Mayflower Studios’ Shout Season is back with a whole new line up this autumn – from the beginning of October to November, with a wide variety of events and shows for all ages. Shows and events include: The Art of Conversation by Hamwic Speakers – Saturday 3 October 2026 The...
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Interview: Sam Harrison takes on all 22 characters in Jeeves Takes Charge
First seen 45 years ago, the Olivier Award-winning and much-loved Jeeves Takes Charge visits Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 29 September to Saturday 3 October, ahead of a UK tour in 2027. We caught up with Sam Harrison, who plays all 22 characters in the show. What is the biggest challenge in...
Mayflower’s new autumn/winter 2026 What’s On brochure released
Mayflower have released their new Autumn/Winter 2026 What’s On brochure, covering an exciting season of shows from late 2026 right through to the new year and beyond at Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios. Key shows to highlight are: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man 16 – 19 September 2026 at...
Preview: Jeeves Takes Charge, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
First seen 45 years ago, the Olivier Award-winning and much-loved Jeeves Takes Charge visits Mayflower Studios from Tuesday 29 September to Saturday 3 October, ahead of a UK tour in 2027. Widely regarded as one of the greatest comic writers in the English language, P.G. Wodehouse wrote more than...
Preview: The Pianist, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Written and directed by Thom Southerland, The Pianist will play a limited run at Mayflower Studios from Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 September 2026 This is following the semi-staged workshop created with Wolk Transfer Company and Mayflower Southampton in April 2025. A cast of virtuoso actor-musicians conjures the golden...
Review: Toto the Ninja Cat & the Great Snake Escape, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Katie Isham. Who doesn’t love an adventure based on cats, ninja skills and a snake slithering across the main London tourist attractions? The first morning of the summer holidays and my nephew and I were headed on a theatre jaunt (23/7/26). The junior version of this review, straight...
Interview: Dermot O’Leary and Samantha Lane talk Toto the Ninja Cat & the Great Snake Escape
By Kate Wyver What do your pets get up to when you’re not around? When Dermot O’Leary adopted Toto and Silver, two wriggling little kittens from Italy, he began to imagine their adventures: solving crimes, making friends and getting into all sorts of sticky situations. These day-dreamings led to the...
Interview: Composer & lyricist Eamonn O’Dwyer on working with The Lion Inside
A heart-warming adaptation of a children’s favourite comes to Mayflower Studios in the shape of The Lion Inside, from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 August 2026. We caught up with composer and lyricist, Eamonn O’Dwyer, to chat about working with The Lion Inside. What was your first experience of...
Preview: Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Co-producers Mayflower Southampton, Little Angel Theatre and Mercury Theatre Colchester announce the world premiere stage adaptation of Dermot O’Leary’s much loved children’s book, Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape,. The new production will visit Mayflower Studios from Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 July 2026, before heading out...
Interview: Kiss of the Spider Woman director and cast
Kiss of the Spider Woman is one of those rare musicals that doesn’t come around often – so when it does, it makes it even more unmissable. From Kander and Ebb, the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, this unforgettable adaptation brings all the drama of Manuel Puig’s epic novel...