By Joy McKay. Horrible Histories, a favourite of the Scholastic book fair and hit CBBC show took to the stage at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre last night for Horrible Histories Live (and Undead)! The Concert (2/4/26). Accompanied by two intrepid junior reviewers (aged 8) we went, excitedly, to find out...
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Review: To Kill A Mockingbird – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. It is a strange dichotomy that To Kill A Mockingbird makes deeply uncomfortable viewing for a modern audience and yet remains as relevant as when the classic novel was written in 1960. Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story of racial prejudice in 1930’s Alabama has been adapted...
Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Joy McKay. A ballet of a film about a ballet about a book, it all gets a bit meta… As a child I dreamed of owning a musical jewellery box, the kind with a tiny ballerina inside who pirouetted in front of a mirror when the lid opened....
Review: Fawlty Towers – The Play, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. The 19th century writer Henry David Thoreau is credited with the aphorism “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” That seems to me to sum up Basil Fawlty. As someone who knows Fawlty Towers well, I arrived at Mayflower Theatre with a mixture of excitement and...
Review: Legally Blonde The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Joy McKay. Sat in the stalls at Mayflower Theatre watching staff scurrying about putting on a brave face over some panic. The show had started, the first number underway when a gentleman (from neither Malibu, or Harvard), walked to centre stage. The lighting rig had crashed, they had...
Acts of Resistance is theme for Litfest 26 in Southampton next month
Artful Scribe brings Litfest26 to Southampton’s Mayflower Studios next month. The event will offer a weekend of stimulating talks, powerful readings, inspiring workshops and three showcase performances, featuring local, regional and national voices. This year’s theme, Acts of Resistance, is a provocation, encouraging people to think differently and express...
Mayflower launches new schools partnership
Mayflower has announced a transformative new programme that will deliver outstanding theatre opportunities directly into schools and community hubs across Southampton. In partnership with Oasis Academy Lordshill, Redbridge Community School, and St. Patrick’s Primary School, Mayflower is expanding its youth strategy to reach more young people and families than...
Review: Friends! The Musical Parody, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Melanie Adams. (AKA Ken Adams). It’s the one where they make a musical parody of arguably the most iconic show of the 90s. And I have to admit, as a huge fan of the series, I almost gave this a miss because surely it would be as disastrous as...
Review: A Christmas Carol – Mayflower Studios Southampton youth production
By Charlotte Ndupuechi. I’ll be honest: musicals and modern adaptations are not usually my favourite combination, but this production of A Christmas Carol was absolutely fabulous. Fun, lively, and heart-warming, the show offers a fresh twist on Dickens’ beloved classic while remaining faithful to its original brilliance. It opens...
Review: Peter Pan, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Sally Churchward. Anyone who is at least a semi-regular attendee to the Mayflower Theatre’s pantomime will have come to know what to expect and this year’s delivers just that. It is a spectacular show, with tight performances, striking costumes, an impressive ensemble, a comedian and some big name...