Winchester Gig Guide
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SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2025
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The Arc map 
Burlesque
• Comedy
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: HUNDRED WATT CLUB - 7.30pm - The risqué, raunchy & ridiculous people of Hundred Watt Club return to The Arc, Winchester with another glittering and glorious evening of showgirls, vaudeville & comedy! Hundred Watt Club is proud to be one of the longest running burlesque revues in the UK...Expect the unexpected, but gear up for a good old fashioned, very grown up evening of variety entertainment. Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch 
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The William Walker map
Live music
Address: 34 The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EX Telephone: 01962 807500 Event: Live Music at the William Walker: Marky Dawson - 9pm - 🎶 LIVE MUSIC 🎶 The William Walker has another fantastic month of live music lined-up for you. Head to their website at www.williamwalkerwinchester.co.uk to book a table. Venue's website: williamwalkerwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/WilliamWalkerPub |
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: TEENAGEWAITRESS.PPT – A Rock’n’Roll Powerpoint On Songs - Doors 7.30pm - Daniel J. Ash (Teenage Waitress) has gone and done something very stupid. He’s recorded a new album that he cannot perform. To solve this problem, and to fill his quota of anxiety-based meltdowns for the year, he has written a one-man show about his favourite subject in the world. Songs. It contains music, stories, reflections on songwriting, and visuals. When it came to how to present these various elements into a coherent show Daniel agreed that there was only one piece of software fit for the task. “It simply HAD to be Microsoft Powerpoint” he explains, “I mean have you seen those slide transitions?!?” TEENAGEWAITRESS.PPT is a playful blend of storytelling and music. In the show Daniel discusses and performs happy songs, sad songs, long songs, short songs, very short songs, stupid songs, love songs, duet songs, murder songs, song songs, and just about everything and anything in-between. ♫♪♪ Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: The Lufian Project + Skillzset + BEEF + Strip Down Babylon - Doors 7.30pm - Blending raw rock energy with elements of funk, hip-hop, and atmospheric grooves, their sound defies easy labels. Gritty riffs meet hypnotic rhythms, and charismatic, high-voltage performances turn every show into a spectacle. Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester 
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The Yard Hampshire map
Live music
Address: Chilton Manor Farm, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9TX Telephone: 01256 224689 Event: Duty Mighty - 7pm - Songwriter and guitarist Duty Mighty (M.W.Lynch of Spiritualised) is playing live at The Yard with the release of his third album Thicktitious Fun Facts, along with very special guests Jack Flanagan (ex Mystery Jets) and Kitty Liv. The Yard bar will be open and toasties will be available. Doors open at 7pm. Venue's website: theyardhampshire.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/theyardhampshire
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Saturday 26 April 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Live music
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368 Event: TRACTOR - Live Covers Band + Steph Boulton - 8pm - TRACTOR are a live covers band who play across the south of the UK. Following their performance at the HEADLINERS 2024 event at The Lights, the band will be performing in The Lights arena for a night of pop & rock hits. The Hampshire based 5-piece consist of Jules on drums, Jim on bass, Jake on vocals and Rob and Charley on guitars. Their set list includes ABBA, The Killers, George Ezra, Pulp, The Cure, Erasure and more! Venue's website: thelights.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
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SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2025
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MONDAY 28 APRIL 2025
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Monday 28 April 2025
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Live music
• Musical Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: University of Winchester Music and Lyrics - 7.30pm - the University of Winchester Musical Theatre students take to the stage, in a one night only event: Music and Lyrics. Songs in musicals function in various ways and can express a range of emotions for the characters that sing them. Whether moments of joy, anger or despair, and everything in between, musicals allow characters to paint their emotions on a variety of canvases. In a stripped-back, concert setting, students will perform a range of songs drawn from across the musical theatre repertoire, illustrating that musicals can be so much more than frivolous entertainment Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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Monday 28 April 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
• Open mic
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: Roots Open Mic Night - 7.30pm - Winchester's longest running open mic night. Free entry every Monday. Signups from 7.30pm, music from 8.00pm. Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
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Monday 28 April 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Comedy
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368 Event: Simon Evans: Have We Met? - 8pm - Completing the Trilogy begun with Genius 2.0 and The Work of the Devil, Have We Met? finds Simon standing, like Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous verse, gazing out over the moaning deep and the twinkling rocks and wondering whether to seek a newer world? To smite the sounding furrows? To strive, to seek, and to find? Or whether in fact, to put the kettle on, crack open the Hobnobs and simply yield? Venue's website: thelights.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
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TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2025
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Tuesday 29 April 2025
Venue: Winchester Cathedral map
Live music
• Concert
Address: Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS Telephone: 01962 857275 (box office) Event: Lunchtime Concerts - 1.15pm - A Lunchtime Concert Series will take place at the Cathedral, in the Lady Chapel, from 1.15pm – 1.50pm most Tuesdays. Entry included with a valid annual pass. Seats for the lunchtime concerts are limited and are allocated on a first come first serve basis. 29th April – John McDonald Jazz Trio – tunes from the Great American Songbook Venue's website: winchester-cathedral.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/winchestercathedral
