CAST & CREATIVE

ABOUT MAYFLOWER THEATRE

SOUTHAMPTON

Mayflower Theatre is the largest presenting theatre on the

south coast and is a charitable trust which was set up in 1986

when the Gaumont Theatre was threatened with closure. The

theatre reopened in 1987, renamed Mayflower Theatre, and has

become one of the most successful independent theatres in

the UK. In 2020 they opened MAST Mayflower Studios in the

City and have several performance spaces alongside the 2,271

main theatre space. Under the leadership of the Chief Executive

Michael Ockwell over 500,000 annually attend performances

at Mayflower Theatre and a further 35,000 take part in the

community and outreach programme.

Mayflower Theatre were Associate Producers on Music and

Lyrics production of Fiddler on the Roof starring Paul Michael

Glaser, Titanic the Musical with Capital Musicals Limited and

have also produced two mid-scale touring productions of The

Santa Trap and Here Be Monsters in association with Belfield

Slater Productions.

In 2021 their co-production of Fantastically Great Women who

Changed the World with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment

had its World Premiere in MAST alongside their own Christmas

productions of Peter Pan, An Awfully Big Musical Adventure and

Second Star to the Right.

Mayflower Productions (Southampton) Limited is Mayflower

Theatre’s production arm.