The team at Mayflower Theatre have announce that their 2024 Mayflower Tours Open Day will take place on Saturday 3 February. The Open Day will launch An Inspiring Place – the new and improved public venue tour programme, which will see tours tailored to different groups of attendees, including...
Preview: Hat Fair Cabaret, Theatre Royal Winchester
In the middle of winter, festival-goers can still enjoy the sights and sounds of their favourite outdoor arts festival, Hat Fair, in the shape of the Hat Fair Cabaret, which takes to the stage at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 21 January. The show will see international artists, circus...
Preview: Pete Firman; TrikTok, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of magic are in for a treat when the UK’s leading comedy magician, Pete Firman, brings his show, TrikTok, to Theatre Royal Winchester on Saturday 20 January. TrikTok, is an evening of jaw-dropping magic and hilarious comedy, which sees the critically-acclaimed magician take his magic from the small...
Record breaking 80,000 attend Mayflower shows over festive period
The City’s Mayflower venues, Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studio, are celebrating a record-breaking run of festive shows. Over 80,000 people saw Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, A Christmas Carol and Counting Down to Christmas across both venues. Mayflower Theatre had over 74,000 people attending Snow White, making it...
Southampton theatres announce public awareness campaign on audience behaviour
Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios announce the launch of a new public awareness campaign, aimed at encouraging kind and respectful audience behaviour towards theatre staff from patrons. A series of posters and digital screens around both venues will picture individual friendly and dedicated team members, with reminders...
Review: The Full Monty, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 7 November 2023
By Catherine Collins I’m not sure how it has been 25 years since smash hit film, The Full Monty, first aired in the UK, but it has. As the stage show opened at Mayflower Theatre last night, we probably should have expected things to have moved on it that...
Ainadamar – The story of Spanish poet Lorca and his fountain of tears
By Diane Parkes Welsh National Opera’s production of Ainadamar tells the story of one of Spain’s most famous poets and playwrights – Federico García Lorca. Lorca, who was left wing and gay, was targeted by the Fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War and is believed to have been...
Preview: The Nutcracker, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The much-loved festive family treat returns this Christmas, continuing English National Ballet’s tradition of presenting a version of Nutcracker every year across the country since it was founded in 1950. On a sparkling Christmas Eve in a frost-dusted Edwardian London, Clara receives an enchanted Nutcracker as a present. Together,...
Review: The Bodyguard, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 30 October 2023
By Catherine Collins As the curtain rises on a dark October evening, The Bodyguard opens on the Mayflower Theatre stage with a bang, before transporting the audience into a pop concert, with lights, dancing and the powerful voice of Emily Williams, who takes on the role made famous by...
Southampton’s countdown to Christmas event
Southampton’s Christmas Lights switch-on event is just around the corner and two special guests have been announced who will flip the festive switch, and officially mark the start of the Christmas festivities in the city. Kick-starting the Christmas Countdown on Thursday 16 November will be Mayflower Theatre’s panto star,...