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The Festival Begins: A Very Special Reception

It’s important that the festival helping create new artistic work in the city. Those were the words of festival organiser Charlie Hislop at the VIP reception. On Tuesday, patrons, sponsors, and event...

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Stacey Heale At The Touch Network Evening

The Touch Network provides a forum for people to talk about the experiences and issues they’ve dealt with and to inspire others. One of this month’s guests, Stacey Heale, is a carer, mother, partner,...

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Video: A Sneak Peek At Jane Austen and the Waterman

Today we’re glad to present this wonderful video of Mervyn Stutter and the cast members of Jane Austen and the Waterman rehearsing a musical number. The song is interwoven with Mervyn’s introduction...

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Marvellous Mythology: An Alternative Review Of Antigone

A night where the modern evening collides with the ancient day, creating a spectacular infusion of theatrical styles. Here’s the thing: I was set to review Antigone, but all performances were sold...

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Event Report: Historian Cheryl Butler in Conversation with James Gough

If rain is a good omen, then the rain yesterday evening was superb. We met upstairs in the library, a room just beyond the literature section – a suitable place for an author conversation if ever...

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Event Report: All Aboard the Southampton Showboat!

Festival organiser Charlie Hislop coined the phrase ‘the cream of Southampton’s spoken word scene’ for yesterday’s Southampton Showboat; it’s a great line. But as it turned out, this spoken word night...

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Event Report: Cobbett Road Library’s Regal Regency Tea Party

I can almost see it: “A pineapple?” Lady Catherine de Burgh crinkled her nose. You would think, wouldn’t you, that the formidable woman would likely be offended by anything less than proper and wholly...

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The Travelling Talesman: A Review by Claire Lewis

It is a dark, if not stormy, evening as I arrive at the Art House for The Travelling Talesman’s new show, Haunted! Having already seen two of his shows – Nectar of the Gods and Changed! – I know I am...

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Rob Gee’s Forget Me Not: A Review By Dementia Friendly Southampton’s...

It was a privilege to support Rob Gee’s performance of ‘Forget Me Not: The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit’ at The Art House in Southampton on Sunday evening. With a sold-out audience, the atmosphere was...

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Event Report: Jane Austen and the Waterman

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a large audience in possession of the wonderful ballroom at The Dolphin Hotel, must be in want of an hour’s entertainment… preferably something to do with...

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