To mark the centenary in April 2012 of the sinking of RMS Titanic, three Southampton
songwriters and performers - Brian Hooper, Barry Wake and Jeff Henry - have collaborated to
tell the story in a production called Look Out!
Featuring song, music and spoken word, it relates the events leading up to the tragedy, and the aftermath, from the viewpoint of the town and its Southampton crew. In particular, through the eyes of Fred Fleet, the look-out who first sighted the iceberg.
Southampton provided the majority of the crew for Titanic, almost 600 of whom were lost in the tragedy. This had a profound and lasting impact on the town.
Look Out! is perfomed by White Star Line-Up - a group of primarily Southampton-based singers and musicians formed specifically to tell this story.