A new long exposure photography exhibition by Andrew Whyte is now up at The Kings Theatre until Sun 23rd October with public viewings on Thursday & Saturdays between 10.30am to 2.00am. The work consists of all long exposures at night, mostly using/featuring spaces and landmarks around Portsmouth and Southsea. Within the exhibition there are some brand new pieces (Clarence Pier & War Memorial) and the rest are mostly new prints.
Keep an eye on the skies, War of the Worlds (Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version) will be arriving at The Kings Theatre on Thursday 9th June to Saturday 11th. Multi award-winning local theatre company CCADS will be making their main stage Kings Theatre debut with a unique and fully dramatised theatrical rendering of Jeff Wayne’s iconic musical version of HG Wells’ enduring classic. Following record-breaking success as one of the most iconic albums of all time and, recently, as a star-studded arena tour, CCADS celebrate their twentieth year on the theatrical scene with this specially licensed production, combining a full cast and a stunning orchestra to bring vibrant life to some of the finest contemporary music of all time in the service of a thrilling tale of humankind fighting for its very existence in Victorian England.
Click HERE to find out more and book your tickets.
The Kings Theatre recently had a new virtual tour added to it’s website which allows you to explore the theatre, from outside and the foyer to the different circles, the stage itself and backstage…and even the bar! Even if you are very familiar with the theatre it’s fun to have a little online explore using some pretty clever technology. Check the views from the roof too!
(I’ve discovered you can zoom in using the Shift key and zoom out using the Ctrl key – on a Mac).
A competition between The King’s Theatre and Neb Web.
In June the Kings Theatre are offering you a night of fantasy and illusion, wonder and adventure with The National Black Light Theatre of Prague’s production of The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen! Neb Web have teamed up with the Kings to give you a chance to flex your creative muscles and win an exhibition of your work, tickets to see the show and more!
They are looking for eye-popping, jaw-dropping digital images on a Fantasy theme to put together for an exhibition at the Kings Theatre’s Dress Circle to accompany the show. They want fantastic creatures, mythical beasts, unlikely landscapes, dreamscapes and cryptic contraptions – send them your photographs, your designs, your illustrations and drawings…
The winners will be chosen for an exhibition in the Kings Theatre from 13th – 23rd June – everyone whose work they select will get a ticket to the show, a Kings Card (great for discounts from businesses in Albert Road and beyond, worth £20) and a private reception before the performance. The person who submits the very best entry will also be given a solo exhibition at the theatre in 2012.
How to Enter:
1) Post your entries to NeBMedia’s Fan Page Wall by no later than June 1st, 2011.
2) They will pick out a shortlist for the judges and ask for a full-size file to be sent.
3) They will then let you know who’s won on June 10th
Further details on their Facebook page.
Ooh la Lapin has organised a Christmas themed sewing event at The Kings Theatre for Monday 6th December. Between 10.00am to 3.00pm you can spend all day hanging out in the beautiful Edwardian theater in the Irving Room complete with chandeliers and stained glass windows. With fabric, skills and sewing machines at your disposal you can learn how to craft some beautiful Christmas decorations. These decorations will be for your home but you will also work as a group making a stunning garland which will be hung in the dress circle promenade of the Theatre itself. The group garland will then be hung every year in Theatre for generations to admire as they attend the theatrical festivities.
Cost: £30 (this includes all materials, lunch and tea and cake).
The day is limited to 10 places so booking is essential, please contact the Kings Box Office on 023 92828282 and find out more at oohlalapin.wordpress.com.
The line up for this year’s Portsmouth Film Festival which takes place between the 23rd and 26th September has been unveiled. The theme this year “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside” one long weekend of film events, features, shorts, quizzes, installations, exhibitions and workshops exploring the darker side of the seaside. The festival includes a showing of The Who’s film Tommy which was filmed on location in Southsea, which will included a live band to accompany the showing as well as other treats for Tommy fans.
For full programme details visit the festival website at www.portsmouthfilmfestival.org.uk or follow them on Facebook.
Hot Ears will be showcasing some of Portsmouth’s finest acts at a charitable event at the Kings Theatre on 13th August. Performances will include The Rubicon, Leigh Mary Stokes, Luke Ferre, one of the ‘Musicroom acoustic showcase’ finalists and DJ Phillip Harvey to entertain you at the after party. This event will be compared by Express FM’s favourite Joel Ransom’, alongside one of Portsmouth’s youngest talented musicians Master Huw Oleska.
The event is in association with ‘Solent Youth Action’, a charity that empowers young people to develop as individuals, enjoy new challenges and make a positive contribution to the community through volunteering. Proceeds made will be contributed to this charity. Tickets are available at ‘The Kings Theatre’, Southsea and ‘Musicroom’ in Commercial Road. £5 early bird, £6 on the door.
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:
“Please sir, I want some more.” Oliver’s innocent request lands him in trouble with the workhouse Matron and the Beadle and sets him on his famous adventure. Consider Yourself one of us, and go see this production of Lionel Bart’s lively musical based on Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist at the Kings Theatre on from Tuesday 9th to the 13th.
Tickets £14.50–£7.00 adult, £ 10.00– £6.00 child, concessions available.
Following the success of last year’s event The Kings Theatre will be once again opening the Spring season with an open day event on Saturday 23rd January from 10.00am – 5.00pm. Now is your chance to get behind the scenes and discover the secrets of the theatre:
Drama:
Professional Workshops for all ages, and your chance to join the new Kings Youth Theatre.
Dance:
Professional workshops for children, Street Dance, and your chance to audition for the English Youth Ballet.
Art and Literature:
Be inspired by the theatre’s wonderful archive items and create a piece in response. The workshops will be lead by two professional artists and are available to adults and children. In collaboration with Aspex Gallery and the Libaries Service.
Film:
Filming of the documentary The Kings throughout history. What can you remember? This is your chance to tell the Theatre what you love about The Kings. In collaboration with City Eye. The theatre will also be screening The Caretaker (filmed at The Kings in 2009).
Technical:
Trips to the Fly Floor, Lighting Desk and Follow Spot demonstrations.
Plus stage make up, dressing up, meet the characters, tours, presentations and a heritage display throughout the day. Tickets are only £2.50 and all the workshops are free.
We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:
- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.
- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.
- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!
- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.
- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.
Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.
Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.
You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.
Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.
The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
Poster: Tristan Savage
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