Film buffs will have the chance to watch the latest cinema showings – without travelling out of the area. Titchfield Festival Theatre (TFT) is hosting a film night in their 200-seat auditorium with national charity Moviola, which will be supplying the cinema equipment. The charity works with organisations across the country providing that big screen [...]
Titchfield Festival Theatre is planning a £1 million two-part project which will celebrate William Shakespeare’s work. The 200-seat theatre in St Margaret’s Lane is to get a makeover, while planning permission is being sought to open a second venue at The Great Barn in Mill Lane to show a host of Shakespeare plays this summer. [...]
Whooping and cheering, booing and hissing, it was clear the audience thoroughly enjoyed Cinderella at The Kings Theatre. With a soap star filled cast taking to the Southsea stage, some fairy sparkles and a romantic tale the pantomime was a great way to kick-start the festive season. Stuart Wade’s bumbling character Buttons, for me, stole [...]
Slapstick was at its best in the Beauty and the Beast pantomime at the Ferneham Hall last night (December 13). Comedy duo Ian ‘H’ Watkins, from STEPS, and Chris Casserly took to the Fareham stage as Potty Pierre and Dame Dotty Derriere causing a calamity of catastrophes – but a barrel of laughs for the [...]
Taking to the traditional tale of Cinderella these ugly sisters made a show-stopping entrance on a tandem bicycle. Upstaging Cinders they pedalled along , screeched at the breaks and nearly bumped into the crowd waiting outside a Southsea theatre. Clearly this year’s pantomime at The Kings Theatre is set to be a comical adventure. With [...]
Performers from the Western Wards are being invited to audition for a Charles Dickens’ play at The Kings Theatre in Southsea. Auditions for Barnaby Rudge – A Tale of the Gordon Riots will be held at the Menuhin Room, Central Library, Guildhall Square in Portsmouth on October 22. The play, adapted and directed by Eileen [...]
Families should expect hilarious antics and slapstick comedy at Ferneham Hall’s pantomime Beauty and the Beast. Oh yes they should! The traditional fairy tale will take to the Fareham stage this Christmas with a talented showbiz cast including STEPS’ Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Steven Pinder, best known as Max Farnham from Brookside. And the stars of [...]
Tremeloes legend Dave Munden is eagerly anticipating performing in Fareham again as part of The Sensational 60’s Experience. The 67-year-old sixties super-star counts himself lucky to still be performing more than 40 years on and will be in the borough on October 20 alongside Hermans Hermits, The Union Gapuk and The Dreamers. “It’s generally really [...]
Film Reviews – by Adam Vaughan Film of the week: Friends with Benefits (15) Other reviews: A Lonely Place to Die (15) Fright Night 3D (15) Apollo 18 (15) Rating key – ◊ Total turkey | ♥ Drooping hotdog | ♥♥ Pick n Mix | ♥♥♥ Bit of fizz | ♥♥♥♥ Popcorn-tastic | ♥♥♥♥♥ Not to [...]
Film Reviews – by Adam Vaughan Film of the week: Conan The Barbarian (15) Final Destination 5 (15) Rating key – ◊ Total turkey | ♥ Drooping hotdog | ♥♥ Pick n Mix | ♥♥♥ Bit of fizz | ♥♥♥♥ Popcorn-tastic | ♥♥♥♥♥ Not to be missed Conan the Barbarian (2011) (12A) ♥♥ An hour into [...]
