Mondays in May & June at 1:30pm
Tuesdays in May & June at 7pm
The New Theatre Royal
Guildhall Walk PO1 2DD
“Strictly Steps”

FREE

Want to be part of “Flying a Flag” at Gunwharf Quays on 1 July? Then join these fun and active classes focussing on creating routines inspired by Fred Astaire. A unique opportunity for adults – from complete beginners to experienced dancers, come along by yourself or with a friend and get involved in the final spectacular event.
ages 20 – 70+ (no upper age limit!)
Book your place now by calling the New Theatre Royal on 023 9264 9000

Saturdays 9, 16 & 23 June, 2 – 3:30pm
Southsea Community Centre
St Paul’s Square, Kings Street PO5 4EE
“Warm up for the Olympics”

FREE

If you would like to be one of the trainers at the huge performance involving over 200 participants at The Mountbatten Centre on 29 June (“Warm up for the Olympics”) come to these workshops to learn the routine. It’ll be quite an experience!

ages 18+

Contact Jo Williams at jojos-streetdance@hotmail.co.uk to get involved.

Fridays, 7 – 8:30pm
The New Theatre Royal
Guildhall Walk PO1 2DD
The Royal Dance Club

Are you partial to a little Mambo, Rumba and Salsa? Or maybe you’d like to pick up a few steps? Come and dance with The Royal Dance Club led by Mexicans Zoyla Zurita and Alonso Mendoza, every Friday from 7pm – 8:30pm, starting on Fri 4 May for 8 weeks.

Keep Sunday 1 July free, as you will have the opportunity to show off your moves as part of The Boat Project’s “Flying a Flag” at Gunwharf Quays.

£5 per session: book your place now by calling the New Theatre Royal 023 9664 9000

In celebration of the opening, store manager Marcus Bartholomew presented the Lord Mayor and Helen Reeve, the Festivities General Manager, with a cheque for £500 towards the Festivities as part of its commitment to supporting the local community.

Marcus said “We are delighted to be able to support the Portsmouth Festivities, as they do such wonderful work for the local community.”

Store opening hours will be seven days a week from 6am until 10pm, and for added convenience the store will have a free cash machine, top-up-in-store facility, a National Lottery counter, and bakery, beers, wines and spirits. Shared parking is also available to customers at the store

NEW! We now have footage of the Portsmouth Military Wives Choir in their debut performance!

We also have video footage of Portsmouth Military Wives Choir’s debut public peformance, which took place at our launch event. With thanks to The News, here is their performance of Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong:

If you’re a singer or a member of a group, choir, music theatre company, or even just enjoy entertaining your shower head in the morning occasionally then please do get in touch by emailing james.h@pgs.org.uk for more details.

Getting involved gets you (or your choir) into a FREE workshop with members of the internationally-renowned group VOCES8 and the chance to sing in the biggest choir the South coast has ever seen! Singers and singing groups of absolutely all sizes and abilities are more then welcome to come and join us for this absolutely unique event.

Part of the Cultural Olympiad, The Boat Project Boat has been built from donated wooden items with a story behind them. It will visit various points along the South coast before ending up at Weymouth during the London 2012 Olympics

Our full website is now live, and we have some new and exciting features this year. You can view our 2012 brochure online by heading here. Alternatively, check out our new What’s On page, where you can browse our events listings by category and book tickets directly through our website.

To view the brochure in full screen mode just click anywhere on the application.