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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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827 Articles
3 days ago
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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3 days ago
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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5 days ago
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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10 days ago
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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12 days ago
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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13 days ago
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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16 days ago
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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17 days ago
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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17 days ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Robert Vincent at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: 'Making melancholy sound fun'

​You have to hand it to the audiences at Square Roots Promotions’ gigs – the overwhelming majority typically turn up ...

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18 days ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Show of Hands Full Circle farewell tour at New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth: 'They will be ...

For the past 30 years or so folk act Show of Hands have been omnipresent on the gig and festival circuit.

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18 days ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Crystal Tides at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: "It's impossible not to get swept along ...

One thing you can never accuse Crystal Tides of is lacking ambition.

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21 days ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Former News deputy editor wins Cancer Research UK's Media Supporter of the Year for his work on t...

A former news editor and deputy editor at The News has been named Cancer Research UK's Media Supporter of the Year wh...

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