Theatres

Portsmouth’s theatres are the place to go for wonderful touring productions, comedy shows, live music and loads more besides. From small-scale community shows to huge productions straight off the West End, Portsmouth welcomes the lot.

Two of the city’s largest theatres are also some of the most beautiful around – having been designed in part by renowned architect Frank Matcham. To have one Matcham theatre is lucky – to have two seems positively greedy! But that’s exactly what we have, in the form of Southsea’s Kings Theatre and the city centre’s New Theatre Royal.

Both welcome big names in music and comedy, as well as large productions of musicals and dramas touring the UK.

Meanwhile, the Groundlings Theatre is located in a beautiful Georgian building just a stone’s throw from Gunwharf Quays and Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. It hosts community productions, annual festivals and a great programme of performances.

In addition to all this, a number of community halls and churches host local company performances – see the Events page for all the details of what’s coming up.