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WINTER / SPRING 2022
Welcome
A warm welcome to those who are returning to theatre, and those who have
enjoyed some inspiring experiences since reopening in 2021.
I am delighted that we have a packed programme of shows in 2022 and 2023 for you
to enjoy in our two venues, Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios.
This includes 16 brand new productions at Mayflower Theatre and
the return of family favourites. We are co-producing a brand new
production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical which comes
to us in April – see pages 16-17 for details. Now sit back, relax
and see which shows excite you in our What’s On Guide.
Michael Ockwell, Chief Executive
Please make sure when you are booking that you are aware of which venue you will
be attending. Look out on each page for one of these logos which indicate the venue.
Mayflower Theatre MAST Mayflower Studios
Commercial Road 142-144 Above Bar Street
Southampton SO15 1GE Southampton SO14 7DU
02380 711811 02380 711833
mayflower.org.uk mayflowerstudios.org.uk
We continue to treat your safety as our main priority. We have enhanced cleaning, e-tickets, and
card only payments. In line with government guidance, face coverings are now mandatory throughout
our buildings unless exempt. You will be sent a pre-visit email which will detail all our up to date measures.
THURSDAY 10 – SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2022
THU, FRI & SAT 7.30PM & SAT 2PM
TICKETS FROM £12
Carlos Acosta’s
Don Quixote
10 – 12 February
Céline Gittens as Kitri
© Bella Kotak
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director Carlos Basilio, and a host of supporting characters.
Acosta promises entertainment for all ages As the Don sets out on a quest to track
when he brings an explosion of Spanish down his true love, with his loyal friend and
sunshine, spectacular dance and vivacious servant Sancho Panza at his side, he finds
comedy to Mayflower Theatre. himself embroiled in an unlikely adventure of
love and dreams.
Inspired by Cervantes' classic novel
Don Quixote is an explosion of Spanish Be the first to experience Acosta’s sparkling
sunshine and a promise of spectacle, new 21st-century production of this 19th-
entertainment, comedy and thrilling century masterpiece at Mayflower Theatre,
bravura ballet. for one of just four performances, before its
UK tour.
Don Quixote introduces us to Cervantes’
famous knight himself, lovers Kitri and With live music by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
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Family Shows WEDNESDAY16 FEBRUARY– SATURDAY5 MARCH 2022
MON – SAT 7.30PM, FRI & SAT 2.30PM
TICKETS FROM £22.50
SAT 26 FEB 2.30PM (Captioned) & SAT 5 MAR 2.30PM (Signed/AD)
Sooty’s Magic Show
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022 11AM £16.50
Izzy wizzy, let’s get busy! Join Sooty for his brand new Laugh
Out Loud Magic Show! Direct from their hit ITV series, Sooty,
Sweep and Soo and TV’s Richard Cadell will amaze you
with impossible tricks and sidesplitting jokes! Be astounded
at Sooty’s flying car, Soo’s singing unicorn and Sweep’s
levitating sausage!
With special guests circus star Michael Jordan and the ultraviolet
specialities of Fantasie de la Nuit. A spectacular treat for the
whole family – including a chance to meet Richard and Sooty
after the show! Running time: 95 minutes including interval
Milkshake Live! Monkey’s Musical
SAT 4 JUNE 2022 11:30AM & 3PM £18
Milkshake! Monkey is back and can’t wait to put on a spectacular
NEW Show for you all, joined by some of his favourite Milkshake!
friends plus two Milkshake Presenters.
Join Paddington, Daisy & Ollie, Milo, Noddy, Pip and Posy, Blue’s Clues
& You and of course Milkshake! Monkey for an unforgettable family time
at Milkshake Monkey’s Musical! Learn the amazing songs and dances
with your favourite Milkshake! Friends. With great Milkshake friends,
anything is possible.
Running time: 60 minutes with no interval
Mayflower One Night Only
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The New York Times calls it ‘The best musical Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez co-writer
of this century.’ The Washington Post says, of Avenue Q and Frozen, follows the
‘It is the kind of evening that restores your misadventures of a mismatched pair of
faith in musicals.’ And Entertainment Weekly missionaries, sent on a mission to a place
raves, ‘Grade A: the funniest musical of all that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as
time.’ It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine- you can get.
time Tony Award and four-time Olivier winning
Jack Dee: Off The Telly Anton & Erin: Showtime Stewart Lee: Best Musical. Now with sold out productions in London,
Sun 13 February 2022 Sun 27 February 2022 Snowflake/Tornado on Broadway, North America, Melbourne and
8PM 5PM Sun 24 April 2022 7.30PM This outrageous musical comedy from Sydney, The Book of Mormon has become
Tickets £25.50 Tickets from £30 Tickets from £24.50 creators of South Park, Trey Parker and a worldwide sensation.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
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TUESDAY 8 – SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2022 ACCESS INFORMATION:
THU 17 MAR 7.30PM (Captioned)
MON – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM THU 24 MAR 7.30PM (Signed & Audio Described)
TICKETS FROM £32
FIVE-STAR HIT ‘A
ASTONISHINGLY POWERFUL’ The Times
Returning by popular demand, Cameron score of Les Misérables includes the songs
Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Boublil I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, Bring Him
and Schönberg’s musical Les Misérables Home, One Day More, Master Of The House
returns to Mayflower Theatre in March 2022. and many more. Seen by over 120 million
people worldwide in 52 countries and in 22
This brilliant new staging has taken the world languages, Les Misérables is undisputedly
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by storm and has been hailed “Les Mis for one of the world’s most popular musicals.
the 21st Century”. With scenery inspired by
the paintings of Victor Hugo, the magnificent Storm the barricades for a ticket!
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Family Shows
Illustration © 2012 Chris Haughton from Oh No, George!
SHH Font © 2012 Chris Haughton.
