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A fresh look at the original, Headlong Theatre certainly know how to shock.
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With support from Khushi and Say Lou Lou, this line-up was always going to provide a night of sensational harmonies, dark synth pop and formidably powerful vocals.
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Rudimental collaborator Ella Eyre fills the penultimate position on THE LIST 2014.
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Fourth on THE LIST 2014 is London’s Joel Compass.
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Emma Real-Davies chats to TOWIE’s fines t sisters about Vegas, thongs, and farting.
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It’s a cold, autumnal evening and Southampton city centre is hardly buzzing as I approach the Joiners Arms in half-hearted drizzle. There’s not a soul in sight: outside the venue or down the dark alley to the right of it, and I almost wonder whether I’ve turned up on the right night. That is, until […]
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This time last year I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t eat and, above all, I couldn’t stop worrying. I was so terrified about starting at Southampton that I felt physically sick every time the thought crossed my mind. What if I had weird people in my halls? What if I didn’t like my course? What if […]
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Emma Real-Davies gives us her picks from the much celebrated, eclectic festival.
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How many festivals are there where you can dance along to SBTRKT in a crowded tent, listen to Lang Lang play Chopin’s études, and watch Benjamin Zephaniah rap his poetry on stage? How many festivals are there where the stewards have wands and wings because they’re dressed up as pixies? How many festivals are there […]
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What a year for Lianne La Havas. Signed to Warner Bros, she bounced onto the scene with her Lost and Found EP, released last year, which led to her being shortlisted in the BBC Sound of 2012 poll in January. By February she had released another EP, Forget. She climbed her way up the music ladder getting evermore […]
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The summer season is nigh and numerous festivals are approaching, so while you festival virgins pack your toothbrushes, dry shampoo and packets of Ryvita into the lime green rucksack your mum once took camping, be aware of these things NOT to do in order to maintain your street cred. Wee on someone As fun as […]
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I’m jovially stirring a steaming pan of what can only be described as green lentil mush, noting how brilliantly domesticated I’m being, while humming tunes from the (very few) musicals I know. “What can it be?!” I think to myself as I pack 3 tupperwares, 4 smoothies and a packet of raisin and hazelnut Frusli […]
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It’s a hot, dry summer evening and The Talking Heads is alive with primarily English students milling around, drinking rosé and playing board games. Exams are over for most of us so the atmosphere is one that you’d expect from a bunch of musically-inclined students, willing to support a friend at a local music venue. The […]
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Josie Rourke begins her stint as artistic director at the Donmar Warehouse with late Restoration comedy from 1706, The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar. The set is simple, yet effective. The stage is lit with hundreds of candles, presenting the notion of a simple life, but not a bad one. As audience members took to their seats, onstage […]