Writer Anne Paton-Cragg has adopted Portsmouth as her home town but has also lived in Sheffield, London, Paris, Helsinki and Singapore. Here she relates an awkward yet humorous experience she had while visiting Monaco. ‘That’s [… read more ]
Andrew Larder enjoys a madcap mishmash of puppetry, music, drag, vulgarity and hilarity. ‘Don’t dream it, be it,’ is the mantra sung towards the end of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Drag queen Fanny Quivers [… read more ]
‘Every attempt to fit in resulted in me being more weird and more isolated from normal people.’ ― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character Andrew Larder recently enjoyed stand-up comedian Fern Brady’s Portsmouth show as part of her [… read more ]
Despite the torrential rain, every seat was taken for Wednesday’s performance of a collection of plays and monologues by Roger Goldsmith. S&C‘s own theatre critic Jackie Green reports. Southsea Cinema and Arts Centre’s first live [… read more ]
Nativity! The Musical just knocked every panto Jackie Green has ever seen out of the festive ballpark. Here she explains how and why. It was a West End level production at affordable prices and the [… read more ]
In preparation for his headline UK Tour, Lucy Nother spoke to Ed Gamble about festivals, podcasts and what to expect from his latest string of award-winning shows. Ed Gamble is one of the hottest names [… read more ]
By Pete Adams Silly Billy Was Billy silly? Billy felt silly. He believed he was a socialist and a committed anti-racist and was now being called an anti-Semite because the Labour Party said so – [… read more ]
Ahead of his show at the Portsmouth Guildhall, record-breaking stand-up comic Paul Chowdhry talks to Lucy Nother about cancel culture, racism and the liveliness of Portsmouth comedy crowds. Given what’s happened over the past couple [… read more ]
Over the summer, American comedian Bo Burnham released a Netflix special that spoke to many – including University of Portsmouth student Lucy Nother – about the pandemic, mental illness and the challenges of the digital [… read more ]
John Fleming interviews comedian Joe Wells who talks about his decision to move away from political comedy, his upcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, and his views on Neurodiversity. Joe Wells is a political comedian. He has [… read more ]
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