Smash-hit improv Regency comedy, Austentatious, is set to delight Jane Austen fans when it comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Friday 4 November. Austentatious is an improvised comedy play featuring rakish dukes, swooning ladies and romantic entanglement – with a brand new and unique-to-that-performance ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel created...
Campaigners for access to an NHS dentist for all to hit Southampton’s streets
Campaigners for everyone to have access to an NHS dentist will be on the streets of Southampton tomorrow (October 25). Members of the Toothless in Southampton campaign will be giving out leaflets and talking to shoppers and residents at the junction of Burgess Road and University Road from 11am....
Write a Note Poetry October: Andy Buchanan, Deborah Gearing & Panda-monium
by Anita Foxall. Here’s your monthly review of Write a Note, a spoken word open mic, which takes place at MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton. This was another wonderful evening of poetry, fairy tales and pandas. Yes, you read that right. These were two of the brilliant poets who attended...
Review: Richard II – MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
by Martin Brisland. Tangle Theatre Company’s aim is to perform classic plays in new and surprising ways in their distinctive Southern African township theatre style. In association with MAST Mayflower Studios, Tangle have devised a radical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Richard the Second. The original Zimbabwean score is impressive,...
Review: The Little Mermaid – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Sarah Groszewski. The Northern Ballet’s The Little Mermaid had its world premiere at the Mayflower Theatre in 2017 and has returned for a brief stint after 5 years. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837 fairytale (with not a Disney reference in sight!), The Little Mermaid tells the story...
Suburban Safari: Cake by the Coast
by Katie Isham. This Suburban Safari explores somewhere a little further afield. In fact, we’re venturing into a PO postcode. Don’t leave! I promise it’s for a good cause. Or two good causes in fact. Next week sees the glorious relief of half-term for many students and teachers. Blessed...
Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor – The Maskers Studio Theatre, Shirley
by Charlotte Ndupuechi. The Maskers Studio Theatre’s latest production, The Merry Wives of Windsor, has brought Shakespeare to life in the heart of Shirley, Southampton. This hidden gem hit the spot again with yet another great performance from these enthusiastic amateurs. Funny, well acted and great costumes made for...
Knit the Walls community art project draws to a close with a month-long finale
After more than three million knitted stitches, thousands of hours of warm conversation and countless shared stories, as well as many hundreds of cups of tea and a lot of cake, the six-year ‘Knit the Walls’ community-focused art project will come to an end this November. Across the month,...
Free spooky window Halloween trail coming to St Denys
There’s free Halloween fun to be had in St Denys, Southampton, with a Spooky Window Trail, which includes small prizes or children, organised by the local community. The trail, which runs from October 24 to 31, will see more than 20 local homes with decorated windows to bring some...
Southampton’s first Transgender Pride attracts hundreds, declared a success
by Sally Churchward. More than 300 people attended Southampton’s first ever Transgender Pride at the weekend (15th October). The event was a celebration of all Transgender, Non-Binary, Gender Fluid, Gender Queer and gender non-conforming people. It began at noon with a march from the Bargate to Edmund Kell Unitarian...