The classic multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins will tour to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 27 August – Saturday 20 September 2025. Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, the story of the world’s favourite nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane is more magical than...
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Interview: Laura Whitmore ahead of her role as Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train
Photo credit: Danny Kaan The smash-hit Wiltshire Creative Production of The Girl on the Train will visit Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 July 2025. We spoke to Laura Whitmore ahead of her role as Rachel Watson in the tour. The tour calls at Southampton. Does it have any significance...
Anne Reid and Caroline Quentin in conversation with David Benedict
Photo credit: Nobby Clark Ever since they began playing mother and daughter twenty-two years ago at the start of three seasons of the TV series Life Begins, Anne Reid and Caroline Quentin have been friends. “She even came to live next door to me at one point,” says Reid....
Review: Ghost Stories, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, Tuesday 24 June 2025
By Laura McCarthy. As I walked with my friend, Annie, to the Mayflower Theatre for the performance of Ghost Stories yesterday evening (24 June 2025), we babbled excitedly about our predictions and hopes for the production. For context, despite there even being a film adaption, neither of us had...
Casts unite – handing over the Jane Austin baton
As part of the Jane Austen 250 Celebrations in the city this year, Mayflower are presenting two Austen-themed productions – and on Tuesday, the cast of Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) currently performing at Mayflower Theatre met the talented young cast of The Last Rose of Summer, performing at...
Matthew Ball joins Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet cast at Mayflower Theatre
Royal Ballet Principal dancer Matthew Ball will joins the company of Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet for select performances during the Southampton run, as a guest artist in the role of Godfather. The show will tour to Mayflower Theatre from 18 – 21 June 2025. In 1973, guitar smashing rock...
Preview: By Royal Appointment, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Royal Appointment – the debut play of Daisy Goodwin, creator of hit ITV historical drama Victoria – tours to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 9 to Saturday 12 July 2025. The late Queen Elizabeth II was famous for her discretion. She never said anything in public that could ruffle...
The team behind Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet on bringing The Who’s iconic rock opera to the stage
by Theo Bosanquet. Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll may not immediately strike you as obvious themes for a ballet. But then you’ve probably never seen a ballet quite like Quadrophenia. Based on The Who’s landmark 1973 album, which tells the story of a troubled young man, Jimmy, and...
Dinosaur World Live visits Paultons Park ahead of tour
Photos: Stuart Martin To mark National Dinosaur Day on 1 June 2025, Tybalt the T-Rex, star of Olivier Award-Winning Dinosaur World Live visited Lost Kingdom at Paultons Park and Westquay, Southampton for a prehistoric adventure – and to meet the public, ahead of the show touring to Mayflower Theatre...
Interview: Carrie Hope Fletcher ahead of her role as Calamity Jane
By Matthew Hemley, When leading West End lady Carrie Hope Fletcher was first approached about starring in the new UK tour of Calamity Jane – which visits Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 June 2025 – there was one person who wanted her to take on the...