Peace Protest for Palestine held in Southampton yesterday - In-Common - Southampton By Rachel Jones @HMP_SHE On Saturday a small but passionate group gathered in Southampton Guildhall square for a protest organised by the local branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (18/4/26). A...

Peace Protest for Palestine held in Southampton yesterday

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Brighton band The Roebucks, make harmonious, guitar driven Americana and Blues. Great band, lovely people. Make sure you catch them.

Review: Hurn Court Opera's La Traviata - Regent Theatre, Christchurch - In-Common - Southampton By Nick Mabey. “Pleasure makes life longer” sung by our protagonist, Violetta – played wonderfully by a blooming Caroline Taylor – sums up the first act of La Traviata.  Guiseppe Verdi’s famous ninete...

"A company that brings live opera to people and places that might otherwise not get the chance to experience it."
See why Hurn Court Opera received a standing ovation for La Traviata at the Regent Centre, Christchurch, in our latest review.

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Review: Roebucks - Heartbreakers, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Darren Grayer.  Brighton four-piece The Roebucks returned to Southampton on Tuesday (14/5/36) for the third time in just under a year, after impressing at Wanderlust Festival last May. Since formin...

"There are so many highlights"
See the full gig review of Roebucks, with support from Love Buzz, Sugar Bang and Cold July at Southampton's Heartbreakers.

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Review: Don Quixote, Birmingham Royal Ballet - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Joy McKay.  Birmingham Royal Ballet have returned to Mayflower Theatre with Director Carlos Acosta’s revival of the Marius Petipa classic ballet Don Quixote. A, famously, technically challenging ba...

"From the start it is clear Acosta’s version of the ballet is going to be a bit punchier."
See the full review of the Birmingham Royal Ballet's Don Quixote, at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre.

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Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Mayflower Studios, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Martin Brisland.  Shakespeare’s words that  ‘one man in his time plays many parts’ seem very appropriate for this production.  Directed and co-written by Adam Long, this is a theatrical compression...

a pure delight"
See the full review of the Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged), at Southampton's Mayflower Studios

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Review: The Kairos with support from Florentenes & Skäl - Heartbreakers, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton Word and pictures by Rhona Murphy. There’s a lot of gig competition in Southampton tonight (11/4/26) with Wigan quartet The Lilacs playing a sold-out show at The Joiners so it’s a testament to the qua...

"No one wanted to leave"
See the full gig review & photos of The Kairos with support from Florentenes & Skäl at Heartbreakers, Southampton.

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Interview: Millie Manders on how to be anti-billionaire - In-Common - Southampton By Laura McCarthy. Photos: Tina K. “I’m late. I lost track of time.” I’ve been waiting for my meeting with Millie Manders for ten minutes and the late start is no surprise; she is, and always has been...

“What can one person do? Well, one person with a million other people can do a lot."
Millie Manders talks music, social media and how to be anti-billionaire ahead of Millie Manders and the Shutup kicking off their tour at The Joiners, Southampton, next month.

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Review: To Kill A Mockingbird – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Graham Hiley. It is a strange dichotomy that To Kill A Mockingbird makes deeply uncomfortable viewing for a modern audience and yet remains as relevant as when the classic novel was written in 1960...

"It is impossible to watch this captivating production without thinking of how little has changed...a real masterpiece."

Full review of To Kill a Mockingbird at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre.

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Asylum seekers & other volunteers plant more than 1,300 trees - In-Common - Southampton Volunteers from Action Asylum Portsmouth – part of a national initiative active in seven UK cities – planted 1,300 tree whips in Buckland on 11th and 12th February, supporting Portsmouth City Council’...

The events were more than just environmental action - they were a celebration of unity and shared purpose, transforming neighbourhoods and breaking down barriers.
Asylum seekers & other volunteers plant more than 1,300 trees in Portsmouth.
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Bez from the Happy Mondays chats about politics, benders and more ahead of Bournemouth date - In-Common - Southampton By Sam Wise.  I think I was 17 when I first heard the Happy Mondays. My brother, always much cooler than me, had introduced me to the Stone Roses, but the first Mondays track I remember was Hallelujah...

INTERVIEW: Bez from Happy Mondays
“People are having to choose between eating and heating their houses, it’s getting desperate, nobody can afford to really live any more because we’re all paying for, like, wars that are nothing to do with us”

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Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton The glitter arrives early in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which is currently dazzling on the stage at Mayflower Theatre.

"Big, bold and joyfully excessive"
See the full review of Priscilla Queen of the Desert at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre.

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Poetry collection review: Suburban Locust by Antosh Wojcik - In-Common - Southampton By Anita Foxall. For anyone familiar with Antosh Wojcik’s central presence on the poetry scene, the arrival of his debut collection Suburban Locust has been highly anticipated. Antosh is an incredibly...

"Above all there is a sense of survival, even if not a triumphant one, but persistent, resilient, grounded on life that is messy, painful and enduring."
Review of poetry collection Suburban Locust by Antosh Wojcik.

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View from the Kingsland: momentum or distraction? - In-Common - Southampton By Nick Mabey. The super Saints made it through to the quarter final of the FA Cup with a fine win away to Premier League Fulham.  Tonde Eckhert could have been forgiven for deprioritising the cup fix...

"Winning breeds confidence, and confidence generates wins."
See our latest View from the Kingsland column, from our resident long time Saints fan and columnist.

