Music, dance, opera and...steamy treats at The Mayflower (From Daily Echo)

Music, dance, opera and...steamy treats at The Mayflower

12:41pm Monday 4th January 2010 in

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The Mayflower’s spring 2010 season kicks off this month with the return of the Rocky Horror Show – and continues with a host of musical, theatrical, operatic and steamy treats!

Guest starring Ainsley Harriott as the narrator, Rocky Horror Show tells the story of engaged sweethearts Brad and Janet who are forced to seek refuge in a castle full of the maddest, baddest and sexiest group the world has ever seen. Featuring the timeless classic The Time Warp, it runs from January 18 to 23.

The party atmosphere continues with Never Forget from January 26 to 30. The hit musical, featuring the incredible catalogue of songs by Britain’s favourite pop group Take That, the show is a feel-good romantic comedy about triumph over adversity.

Dreamboats and Petticoats, inspired by the million selling albums, returns from February 1 to 6. The feelgood production takes you back to a time when each passing week brought another classic track, featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and many more.

Sinful schoolboy charm and naughty fantasy colliding with the boy next door – this is the winning combination that has solidified Chippendales as the premier brand in women’s entertainment as The Ultimate Girls Night Out comes to the theatre from February 9 to 13. Capturing the perfect balance of sex appeal and tasteful teasing, the show’s steamy vignettes portray everything from men in uniform to dusty cowboys as the men perform and play out multiple fantasies in a full production show.

Marti Pellow returns to star as Billy Flynn in Chicago from February 16 to 27. Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with Cell Block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep away from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer Flynn.

An uplifting tale, Whistle Down the Wind starring Jonathan Ansell runs from March 1 to 6 based on the beloved 60s film starring Hayley Mills and Alan Bates, and features numerous multi-award-winning songs, including Boyzone’s international smash hit No Matter What.

Celebrating Motown’s 50th anniversary year and the greatest Motown hits, West End hit show Dancing In The Streets returns once more to The Mayflower from March 8 to 13. This is followed by Traces (March 18-20), which mixes raw, classic acrobatics with theatre, skateboarding, street and contemporary dance styles.

The Welsh National Opera’s spring season runs from March 23 to 27 consisting of The Abduction from the Seraglio, Tosca and Carmen.

Rounding off a packed March is Dancing Queen, which runs until April 3 and celebrates the timeless hits from the pop phenomenon Abba in an outrageous glittering production.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang returns for a flying visit over Easter from April 6 to 24, re-vamped, updated and technologically advanced this action-packed musical is guaranteed to be a wonderful experience for the whole family to enjoy.

Rounding off the spring season, English National Ballet bring their production of Cinderella to Southampton from April 29 to May 2, and the dance sensation Riverdance follows from May 3 to 8.

Tickets: 023 8071 1811 or online at mayflower.org.uk.