Licensed and reproduced by permission of Walker Books
Ltd, London SE11 5HJ www.walker.co.uk
Peppa Pig © Astley Baker Davies Ltd / Entertainment One UK Ltd 2003
THE SMEDS AND THE SMOOS OH NO, GEORGE! PEPPA PIG’S BEST DAY EVER A FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
SAT 12 & SUN 13 FEBRUARY 2022 FRI 18 – SUN 20 FEBRUARY 2022 WED 20 – THU 21 APRIL 2022 SAT 23 – SUN 24 APRIL 2022
SAT 1.30PM & 4.30PM. SUN 11AM & 1.30PM FRI 4.30PM, SAT 10.30AM & 1.30PM. SUN 10.30AM 10AM, 1PM & 4PM 1PM & 4PM
Running time: 60mins Running time: 55mins with no interval Running time: 1 hour 50 mins including interval Running time: 2 hours including interval
TICKETS £12.50 ALL AGES TICKETS £12.50 ALL AGES TICKETS £17.75 ALL AGES TICKETS £16.50 ALL AGES
LIVE
ON ST AG E
© 2016 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
BASED ON THE BOOK BY
MUSIC & LYRICS BY JOE STILGOE · DIRECTED & ADAPTED BY EMMA KILBEY
TWIRLYWOOS THE GRUFFALO ZOG AND THE FLYING DOCTORS MINISTRY OF SCIENCE
MON 21 - WED 23 FEBRUARY 2022 SAT 9 - MON 11 APRIL 2022 WED 18 - FRI 20 MAY 2022 TUE 31 MAY 2022
MON 1.30PM, TUE 10.30AM & 1.30PM, SAT 1.30PM & 4.30PM, SUN 11AM & 1.30PM, WED 4.30PM. THU & FRI 10.30AM, 1.30PM, 4.30PM 11AM & 1.30PM
WED 1.30PM & 4.30PM MON 10.30AM & 1.30PM
Running time: 55mins with no interval Running time: 55mins with no interval Running time: 60 minutes with no interval Running time: 80mins including interval
ALL AGES 6
TICKETS £14.50 ALL AGES TICKETS £12.50 ALL AGES TICKETS £16 TICKETS £16.50
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SHEILA’S ISLAND 13
TUE 15 - SAT 19 MARCH 2022
JAMIE CL ARK FOR JG JC2121 PRODUCTIONS IS PROUD TO PRESENT TICKETS FROM £12.50
BRAM STOKER’S
Sheila’s Island is a sparkling, sharp-
witted new comedy from writer Tim Firth
(Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots, The Band);
starring Sara Crowe (Four Weddings
and a Funeral) as Fay, Judy Flynn (The
Brittas Empire, Dinnerladies) as Sheila
and Abigail Thaw (Endeavour) as Denise.
Bonfire night 2019 and Sheila, Denise, Julie,
BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY VOICE DRACULA and Fay are Team C in Pennine Mineral
FRI 25 FEBRUARY 2022 TUE 1 & WED 2 MARCH 2022 Water Ltd.’s annual outward bound team-
7.30PM 12 7.30PM 12 building weekend.
TICKETS £20 TICKETS FROM £14.50
Somehow, Marketing Manager Sheila has
been nominated team leader, and has
unwittingly stranded her team on an island
in the Lake District. As the mobile batteries
die, cold and hunger take over. Questions
are asked, truths are told. Can Sheila keep
tempers from fraying, nails from breaking
and get her band of top level executives
safely back to shore?
THE RISE AND FALL
Untitled-1 1
OF LITTLE VOICE
29/11/2021 11:21:21
RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN DELUXE RAY MEARS – WE ARE NATURE WED 23 - SAT 26 MARCH 2022
THU 3 MARCH 2022 FRI 4 MARCH 2022 TICKETS FROM £12.50
8PM 14 7.30PM 8 Meet Little Voice and Mari Hoff. A mother
TICKETS £18.50 TICKETS £26.50 and daughter central to the heart of this
Northern fairy-tale, but as far apart in
character as can be. Little Voice leads
ALEXANDER a quiet and unassuming life, seeking
companionship and joy from music’s
McCALL SMITH most iconic singers, whilst Mari prefers
the sound of her own voice, indulging in
‘Love in The a life of booze, cheap thrills and seedy
Time of Bertie’ men. Left to her own devices, LV starts to
embody the famous divas she plays on
in session with repeat, swapping the grey backstreets
FIONA LINDSAY of Northern England for the bright lights
of Hollywood and Broadway, all from the
safety of her own bedroom.
THE THINKING DRINKERS: PUB QUIZ IN CONVERSATION WITH
When Mari starts dating small-time club
SAT 5 MARCH 2022 ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
8PM MON 7 MARCH 2022 7.30PM owner Ray Say, what will become of LV as
18 she is thrust into the spotlight?
TICKETS £17.50 TICKETS £19 (BOOK & TICKET £34)
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TUESDAY 29 MARCH – SATURDAY 2 APRIL 2022
TUE – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM
TICKETS FROM £24.50
11 THE STRANGE CASE OF THU 31 MAR 2PM (Audio Description)
DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE
MON 28 - WED 30 MARCH 2022
TICKETS FROM £9.50
Doctor Henry Jekyll is a good man.
HHHHH
‘A WITTY,
WONDERFUL,
Successful within his field and respected
by his peers, he’s close to a neurological
discovery that will change the face of RIP-ROARING
medical science forever. However, his
methods are less than ethical and when SPECTACULAR’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
a close friend and colleague threatens
to expose and destroy his work, Jekyll
is forced to experiment on himself,
whereupon something goes very wrong…
or very right. Suddenly Jekyll has a new
friend, the brutal Edward Hyde.
A thrilling adaptation of Robert Louis
Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy,
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
immerses you in the myth and mystery of
19th century London’s fog-bound streets
where love, betrayal and murder lurk at
HHHHH
‘BOURNE’S FAULTLESS
every chilling twist and turn.
NUTCRACKER IS THE
SWEET TREAT WE
A TALE OF TWO CITIES ALL DESERVE’
FRI 1 - SAT 2 APRIL 2022
EVENING STANDARD
TICKETS FROM £10
Lost Dog, The Place, and Warwick Arts
Centre present a bold retelling of Charles
Dickens’ classic novel through dance.
Dickens left a lot out of his novel, particularly
when it comes to Lucie, the central female
character. She was underwritten, all her
psychological complexity left on the
cutting room floor.
