By Catherine Collins Everybody’s talking about Jamie, and if they aren’t… they should be, after the phenomenal show opened at Mayflower Theatre last night. Inspired by the 2011 BBC documentary, Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, the musical is based on the true-life story of Jamie New, a teenager from...
Articles with the Tag musical theatre
I Should Be So Lucky – interview with Debbie Isitt
No stranger to crafting hits for the stage and screen, BAFTA and Emmy award-winning writer and director, Debbie Isitt, is bringing the iconic songbook of Stock Aitken Waterman to life in the new musical, I Should Be So Lucky, which comes to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday...
The Wizard of Oz – interview with The Vivienne
The Wizard of Oz, the musical based on the iconic story by L. Frank Baum, will be arriving at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Sunday 21 January 2024. Here, we talk to The Vivienne, who plays the Wicked Witch of the West. What can audiences expect when they...
Preview: I Should Be So Lucky, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Musical I Should Be So Lucky arrives at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 January 2024. The Wedding is off, but the Honeymoon is on! Head from the aisle to the isles in the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical featuring the soundtrack of a generation with music...
Preview: The Bodyguard, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo – The Bodyguard UK Tour 2018 cast by Paul Coltas The international, award-winning smash-hit musical, The Bodyguard, is back at Mayflower Theatre from Monday 30 October to Saturday 4 November. Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown...
Review: The Drifters Girl, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 14 September 2023
Images are from the original West End cast The Drifters Girl opened its UK tour at Mayflower Theatre this week, showcasing the powerhouse female force that managed The Drifters, Faye Treadwell. From the highs of hit records and sell-out tours, to the lows of legal battles and personal tragedy...
Preview: 42nd Street, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The iconic song-and-dance spectacular, 42nd Street, will arrive at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from 3 – 7 October 2023, as part of their UK tour. 42nd Street is a timeless and inspiring showbiz fairy tale that combines breath-taking tap dance routines, backstage intrigue, classic romance and delightful comedy to dazzling...
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 17 August 2023
By Catherine Collins Who doesn’t love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? As a child, I read the book by Roald Dahl and watched the film starring Gene Wilder, and as an adult with children of my own the remake with Johnny Depp. So when the opportunity to see the...
Preview: Greatest Days, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The official Take That musical, Greatest Days (previously produced as The Band), will return to Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 September 2023. The musical follows a group of five best friends in the 1990’s who are obsessed with their favourite boy band. The girls then...
Casting Announcement: The Drifters Girl, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Producers of The Drifters Girl, Michael Harrison and David Ian, are delighted to announce casting for the first-ever UK and Ireland tour of the acclaimed new West End musical which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. Carly...