A new year has just begun and with it there is a whole new programme of events to enjoy at theatres such as Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.

There is plenty to choose from so we've highlighted all the musicians, comedians, stage shows and more that will be on offer there.

To make sure you know who's coming and what you want to get tickets to we've listed them all for you by month.

Tickets for all the events listed below can be bought at the Mayflower Theatre website here.

The events listed below are just for the Mayflower Theatre rather than the associated MAST Mayflower Studios.

What's on at the Mayflower Theatre in 2025?

January

  • Hairspray (January 7-11)
  • Go Your Own Way: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (January 12)
  • NOW That's What I Call A Musical (January 14-18)
  • Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf (January 19)
  • Dear Evan Hansen (January 21-25)
  • Eternal Love: The Musical (January 26)
  • An Inspector Calls (January 28 to February 1)

February

  • Star Wars: The Definitive Concert (February 2)
  • Cinderella (February 6-8)
  • Ghost: The Musical (February 11-15)
  • John Bishop: Back At It (February 16)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (February 18-22)
  • Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company (February 24-25)
  • Peter James' Picture You Dead (February 27 to March 1)

March

  • Only Fools and Horses: The Musical (March 3-8)
  • Swan Lake (March 11-15)
  • Hamilton (March 18 to April 26)

April

  • Peter Grimes: Britten (April 30)

May

  • The Marriage of Figaro (May 1 and 3)
  • The Marriage of Figaro In Short (May 2)
  • WNO: Play Opera Live (May 3)
  • Elvis Tribute World Tour (May 7)
  • Acosta Danza - Cuban Eclectico (May 9-10)
  • The Sensational 60s Experience (May 11)
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (May 13-18)
  • Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (May 20-24)
  • One Sound: Legends (May 25)
  • Kinky Boots (May 27-31)

June

  • It's a Beautiful Noise with Fisher Stevens and his orchestra (June 1)
  • Calamity Jane (June 3-7)
  • Jack Dee: Small World (June 8)
  • Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) (June 10-14)
  • Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation (June 15)
  • Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet (June 18-21)
  • Rob Beckett: Giraffe (June 22)
  • Ghost Stories (June 24-28)
  • The Drifters (June 29)

July

  • Big Girls Don't Cry (July 14)
  • Legend: The Music of Bob Marley (July 15)
  • Fastlove: The Tribute to George Michael (July 16)
  • Lost in Music: One Night at the Disco (July 17)
  • Cirque: The Greatest Show - Reimagined (July 18-19)
  • Queen Symphonic Spectacular (July 20)
  • The Girl on the Train (July 22-26)
  • Dinosaur World Live (July 29-30)

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August

  • Mary Poppins (August 27 to September 20)

September

  • Cirque Éloize: iD RELOADED (September 23-24)
  • Riverdance 30: The New Generation (September 25-28)
  • Anything For Love: The Meatloaf Story (September 29)

October

  • TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (October 7-18)
  • Miriam Margoyles: From A to Z (October 19)
  • MAMMA MIA! (October 24 to November 8)

November 

  • The Two of Us: The Lennon & McCartney Songbook (November 9)
  • 2:22 A Ghost Story (November 10-15)
  • Henning Wehn: Acide Wehn (November 16)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (November 18-22)
  • Step Into Christmas (November 30)

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December

  • SIX (December 2-6)
  • Peter Pan (December 13 to January 4)

At the time of writing, these are the performances scheduled for the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton in 2025.