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Brett Summers

Brett Summers has written 40 posts for Music News, Reviews and Interviews Across Hampshire, Dorset and the South Coast

The Graduate hits the Nuffield for 1 week!

The Nuffield Theatre plays host to the stage show of the world famous film “The Graduate”. The play will be an amateur performance by The Maskers Theatre Company and runs between the 24th and 28th of January 2012. It starts nightly at 7.30pm and there is a special opening night 2 for 1 special offer! [...]

Black Crow Rich Robinson flies into The Brook!

  The Brook is no stranger to big names in music, and on Wednesday 8th February 2012, founding member of The Black Crowes, Rich Robinson brings his solo tour to the “other” South! Robinson will be touring his latest solo album Through A Crooked Sun and will be bringing all his Southern harmony with him! [...]

Darth Vader invades Southampton in May!

      That’s right, the Dark Lord of the Sith, David Prowse heads to Southampton on May 27th 2012 to make an appearence at Waterstone’s (West Quay Shopping Centre) in order to sign copies of his new book “Straight From The Force’s Mouth”… From the Green Cross Code Man to Darth Vader, David’s book [...]

Celebrate Christmas with The Wurzels!

  Thursday 22nd December see’s The Brook play host once again to The Wurzels and there’s only a limited number of downstairs tickets left for the gig! Tickets are priced £15.00 (Advanced), £17.00 (Door). So make sure you don’t miss out because as of writing there were only 43 left! You can purchase them here. [...]

Foreign Beggars live at the Cellar

Foreign Beggar’s recent output has been a genre-defying blend of their former machinations and speaker-busting, floor rumbling dance music produced by the hottest artists around, on Thursday, October 20th, you get the chance to see this live at The (Soul) Cellar. They have successfully changed the face of UK hip hop in the last decade. [...]

Evile to rock Talking Heads!

On Thursday 13th October, Evile, the Huddersfield Heavy Metal hitmen stop off at Talking Heads, Southampton. Founded by school friends Matt Drake and Ben Carter, later joined by Matt’s brother Ol on lead guitar, a short search for a bass player via an ad in a local guitar store saw bassist Mike Alexander join the [...]

Toyah Wilcox to play The Brook

On Thursday 13th October 2011, The Brook plays hosts to a music and screen legend. In a career spanning thirty years Toyah has had thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, made ten feature films and presented such diverse television programmes as The Good Sex Guide [...]

Dick Turpin’s Last Ride arrives at The Nuffield

  Between the 11th – 15th October 2011,  Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds presents “Dick Turpin’s Last Ride” at the Nuffield Theatre’s Main House.  The musical play by Daniel O’Brien with music by Pat Whymark has tickets between £10.50 – £19.00 and can be purchased here. The play exams both sides of the Turpin legacy, [...]

mINtroducing: The Currents

  The link between the South Coast of England and Finland dates back to the late 1970’s when the Isle of Wight’s very own Razzle became drummer for the legendary Hanoi Rocks. With trade links constructed, Southampton Football Club later benefitted from the exchange with the legendary goal keeper Antti Niemi, who made 106 appearances; [...]

Preview: Truckstop Honeymoon play The Platform Tavern this Thursday!

Thursday May 5th 2011 sees the Platform Tavern in Southampton play host to the  funny, hi-octane songs about interstates, pinball arcades and true love delivered by Truckstop Honeymoon. Truckstop Honeymoon consist of Katie Euliss, who pounds a doghouse bass while Mike West punishes a banjo mercilessly. Together they charm festival crowds and drive roadhouse drinkers [...]

Preview: Skinny Molly at The Brook!

On Wednesday May 4th 2011 a true musical legacy treads the boards of The Brook in Southampton.   Skinny Molly was started by Mike Estes of Lynyrd Skynyrd with Dave Hlubek of Molly Hatchet, and Kurt Pietro recalling the best of Skynyrd and Mike Estes: including “Gimme Three Steps”, “Call Me The Breeze”, “Saturday Night [...]

Preview: Clare Free hits Southampton this Friday!

On Friday 6th May 2011 the Talking Heads plays host to one of the finest women electric blues guitar players and vocalists in the UK today. A fast rising star with reviewers raving about her all over the world. She began her music career and a band with Matt Schofield and has not looked back [...]

Preview: New Riot & Orange at Talking Heads this Wednesday!

The bands are New Riot and Orange. They have hit the road together this spring! This is New Riot’s first UK tour since a full 5-week stint with genre giants Reel Big Fish, and Orange’s first UK tour of the year! An endless source of ska-tinged fun, these UK party animals have crafted a winning [...]

Preview: Sandy Toksvig’s “Bully Boy”

Major Oscar Hadley is flown to the front line to probe allegations of severe misconduct within a self-styled ‘Bully Boy’ unit of the British army. When young squaddie, Eddie Clark, from Burnley is interrogated Oscar begins to discover that ‘truth’ in a modern insurgency can be a point of view rather than a fact. Sandi [...]

Preview: Sex Idiot

Between 9th-11th May at The Nuffield Theatre’s Studio you can see Bryony Kimmings play “Sex Idiot”. The play is described as funny, honest and unapologetic account of female sexuality in the 21st Century, this show is for anyone whose had a one night stand and liked it, broken hearts in the search for true love [...]

“There’s gonna be a riot tonight!” predicts Dub Pistols leader Barry Ashworth

It is tonight that the Dub Pistols return to Southampton playing The Brook; mINtSOUTH caught up exclusively with their leader Barry Ashworth who is excited about their return. “The last time we played Southampton was insane and the crowd were amazing, so we are raising the bar and taking it to the next level tonight! [...]

Jamie Cullum live via satellite at Harbour Lights

On Sunday 1st May, at 8.30 pm, Jamie Cullum will be performing an exclusive set at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, including new unheard material alongside some classics from his bestselling albums. Harbour Lights and the various Picture House cinemas across the UK, invites you to experience the magic of Jamie’s solo concert live via satellite [...]

Preview: Exterminating Angel arrives at The Nuffield!

A casual meal between friends becomes something far stranger when the group’s behaviour suddenly starts to change. As the rules of logic gradually disappear from the room, the friends find themselves in a terrifying predicament that cuts to the heart of who they are. Improvised afresh each night in a radically naturalistic style, this is [...]

Love, Love, Love comes to The Nuffield!

Paines Plough and Drum Theatre Plymouth present… LOVE, LOVE, LOVE By Mike Bartlett Described as “Bang on the money” (*****) by The Telegraph in its first short tour last year, The Nuffield is delighted to be bringing Paine’s Plough’s highly acclaimed production Love, Love, Love to the main house in the week of the Royal [...]

Review: Toy Horses at The Cellar

On Wednesday 20th April 2011, Wale’s newest export Toy Horses hit Southampton. I thought I’d go see what all the fuss was about. Before the arrival of Toy Horses three support acts were to grace the stage. Walking up the steps to the loft bar of the Cellar, leaving the sunlight behind me, I went [...]