2025. When gunmen seize an LA skyscraper, off-duty policeman John McClane is the hostages’ only...
Preview: Dial M For Mayhem, Theatre Royal Winchester
Comedy theatre fans are invited to a play packed with drama and behind the scenes chaos with Dial M For Mayhem coming to Theatre Royal Winchester from Tuesday 28 January to Saturday 1 February 2025. The play is set in 1991 and follows a group of travelling actors from...
Preview: Dear Evan Hansen, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 January 2025. Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why… Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more...
Preview: Santa’s Christmas Cracker, Theatre Royal Winchester
Children will be filled with glee this festive season when Santa comes to Winchester in Santa’s Christmas Cracker at Theatre Royal Winchester on Monday 16 December. Santa’s Christmas Cracker is a fun, musical adventure telling the story of a lost penguin who has never heard of Christmas – and...
Interview: Brenda Edwards makes her directing debut with Hairspray the Musical
After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West End, on Broadway, and on the big screen since 1988, the timeless story of Hairspray comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 January 2025. We spoke to Brenda Edwards ahead of her debut role directing the...
Preview: Now That’s What I Call a Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The world premiere of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical, a brand-new British musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, will visit Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 January 2025. It’s Birmingham, 1989. Two school friends, Gemma and...
Preview: Walk Right Back, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Following an incredible sell out tour, Walk Right Back returns to stages in 2025 by popular demand, visiting MAST Mayflower Studios on Saturday 11 January 2025. From the producers of smash hit show, That’ll Be The Day, this phenomenal production tells the story of the most successful musical duo...
Write a Note welcomes new poets
By Anita Foxall. Southampton is a city of culture, regardless of any formal titles, that is incontestable. As host of Write a Note, I have the privilege of welcoming poets and writers to share their work on a monthly basis, but I also attend and take part in other...