Featured Events in Southsea in October 2024 (April Updated)

Explore Portsmouth v Oxford United sporting information for 5th October, as well as links for Football tickets and more with Fixture Calendar. Portsmouth Football Club, also known as Pompey, is a professional football team based in Portsmouth, England. Founded in 1898, Portsmouth has a rich history in English football and currently competes in the third tier of English football, League One. Their home stadium is Fratton Park, which has a capacity of over 19,000 and has been the team's home since 1899. Portsmouth has won the FA Cup twice, in 1939 and 2008, and has also won the English second division title on two occasions. The team has produced notable players such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, and Sol Campbell, who have gone on to have successful careers in both domestic and international football. With a dedicated fan base and a strong team, Portsmouth continues to be a force to be reckoned with in English football. Oxford United Football Club is a professional football team based in Oxford, England. The team was founded in 1893 and has since then been a member of the English Football League. They currently compete in League One, the third tier of English football. Over the years, Oxford United has developed a strong fan base and has won several accolades, including the Football League Cup in 1986. The team has produced notable players such as James Constable, Kemar Roofe, and Curtis Nelson. The home stadium for Oxford United is the Kassam Stadium, which has a capacity of over 12,000 spectators. With a rich history and talented players, Oxford United continues to be a competitive force in English football. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com

Spend a few hours with us at the Portsmouth Distillery; experience our bar, the Rum Shack, and enjoy a night of amazing live comedy - right in the heart of historic Fort Cumberland. Presenting... Comedy @ The Fort #29! We are opening up our Bars for this event - serving fresh cocktails as well as our delicious spirits, throughout the whole night... And, we will have our very own pizza oven cooking up fresh, handmade artisan pizzas, which will be on sale until from 1800 to 2000 (arrive early to avoid queues!). Doors open at 18:00, with the acts commencing at about 2000. This months acts are: Jarred Christmas - star of Mock The Week, Let’s Dance For Comic Relief and Comedy Central Shazia Mirza - star of Have I Got News For you, Would I Lie To You, House of Games, Celebrity Mastermind and QI Phil Nichol - star of The Graham Norton Show, The World Stands Up, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and fresh from his year’s residency in Atlantic City! Local hero and star of the Back to the Eighties Podcast, James Alderson is, as always, MC-ing! With appearances ranging from national TV series to live shows, and many awards between them find out a bit more about them below, as soon as we have the details. ---- All these fantastic comedians, with James Alderson, once again as MC, delicious drinks, artisan pizza and an amazing location - this is the event to be at (even if we do say so ourselves)... We look forward to seeing you there! Please note drinks & pizza are to be purchased separately. Not included in the ticket price. The stage and seating is in a marquee. Heating is provided but please dress appropriately. Acts may change without notice due to TV commitments beyond our control. Jarred Christmas Jarred Christmas (born c. 1980) is a comedian from New Zealand who now lives and works in the United Kingdom. He won the Chortle Comedy Award for Best Compère in 2010, and the Fred Award in 2013 Christmas grew up in Christchurch. He attended an all-boys secondary school where he did not fit in because he was not into sport. In 1996, he went to Hagley Community College for fifth form (now called Year 11) and credits the school with turning his life around, saying For the first time in my life I met people who were themselves. It really changed my life. Christmas moved to Britain in 2003. On television, he has appeared as a performer and guest panellist on shows such as BBC Two's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week, BBC