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Fisherman's Friends: The Musical will play Southampton on its world premiere tour

World premiere tour of Fisherman's Friends The Musical to visit Southampton
THE world premiere production of Fisherman's Friends: The Musical will come to Mayflower Theatre in 2023

Todd Carty as Major Metcalf. Photo by Matt Crockett

Former EastEnder to star in world's longest running play at the Mayflower

A scene from Bat Out Of Hell. Pictures: Chris Davis Studio

Meat Loaf musical playing Mayflower Theatre is an assault on the senses

After show time!

Dance school back on stage after pirouetting through a precarious period

Tim Peake - My Journey To Space. Picture: ESA-NASA

Astronaut Tim Peake bringing his one man show to Southampton

The Mayflower Theatre.

West End musical to bring a world of pure imagination to Mayflower

Gary Barlow has announced an added Hampshire date for his one-man show later this year

New Hampshire date for in-demand Gary Barlow - tickets go on sale this week

A scene from A Beautiful Noise

Neil Diamond tribute show raises £10,000 for charity close to his heart

Mayflower Theatre's Sue Pake, Jimmy Ball (AFC Totton Manager) and Mayflower chief executive Michael Ockwell celebrate a new community partnership between the Southampton-based theatre and the Southern League football club.

Community partnership between Mayflower Theatre and AFC Totton announced

Isle of Wight Festival 2022 takes place this weekend

Five fun things to do this weekend in and around Southampton

The Singin' in the Rain company

What a glorious feeling - Singin' in the Rain is making a splash this week

MAST Mayflower Studios has celebrated its first birthday

Theatre lovers gather to celebrate the first birthday of MAST Mayflower Studios

Lea Salonga discusses upcoming performance in Southampton

Lea Salonga discusses her Southampton performance - her first tour post pandemic

The bouncers in action

Sharp one-liners, 80s classics and extraordinary characters in tour of Bouncers

X-TREME MAGIC at Mayflower Theare with master illusionist Richard Cadell.

Southampton set to host extreme magic show in the autumn

Mayflower Youth Theatre performing The Ramayana Reset. Pictures by Stuart Martin.

Talented young company set for National Theatre stage

A scene from Waitress. Picture by Johan Persson.

A truly deserved standing ovation: Waitress opens at Mayflower Theatre

Celebs tell us who they want to be UK City of Culture 2025

UK City of Culture 2025: The famous faces backing each shortlisted city

A scene from Cluedo

Cluedo opens in Southampton with TikTok stars in the audience

Chelsea Halfpenny and Matt Willis star in Waitress. Picture by Johan Persson.

Busted's Matt Willis to star in hit comedy Waitress in Southampton next week

City of Culture: Five places that prove Southampton should be crowned

Five places that prove Southampton should be crowned the City of Culture

The cast of Cluedo

UK premiere tour of Cluedo arrives, starring Eastender Michelle Collins

West End cast of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Picture by Manuel Harlan.

National Theatre hit The Ocean at the End of the Lane to play Mayflower in 2023

Scenes from Roverang 2022

Scout and Guide show returned to the stage featuring 83 young performers

Frozen (c) Johan Persson/ Canva

Ticketmaster launches huge sale on major West End shows- get tickets now

Frozen (c) Johan Persson/ Canva

Ticketmaster launches huge sale on major West End shows- get tickets now

Southampton Science and Engineering Festival takes place on Saturday

Stuck for something to do this weekend? Five great events happening in Hampshire

Barton Peveril College students performed an immersive production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Immersive take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream performed by students

Photo Mark Senior

Face-paced and fantastic - Review of much-loved 80s classic Footloose

Royal British Legion Concert at the Mayflower marks Falklands War anniversary

Special concert marks anniversary of the Falklands War 40 years on

A scene from Da Vinci Code

Absolutely thrilling - review of stage world premiere tour of The Da Vinci Code

Richard Taunton College students at Dance Live! 2022 heats at Portsmouth Guildhall . Picture by Vernon Nash.

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In pictures: City students wow judges on their way to the Dance Live final

The ABP Southampton Marathon takes place this weekend

Stuck for something to do this weekend? Five great events happening in Hampshire

WHAT a theme park thrill for Neely Firth when she bumped into Mysterious Girl crooner Peter Andre at Chessington World of Adventures.

Peter Andre, The Dark Destroyer and James Ward-Prowse among your celeb spots

Mayflower Theatre Chief Executive Michael Ockwell and HWB Director Michaela Johns

Accountancy firm helps the show go on by sponsoring Mayflower Theatre

Jason Donovan in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Birmingham Hippodrome

Jason Donovan to star in pantomime in Southampton this Christmas

A scene from Beautiful The Carole King Musical

Beautiful and Brilliant - The Carole King Musical opens at Mayflower Theatre

A scene from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke among stars on stage in Joseph next week

The cast of Swan Lake, performed at Barton Peveril College's Rose Theatre

Dozens of dancers enjoyed the biggest ballet production in a college's history

The grant will allow weekly workshops to continue

Theatre's £30,000 Children in Need grant to support settled traveller community

Kevin Kennedy in Rock of Ages

Coronation Street's Kevin Kennedy to star in Rock of Ages

Credits: Ballet Central.

Southampton student joins Central Ballet for spring tour

Ugly Lies the Bone is presented by Maskers Theatre

Maskers Theatre present cutting edge show Ugly Lies the Bone

Sister Act is set to return to Mayflower Theatre in 2023

Sister Act to return to Southampton stage in 2023, starring Lesley Joseph

A scene from Les Misérables

Stuck for something to do this weekend? Here's five Southampton events to enjoy

RIDE features a customised 1984 Ford Orion called Stanley

Innovative street theatre starring a 1980s Ford Orion to tour city streets

Members of Roynon Performing Arts are working on a whole school show

Hundreds of performers to take to stage in dance show in honour of brave Abby

Maggie Fox was known for playing Ruth Audsley in Coronation Street in 2001 (PA)

Shameless and Coronation Street star Maggie Fox dies in 'sudden accident'

Bridgerton. (L to R) Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte, Hugh Sachs as Brimsley in episode 201 of Bridgerton. Credit: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022

You're invited to a Bridgerton ball - How to get Secret Cinema tickets

A scene from Titanic the Musical. Pictures by Scott Rylander.

Tony Award-winning Titanic the Musical to return to Mayflower stage in 2023

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice opens in Southampton on Wednesday March 23

UK tour of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice premieres in Southampton next week

A scene from Waitress, starring Matt Willis. Picture by Johan Persson

Former Busted star Matt Willis to appear in Waitress on Southampton stage

A theatre stage. Credit: Canva

ATG Tickets extends 2 for 1 tickets deal to April - How to get yours

Undated handout photo issued by UKTV of the cast of Only Fools and Horses inside The Nags Head pub from the television sitcom, as TV channel Gold celebrates the show's 40th anniversary. UKTV/BBC via PA.

Ron Pember: Fans pay tribute to 'brilliant' Only Fools and Horses and Secret Army star