By Sarah Crompton. Samantha Womack is exactly where she wants to be – standing on a stage, surrounded by noise, activity, the roar of the crowd, she is the still centre of a frenetic world. Pippa Grange, the psychologist who helped Gareth Southgate fashion a new kind of England,...
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Annie to tour to Mayflower Theatre in January 2027
Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that their smash hit production of the musical, Annie, will tour to Mayflower Theatre from 25 – 30 January 2027. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery...
Ashley Banjo & Diversity return to the south coast’s biggest pantomime in 2026
After the success of their previous two pantomimes in Southampton in 2023 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) and 2024 (Jack and the Beanstalk), street dance sensations Ashley Banjo & Diversity will make a triumphant return to Mayflower Theatre in 2026, leading the cast of Robin Hood. Under the...
Interview: Marianka Swain from the Miss Saigon Creative Team
It’s over 35 years since the legendary musical Miss Saigon had its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End. The Olivier and Tony Award-winning show has remained an enduring favourite with audiences ever since, seen by more than 38 million people worldwide. But this...
Preview: Mark Simmons, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024, Mark Simmons, will tour to Mayflower Studios on Wednesday 28 January 2026. His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark, lasted three years, with over 215 dates over across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and sold over 25,000 tickets....
Preview: Miss Saigon, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
A new version of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical, Miss Saigon, visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 27 January to Saturday 7 February 2026. In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work in a Saigon bar run by a notorious character known as The...
Interview: Steps talk about Here & Now ahead of tour to Mayflower Theatre
With 22 million record sales and 500 million streams under their collective belts, Steps are the UK’s most successful mixed-gender band ever. Since coming to fame in 1997 with 5,6,7,8, Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee have notched up 14 top five singles...
Preview: Here and Now, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
UK pop band Steps’ official musical Here & Now will tour to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 January 2026. Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it’s Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone’s dancing in the aisles. But, when Caz discovers the shelves...
Interview: James Graham ahead of Dear England’s stop in Southampton
The National Theatre’s smash-hit play, Dear England, is embarking on its first ever national tour and is coming to Mayflower Theatre. Multi-award-winning stage and screen writer, James Graham, sits down to talk about the play, his inspiration, background and more. What did you feel when you met Gareth Southgate?...
Preview: Dear England, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The highly anticipated tour of the smash-hit production, Dear England, will visit Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 13 until Saturday 17 January 2026, Dear England, tells the uplifting, at times heart-breaking, and ultimately inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager in this gripping examination of nation and...