This show picks up those offcuts and sticks
them together, possibly in the wrong order,
to rediscover the real story of this complex, The sweetest of all Matthew Bourne’s treats lavish Hollywood musicals of the 1930’s.
troubled, funny 21st century woman. returns to Southampton for one week only!
From the creators of Paradise Lost (lies Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and
unopened beside me) and Juliet & Romeo, It’s a Nutcracker! for all seasons, adored by Anthony Ward’s delectable sets and
comes a re-staging of one of the best audiences and critics alike. With family-sized costumes combine with Bourne’s dazzling
Photo by Sarah Weal
selling novels of all time (allegedly). helpings of Bourne’s trademark wit and choreography to create a fresh and charmingly
magical fantasy, Nutcracker! follows Clara’s irreverent interpretation of the classic.
Part dance, part theatre, part fictionalised
journey through a shimmering, ice-skating
documentary, no-part costume drama,
wonderland to the scrumptious candy Expect a sprinkling of delicious new
this is Lost Dog’s nearly unrecognisable
kingdom of Sweetieland, influenced by the surprises in this re-imagined production.
re-imagining of a classic.
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TREASURE ISLAND
TUE 12 - SAT 16 APRIL 2022
YOUTH TICKETS FROM £9.50
Mayflower Junior Youth Theatre Escape to Treasure Island with Le Navet
Weekly group sessions for academic years 3-6. Bete and their swashbuckling, smash-hit
Expand your imagination by exploring comedy for all the family!
characters, stories, script work, props Featuring dastardly pirates, tropical
and drama performance. islands and a mermaid you’ll never forget,
Mayflower Youth Theatre set sail with Jim Lad, Long John Silver and
Weekly group sessions for academic years 7-13. a whole host of other characters for a
Choose to focus on singing, acting and dancing hilarious voyage across the seas. But will
or opt to develop stage craft, improvisation, they get there in one piece? Is everyone
character and script work. who they say they are? And does ‘X’ really
mark the spot?
Mayflower Junior Writers &
Le Navet Bete (The Three Musketeers,
Mayflower Young Writers Dracula: The Bloody Truth) are a multi
These two groups will explore creative writing award-winning physical comedy company
through weekly workshops. Suitable for based in Devon. Joining forces with one
academic years 3-6 and 7-9. of UK theatre’s best comedy writers and
Mayflower City Eye directors John Nicholson (Peepolykus, BBC
Radio 4), the company of four play out
Young Filmmakers
Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary tale
Work with film and digital company City Eye,
to develop your technical skills, confidence and as you’ve NEVER seen it before.
creativity through film. For academic years 8-13.
Mayflower Young Company NT CONNECTIONS 2022
This exciting group for adults aged 19-25 WED 27 APRIL - SUN 1 MAY 2022
aims to nurture and empower aspiring TICKETS £7.50
actors and theatre-makers. ALL PERFORMANCES 7PM
Crow’s Nest Creative Writers The National Theatre Connections festival
Weekly creative writing workshops is a celebration of young people, theatre-
for academic years 10-13. making and the importance of access to
the arts.
COMMUNITY Each year National Theatre commission
Thank Friday It’s Improv! new plays for young people to perform,
If you’ve ever wanted to give improvisation bringing together some of the most
a go then you will love our weekly improv exciting writers with the theatre-makers
workshop for ages 18+. of tomorrow.
Open Voices Join us for an unforgettable feast of
Regular music sessions open to anyone over theatre for young people.
the age of 55 with a desire to sing. Five plays will be performed across the
MAST Collective week, please check the website for full
Weekly creative writing group for ages 19-25. details mayflowerstudios.org.uk
FIND OUT MORE
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TUESDAY 12 – SATURDAY 16 APRIL 2022
TUE – SAT 7.30PM, WED, THU & SAT 2PM
TICKETS FROM £29.50
THE BROADWAY & WEST END HIT MUSICAL NATURAL WOMAN • THE LOCOMOTION
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND • ONE FINE DAY
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW
UP ON THE ROOF
‘A TAPESTRY
OF GREATEST HITS’ THE GUARDIAN
A brand new production of the Award Winning becoming one of the most successful solo
West End and Broadway show, Beautiful acts in popular music history.
– The Carole King Musical, comes to
Southampton. Along the way, she wrote the soundtrack to a
generation, with countless classics such as
Long before she was Carole King, the (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,
chart-topping music legend, she was an Take Good Care of My Baby, You've Got a
ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Friend, So Far Away, It Might as Well Rain
Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of Until September, Up on the Roof, and
King's remarkable rise to stardom, from The Locomotion.
being part of a hit song-writing team
with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her Originally Produced on Broadway and in
relationship with fellow writers and best London by Paul Blake, SONY/ATV Music
friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to Publishing and Mike Bosner.
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Hampshire Royal British Henning Wehn That'll Be The Day
Legion Centenary It'll All Come Out Sun 15 May 2022
Festival In The Wash 7PM
Sun 1 May 2022 7PM Sun 8 May 2022 7.30PM Tickets from £26.50
SIMON BRODKIN: TROUBLEMAKER AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE Tickets from £20 Tickets from £25
THU 10 MARCH 2022 SAT 12 MARCH 2022
8PM 14 7.30PM 16
TICKETS £21.50 TICKETS £29.50
Oti Mabuse: The Best of The Story Of Soul
I Am Here John Williams Mon 30 May 2022
Sun 22 May 2022 Sun 29 May 2022 7.30PM
DYLAN MORAN: WE GOT THIS BOB MARLEY: THE MAN – THE MUSIC 5PM 5PM Tickets from £29.50
TUE 5 APRIL 2022 THU 7 APRIL 2022 Tickets from £30 Tickets from £29.50
8PM 7.30PM 12
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TUE – SAT 7.30PM, WED, THU & SAT 2PM TUE – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM
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ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED THEATRE SHOWS OF 2022
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD-WIDE SENSATION LIVE ON STAGE
AS THE NARRATOR AS PHARAOH AS JOSEPH DANNY JOHN-JULES
AND INTRODUCING
HANNAH ROSE CATON
‘SENSATIONAL’ ‘A DELIGHT’
SUNDAY EXPRESS METRO
ROBERT LANGDON IS BACK….FOLLOW THE TRAIL
The blockbuster story that captivated the Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf, Death
world is now an epic stage thriller. in Paradise), Langdon and Neveu embark
on a breathless race through the streets
The curator of the Louvre has been brutally of Europe. The pair must decipher the
murdered, and alongside his body are a series labyrinthine code before a shocking
The sensational brand-new production With stars from The London Palladium of baffling codes. Follow the pulse-racing historical secret is lost forever.