Three's Russell Howard's Good News, Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats and Dave's One Night Stand. In 2008 he appeared in Pot Noodle television advertisements. In 2011, Christmas took part in Let's Dance for Comic Relief. He has also appeared on Celebrity Mastermind alongside fellow comedians Imran Yusuf, Karen Taylor and Russell Kane. Christmas appeared in two films in 2012: The Wedding Video alongside Matt Berry, Miriam Margolyes and Robert Webb, and Is This a Joke? with Russell Tovey. He contributed to the feature-length documentary The People vs. George Lucas. He appeared in the YouTube comedy web series Dwarves Assemble, which also featured Warwick Davis, Raymond Griffith, Peter Bonner and Simon Lane. He hosted the 2014 season of Monumental. Since 2014 he has been the Joke Master in the CBBC show The Joke Machine. Christmas has been performing live since the late 1990s. He had his debut in the green room above the Honeypot Cafe in Christchurch's Lichfield Street aged 18, noting that he thinks that he got one laugh in five minutes . He was also a member of The Court Jesters as an improviser. He has performed at several festivals including Reading/Leeds, Liverpool Comedy Festival, Glasgow Comedy Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2010 he toured the UK with his show Jarred Christmas Stands Up and in 2012 showcased his show Let's Go Mofo. He has supported such acts as Ross Noble, Tommy Tiernan, Duncan Norvelle, Joe Dolce, Joe Pasquale, Jimmy Cricket, Bobby Davro, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, El Vez, The Grumbleweeds and PC Reg Hollis Off Of TV's The Bill on his 2005 spoken word show 'Just An Honest Bobby'. Later in 2013, Christmas appeared at the Cardiff Comedy Festival, which featured comedians such as Alan Davies and Matt Rees, and also at the Green Man Festival, in which the comedy was headlined by Josh Widdicombe. Shazia Mirza Shazia Mirza is an award winning British stand up comedian and writer. ‘But what do awards mean anyway? Everyone’s got an award. You get awards these days just for leaving the house and recycling your yogurt pots.’ Shazia’s new ‘Coconut‘ show has been nominated for ‘Best Stand Up Tour’ in Channel 4’s National Comedy Awards. Shazia’s TV appearances include; ‘QI’ (BBC), ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ (ITV), ‘The Hit List’ (BBC), ‘House of Games’ (BBC), ‘Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains’ (Comedy Central), ‘Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls’ (C4), ‘Travel Man’ (C4), Top Gear (BBC), ‘The One Show (BBC), ‘Celebrities v Child Genius’ (C4), ‘Celebs In Solitary’ (C5), ‘Loose Women’ (ITV), ‘The Late Late Show’ (RTE) ‘Have I got News for You’ (BBC) and ‘The Wright Stuff’/’Jeremy Vine’ (C5) as well as the ever popular ‘F*** Off, I’m a Hairy Woman’ (BBC). Other TV credits Include: ‘Amanpour’ (CNN), ‘60 Minutes’ (CBS), ‘Last Comic Standing’ (NBC), ‘The World Stands Up’ (Paramount Comedy), ‘Tipping Point Lucky Stars’ (ITV), ‘Pointless Celebrities’ (BBC), ‘The Dog Eat My Homework’ (BBC), ‘Larry Grayson: Shut That Door!’ (ITV), ‘Muslim Driving School’ (Voiceover BBC), ‘Beautiful People’ (BBC) ‘Richard and Judy’ (C4) and ‘28 Acts in 28 Minutes’ (BBC). Radio includes; ‘The Graham Norton Show’ (BBC), ‘My Teenage Diary’ (BBC), ‘Elephant In The Room’(BBC), ‘Loose Ends’ (BBC), ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ (BBC), ‘The Museum of Curiosity’ (BBC), ‘Quote Unquote’ (BBC), ‘Steve Wright in the Afternoon’ (BBC), ‘The Now Show’ (BBC), ‘Arthur Smith’s Comedy Club’ (BBC), ‘Saturday Live’ (BBC), ‘Midweek’ (BBC), ‘Woman’s Hour’ (BBC), ‘With Great Pleasure’ (BBC), ‘Between Ourselves’ (BBC), ‘A Good Read’ (BBC), ‘Vanessa Feltz Show- Pause For Thought’ (BBC), ‘The Frank Skinner Show’ (Absolute Radio) ‘The Craig Ferguson Show’ (SiriusXM). Shazia’s latest show; ‘Coconut‘, was on tour – but then… well heres how she put it; “My new tour ‘Coconut’ has been cancelled due to the world ending. It will either resume in the afterlife or in 2021 whichever happens first”. New tour dates for ‘Coconut’ are now rescheduled and you can catch it live during 2022 and a ‘Coconut’ Press Kit is available on request. Her