Photo Credit: Cave & Sky Last month Playmakers Youth Theatre presented their annual Showcase at Theatre Royal Winchester and enjoyed incredible feedback from leaders and audiences. The theme of the Showcase was Look Back, Look Forward and Look Up and the groups, made up of young people from school...
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Winchester Poetry Festival renames Winchester Poetry Prize’s ‘Hampshire Prize’ to honour local poet
Winchester Poetry Festival has launched its globally recognised Winchester Poetry Prize for the ninth year – renaming the ‘Hampshire Prize’ as the ‘Kathryn Bevis Prize’. The Winchester Poetry Prize receives around 2000 original and unpublished poems every year from all over the world. The competition judge this year is...
Play to the Crowd announces new partnership with Pulse Cargo
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, announces that Pulse Cargo, worldwide freight shipping experts, have recently become Corporate Partners supporting Hat Fair Festival Logistics. Since receiving the news that the charity would no longer receive core funding...
Mayflower Theatre joins with Theatrical Lydia for Pay it Forward 9/11 campaign
To mark Come From Away arriving in Southampton from 16 – 20 April, Mayflower Theatre joins up with Theatrical Lydia for her Pay It Forward 9/11 Campaign, to run a food bank drive. At the heart of Come From Away is a story about compassion, community, and resilience. Sharing...
Mayflower Theatre teams with Veolia in bid for net zero by 2030
Mayflower Theatre marks a significant step towards its net-zero goal by 2030 partnering with Veolia Total Waste Management. Mayflower Theatre is one of the UK’s leading cultural venues and the largest in the region with more than 500,000 attendances per year. “We have set out our vision to achieve...
Mayflower Theatre’s higher education bursary scheme awards thousands to local rising stars
Mayflower Theatre announces that this year they have awarded a total of £36,500 to nine deserving rising stars, to help them fulfil their ambitions, as part of the Higher Education Bursary Scheme. The Higher Education Bursary Scheme is open to individuals between the ages of 18 – 25 who...
Paris Smith to extend sponsorship of Mayflower Theatre
Mayflower Theatre announces the renewal of Paris Smith’s long-standing 30 plus year partnership. A number of years ago, Paris Smith also extended its support to MAST Mayflower Studios, which fosters artist development and promotes youth engagement. The new arrangement follows the fusion of these two wonderful and different venues...
‘Young people’s creativity deserves to be celebrated’ says new Southampton manifesto
Image: Cultural Connectors at Youth Manifesto launch, courtesy of University of Southampton, credit Nosa Malcolm. Six young Cultural Connectors who created What’s Next Southampton? festival have launched a new youth manifesto. Our Manifesto for Culture and Creativity in Southampton, subtitled A Radical Guide for Change, sets out six things...
Victorious Festival 2023 donates over £150,000 to charitable and good causes this year
Victorious Festival is organised by a team of locals who are passionate about Portsmouth and enjoy spreading positivity through their Victorious in the Community arm and charitable contributions. This year saw Victorious in the Community donate over £150,000 to good causes, bringing the total since 2014 to £711,426.53. But...
Green-fingered urged to sow and grow for Southampton spring charity fundraiser
Southampton gardeners are being asked to sow extra seeds, take cuttings and grow plants on for a charity plant sale in the city this spring. Communicare is hosting the event in May at CommuniBakes and is asking for plant donations to sell to raise money to help vulnerable and...