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Tuesday 29 April 2025
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Comedy
• Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: The Comedy of Terrors - 7.30pm - When Jo Smith arrives for an audition with director Vyvian Jones, it turns out she's actually been invited to the theatre by Vyvian's twin brother Beverley, who wants her to impersonate her own twin sister Fiona, to persuade Vyvian that Beverley hasn't had a fling with Fiona… he has, but doesn't want Vyvian to tell his fiancee Cheryl! And when the real Fiona turns up, not to mention Vyvian (a member of the local Sons of Satan Association, who wants to use Jo for his first human sacrifice) and Beverley and Vyvian's identical triplet policeman brother, the stage is well and truly set for a fast-moving madcap comedy of multiple mistaken identity. Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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Tuesday 29 April 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Comedy
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368 Event: Simon Evans: Have We Met? - 8pm - Completing the Trilogy begun with Genius 2.0 and The Work of the Devil, Have We Met? finds Simon standing, like Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous verse, gazing out over the moaning deep and the twinkling rocks and wondering whether to seek a newer world? To smite the sounding furrows? To strive, to seek, and to find? Or whether in fact, to put the kettle on, crack open the Hobnobs and simply yield? Venue's website: thelights.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
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WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2025
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Wednesday 30 April 2025
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Theatre
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: That Knave, Raleigh - 7.30pm - Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, the award-winning Dyad Productions (A Christmas Carol, Lady Susan, A Room of One's Own, Christmas Gothic, Austen's Women, Female Gothic) return to the Elizabethan era. To the famous and fabulous Elizabethan explorer, sailor, dandy, and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth I's favourite and James I's knave. Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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THURSDAY 01 MAY 2025
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Thursday 01 May 2025
Venue: Hyde Tavern map
Live music
Address: 57 Hyde Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7DY Telephone: 01962 862592 Event: CATHERINE MACLELLAN & LUCY FARRELL - 8pm - Though they grew up half a world apart, multi-award-winning songwriters Catherine MacLellan (Prince Edward Island, Canada) and Lucy Farrell (Kent, England) connect through the quiet brilliance of their songcraft and the warm clarity of their delivery. Suspending time with their musical storytelling, Catherine and Lucy’s songs journal the characters, landscapes and situations that populate their lives and the broader world, unraveling and reweaving the threads of history and tradition with the deftness and surety that has made such notable touring and recording artists, collaborators and festival stage guests. Venue's website: hydetavern.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thehydetavern
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Thursday 01 May 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: The Hanging Stars + Interesting Wallpaper - 7.30pm - Channelling the sounds of The Byrds, Big Star and The Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as hints of Mojave 3 and The Allah Las, The Hanging Stars mainline the dying embers of the early 70s psychedelic folk and cosmic country scenes. Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
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FRIDAY 02 MAY 2025
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: St Lawrence Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: 18-19 The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EX Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Late Night Concert - 9pm-10pm - Richard Lester, David Adams, Lucy Gould, Scott Dickinson, Kate Gould, Zenith Quartet, Matthew Featherstone Villalobos Jet Whistle Duo for cello and flute Bach Suite for Unaccompanied Cello in C minor Inti Figgis-Vizueta Branching Patterns Nordic Folk Pieces composed and arranged by the Danish String Quartet Tickets: £19 (Unreserved seating) Venue's website: threesaints.org.uk/st-lawrence Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/threesaintswinchester
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: ACOUSTIC CAFE MAY 2025, PAUL ARMFIELD, LIZZY BETH & FRAGILE LUCY - 7.30pm Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: The Arc map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: 01962 398046 Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Winchester Go LD Funky Lunch - 12.30pm-1pm - Zenith Quartet. Pop into the café to join us for this popular outreach event with our partner charity. Tickets: Free Venue's website: arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/arcwinch
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: Projects map
Live music
• Music jam
Address: 6 Middle Brook Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BQ Telephone: 01962 850794 Event: Jam Night - 7.30pm - Improvised live music jamming session. Food, wine, beer and good times. Playing a wide variety of styles. Soak up the music, dance or join in the jam. Take your instruments or borrow theirs. 1st Friday of every month. Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/projectswinch
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Dance
• Family
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: Hidden - 7.30pm - Internationally renowned dance-circus company Motionhouse returns to Theatre Royal Winchester, with its brand-new production Hidden. Thought-provoking and poignant, Hidden explores how, in an increasingly divided world, light can come out of darkness in times of crisis. At the cutting edge of live performance and digital integration, Hidden is a powerful blend of artforms. Gravity-defying choreography, an emotive soundscape and a shape-shifting set combine with ground-breaking projections to create an immersive world on stage. The fearless performers throw, catch and lift each other with immense precision, thrilling audiences with heart-in-the-mouth moments in this action-packed new production. Building on the successes of previous shows, including 2021’ s major hit, Nobody, the production further develops Motionhouse’s distinctive and visceral dance-circus language, where breath taking dance melts effortlessly into thrilling circus feats. A spectacular and unforgettable production. Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: Slung + Strayers + The Colour Blind Monks - 7.30pm doors - ‘Somewhere between Mazzy Star and Mastodon, Slung flits masterfully between thundering momentum and sinister riffs, to a vulnerability so delicate it catches you entirely off guard. Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: The Queen Inn map