of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Alexandra Burke, Jason Donovan and journey as Professor Robert Langdon, and
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Jac Yarrow, the show features songs that fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Hannah Based on the best-selling novel of this
Dreamcoat arrives for one week only! have gone on to become pop and musical Rose Caton) attempt to solve the riddles, century, with over 100 million copies sold,
theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, leading to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci unlock the secrets of THE DA VINCI CODE
The multi award-winning show has been Close Every Door To Me, There’s One More and beyond, deep into the vault of history. in the world premiere stage adaptation of
performed in over 80 countries worldwide Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph. the international phenomenon and uncover
and has become one of the world’s most With guidance from teacher and friend Sir the truth in the greatest thriller of the past
beloved family musicals. Leigh Teabing, played by family favourite 2000 years.
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TUE – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM JENŮFA TUE 10 MAY 7.15PM
TICKETS FROM £24.50 DON GIOVANNI WED 11 – FRI 13 MAY 7PM
MADAM BUTTERFLY SAT 14 MAY 7.15PM TICKETS FROM £17
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In Spring 2022 Welsh National Opera the Spanish Golden Age to Mozart’s
will break hearts night after night with sparkling score, watch as his hedonistic
★★★★ ★★★★ a trio of captivating operas. lifestyle catches up with him and he is
‘A Roaring Success’ ‘You leave feeling like you forced to face the ultimate punishment.
Yorkshire Times can change the world’ A heart-wrenching tale of hope, love and
Manchester Evening News despair, Jenůfa has captivated audiences If you missed it in Autumn 2021, WNO’s
for a century. WNO Music Director Tomáš critically acclaimed new production of
Following two critically acclaimed tours and loose and the whole town on its feet. Based Hanus conducts this gripping production Madam Butterfly returns and follows
a West End run, Footloose is back and on the 1980s screen sensation which took the that was described as ‘the most powerful the powerful story of unrequited love.
better than ever! world by storm, Footloose sizzles with spirit, yet’ last time it toured. Abandoned Butterfly’s desperation and
fun and the best in UK musical talent. pain escalate as her fight for survival is
City boy Ren thinks life is bad enough when Opera’s ultimate seducer Don Giovanni is magnificently intensified by Puccini’s
he’s forced to move to a rural backwater in With cutting edge modern choreography, you'll back and behaving very badly. Set during glorious music.
America. But his world comes to a standstill enjoy classic 80s hits including Holding Out
when he arrives at Bomont to find dancing and for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It For
rock music are banned. Taking matters into The Boy and of course the unforgettable title AUTUMN 2022 & SPRING 2023 SEASONS
his own hands, soon Ren has all hell breaking track Footloose. ON SALE SOON
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TUE – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM TUE – SAT 7.30PM, WED, THU & SAT 2PM
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Starring
MICHELLE COLLINS as Miss Scarlett EVERYONE DESERVES A SLICE OF HAPPINESS
and
DANIEL CASEY as Professor Plum
From the director of The Play That Goes Wrong
A brand new thriller spoof inspired by the the classic board game
T H E U LT I M AT E W H O D U N N I T
‘Treat yourself to a slice of five-star Brought to life by a ground-breaking,
musical pie’ (The Times) as Chelsea female-led creative team, this ‘warm, witty,
Halfpenny (9 to 5, BBC’s Casualty, wise and hilarious’ (EXPRESS) hit features
ITV’s Emmerdale) stars as Jenna in the ‘one of the best scores in years’ (THE
Was it Miss Scarlett, with the revolver in the have all received the same intriguing invitation hit musical comedy WAITRESS. STAGE) by the Grammy award-winning
dining room, or Professor Plum, with the lead from Lord Boddy. It soon becomes clear that Sara Bareilles (Love Song, Brave) a book
pipe in the library…? they all have something to hide as the mystery Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie- by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson
and hysteria grows and the inhabitants of Boddy maker who dreams of some happiness in (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony® Award-
Based on the hit 1985 film CLUE and the classic Manor are killed off with a variety of familiar her life. When a hot new doctor arrives winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Finding
board game loved by generations, CLUEDO is weapons, leaving everyone to wonder, who will in town, life gets complicated. Neverland).
an exciting, brand-new comedy thriller. be next!
With the support of her workmates Becky Having received standing ovations night
When Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs Directed by award winning Mark Bell, this and Dawn, Jenna overcomes the challenges after night in London’s West End and on
Peacock, Reverend Green, Mrs. White and hilarious spoof of a thriller, will keep you guessing she faces and finds that laughter, love and Broadway, Waitress is ‘the real deal’
Colonel Mustard arrive at a party one dark and as you try to work out whodunnit…. with what... friendship can provide the perfect recipe (INDEPENDENT) musical comedy ‘made
stormy evening, they are surprised to find they and where! for happiness. from the finest ingredients’ (TIME OUT).
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THE BEATONES: RADIO GA GA Directed by Jude Christian, this timely and intimate work from award-winning playwright
EXPERIENCE THE BRITISH INVASION THU 5 MAY 2022 Barney Norris (The Remains Of The Day) and his father, the internationally acclaimed
FRI 22 APRIL 2022 7PM 7.30PM pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris, examines that age-old story of a boy and
TICKETS £20 TICKETS £29.50 his dad, and how they can relate to one another, in every sense of the word.
Welsh National Opera
WEDNESDAY 22 & THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2022 12
TICKETS FROM £19.50
Play
Opera
LIVE
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: CLOUDBUSTING:
PLAY OPERA LIVE THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH Brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each performance of this award-
SAT 14 MAY 2022 3PM WED 1 JUNE 2022 7.45PM winning show as audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into all-singing,
TICKETS £15 TICKETS FROM £19.50 all dancing productions with hilarious results.