previous stand-up shows; ‘With Love From St. Tropez’ toured internationally in 2017/18, “Dry as they come, sharp socio-political sass on Brexit, burkinis & butt plugs” and the critically acclaimed; ‘The Kardashians Made Me Do It’, played for 103 nights internationally across the UK, US, Sweden, Ireland and France and completed four sell out runs at London’s Soho Theatre in 2016/17. Discribed as; “A powerful show from a powerful woman… fearless, brutal and beautiful”by THE SCOTSMAN, the show featured on CNN’s Amanpour, France24, Reuters and ITV News. You can also listen to Shazia with journalist John Kampfner on their podcast; ‘Pale, Male and Stale’ where they take an irreverent look at current affairs and chat with some fab guests. During lockdown Shazia did one of the BBC ‘Culture in Quarantine Masterclass’ series which UK visitors can check out on iPlayer here. Her parents just want her to get married. https://www.shazia-mirza.com/about/ Phil Nichol is delighted to be returning to the West End production of Jamie. Since my last appearance as Hugo, I have embarked on an International tour of his critically acclaimed one-man show YOUR WRONG which played over a 130 performances in 15 countries. This past summer, I starred in Eugene O’Neill’s classic HUGHIE directed by Mike McShane.My previous theatre credits include THE MACHINE for MIF/Armory NY directed by Josie Rourke, starring with Christian Slater in the West Endproduction of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST directed by Terry Johnson and Tamara Harvey, appearing alongside Bill Bailey in TWELVE ANGRY MEN directed by Guy Masterson and starring in the original West End production of TABOO with Boy George.My television and film credits include:MAN DOWN(C4), CATASTROPHE (C4), SIBLINGS (BBC), UNCLE (BBC), as well as playing Terry Gilliam in HOLY FLYING CIRCUS, BBC4’s BAFTA nominated drama about the Pythons.As the Artistic Director of Comedians’ Theatre Company, I have produced and starred in over 15 shows in the past 13 years including True West, School for Scandal, Killer Joe, Gagarin Way and Talk Radio, directed by Stewart Lee.I’m also a decent stand up comedian and I gig regularly on the UK and international comedy circuit and was the winner of the prestigious Perrier Award in 2006. I’m alsolead singer of the glam rock band Muscle. https://www.philnichol.com/ Information Source: The Portsmouth Distillery Co. | eventbrite

Explore Portsmouth v Sheffield Wednesday sporting information for 25th October, as well as links for Football tickets and more with Fixture Calendar. Portsmouth Football Club, also known as Pompey, is a professional football team based in Portsmouth, England. Founded in 1898, Portsmouth has a rich history in English football and currently competes in the third tier of English football, League One. Their home stadium is Fratton Park, which has a capacity of over 19,000 and has been the team's home since 1899. Portsmouth has won the FA Cup twice, in 1939 and 2008, and has also won the English second division title on two occasions. The team has produced notable players such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, and Sol Campbell, who have gone on to have successful careers in both domestic and international football. With a dedicated fan base and a strong team, Portsmouth continues to be a force to be reckoned with in English football. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, commonly known as the Owls, is a professional football team based in the city of Sheffield, England. The club was founded in 1867 and has a rich history, with a total of four League Championships and three FA Cups to their name. Currently competing in the EFL Championship, Sheffield Wednesday boasts a strong and talented roster of players, including former Premier League stars such as Barry Bannan and Keiren Westwood. The team plays their home matches at Hillsborough Stadium, which has a capacity of over 39,000 and has been their home since its construction in 1899. With a dedicated fan base and a long-standing presence in English football, Sheffield Wednesday is a team with an impressive pedigree and a promising future ahead. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com