by Nick Mabey. Congratulations to Southampton FC women on winning the FA Women’s National League Southern Division this week. They’ve been top all season and clinched the title with a couple of games to spare. The icing on the cake was being able to lift the trophy after beating...
Opinion: why I’ll be protesting when Jimmy Carr comes to Southampton
by Manthan Pathak. Jimmy Carr returns to perform at the city’s Mayflower Theatre next month, and so it seems like an opportune time to revisit his joke about the Holocaust that caused so much furore after his latest Netflix special. I’m a member of Southampton Stand Up to Racism,...
Preview: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. One of the world’s most beloved family musicals, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, will grace the stage of the Mayflower Theatre, from April 19 to 23. Told entirely through song, with the help of the Narrator, the show follows the story of Jacob’s favourite son,...
Ukrainian refugees helped to settle in Southampton with community effort
by Sally Churchward. A group of Southampton residents are pulling together to help get Ukrainian refugees settled and established in the city. Melanie Tudjaroglu and her friend Kasia Davenport have been amongst those volunteering at the city’s Polish Club to help sort and pack donations for Ukrainian refugees. With...
Review: Beautiful! – The Carole King Musical at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Martin Brisland. Hail to King! Beautiful – the Carole King Musical, is an absolute must-see. It won Tony awards in New York in 2014 and Olivier awards in London in 2015. It also wins this reviewers award for the most outstanding musical of its time and for providing pure theatre...
Heritage: what’s in a programme?
by Martin Brisland. Having reviewed a number of shows for In Common, I was at the Mayflower Theatre recently to review Matthew Bourne’s brilliant Nutcracker! production. Equal to the high standard of the ballet was a superb full size 24 page glossy programme. One of the premier theatres outside...
Organisers are set for first LGBTQ+ Party in the Park in Southampton
Organisers of the first ever LGBTQ+ Party In The Park event have arranged a full two day family friendly festival programme taking place on Saturday 11 June and Sunday 12 June. It promises to be a packed two day programme with diversity at its heart, but the difference is that it...
Preview: Florence: The Lesser Known Life and Legacy of Florence Nightingale, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. Songwriter and performer, Louise Jordan, brings her solo production Florence: The Lesser Known Life and Legacy of Florence Nightingale to MAST Mayflower Studios tomorrow (12 April). Through song and storytelling, Louise puts the myth of the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ under the spotlight and explores Florence...
Preview: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. Carole King – the Musical, a brand new tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning show, co-produced by Mayflower Theatre, comes to Southampton from April 12 – 16. Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an...
Suburban Safari: Netley Abbey
by Katie Isham. When everything is busy and life is loud, there are few better places to go wander than around the walls of a thirteenth century monastery, especially when the roof is now cobalt blue skies pouring down from heaven to light your walk through the crumbling walls. ...