Boycie & Marline

Boycie and Marlene were two of the many much loved characters from the BBC hit sitcom Only Fools and Horses and its spin-off series The Green, Green Grass. Meet ‘Boycie’ John Challis and ‘Marlene’ Sue Holderness at the Kings Theatre on Monday 15th and share in some of the shows most memorable moments and discover some of the things that we didn’t see on our screens.

Tickets £17.00–£15.00
£2.00 off – Kings Card

Any excuse to watch some classic Only Fools and Horses:

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King Gong

Black Cat Comedy Club in association with the World Famous Gong Show are hosting the KING GONG ~ the GRAND FINAL of the PORTSMOUTH GONG SHOW™ at The Fat Fox on Sunday 7th. Heats ran throughout the summer of 2009 with nine comedians battling it out for £100 cash prize and the chance of reaching the KING GONG GRAND FINAL™, with £250 Grand Prize as well as a prestigious gig at a future Black Cat Comedy Club.

The format is three series of three acts, hosted by compére RICHARD BROPHY. Each act gets a maximum of seven minutes to impress the audience. Three “red cards” will be amongst the audience, if, after a two-minute ‘grace period’, all red cards are held they are off. If they last the seven minutes they go through to the public vote. At least one act from each section must be allowed to go through for the public vote at the end…when the next Portsmouth Gong Show KING GONG winner will be announced.

Tickets are only £5 and available from the Fox direct. To find out about all of the comedians performing check the Facebook event for full details.

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Sport was the real winner tonight…

One of the best Sundays I’ve spent as of late was watching 14 people compete on the ‘Okey’ down The Little Johnny Russells for fame and glory. A few missed team members were quickly replaced with ringers and hand crafted shoulder emblazed titles adorned the backs of each player. Accompanied by individual walk on music and plenty of beer the night was off to a winning start.

With Austin on the mic for the full 3 hour knock out title championship it was anything but your average game of darts. Look out for the next leg in the new year.

Congratulation to Charlie ‘The Mack’ Waddington on his glorious triumph.

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Dave Spikey – Best Medicine Tour

Legendary comedian Dave Spikey will be performing his stand up show at The Kings Theatre on the 28th of September. Probably best known for co-writing and co-starring with Peter Kay as Jerry St Clair in Phoenix Nights and more recently as team captain on four series of Ch4s 8 out of 10 Cats, this show is his contribution to improving the health of the nation. Tickets are £17.50, check the Kings Theatre website for full details.

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Black Cat and Dave Thompson

Black Cat Comedy presents Dave Thompson live at the Fat Fox on Sunday the 6th. Best known for playing Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies, Dave Thompson plays a semi-regular character in both series of Al Murray’s sitcom Time Gentlemen Please, and two cameo roles in Ben Elton’s feature film Maybe Baby. Dave has appeared in ITV’s The All New Harry Hill Show, and TV Burp! and plays various roles in Harry Hill’s stage shows, Wild Horses and Hooves.

As well as Dave Thompson, Pete Walsh will be performing stand-up and impersonations and as usual Richard Brophy will be compere. Tickets are £5 and full details can be checked out at the Facebook event.

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Southsea Deck Your Chairs

Senior Lecturer Claire Sambrook from Portsmouth University has organised ‘Southsea Deck Your Chairs‘. A traveling art exhibition made up of 25 customized deckchairs, all designed by current students, alumni and local artists/designers linking the Deckchair with the Seafront. One of which i was lucky enough to be given the chance to work on. Take a sneak peak of the develpoment.

During the end of August for a month the deckchairs will tour around the city of Portsmouth in prominent places such as Southsea Castle, Commercial Road, Gunwharf Quays, Aspex Gallery, City roundabouts, Port Solent, Fratton, Eastney, Albert Road, the Seafront, Portsmouth Football Club, Portsdown Hill, Piers, Southsea Skatepark and will be displayed in Empty shop fronts, on walls, monuments and on the beach.

The first 4 are hot off the press and you can follow developments from the rest in the Deck Your Chairs Flickr Pool.

Claire also hopes to have a brochure designed featuring all the deckchairs around the city and an interview with each artist/designer. If there is anyone out there that is interested in sponsoring this brochure then please get in touch .

If you have any suggestions for a venue or would like more information, or think you can help then please get in contact with Claire at claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk or via Flickr.

All of the deckchairs will be on show at Southsea Fest on Albert Road on September 19th and then available to buy at Love Albert Road Day on September 27th 2009. Don’t miss out on a chance to own one of these exclusive deckchairs as only one of each will be produced. Price £79.99.

In association with : The University of Portsmouth, Southsea Deckchairs, Sifer Design and South Coast Design Forum.

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Comedy Shed

On the 22nd July and the 19th of August the Gatekeepers Inn, Victoria Park Lodge will be hosting Comedy Shed. The acts start at 7pm and entrance is £8 (with a free drink). For more information phone 07787798341.

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Rich Hall at The Wedgewood Rooms

Continuing The Wedgewood Rooms’ high profile comedy bookings Rich Hall will be performing on Sunday 15th November. For more information and to buy tickets online check the Wedgewood Rooms website.

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Edinburgh Fringe in Portsmouth

Black Cat Comedy Club at the Fat Fox brings the Edinburgh Fringe to Portsmouth with Exclusive Previews from the Hottest New Stand-Ups around…and if you’re wondering why a couple of their faces look familiar it could well be because two of the comics, Joey Page and Luke McQueen, appeared on the latest series of Channel 4’s ‘Coach Trip’ (the new Come Dine With Me).

Sunday 5th July sees Joey Page, Pat Burtscher & Luke McQueen at The Fat Fox with compére Richard Brophy, tickets are £5 in advance. For more information see the Facebook event for the evening.

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Jim Barbers Tuesday Night Pub Quiz

Yes. It’s back. Probably the finest quiz master on the south coast is making a triumphant return to quizdom at The One Eyed Dog. Spread the word via Jim’s Facebook and get involved. Points mean prizes people…

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Mark Thomas at the Wedgewood Rooms

As well as The Wedgewood Rooms killing it with their music bookings it looks like they are on their game with Comedy too with the awesome Mark Thomas set to appear on Tuesday the 8th of September. Tickets are £15 and £10 for concessions. Be sure to buy early as tickets will no doubt not last long.

For more information and to buy tickets online check the Wedgewood Rooms.

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Black Cat Comedy

The Black Cat Comedy Club returns to the Fat Fox on Sunday 7th featuring The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue plus special guests Juliet Meyers and Joel Dommett with Richard Brophy as compére for the evening. Tickets are £6.00 in advance and doors open at 7:30pm.

For more information check Black Cat Comedy and the Facebook event for the evening.

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