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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840 Articles
2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Takedown Festival 2024 at Portsmouth Guildhall, featuring Creeper, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Kid Capichi ...

The organisers of the two-day rock and metal festival, Takedown, have announced that they are postponing this year’s ...

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2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Craig Finn of The Hold Steady at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: 'This is gig-going as an...

​For the past 20 years or so, The Hold Steady have been among the pre-eminent chroniclers of blue-collar America.

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2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Craig Finn at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: 'This is gig-going as an act of communion'

​For the past 20 years or so, The Hold Steady have been among the prime chroniclers of blue-collar America.

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2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Oh! Gunquit at The Barn, Milton: "If they're in town - be there"

​You know that saying about policemen getting younger?

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2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Victorious Festival 2024: Professor Green, Groove Armada and more announced for Seaside Stage wit...

​The Seaside Stage at Victorious Festival is returning to its old location this summer for the first time since 2021.

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2 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Ladyjam - Portsmouth's first all-female street art event taking place this weekend

​Female street artists will be taking part in the city’s first all-female ‘paint jam’ event this weekend.

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | The Go! Team play Thunder, Lightning, Strike at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: "Still so...

When The Go! Team burst onto the scene in 2004 they were a kaleidoscopic day-glo riot in a musical landscape starting...

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Trans artist Mr Samo invites you to have a seat at his table for a Feast at The Corner Collective...

What does it mean “to have a seat at someone’s table”?

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Share (Portsmouth) launches first Portsmouth E-waste Amnesty Week in response to resident feedback

What old technology have you got lurking in the drawers in your home, down the back of a cupboard, or stuck up in the...

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth's Stage One Youth Theatre brings Les Misérables to Titchfield Festival Theatre

​Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unre...

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | 2:22 A Ghost Story at Chichester Festival Theatre: "I did not see the twists coming"

You’re painting a doorframe in the early hours, watching the clock tick down with a knot in your stomach.

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review: John J Presley at The Edge of The Wedge: 'There's an undercurrent of menace... but it's a...

​Almost exactly a year ago I was at The Edge of The Wedge watching a mesmeric performance by Duke Garwood performing ...

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