The Stage Door

31/10/2026

Looking for a venue for your next event? 🎭✨

Our theatre space is perfect for all kinds of occasions! Whether you're planning a performance, music gig, conference, or celebration, we’ve got you covered with a flexible layout to suit your needs:

- Traditional row seating with up to 110 seats 🎭
- Cabaret-style with tables for around 70 guests 💋
- Or, leave the floor empty for a music gig or event for up to 170 guests 🎸

Get in touch today to book our versatile space for your next event

31/10/2026

Introducing the talented cast for our big SHOWTIME Finale of 2026 - Sat 7th Nov 🥳

We are looking back over the past 2 years at some of the amazing writers we have featured, and look at this sensational West End and National cast we have to perform their songs!

🔸️Jodie Jacobs
🔸️Al Knott
🔸️Asher Forth
🔸️Izzy Li
🔸️Rebecca Bailey
🔸️Richie Spencer

Follow the link in comments to book your tickets, which are pay what you decide. Help us make our final show at this stunning venue the best one yet. See you there 🤩

30/10/2026

DOTTY & THE VINYLS ARE COMING TO THE STAGE DOOR! And they're bringing friends!

Get ready for a fabulous night of big vocals, gorgeous harmonies and plenty of personality as Dotty & The Vinyls take over The Stage Door!

Expect an evening packed with brilliant music, retro vibes and feel-good favourites — with a suitably festive sprinkling for December!

📅 Friday 11th December
🎟️ Tickets available now from the What’s On section of our website

30/10/2026

The SHOWTIME BIG FINALE for 2026 is next weekend Sat 7th Nov! 🥳

While it isn't the end for Showtime, it will be our last show inside this iconic venue before it closes its doors in 2027.

To celebrate the amazing talent we've witnessed over the last two years, we will be performing songs from 19 writers from 2025-2026. They are:

🔸️Andrew Brien and Gregory P. Franz
🔸️Ri Baroche
🔸️Tamiko Dooley and Cathy Farmer
🔸️Hilmi Jaidin
🔸️Tim Connor
🔸️Susannah Pearse
🔸️Racklin & Cleeve
🔸️Emily Rose Simons
🔸️Arney, Mackenwells and Pinnock
🔸️Amies, Bailey & Clements
🔸️Kitty Morgan
🔸️Tasker & McGrath
🔸️Alexander Gatherer
🔸️Greg Link and Catherine Willoughby
🔸️Darren Clark and Rhys Jennings
🔸️Emma Vieceli
🔸️Arnold & O’Keefe
🔸️Mark Wheeller Danny Sturrock
🔸️Zorab & Higgins

Please help us busy up the audience to give the writers and the performers the buzz and energy to wrap up for the year. Tickets are incredibly affordable (pay what you decide). Link in comments. We look forward to revealing the cast very soon!

29/10/2026

Oh, the nostalgia 💜💙❤️ Excuse me Mrs Pardon was our first children's theatre show - performed by Laura Curnick 🤗

Please keep sharing your memories of The Stage Door in the comments or our DMs to remember all the good times before we become unhinged from our bricks and mortar in 2027.

Every pic and story shared will not just fill our hearts, we also plan to create a little venue memory book in the new year! 🥳

29/10/2026

🏰✨ THE CAST IS OUT OF THE BAG… AND THE GLASS SLIPPER IS OFF!✨👠

The wait finally is over! We're thrilled to reveal the fabulous cast of 'CINDERELLA… THE FAIRYTALE WITH A VERY HAPPY ENDING!' 💙

Southampton's favourite outrageously naughty Adult Panto is BACK, and this year it's BIGGER and BOLDER than ever as it makes its debut at Mayflower Studios! 🎭

🌟 MEET THE CAST! 🌟

👑 David Dobson as Princey
👠 Fiona Lynn as Cinders
🏋️‍♂️ Lee Backhouse as Mankini
💋 Katy Chalkley as Verruca
💄 Malcolm Clarke as Bunion
🪄 Danielle Fletcher as Fairy

With David Dobson directing and Julianne Watling-McCarthy producing, this lot are ready to bring you a Cinderella like you've NEVER seen before!

The full cast are all returning Stage Door Adult Panto performers, including legendary Dame Malcolm Clarke, who has been causing chaos in a frock for Southampton since 2015! 👗

Expect outrageous comedy, ridiculous characters, filthy innuendos, songs you’ll never hear the same way again and more balls than you can shake a wand at! 🪄

🎭 26 NOVEMBER – 11 DECEMBER 2026
📍 MAYFLOWER STUDIOS, SOUTHAMPTON

🎟️ Tickets are already flying out with some shows SOLD OUT, so don't leave it until midnight!

Grab your tickets now through the Mayflower website!

🔞 Strictly for grown-ups and not for the easily offended!!

28/10/2026

28/10/2026

The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back.

Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), the UK’s leading de-influencer returns with a brand-new stand-up show. Expect fresh jokes, furious rants, and ridiculous stories — all delivered with Tez’s trademark smart, silly, and subversive humour.

Star of Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾.

Pop over to our website to book your tickets now

27/10/2026

MANFORD’S COMEDY CLUB IS BACK AT THE STAGE DOOR! 😂

📅 Friday 30th October

Get ready for another HUGE night of stand-up as Manford’s Comedy Club brings FOUR fantastic comedians to Southampton — all hand-picked by Jason Manford!
🎤 KATE SMURTHWAITE
🎤 STEPHEN CARLIN
🎤 ADAM BROOMFIELD-STRAWN
🎤 EL BALDINIHO

Manford’s Comedy Clubs bring together award-winning comedians, TV faces and some of the very best acts from the UK and international comedy circuit.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now on our What's On page of the website

22/10/2026

It's ⏰️ Manford's Comedy Club has been with us since we first opened The Stage Door with monthly stand-up shows - Jason Manford even made a guest appearance at one of the shows 🤗 And we are back Next Friday with a steller line-up - so we will see you then! 🤩

We've loved seeing your comments and pics with nostalgic moments so far! Keep them coming (comments or DM) and we'll feature your stories and photos in a venue memory book for The Stage Door in 2027 📕