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE – SATURDAY 2 JULY 2022
TICKETS FROM £10
MARKS & GRAN: BLOKES OF A FEATHER INTO THE GROOVE
WED 8 JUNE 2022 SAT 23 JULY 2022 SOS presents Crazy for You, a romantic comedy that brings new life to some of the
7.30PM 7.30PM greatest hits from the George & Ira Gershwin songbook. This is an amateur production
TICKETS £25 TICKETS £29.50 presented by Southampton Operatic Society.
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BACK BY PHENOMENAL DEMAND!
“A NIGHT OF SHEER DELIGHT”
Daily Telegraph
STARRING
SAM LIPS CHARLOTTE GOOCH
JENNY GAYNER
WITH BASED ON THE CLASSIC MGM FILM
KEVIN CLIFTON
★★★★★
‘80 minutes of exhilarating entertainment from 6 killer Queens.’
Daily Express
★★★★★
Nominated for 5 Olivier Awards including Polish your crowns for an exclusive Sing-A-Long ‘THIS ALL-TAPPING, ALL-SPLASHING SHOW
Best New Musical, the sell-out London smash performance for the karaoke Queens among us
WILL PUT A SMILE ON ANYONE’S FACE’
hit SIX is the phenomenon everyone is losing on Friday 10 June!
Daily Express
their head over!
Direct from the West End, the sell-out smash hit A smash-hit at Chichester Festival Theatre and on stage every night) combine with the charm,
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the six SIX is ‘the best the West End has to offer’ in the West End, Jonathan Church’s critically romance and wit of one of the world’s best- loved
wives of Henry VIII finally take to the mic to tell (Daily Telegraph). acclaimed production of Singin’ in the Rain is films. Singin’ in the Rain features the glorious
their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical back to make a splash in 2022. MGM score including Good Morning, Make ‘Em
heartbreak into a 80 minute celebration of 21st Think you know the rhyme, think again…. Laugh and the legendary Singin’ in the Rain.
century girl power. These Queens may have green High-energy choreography and sumptuous set
sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red. Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! design (including over 14,000 litres of water Don’t save it for a rainy day, book your tickets now!
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MATT TERRY STACEE JAXX!
FEATURING
HHHHH JIM STEINMAN
‘BAT OUT OF HELL IS BACK WITH
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN · HERE I GO AGAIN · NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME · I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
I WANNA ROCK · WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT · WE BUILT THIS CITY AND MANY MORE...
A BANG AND A VENGEANCE’ & MeatLoaf’s
Manchester Evening News GREATEST HITS
THE PARTY IS GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN EVER!
The smash-hit musical is back! ROCK ANTHEMS, including Don’t Stop
X-Factor champion and recording artist Believin’, We Built This City, The Final It’s electrified audiences in London, Join Strat, the forever young leader of
Matt Terry rocks the ‘Bourbon Room’ as Countdown, Wanted Dead or Alive, New York, Toronto and Germany, and rebellious gang ‘The Lost’ as he falls in love
‘Stacee Jaxx’, playing alongside Luke Walsh Here I Go Again, Can’t Fight this Feeling won the audience-voted Evening Standard with Raven, the beautiful daughter of the
(lead role ‘Drew’ Rock of Ages 2018/19 Tour), and I Want To Know What Love Is, played Award for Best New Musical. tyrannical ruler of Obsidian.
Rhiannon Chesterman (‘Mrs Henderson loud and proud by an AWESOME live band.
Presents’), Ross Dawes (‘Phantom of the Now, Jim Steinman’s spectacular musical This award-winning wild child musical
Opera’), Gabriella Williams (‘Mama Mia’), Leave it all behind and lose yourself in a Bat Out of Hell hits the highway to thunders through powerhouse hits including
Jenny Fitzpatrick (‘Tina The Musical’), city and a time where the DREAMS are as Southampton in 2022. I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do
returning favourites Vas Constanti, Andrew BIG as the HAIR, and yes, they can come That), Paradise By The Dashboard Light,
Carthy, Erin Bell and new talent Joe Gash as true! Now a global smash with hit seasons Bringing to life the legendary anthems of Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad, Dead Ringer
‘Lonny’ in the ultimate ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll musical. on Broadway, London’s West End and Las Jim Steinman & Meat Loaf, this critically- For Love and Bat Out of Hell, in an over the
Vegas and a star- studded Hollywood movie acclaimed production uniquely combines the top theatrical spectacle unlike any other.
ROCK OF AGES is the hilarious musical version, we promise you the best night out magic and excitement of a musical with the
comedy lavished with over 25 CLASSIC this year! immense energy of rock ‘n’ roll.
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THE BOYS ARE BACK IN SOUTHAMPTON!
‘FIGHT FOR A TICKET’ MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
JERSEY BOYS is working its way back to SOUTHAMPTON!
This smash hit musical has won 65 The show features all their hits including
major awards and has been seen by “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What A
over 27 million people worldwide. Night,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes
Off You” and “Working My Way Back To You.”
They were just four guys from Jersey, until they
sang their very first note. They had a sound Go behind the music and inside the story of
nobody had ever heard… and the radio just Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the
couldn’t get enough of. Olivier Award-winning, original Broadway
sensation, JERSEY BOYS.
But while their harmonies were perfect on
stage, off stage it was a very different story From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock
THE TONY & OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING HIT – a story that has made them an international
sensation all over again.
and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical
that’s too good to be true.
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‘I LAUGHED. I CRIED. I ROCKED!’ JACK BLACK
‘THE CLOSEST OUR
GALAXY CAN BOAST
TO A JEDI MASTER’
EMPIRE
‘PREPARE TO BE WOWED.
THIS IS NOT A SHOW
IT’S AN EXPERIENCE…
GO AHEAD AND BOOK!’
ONE PLYMOUTH
‘BE BRAINWASHED
INTO JOY BY ONE
OF THE WORLD’S
BEST MAGICIANS’
NEW YORK TIMES
Get ready to stick it to the man Southampton prodigies what it means to truly rock out.
