Seasoned opera lovers and newcomers to the genre can delight in the witty Die Fledermaus, which comes to Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 9 March. Die Fledermaus is an operetta by Johann Strauss and tells a witty story of mischief and misidentification. This adaptation, translated into English, is brought...
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Elkie Brooks adds new Fareham date to her extensive ‘Long Farewell Tour’ due to demand
Sixty years into her storied career, Elkie Brooks has added a raft of additional new dates to her Long Farewell Tour, including one at Fareham Live on 12 May. A celebration of her illustrious, award-winning six decades in music, Elkie will be performing some of her biggest hits on...
Southampton local Eva Phillips cast in the multi award-winning musical Hamilton at Mayflower Theatre
Eva Phillips returns to Southampton with the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical, Hamilton, playing at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 18 March until Saturday 26 April 2025. Eva grew up in Swanmore before moving to London to train at The Urdang Academy, where she...
Preview: Labyrinth Live: Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth, Theatre Royal Winchester
Author Kate Mosse returns to Theatre Royal Winchester with her one-woman show, Labyrinth Live: Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth on Saturday 8 March – also International Women’s Day. The show celebrates the 20th anniversary of the writer’s global bestseller as she takes to the stage to revisit her...
Preview: Alabama 3, Engine Rooms, Southampton
Navigating the post-pandemic touring world, where nostalgia is king of the jungle, Alabama 3, have agreed to give fans a hypo full of love and hook in a mainline to 1997 and 2000 when they visit Engine Rooms on Friday 28 March. In December, Alabama 3 marked the 25th...
Preview: There’s A Monster In Your Show, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit: Ant Robling Little ones can enjoy the playful puppets who appear in a stage adaptation based on Tom Fletcher’s interactive stories when There’s A Monster In Your Show comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Thursday 6 March. There’s A Monster In Your Show tells the story of...
Drama at Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios
Experience a range of captivating dramas at the Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios this year. Shows include: Murder on the Orient Express – 18 – 22 February 2025 – Mayflower Theatre Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full...
Local Talent wanted for Hat Fair 2025
Local people from in and around Winchester who are interested in performing at this year’s Hat Fair – the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts – can now apply to take part. Singers, musicians, comics, choirs, dance troupes and others with a short performance piece they would like...
Miss Saigon to play Mayflower Theatre in 2026
Miss Saigon will visit Southampton in 2026, as Michael Harrison and Cameron Mackintosh announce that a new version of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical will tour Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 27 January to Saturday 7 February. In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work...
Preview: Dracula, Theatre Royal Winchester
Fans of gothic horror are invited to an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel, Dracula, at Theatre Royal Winchester from Monday 3 March. Set in London, across provincial England, and the mountains of Transylvania in 1897, Dracula tells the story of a group of young men and women, led...