Ready to laugh out loud? Mayflower has you covered. This summer Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios have a whole line up of comedy, ready to fulfil your next comedy fix. The line up includes: Stitches Comedy Club – 2 July 2026 at Mayflower Studios Award-winning comedy returns to Mayflower Studios, with...
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Reader’s letter: it’s time that Southampton had a new lido
By Chris Zardis. The hot weather definitely made me think, wouldn’t it be nice if we had a lido today. Unfortunately of course we don’t. And so I thought – there must be a campaign group for a lido in Southampton – but though there were plenty of groups...
A summer of Mayflower
This summer is all about Made By Mayflower and co-productions for Mayflower, who are presenting three shows, all of which are either produced or co-produced with local investment, further contributing to Mayflower’s vision of being nationally recognised in providing inspiring experiences. “At Mayflower, we’re passionate about creating and championing...
Review: Kiss of the Spiderwoman – Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. Star rating: 5/5 Southampton’s Mayflower Studios could not have picked a better show to celebrate their fifth anniversary than Kiss of the Spider Woman. It is hard to believe that this beautiful intimate theatre has now been delighting audiences for five years with a diverse range...
Mayflower expands creative partnership network
Mayflower announces their newest associate companies, The Stage Door and Aardvarks Can’t Jump (ACJ) Productions, to strengthen Southampton’s cultural ecosystem and champion the development of new work and emerging talent. Mayflower, which operates both Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios, welcomes more than 520,000 visitors each year and reinvests all...
Review: Matilda the Musical – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Sally Churchward. There was so much to love about Matilda the Musical at the Mayflower Theatre last night, it’s hard to know where to start. So perhaps I’ll begin with the end. The curtain call was met with a much-deserved standing ovation, for the show as a whole...
Review: Horrible Histories Live (and Undead)! The Concert, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
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...
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...