Author: Brendan Westhoff
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Review: Years & Years at Bournemouth International Centre
Olly Alexander and co. took to the stage of the Bournemouth International Centre for a night of hits and surprise covers (04/04/16).
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Review: Adam Kay’s Smutty Christmas Songs at Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
Adam Kay supplied an evening of hilarious musical comedy, but unfortunately the performance lacked new material (09/12/2015).
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Preview: Adam Kay’s Smutty Christmas Songs at Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
For the sixth year, Adam Kay brings his annual festive feast of filth to Southampton’s Turner Sims Concert Hall (09/12/15).
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Review: Sweeney Todd at The Mayflower Theatre
Sweeney Todd is a classic tale of butchery and drama, which fails to hit the mark.
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Review: Shrek The Musical at The Mayflower Theatre
Brendan reviews the stage adaptation of the iconic animated film.
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To Kill A King at The Joiners, Southampton (1/11/2013)
To Kill A King played at the Joiners Southampton to celebrate The Joiners’ 45th anniversary.
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Preview: Chase and Status, Bournemouth International Centre, (13/11/2013)
Popular music is changing. 2013 brought some exceptional music which broke away from current trends, with the crossing over of genres and re-earthing of sounds that have been lost to time influencing mainstream pop. Daft Punk‘s ‘Get Lucky‘, dominated radio air time and club play lists for what seemed like an eternity and rightly so. […]
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Showstoppers: RENT ★★★★☆
Written by Jonathan Larson, RENT is a story about love and tragedy following the trials and tribulations of a group of friends living in New York City one year. The show tackles several themes that would have once been considered ‘taboo’, such as sexuality, HIV & AIDs and the group’s struggle with homelessness. Alongside the […]
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The Phantom of the Opera at The Mayflower
The Phantom of the Opera comes to the Mayflower and it does not disappoint.
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Ed Sheeran at the Oasis Sports Hall, Swindon (24/10/12)
Two years ago, I remember watching an SBTV video that had just reached a hundred thousand views and today Suffolk singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has reached global success with a quadruple platinum debut album, several awards under his belt and performances at the Queens Jubilee and at the Olympics. Say what you want about him but […]
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Preview: Twin Atlantic at the Guildhall (07/11/12)
After several inevitably sweaty gigs at The Joiners, Glaswegian band Twin Atlantic return to Southampton for their penultimate gig of their current tour. After having a number of their own small venue headlining tours and supporting the likes of Blink-182, My Chemical Romance and Biffy Clyro, Twin Atlantic are soon to start their biggest venue […]