The sultry, mysterious atmosphere of Paris is coming to theatres across the UK – including Portsmouth Guildhall on Wednesday 9 October – with Come What May. Starring AJ and Curtis Pritchard (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing With The Stars, Love Island) and a cast of West End performers, this incredible...
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Preview: An Officer and a Gentleman: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Prepare to be swept off your feet as An Officer and Gentleman the Musical comes to the stage of Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 June 2024. An Officer and a Gentleman the Musical invites you into a world where dreams and destinies intertwine. Don’t miss your...
Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 9 January 2024
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...
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...
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...
Review: Annie: The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 24 April 2023
By Catherine Collins When Annie: The Musical opened at Mayflower Theatre last night – I was immediately transported back in time to one of my favourite childhood films of the 80s. The show begins with the set of an orphanage dormitory in New York in the 1930s – during...
Preview: My Fair Lady, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The critically acclaimed and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe’s much loved My Fair Lady will open at Mayflower Theatre from 12-29 January 2023. My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to...
Preview: The Cher Show, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Tony Award-winning, The Cher Show, has delighted fans around the world – and now it’s set to dazzle on the Mayflower Theatre stage, when it comes to Southampton from Tuesday 3 to 7 January 2023. Starring Debbie Kurup, Danielle Steers and Millie O’Connell as Cher – Star, Lady...
Review: Dreamgirls, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. The movie adaptation of Dreamgirls is one of my husband’s favourite films of all time, so it had a lot to live up to when it opened at Mayflower Theatre tonight (Tuesday 15 November). And it did not disappoint! Dreamgirls tells the story of the rise...
Review: The Osmonds: A New Musical at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. As The Osmonds: A New Musical burst onto the Mayflower Theatre stage last night ( 8 November), the audience was transported back in time to hear their story – told from the eyes of middle brother, Jay. From Utah, USA, The Osmonds started life as a...