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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844 Articles
13 days ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Batman and Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black to be No.6 Cinema's first screenings when reopening...

No.6 Cinema, based in the Historic Dockyards, Portsmouth is set to reopen following “technical adjustments”.

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13 days ago
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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16 days ago
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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18 days ago
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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18 days ago
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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22 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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22 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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24 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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29 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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about 1 month 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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about 1 month 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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about 1 month 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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