TUE 18 – SAT 23 JUL 2022
because Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical
School of Rock, based on the iconic movie
Featuring 14 new songs, all the original
songs from the movie, and a band of insanely
starring Jack Black, is coming to Mayflower talented kids that play live every show,
Theatre. School of Rock will warm your heart and The multi award-winning master of mind control more Olivier wins and nominations than any
blow you away in equal measure. and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, is other in history!
Posing as a music teacher at an elite prep back at Mayflower Theatre with his first brand new
school, wannabe rock star Dewey Finn Please note that School of Rock contains occasional theatre show in six years: SHOWMAN. The content of SHOWMAN remains a closely
strong language and may not be suitable for very
introduces his students to the rock gods young children. guarded secret, but if you’ve seen him before,
he idolises, transforming them into a mind- Please be advised that smoke effects and strobe Derren is at his very best on stage. His one-man you know you’re in for a powerhouse treat!
blowing rock band and teaching the pint-sized lights are used during this performance. shows have received wide critical acclaim and
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Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Queen Theatrical Productions and Tribeca Theatrical Productions present
RICK RIORDAN TICKETS SELLING FAST!
THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON RETURNS
Book by
JOE TRACZ
Music & Lyrics by ‘A KIND OF MAGIC.
ROB ROKICKI SPECTACULAR. MAGNIFICO!’
The Sun
Join us on a quest with Mayflower Theatre’s have to do more than catch the thief.
Summer Youth Production, The Lightning He must travel to the Underworld and back;
Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns
him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms
As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy with the father who abandoned him. The worldwide smash hit musical by With 24 of Queen’s biggest hits delivered in
Jackson has newly-discovered powers he Queen and Ben Elton returns in its a show that boasts the scale and spectacle
can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and Adapted from the best-selling book 20th Anniversary year. that marked the bands’ legendary live
a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief performances.
his trail. When Zeus's master lightning bolt is by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling The multi-million-pound show dazzles all the
stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, original rock score, The Lightning Thief: senses in breath-taking style. Guaranteed to “This is a stunning state-of-the art new-look
he has to find and return the bolt to prove his The Percy Jackson Musical is an action- blow your mind, this musical phenomenon is production of WWRY – but of course the
innocence and prevent a war between the packed mythical adventure for fans and new not to be missed! original story is now more relevant than ever.
gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will audiences alike. We’re confident WWRY fans will love revisiting
Since 2002 over 16 million theatregoers the world’s first true Rock Theatrical, and a
This amateur production of THE LIGHTNING THIEF is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. in 19 countries have been thrilled by this whole new generation will now discover the
www.concordtheatricals.co.uk awe-inspiring production. VIBE!” Brian May
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Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Birmingham Rep Theatre and
‘A BLAST...
Kenny Wax present The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre production
‘A WHOMPING
HHHHH HHHHH HHHHH
THE TIMES SUNDAY EXPRESS THE OBSERVER
TRIUMPHANT BIG CROWD-
RAZZMATAZZ
PERFECTION’
PLEASING HIT’
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Alan Parker’s BUGSY MALONE – A MODERN MUSICAL CLASSIC
Play by Alan Parker, Words and Music by Paul Williams
Prohibition era, New York. A city full of Alan Parker’s world-famous movie which
mobsters, showgirls and dreamers. launched the careers of Jodie Foster and The double Olivier award-winning It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we
Rival gangster bosses Fat Sam and Dandy Scott Baio, becomes a spectacular theatrical West End and Broadway smash-hit meet a group of wayward souls who cross
Dan are at loggerheads. The custard pies experience in this revival of the universally returns to the UK as part of a major paths in a time-weathered guesthouse.
are flying and Dandy Dan’s gang has gotten acclaimed Lyric Hammersmith Theatre international tour. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they
the upper hand since obtaining the new- production. realize nothing is what it seems. But as they
fangled “splurge” gun. Now, Fat Sam and Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson search for a future, and hide from the past,
his bumbling buffoons are in real trouble! Packed with instantly recognisable songs (The Weir, The Seafarer) boldly reimagines they find themselves facing unspoken truths
from Oscar-winner Paul Williams including the legendary songs of Bob Dylan, about the present.
Enter Bugsy Malone, a penniless one-time My Name is Tallulah, You Give A Little Love like you’ve never heard them before, in
boxer and all-round nice guy. All Bugsy really and Fat Sam’s Grand Slam, BUGSY MALONE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY. Now audiences in Southampton have the
wants to do is spend time with his new love, is a joyously uplifting masterclass of musical chance to experience this ‘magnificent’
Blousey, but will he be able to resist comedy! A heart-breaking and universal story about (Standard), ‘astonishing’ (Guardian) and
seductive songstress Tallulah and stay family and love, hailed by the Observer as ‘piercingly beautiful’ (Independent) production
out of trouble long enough to help Fat Sam the ‘Number 1 show of the year’. brought vividly to life by an extraordinary
to defend his business...? company of actors and musicians.
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Relaxed performance Wed 12 Oct 1.30PM WED 12 OCT 1.30PM (Signed Relaxed)
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The Lion King Musical transports King of the Pridelands. Brilliantly reimagined
audiences to a dazzling world that explodes by acclaimed director Julie Taymor and
with glorious colours, stunning effects and with music by Elton John, lyrics by
enchanting music. Tim Rice, a musical score created by
Hans Zimmer and choral arrangements
At its heart is the powerful and moving story by Lebo M, Disney's The Lion King
of Simba – the epic adventure of his journey will transport you to the heart of the
©Disney
from wide-eyed cub to his destined role as African Pridelands.
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A CURVE AND BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME CO-PRODUCTION
HHHH HHHH
THE TIMES T H E S TA G E
THE LITTLE MERMAID
A BALLE T BY DAVID NIXO N O BE
With music by Sally Beamish
BASED UPON THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY ALICE WALKER AND THE WARNER BROS./AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT MOTION PICTURE
BOOK BY MARSHA NORMAN MUSIC & LYRICS BY BRENDA RUSSELL, ALLEE WILLIS & STEPHEN BRAY
THE COLOR PURPLE was produced on Broadway at the Broadway Theater by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman and Quincy Jones. The world premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE was produced by the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia.
