Chris Broom Reporter
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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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888 Articles
6 months
portsmouth.co.uk

South Downs National Park launches annual photo competition with a theme of 'stunning seasons'

Amateur photographers are being invited to submit entries to the South Downs National Park’s annual photo competition.

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portsmouth.co.uk

Pompey's 'perfect 125th anniversary season' with double title-winning teams is celebrated at Port...

Portsmouth Football Club brought down the curtain on its hugely successful 125th anniversary season with a civic rece...

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portsmouth.co.uk

Standup comic Emmanuel Sonubi brings his laughable Curriculum Vitae to The Wedgewood Rooms, Ports...

​Rare is the standup comic who has never died on stage at some point in their career.

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portsmouth.co.uk

Jane Weaver looks for the joy in nature as she brings Love in Constant Spectacle to The Wedgewood...

​Over the course of an idiosyncratic career Jane Weaver has consistently ploughed her own sonic furrow.

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portsmouth.co.uk

How punk's DIY ethos took Fareham's Mark Steadman to Laos in South East Asia and earned him an MB...

​There’s a line in the song The Queen Is Dead by indie legends The Smiths: “So I broke into the Palace, With a sponge...

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portsmouth.co.uk

How punk's DIY ethos took Fareham's Mark Steadman to Laos in South East Asia and earned him an MB...

​There’s a line in the song The Queen Is Dead by indie legends The Smiths: “So I broke into the Palace, With a sponge...

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7 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Frank Turner aims for record-breaking 15 gigs in 24 hours to help Music Venue Trust and promote n...

​An arena-filling singer-songwriter from the Meon Valley is bidding to perform the most gigs in different towns and c...

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7 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Covid-19 spring vaccination programme roles out across Hampshire and Isle of Wight for vulnerable...

​​The rollout of the Covid-19 spring vaccination campaign to protect some of the most vulnerable people across the co...

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7 months
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | The Caezars at The Barn, Milton: "A thrilling ride - strap yourself in"

A few days before this gig I took a trip to the theatre with my family to see Grease.

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portsmouth.co.uk

Hail The Caezars as cult rockabilly punks to make their comeback at The Barn in Portsmouth

​As is so often sadly the way, The Caezars decided to call it a day in 2016 when the pull of every day life intervened.

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portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Grease at The Kings Theatre, Southsea: 'Grease is definitely the word at The Kings this ...

Thanks to my younger sister, I must be among the few who are more familiar with Grease 2 than the original.

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portsmouth.co.uk

The Kings Theatre's new community show is ready to go like Greased Lightnin'

The Kings Theatre is heading ​back to 1959 for its Easter community production – Grease.

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