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...
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Preview: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The most fantastic magical musical of all time, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, opens at Mayflower Theatre Southampton on 30 April 2024, where it will play until 12 May 2024 ahead of its UK tour. In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we meet absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores a broken-down...
Preview: Come From Away, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Come From Away, the multi award-winning Best Musical across the globe, will tour to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 April 2024. Come From Away shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of...
REVIEW: Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 13 March 2024
By Bella Briscoe. Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of Edward Scissorhands, which opened at Mayflower Theatre last night, is a magical journey that brings the beloved film to life on stage. Bourne’s staging maintains Tim Burton’s trademark twisted style, but provides a fresh depth to the characters we know and love....
Preview: And Then There Were None, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s most read work, And Then There Were None, will visit Mayflower Theatre from Monday 8 until Saturday 13 April 2024. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast of Devon. When a terrible storm cuts them off from the mainland,...
Preview: Johannes Radebe: House of JoJo, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
TV dance sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe is thrilled to be presenting a brand-new production, Johannes Radebe: House of JoJo, at Mayflower Theatre on Sunday 7 April, following the phenomenal success of his first two sell-out UK and Ireland tours. Join Johannes Radebe and a host of eclectic...
Preview: Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Fan-favourite and winner of Best New Musical (What’s On Stage Awards 2023), Bonnie & Clyde The Musical comes to Mayflower Theatre from 2 – 6 April 2024. Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is the story of two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere who became the biggest folk...
Diversity, Ashley Banjo and Kev Orkian cast in Mayflower’s pantomime
Mayflower Theatre has announced further star casting for this year’s giant pantomime spectacular, Jack and the Beanstalk. Joining the previously announced Britain’s Got Talent winners and street dance sensations, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, will be award-winning actor and stand-up comedian, Kev Orkian – who will be returning to Mayflower...
Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Mayflower Theatre in March
by Michael Coveney. After their initial success with an early, twenty-minute version of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice were taken up by producer David Land, given a weekly wage of £20 a week each, an office, and encouraged to write...
Interview – Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces
By Diane Parkes Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces with contemporary circus company NoFit State for a bold new production of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice this spring. The production, which comes to Mayflower Theatre on March 20, will use a range of circus skills...