THE COLOR PURPLE is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com Photography by Pamela Raith from the 2021 ‘at home’ production.
Photo Guy Farrow
“A musical with heart, “A glorious, immensely moving
spirit and soul” celebration of triumph over adversity”
The Guardian The Stage
‘This Little Mermaid hooked me’ ‘Thoroughly absorbing’ Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by in racially divided southern America in the
The Times The Stage Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by 1900s. As the years go by, Celie becomes
Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner Marsha resigned to her unfortunate lot in life, but when
Norman, The Color Purple tells the story of newcomers Sofia and Shug start to shake
After hosting the World Premiere of this and enduring immense pain to make the courageous heroine Celie, as she journeys things up, she begins to question her world;
stunning production in 2017, Northern ultimate sacrifice for love. through joy, despair, anguish and hope in and understand that there must be more to life.
Ballet bring The Little Mermaid back to her own personal awakening to discover her
Southampton this October. From breath-taking underwater scenes unique voice in the world. With a profoundly evocative score by Grammy
to vibrant life on land, rediscover Hans award-winners Brenda Russell, Allee Willis
When a young mermaid is finally allowed her Christian Andersen’s original fairytale Winner of Best Regional Production and Stephen Bray and drawing inspiration
first glimpse of life beyond the ocean, she is performed by Northern Ballet’s world- (WhatsOnStage Awards), this critically from jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues, this
enthralled by what she sees. Falling in love class dancers with Celtic-inspired music critically acclaimed Made at Curve and landmark musical celebrates life, love and
with a mortal Prince she leaves her magical played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia. Birmingham Hippodrome production is a the strength to stand up for who you are
underwater world behind, losing her voice moving and soul-raising family chronicle set and what you believe in.
Please note that this production contains themes of rape,
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BOMBAY
THE TRUE STORY OF THE GREAT ESCAPE
FROM STALAG LUFT III
THU 14 - THU 21 JULY 2022 TUE 15 - SAT 19 SEPTEMBER 2022
TICKETS FROM £9.50
1943. A prisoner of war camp in Nazi
occupied Europe. Above ground, escape
SUPERST★R TICKETS FROM £9.50
A musical about love and betrayal set in
the 1970s, the golden age of Bollywood
is impossible. But below ground the cinema. Dashing hero Sikandar romances
prisoners spy an opportunity that leads the blooming ingenue Laila in a series of
to the most audacious and daring blockbuster films.
escape attempt in World War history!
The formula is simple - heroes wear
Using top secret information from the
their hearts on their sleeves and rescue
war archives, classified until 1992, this
brand-new play will debunk the myths, beautiful starlets from the clutches of
honour the people involved and tell the villains who pave the mean streets of
extraordinary true story of the solidarity Bombay with gold.
and unbreakable spirit across nations. Secretly, in real life, Laila and Sikandar's
From the team that brought you Around passion burns a bright flame and the
the World In 80 Days, directed by Theresa boundaries between what is real and
Heskins (Olivier Award winner The Worst what is make-believe are blurred.
Witch) and co-produced by New Vic
Theatre and Kenny Wax Productions Once the deceit is unmasked, will there
(The Play That Goes Wrong, SIX the be a happily ever after for these star
Musical), Tom, Dick & Harry is filled crossed lovers in this city of hopes
with drama, digging and song. and dreams?
16 UNFORTUNATE: “A fierce re-imagining of Shakespeare’s
tragedy, tense and highly watchable.”
OTHELLO
THE UNTOLD STORY OF MAST 71x97 Bombay Supertsar.indd The
1 Times TUE 22 - SAT 26 NOVEMBER 2022
24/12/2021 09:50
URSULA THE SEA WITCH TICKETS FROM £14.50
Frantic Assembly presents its award-winning
TUE 13 - SAT 17 SEPTEMBER 2022 and electrifying take on Shakespeare’s
TICKETS FROM £12.50 tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder.
Disney villain. Octo-woman. Plus-size Othello’s passionate affair with Desdemona
icon. But who is the woman behind the becomes the catalyst for jealousy, betrayal,
tentacles? revenge and the darkest intents.
From the multi-award winning Fat Rascal Frantic Assembly takes Shakespeare’s
Theatre and fresh from complete sell-out muscular and beautiful text, combines
runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and around its own bruising physicality and presents
the UK comes the untold story of Ursula an Othello firmly rooted in a volatile 21st
the sea witch. century. This is a world of broken glass and
broken promises, of poisonous manipulation
It’s time to take the plunge as Fat Rascal and explosive violence. As relevant today as
reveal what really happened under the it ever was, Othello exposes the tension, fear
sea, in a tell-all tale of sex, sorcery and and paranoia buried beneath the veneer of
suckers. A musical parody. our relationships and how that can easily
be maliciously exploited.
★★★★★ “…a pulsating production that hurls
‘A must see – ready for the West End’ Othello well and truly into our times.”
Fringe Review 14
The Independent
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Friendsical will feature a surprise guest star
Lea Salonga: Alan Carr: A Beautiful Noise
Dream Again Regional Trinket Thu 23 June 2022
Sunday 19 June 2022 Mon 20 – Wed 22 June 2022 7.30PM
7.30PM 8PM Tickets from £24.50
FRIENDSICAL MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA: Tickets from £30.50 Tickets from £27.50
MON 5 – WED 7 SEPTEMBER 2022 A CELEBRATION OF GLADYS KNIGHT
7.30PM SUN 18 SEPTEMBER 2022 7.30PM
TICKETS £12.50 TICKETS £24.50
12
The Night Sky Show David Essex X-Treme Magic
Sun 24 July 2022 Fri 2 September 2022 Tue 18 October 2022
7PM 7.30PM 7.30PM
JIVE TALKIN’ PERFORM THE BEE GEES JONGLEURS LEGENDS Tickets from £19.50 Tickets from £35.50 Tickets from £24.50
FRI 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 MON 3 OCTOBER 2022
7.30PM 7.30PM
TICKETS £24 TICKETS £26.50
12 14
The Sensational The Proclaimers Jon Richardson:
60s Experience Sun 30 October 2022 The Knitwit
MAISIE ADAM: BUZZED AN EVENING WITH Sun 23 October 2022 7.30PM Sun 5 March 2023
SUN 23 OCTOBER 2022 SIR GEOFFREY BOYCOTT 7.30PM Tickets from £36.50 8PM
8PM 16 TUE 1 NOVEMBER 2022 7.30PM Tickets from £28.50 Tickets £25.50
TICKETS £16.50 TICKETS FROM £19
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TUE – SAT 7.30PM, WED, THU & SAT 2PM TUE – SAT 7.30PM, WED THU & SAT 2PM
TICKETS FROM £20.50 TICKETS FROM £15
The National Theatre’s Landmark Production
J B PRIESTLEY’S
CLASSIC THRILLER
AN
INSPECTOR
CALLS “My story is full of joy,
DIRECTED BY heart and drama
STEPHEN DALDRY and I can’t wait for
you to see it.”
