Rock Music – Star & Crescent

Pompey’s Musical New Blood: Meet the Bands

4th March 2019

At 7pm tomorrow, Tuesday 5th March, four bands will compete for the chance of a lifetime. Teaming up with the Hot Vox agency, the Isle of Wight Festival is on the hunt for the best [… read more ]

15-44 entertainment: An Arts Company With a Difference

12th October 2017

Emily Priest interviews Kevin O’Donoghue and Daniel Ansell to discuss their new addition to Portsmouth’s music scene, 15-44 entertainment, and their plans for the future. Saturday 14th October will see the launch of a new [… read more ]

News

‘Dedication, Determination and Talent’: Pompey TV Presenters in the Making

14th March 2019

Musical theatre teacher Helen Wallis from the TADAA performing arts school in Portsmouth writes about five successful students learning the art of TV presenting. TADAA (The Alternative Dramatic Arts Academy) performing arts school is a [… read more ]

Culture

Creative Portsmouth: Building a Cultural Collective

22nd February 2019

The first Creative Portsmouth event took place on 31st January 2019 run by Portsmouth City Council. Local writer Maddie Wallace reports. Judging by the huge turnout at the city’s first Creative Portsmouth collaborative event at the [… read more ]

Culture

How to Write a Pompey Siege

20th February 2019

It’s 1642: George Goring is the Governor of Portsmouth. But can he govern his own impulses? Writer Vin Adams describes why and how he came to wrote a historical play on Portsmouth – in authentic [… read more ]

News

Who are ‘The Grahams?’ Talking to My Sons About Brexit

18th February 2019

S&C regular, local writer and PhD researcher Maddie Wallace speaks to her sons – aged 11 and 12 years – about Brexit to discover what young people know – and don’t know – about the [… read more ]

News

Peter Hitchens at Portsmouth University: ‘I’d rather dine with Dracula’

14th February 2019

Writer and Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchens has struck back today at Portsmouth University’s Students’ Union following the recent controversy over the decision to delay a planned event at which he was to speak. Sarah [… read more ]