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Review: Keo at The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth - In-Common - Southampton Words and pictures by Rhona Murphy. London based Keo are nearing the mid-way point of their UK/Ireland/European tour with the Portsmouth show at The Wedgewood Rooms their penultimate mainland UK gig (...

"Keo captivated the audience"
See the full gig review and photos of Keo with support from Bleech 9:3 at The Weddgewood Rooms, Portsmouth.

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I’d really recommend this a great show for all ages.

Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Joy McKay. A ballet of a film about a ballet about a book, it all gets a bit meta… As a child I dreamed of owning a musical jewellery box, the kind with a tiny ballerina inside who pirouetted in fr...

"the story was retold beautifully with obvious affection and reverence to the original but with a creative twist"

Review - Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
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Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class – Mayflower Studios, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Charlotte Ndupuechi.  I was really looking forward to seeing The Boy at the Back of the Class, adapted for the stage by Nick Ahad. Having long been a fan of Onjali Q. Raúf’s much-loved book, I was ...

"A wonderful reminder of the power of friendship & empathy, told with humour, imagination, & a great deal of heart. A story that feels especially important right now."

Review - The Boy at the Back of the Class, Mayflower Studios, Southampton.
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Anti-racist demonstration saw four times as many take to the streets as anti-asylum seeker protest in day of two Southampton marches - In-Common - Southampton Sunday saw two very different marches through Southampton city centre (1/3/26).  Some 250-300 people gathered in Portswood for a “Unite Against the Far Right” demonstration, organised by a range of co...

“We’re here to say everyone is welcome. We are the people and we will not be silenced.”
Anti-racist demonstration saw four times as many take to the streets as anti-asylum seeker protest in day of two Southampton marches on Sunday.
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March to celebrate Southampton's diversity becomes counter-demo after anti-asylum seeker protest announced - In-Common - Southampton A number of community organisations in Southampton are joining forces for a ‘Unite Against the Far Right’ march through the city on Sunday, March 1st. The groups involved in the counter-demonstration ...

A number of community organisations in Southampton are joining forces for a ‘Unite Against the Far Right’ march through the city on Sunday, March 1st.
March to celebrate Southampton's diversity becomes counter-demo after anti-asylum seeker protest announced.

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Review: Legally Blonde The Musical, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Joy McKay. Sat in the stalls at Mayflower Theatre watching staff scurrying about putting on a brave face over some panic. The show had started, the first number underway when a gentleman (from neit...

Despite first night teething troubles and a significant delay, Legally Blonde The Musical was a hit last night at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre.
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: First grade girl recounts searching for father after ICE detained him In an MS NOW Exclusive, Antonia Hylton sits down with Annabella, a New Jersey first grader whose life was uprooted when her father, Adonay Rodriguez, stepped outside to pick up a food order and was de...

ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.

She goes out looking for him.

"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."

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Review: Fozzy, Tailgunner, Marisa and the Moths at The1865, Southampton - In-Common - Southampton By Chris Taylor. Heavy metal is clearly alive and well in Southampton. I haven’t been to a sold out gig at 1865 for a while, so it’s a bit of a shock to the system to walk in at 7.15pm to an already-p...

"This old-school attitude of "put on a great show and support new talent," is the perfect fuel for the community atmosphere in The 1865 tonight."
See our review of Fozzy with support from Tailgunner and Marisa and the Moths at Southampton's 1865.

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Took my Grandma to see Rock & Roll Man at Salisbury Playhouse today and it was awesome. Really glad we went. 😊

Review: Rock & Roll Man, Salisbury Playhouse - In-Common - Southampton By Dan O’Farrell. Ever since the success of ‘The Buddy Holly Story’, the appeal of the ‘rock & roll’ musical has been a recurring theme of West End and Broadway successes, with shows like ‘Jersey Boys...

"Looking for a show that gets you up on your feet, a wop-bop-a-booming, clapping along and considering the J Edgar Hoover’s role in clamping down on the Civil Rights movement in early ‘60s America?"
See the full review of Rock & Roll Man at Salisbury Playhouse.
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Books: Series Retrospective -The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (2004-2026) - In-Common - Southampton By Chris Taylor. ‘I asked why we had to leave the EU, in one of those informal breakout sessions at Number 10. … “Can’t bring back the death penalty without ditching the ECHR,” he replied. “Also, we n...

"The novels seamlessly blend slick techno-spy thriller, beautifully realised eldritch horror, and sharp, dry British bureaucratic satire"
Books featur: Series Retrospective -The Laundry Files by Charles Stross, following the release of the final book in the series
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Review: Maskers Theatre does it again with sell-out Educating Rita - In-Common - Southampton By Charlotte Ndupuechi. Southampton amateur theatre company Maskers Theatre has done it again, delivering a sell-out show that left audiences delighted — and last night’s final performance of Educatin...

"Educating Rita was a joy to watch and another standout success for local theatre."
See the full review of the latest show from Southampton amateur theatre company Maskers.
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Victorious Festival 2025 donates record £173,484 to charity - In-Common - Southampton Victorious Festival has wrapped up 2025 by donating its highest ever annual charitable donation of £173,484. The donation brings the festival’s total charitable contributions since 2014 to over £926,3...

Victorious Festival 2025 donates record £173,484 to charity

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Southampton Seed Swap returns for 20th birthday - In-Common - Southampton Keen gardeners and those who are new to planting are invited to join in the celebrations of 20 years of Southampton Seed Swap next month. Once again, the event  will be held at Bitterne Station Commun...

Southampton Seed Swap returns:
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