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Chris Broom is The News's entertainments editor, who oversees our weekly what's on supplement, The Guide. He covers music, comedy, musicals, plays - if it's on a stage (and even if it's not) he'll write about it. And that includes everything from major touring acts and festival headliners, through to grassroots acts and the am-dram scene.

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876 Articles
2 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Urban Voodoo Machine are bringing their Snake Oil Engine to The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea

It’s hard to beat the description that the Urban Voodoo Machine have given themselves: “Bourbon-soaked gypsy blues bo...

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8 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Nosebleed at The Edge of The Wedge, Southsea: 'An intense sense of immediacy and camarad...

I suppose it’s better to be late to the party than to never get there at all.

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16 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Police launch month-long zombie knife amnesty ahead of law change - where you can hand them in

The public are being urged by police to hand ‘zombie-style’ knives and machetes in a month-long amnesty ahead of them...

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23 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Madagascar The Musical heads south as UK tour finishes at Mayflower Theatre

The cast of Madagascar The Musical are currently in Aberdeen, but from there they are coming the full length of the c...

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23 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Hamish Hawk puts A Firmer Hand on his new album and a gig at Staggeringly Good Brewery with Pie &...

On his new album Hamish Hawk lays himself bare as never before.

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26 days
portsmouth.co.uk

Obituary: Playwright, teacher and more, Stuart Olesker has died aged 81

Playwright, poet, puppeteer, and a connoisseur of nonsense and second-hand bookshops, Stuart Olesker has died aged 81...

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about 1 month
portsmouth.co.uk

Lifelong Pompey fan Eugene Noble is chosen to represent The Blues in Sky Sports campaign about th...

Life-long Pompey fan Eugene Noble has been chosen to represent the club in a new campaign by Sky Sports looking at fa...

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about 1 month
portsmouth.co.uk

Cult classic film turned West End hit Heathers The Musical comes to The Kings Theatre in Southsea

When the film Heathers was released in 1988, the pitch-black high school comedy was considered a flop.

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about 1 month
portsmouth.co.uk

Show of Hands, Afro Celt Sound System, Ranagri and Trouble Notes supergroup Dream in Colours to m...

‘Supergroup’ is a much-abused term, but the recently formed act Dream in Colours certainly fit the bill.

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about 2 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Torpedoes album launch at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: 'It’s good to have them back an...

If value for money is one of your metrics for judging whether a gig is good or not, then this night couldn't be faulted.

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about 2 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Hip-hop mavericks South Coast Ghosts to hold Common Folk album launch party at The Wedgewood Room...

They started life as a project born out of producer/rapper Dan ‘The Diamondback Kid’ Bierton’s impatience.

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about 2 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | The SpongeBob Musical at The Kings Theatre, Southsea: 'Smells like a hit'

While I am aware of SpongeBob SquarePants and have caught a couple of episodes over the years, it was my children who...

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