The Holmes Fest Show

Date: 19th & 20th September
Time: 19.00
Location: The Groundlings Theatre
Cost: £15 Regular, £45 VIP

After last year’s fun and laughter, Holmes Fest returns for music, silliness, sketches and storytelling with an all-new show! Join master of ceremonies Matt Wingett for a joyful Victorian Music-Hall variety, celebrating the life and times of Portsmouth’s world-renowned author Arthur Conan Doyle – who created Sherlock Holmes while he lived in Southsea! Actors, musicians, writers and Doyle fans present sketches, stories, poems and songs in a night of fun and surprises.

This star-studded programme features:

• Mark Wingett (The Bill, Quadrophenia, Eastenders)
• Hudson and LeStrade take you on a tour of Victorian music hall songs
• Side-splitting japes from The BBC Holmes Service
• Christine Lawrence writing an all new piece (last year she was a murderous Mrs Hudson!)
• Jackson Davies delivering more of his word-magic
• Kinematographic extravaganza celebrating Portsmouth’s connections to Conan Doyle
• And of course……Sherlock Holmes himself!

Prizes, prizes, prizes!

This is YOUR chance to win a PRIZE! You are encouraged to wear Victorian / Edwardian clothing – The Best Dressed Victorian will receive a special prize! There will be a 20 minute interval. Refreshments available from the bar, and books, art and other items will be available to buy.

VIP package includes: Champagne & canape reception, Meet and greet from the cast, A musical serenade from Hudson and Lestrade and An EXCLUSIVE Holmes Fest book – containing Conan Doyle and Sherlock-related places in Portsmouth and Southsea for you to explore

Book here.