MAST Mayflower Studios is hosting a variety of shows this Easter, from a princess pop magic to live science explosions, and a unique blend of comedy and classical music. Pop Princesses 3 April 2024 This is the children’s pop concert with a big difference. The four fabulous Fairy tale...
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Read Easy Southampton & Isle of Wight Celebrate International Women’s Day
By Linda Gatland – coordinator support for Read Easy Southampton & Isle of Wight. Local charity Read Easy Southampton & Isle of Wight has been helping adults learn to read since 2021 with free, private, personal coaching, available across a wide range of libraries and venues. We are delighted...
Cosmic cowboys, The Hanging Stars, add Southampton gig this March
Cosmic cowboys, The Hanging Stars, add a gig at The Joiners to their UK tour on Friday 29 March, after releasing their fifth album, On a Golden Shore, via Loose Music. The tour announcement follows the release of recent single Sweet Light, a glorious onslaught of blissed-out electric guitars...
Southampton Seed Swap returns this weekend
By Ziggy Woodward. Southampton Seed Swap first started in 2008, when I was inspired to try something similar based on the amazing Seedy Sunday in Brighton, and has been running as an annual event, in one form or another, since then (barring 2021, due to lockdowns). This year’s event takes...
Millie Manders and The Shutup tour comes to Bournemouth
Fresh from their recent Slam Dunk Winter Jam tour in January with Zebrahead, Teenage Bottle Rocket and cross-genre punk band Millie Manders and The Shutup have announced a double AA side 7” single to coincide with their previously announced UK tour throughout the spring, bringing them to Bournemouth...
Death Trap – Rambert Dance Company, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Joy McKay. Following their hugely successful tour of Peaky Blinders stalwarts of the British Contemporary dance scene, Rambert, are back in Southampton with Death Trap. A show of two short modern pieces by Ben Duke, connected by one intriguing theme; death. Rambert brought Peaky Blinders to The Mayflower...
Sleeping Beauty auditions for young people
Local young people are invited to audition for a professionally-led musical production of Sleeping Beauty, which will be performed at Theatre Royal Winchester this summer. Sleeping Beauty is the timeless tale of a beautiful princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to prick her finger on a spindle...
Southampton’s Maskers Theatre return with a farce
‘Cash on Delivery’, a farce by Michael Cooney, is the latest show from popular amateur company Maskers Theatre, based off Emsworth Road in Shirley, Southampton. The play opens on March 18th and runs until the 23rd. Eric Swan’s life comes tumbling down around him following a phone call to...
Preview: The Gruffalo’s Child, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
The perfect wintery production adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s award-winning storybook, The Gruffalo’s Child, comes to MAST Mayflower Studios from Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 April 2024. One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out...
Echo & the Bunnymen come to Bournemouth this week
Echo & the Bunnymen one of the most influential British bands in modern history, have embarked on a major UK tour for March. The tour will celebrate the songs that have brought the band twenty Top 20 hits and nine Top 20 albums so far during their incredible 40+...