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Pompey Politics Podcast: Is Portsmouth’s Art Suffering?

2nd June 2020

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon welcome Geoff Priestley, General Manager of The Wedgewood Rooms and Richard Stride, founder of Groundlings Theatre Company, [… read more ]

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S&C’s Top 10 Pompey Lockdown Crowdfunders

21st May 2020

Contributing Editor and reporter Paris Ali-Pilling picks out a top 10 of local organisations and individuals who are crowdfunding during lockdown. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton.   Voices from the NHS frontline, Lean on Me [… read more ]

Culture

Community Makes a Big Difference: An Interview with Richard Stride, Part II

5th March 2020

In an exclusive two-part series, Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Richard Stride, the Artistic Director of Groundlings Theatre. Check out Part I, published yesterday. In part II, they discuss how the Theatre raises money to operate, celebrities [… read more ]

Events

International Women’s Day 2020: My Life as an International Woman

4th March 2020

Local writer, artist and Publicity Officer for Portsmouth and Hampshire Arts Society, Irene Strange, shares her experiences of living in Libya in the 1960s as she reflects on International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is [… read more ]

Culture

Why Groundlings Theatre is Unique: An Interview with Richard Stride, Part I

4th March 2020

In an exclusive two-part series, Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Richard Stride, the Artistic Director of Groundlings Theatre. In part I, they discuss the challenges of running Groundlings and finding support, the recent addition of the Theatre [… read more ]

Culture

Review: Groundlings Theatre’s Rose Playhouse Performances are ‘Intimate and Exciting’

22nd July 2019

Purbrook resident Rosalie Cuthbert reviews Groundlings Theatre’s current productions of two Shakespeare classics, featuring a replica of The Rose Playhouse, where Romeo & Juliet was first performed.  When Richard Stride had the idea of recreating [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth’s Groundlings Theatre Take Shakespeare to Stansted House

28th May 2019

Groundlings Theatre is taking Shakespeare on tour, bringing two classic Shakespeare plays to the gardens of Stansted House in July. Both plays will be performed in classic dress, with Romeo & Juliet starring an all-male [… read more ]

Culture

Groundlings Theatre Brings Shakespeare to Life with Summer Festival

24th May 2019

The Groundlings Theatre will build a replica of The Rose Playhouse, where Romeo & Juliet was first performed, for a special Shakespeare Festival this summer. Sarah Cheverton reports.  Audiences will be invited to ‘step back [… read more ]

Culture

Review: The Railway Children at Groundlings Theatre

24th April 2019

Purbrook resident Rosalie Cuthbert reviews the Groundlings Theatre production of E. Nesbit’s famous novel. How did you spend your Easter Sunday afternoon? It was a beautiful sunny day but I decided to escape the heat [… read more ]

Culture

A Christmas Carol and Cinderella at Groundlings Theatre

16th November 2018

S&C Community Reporter Andrew Hurdle interviews Richard Stride from Pompey’s Groundlings Theatre about the history of the theatre and the coming season. Richard Stride explains the history of the Groundlings Theatre, including that Charles Dickens’ [… read more ]

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Portsmouth-based Palestinian Student and Family in Need of Financial Help

2nd February 2026

Abedelraheem Hamad is a talented Chevening scholar who was evacuated from Gaza by the British government to study for a Masters in Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Portsmouth in September 2025. Over [… read more ]

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2nd February 2026

David Langley was one of a quintet activists who attended a meeting with Southern Water in Waterlooville on 30th January. Here he tells us what happened. I am pleased to report that we were well [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Climate Choir is part of a national movement called the Climate Choir Movement, which was founded with the intention of using the power of music to draw attention to critical environmental issues and mobilise [… read more ]

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Man Arrested At Protest Outside Stephen Morgan’s Office and Released Without Charge

2nd January 2026

A Portsmouth man was arrested yesterday outside the office of local MP and Labour Friends of Israel member, Stephen Morgan, under the Terrorism Act 2000. The man was holding a sign reading ‘Palestine Action are [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Palestine Hunger Strike Protestors Step Up Pressure on Local MP

30th December 2025

For the second day this week, Portsmouth South constituents have demonstrated outside their MP Stephen Morgan’s office. George Hibberd reports. The protestors are demanding that Morgan, a member of Labour Friends of Israel and a recipient [… read more ]

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