Live music
• Beer/cider festival
Address: 28 Kingsgate Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9PG Telephone: 01962 853898 Event: Flaxen Hill at the Queen Inn Beer Festival - 8pm - Flaxen Hill's website: flaxenhill.wordpress.com. Indie, rock, folk and Americana blended in a unique style Flaxen Hill are a Winchester band that blend acoustic guitars, mandolin, violin, viola, lap steel, bass and drums into a unique style. Venue's website: thequeeninnwinchester.com Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/queeninnwinchester
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
• Family
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Schools' Performance - 11am-midday - Come and hear children from Stanmore Primary School perform the songs they have written during the Festival workshops with leader Neil Valentine, accompanied by Festival musicians. Tickets: Free
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Opening Concert - 4pm-6pm - Lucy Gould, David Adams, Magnus Johnston, Scott Dickinson, Kate Gould, Matthew Featherstone, Robert Plane, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore Ravel Rhapsodie Espanole Pamela Harrison Clarinet Quintet George Crumb Voice of the Whale for Three Masked Players Brahms String Quintet in F Op. 88 Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)
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Friday 02 May 2025
Venue: The Lights map
Live music
• Tribute
Address: West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH Telephone: Box office: 01264 368368 Event: Legends of Motown - 7.30pm - Legends of Motown is a high energy tribute show jam packed with all of Motown’s biggest hits, with stunning vocals and amazing live band, celebrating the music of the iconic and timeless Motown era. Undoubtedly the golden era of music, the show pays tribute to the legendary artists that appeared on the Motown label at that time. Get ready to be wowed with a song list that won’t fail to have you up and out of your seats and dancing in the aisles. Make it a night to remember with the music authentic to the Motown label from artists such as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin and many more! Venue's website: thelights.org.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/thelightsandover
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SATURDAY 03 MAY 2025
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Saturday 03 May 2025
Venue: Theatre Royal map
Dance
• Family
Address: Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone: Box office: 01962 840440 Event: Hidden - 2.30pm & 7.30pm - Internationally renowned dance-circus company Motionhouse returns to Theatre Royal Winchester, with its brand-new production Hidden. Thought-provoking and poignant, Hidden explores how, in an increasingly divided world, light can come out of darkness in times of crisis. At the cutting edge of live performance and digital integration, Hidden is a powerful blend of artforms. Gravity-defying choreography, an emotive soundscape and a shape-shifting set combine with ground-breaking projections to create an immersive world on stage. The fearless performers throw, catch and lift each other with immense precision, thrilling audiences with heart-in-the-mouth moments in this action-packed new production. Building on the successes of previous shows, including 2021’ s major hit, Nobody, the production further develops Motionhouse’s distinctive and visceral dance-circus language, where breath taking dance melts effortlessly into thrilling circus feats. A spectacular and unforgettable production. Venue's website: theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/TRWinchester
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Saturday 03 May 2025
Venue: The Railway map
Live music
• Tribute
Address: 3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone: 01962 867795 Event: Oaysis - 8pm doors - OAYSIS perform tunes such as Supersonic, Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall and more with absolute accuracy. This is the closet thing to seeing OASIS live, check their videos. They'll bring the spirit of Knebworth to you! Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website: railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook: facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester
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Saturday 03 May 2025
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Music festival
• Talk
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Pre-Concert Talk - 10.30am-11am - Simon Crawford-Phillips and Richard Lester Schoenberg's early Chamber Symphony explored within the context of Vienna’s musical history. Tickets: Free
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Saturday 03 May 2025
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
• Concert
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - Morning concert: VIENNA - 11.15am-1.15pm - Magnus Johnston, David Adams, Kate Gould, Scott Dickinson, Richard Lester, Zenith Quartet, Robert Plane, Matthew Featherstone, Simon Crawford-Phillips Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor Hanns Eisler Scherzo Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No 2 in G Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1, Op. 9, arr. for piano quintet by Webern Schubert Fantasie in F minor D940 Tickets: £23 (£19 in side aisles)
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Saturday 03 May 2025
Venue: St Paul's Church map
Live music
• Music festival
• Film
Address: St Paul's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AB Event: Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2025 - ZRI's Adventures with Charlie Chaplin - 7.30pm-9.30pm - Star violinist Max Baillie returns – this time with folk band 'ZRI' – playing live music to a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s silent comic film, 'The Adventurer'
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MONDAY 28 APRIL 2025
University of Winchester Music and Lyrics
Venue: Theatre Royal
7.30pm
the University of Winchester Musical Theatre students take to the stage, in a one night only event: Music and Lyrics. Songs in musicals function in various ways and can express a range of emotions for the characters that sing them. Whether moments of joy, anger or despair, and everything in between, musicals allow characters to paint their emotions on a variety of canvases. In a stripped-back, concert setting, students will perform a range of songs drawn from across the musical theatre repertoire, illustrating that musicals can be so much more than frivolous entertainment