JAY OSMOND
You Loved Them For A Reason. Now, for Directed by Shaun Kerrison and
the first time, you can see this sensational choreographed by Olivier Award winning
new musical and relive one of the world’s Bill Deamer, this brand new musical
biggest ever boybands. THE OSMONDS: features a chart topping list of anthems
A new musical tells the official story from including Love Me For A Reason,
Jay Osmond about the five brothers from Crazy Horses, Let Me In, Puppy Love,
Utah who were pushed into the spotlight as One Bad Apple, Long Haired Lover From
Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly children and went on to create smash hits Liverpool, Paper Roses and many more,
National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s at the prosperous Birling family home, their decade after decade. THE OSMONDS: A new musical will
classic thriller returns. peaceful dinner party is shattered by his take you back to the relive 60s…the 70s…
investigations into the death of a young From their star residency on The Andy Williams the 80s….
Hailed as the theatrical event of its woman. His startling revelations shake the Show, to the arrival of Donny and Marie, The
generation, winning more awards than any very foundations of their lives and challenge Osmonds lived a remarkable life recording chart We’re Having a Party and you’re invited
other production in history, An Inspector us all to examine our consciences. More topping albums, selling out vast arena concerts to join us for this night of drama, nostalgia
Calls has thrilled more than 4 million people relevant now than ever, this is a must-see for and making record breaking TV shows - until and dancing in the aisles.
worldwide. a whole new generation of theatregoers. one bad decision cost them everything.
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MON – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM WED – SAT 7.30PM, THU & SAT 2PM
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AND I’M TELLING YOU
YOU’RE GONNA LOVE IT!’MAIL ON SUNDAY
VARI ET Y
T H E R E ’ S A S T O RY B E H I N D E V E RY D R E A M
RAYMONDA The reclaiming of a classic
by Tamara Rojo, after Marius Petipa
THE ‘DAZZLING AND EXHILARATING’ EVENING STANDARD
WEST END SENSATION COMES TO SOUTHAMPTON! Photo © Jason Bell
Love and courage in a time of war. This adaptation keeps the best of the
19th-century original – its glorious and
England, 1854. Raymonda runs away from sensuous score by Alexander Glazunov
her comfortable life to become a nurse in the and the classical choreography of ballet
Let your soul sing with the dazzling multi- show business, testing their friendships to Crimean War. There, she becomes engaged genius Marius Petipa – and updates it with
award winning DREAMGIRLS at Mayflower the very limit. to a soldier, John, but soon develops feelings a dramatic new story, introducing a heroine
Theatre in 2022. for his friend Abdur, a leader of the Ottoman in command of her own destiny.
Direct from the West End with an army. As turmoil grows around and inside
Meet The Dreams – Effie, Lorrell and extraordinary story and the unforgettable, her, who will she give her heart to? The original Raymonda is very rarely
Deena – three talented young singers in spine-tingling vocals that send audiences performed in the UK, where no dance
the turbulent 1960s, a revolutionary time in wild, this spectacular musical production Taking inspiration from the ground-breaking company performs it in its entirety.
American music history. features the classic songs And I Am Telling spirit of Florence Nightingale and the women
You I’m Not Going, Listen, I Am Changing who supported the war effort in Crimea, This new version marks Tamara Rojo’s first
Join the three friends as they embark upon and One Night Only. Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English foray into directing and choreographing,
a musical rollercoaster ride through a world National Ballet, creates a new version of building on her illustrious career as dancer
of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of the classic story ballet, Raymonda. and artistic director.
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EXPERIENCES AT
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Relaxed Performance Wed 28 Dec 1pm
Celebrate, laugh and dine together in our Ovation Suite this spring.
A delicious three course meal and hilarious, immersive performance experience:
Only Fools The Sequel – 7 March 2022 £69 Fawlty Towers – 11 April 2022 £69
Treat yourself to
an afternoon tea
Freshly prepared finger sandwiches, delightful
sweet treats and warm scones, afternoon teas are
the perfect way to make your visit extra special.
AFTERNOON TEAS FROM £17.95
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Meetings & conferences at Mayflower Theatre
• Meet in an exciting and unique venue.
• We are only three minutes’ walk from
Southampton Central railway station
and close to ample city centre parking.
Enter a world of wonder at Southampton’s Goldilocks’ circus is under threat from an
• Meeting areas are spacious and home of pantomime, as the magical evil rival circus owner and, with the help of
benefit from natural daylight. They Goldilocks and the Three Bears come their madcap circus friends, they’re battling
include air-conditioning, AV equipment, to Mayflower Theatre this Christmas! to rescue their Big Top from ruin. Will they
complimentary Wi-Fi and a dedicated succeed? All seems lost, until three brilliant
host to oversee your event. For three weeks only the theatre will be bears join the gang…
If you’re interested in hosting your event with us or supporting us through our transformed into a sensational circus, where
everything is possible, and anything could Roll up, roll up to see panto join the circus,
sponsorship packages, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. (and will) happen. and be swept away by a pantomime
Contact: 02380 711824 or sue.pake@mayflower.org.uk This festive extravaganza is packed with
spectacular that’s just right!
SPONSORSHIP We are very grateful to the following organisations for their support: riotous comedy, extraordinary special
effects, hair-raising stunts and international
circus acts!
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