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
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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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Standup star Josh Pugh is living the mild life as he brings Existin' La Vida Loca to The Wedgewoo...

​Winner of English Comedian of the Year, viral sensation and sometime footballer for England, Josh Pugh returns with ...

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Learn about The Songs The Beatles Gave Away with the expert guidance of 'Whispering' Bob Harris a...

​Broadcasting legend Bob Harris and former custodian of John Lennon's childhood home Colin Hall will take to the stag...

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3 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Icebreaker Festival: celebrating 10 years of Southsea's multi-venue event as Seething Akira headl...

It’s become a fixture at the start of the year in the local music calendar – and now Icebreaker Festival is celebrati...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth residents are £10,000 worse off since 2010 thanks to poor economic growth

People in and around Portsmouth are almost £10,000 worse off because of poor economic growth since 2010, new analysis...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Oxfam seeks volunteers for 2024 music festival season, including Isle of Wight, Boomtown, Glaston...

Oxfam is looking for 8,500 volunteers for its biggest ever year of festivals – including at Isle of Wight and Boomtow...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Victorious Festival: Road To Victorious competition returns with a bumper prize package for one t...

A competition is being launched today to give local bands the chance to win a prize package featuring the chance to p...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

See an Evening with Sky Sports legend Jeff Stelling, plus special guest Paul Merson, at The Kings...

​The Kings Theatre in Southsea plays host to an exclusive evening of football nostalgia, fun and entertainment with S...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

How a nurse from Waterlooville set up Hope and Soul, a charity helping children in Tanzania

​By her own admission, Hope Prosser was “quite a materialistic person” before she went to Tanzania for the first time.

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