To celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the biggest hit singles of the 80s, Eye of the Tiger, the brand-new stage show, Don’t Stop Believin’, will roar onto the MAST Mayflower Studios’ stage on Thursday 20 October. Created by Entertainers – the same company that has entertained theatregoers...
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Preview: The Color Purple at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Leicester’s Curve theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome are bringing their critically acclaimed, award-winning co-production of The Color Purple to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 October. Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner, Marsha Norman, The Color...
Preview: Richard the Second, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Tangle, in association with MAST Mayflower Studios, is proud to present a radical and electrifying new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Richard the Second, performed in its distinctive Southern African Township theatre style, and performing on stage from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 October. A nation is in turmoil. Three first cousins...
Preview: Leo Sayer, Concorde Club, Eastleigh
With the world emerging from a two-year hiatus, Leo Sayer will be celebrating the milestone of 50 years as a recording artist the only way he knows how -via a huge UK tour, including a stop at Concorde Club on Thursday 20 October 2022. One of the most successful...
Line-up: Let’s Rock Southampton, Southampton Common, 8 July 2023
Let’s Rock Southampton have announced the line-up for the popular ‘80s retro festival that takes place on Southampton Common, with Soft Cell and the Boomtown Rats set to headline. Kim Wilde, Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats), Neville Staple, Heaven 17, The Farm, Go West, and Sinitta will also be...
Preview: Emergency Festival, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
From the 5 to the 29 October, MAST Mayflower Studios is hosting Emergency Festival – a month of events to discuss all things climate change. The temperature is rising, there’s plastic in the oceans, the rainforest is disappearing… and maybe using a ‘bag for life’ isn’t going to turn...
Preview: The Little Mermaid, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Northern Ballet is bringing Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale to life this autumn, as it brings The Little Mermaid to Mayflower Theatre from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 October. When a young mermaid is finally allowed her first glimpse of life beyond the ocean, she is enthralled by...
Review: Lime Cordiale at The 1865, Southampton
by Anita Foxall. “You want some?” You most definitely want some (or a lot) of Lime Cordiale. They were nothing less than a powerful explosion of colour and sound invading The 1865, Southampton, last night (9 September). Lime Cordiale were certainly as refreshing as their name suggests. Their charisma...
Poet Malika Booker to give 10th annual F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture
Poet Malika Booker will be giving the 10th annual F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture at the University of Southampton’s English department. Malika Booker has written poems, plays, and monologues, and her work has been included widely in anthologies, from Penguin Modern Poets to the school curriculum. She won the Cholmondeley...
View from the Kingsland: Ralph’s Rollercoaster
by Nick Mabey. Before the season kicked off, Ralph Hasenhuttl was the bookies’ favourite to be the first manager in the Premier League to lose his job. After losing our first fixture heavily at Spurs, Southampton were priced as second favourites to be relegated. And, when the team trudged...