- Urban Wild on the Common 2026
- Punk Poetry, Protest & Pantry news (August newsletter & Autumn what’s on)
- A Warm Welcome at Bitterne Station – Our First Friday Pantry at our new home!
- The Art House pop-up pantry at Bitterne Station open day!
- Event announcement: Valentine Noire with Jason Buck
- Gig Announcement: Grant Sharkey’s 24th Album Launch
- Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!
- Special guest for this month’s Moving Voices
Category Archives: Spoken word & theatre
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Edinburgh Fringe previews
Can’t make it to Edinburgh Fringe this year? The Art House has a long and proud history of hosting scratch shows and previews, giving you a chance to experience some of the shows headed for the Scottish Capital, without having … Continue reading
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Moving Voices special guest announcement: Haribo
Moving Voices veteran Haribo is at The Art House on Friday 16 June 2023 for a special edition of our regular open mic for poets, storytellers and musicians. Friday 16 June from 7pm – book here About Moving Voices: Moving … Continue reading
Event announcement: The Travelling Talesman presents “Off with their Heads!”
The Travelling Talesman returns in person to The Art House with tales of Kings, Queens, how they lost,found,kept or gave away their kingdoms. Mark Coronation week with a slightly irreverent collection folktales from around the world, told by a master … Continue reading
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What’s on – March 2023
You have a packed month of events to choose from this March! Come and enjoy local music, touring performers, poetry, storytelling and cabaret. It’s also time for Southampton Seed Swap Thursday 2 MarchDrag n Drop, written & performed by Ri … Continue reading
GIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Lexi Wolfe: It’s Haunted, They Said – Part 2 (online only)
Lexi returns to our online stage to read from her ghost stories ‘It’s Haunted, They Said’. This event will be streamed on Zoom with the ability to interact and chat in the breaks. If you missed Part 1, don’t worry … Continue reading
ONLINE GIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The Travelling Talesman presents ‘Birds, Beasts and Bad Magic’ Sat 4 March 8pm
The Travelling Talesman returns to our online stage with a live streaming set of tales of things feathery, furry and magical. The Travelling Talesman is a spoken word narrative performer of myths, legends, folktales and the occasional poem, a storyteller! … Continue reading
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Gig Announcement – Andrew O’Neill returns to The Art House!
Andrew O’Neill – We Are Not In The Least Afraid Of Ruins; We Carry A New World In Our Hearts Thursday 27 April, 8pm – tickets from £14.70 early release (low waged subsidised tickets £6) Andrew O’Neill is hopeful, and … Continue reading
We’ve added new shows to our listings!
Take a look here for the new things we’ve just added
What’s on this week 21 – 27 November 2022
Last week was a blast with two of our favourites – Professor Elemental and Attila the Stockbroker both filling the house (both shows were recorded for our Patreon community if you missed them). We were also honoured to host a poetry evening … Continue reading
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What’s on for the rest of 2022
It’s hard to believe the year is almost over, but here we are! The grey winter days and nights can be hugely improved, we reckon, by coming out and enjoying some of our events. From music and spoken word to … Continue reading