The Groundlings Theatre portsmouth

Beautiful theatre. Excellent productions. Always a warm welcome.

Me and my friend went on the "bring a nappy" ghost tour and felt very disappointed in it. The advertisement for it stated twist and turns and hidden doors, none of which were evident. We went into a room that had a previous group in. The actors had said that they were stalling for time, and that they had ran out of material. so they ended up telling childrens ghost stories and an acting class to waste time. (nothing else happened in this room) went into the next room and was sat on a table, again more talking nothing "bring a nappy" worthy. Then went into the next bit with witches (even though previously we were told they were vampires) and crammed in, again more talking. We then sat through a theatrical play that we didn't want to see and was never advised. All in all very poor experience and management. When contacting the theatre to request a £18 refund including booking fee we was told that they are unable due to different "tastes" and would not take any of this into consideration.

Great Place, Great Staff, Amazing production team. Love it there with the grandchildren for pantomine time. Go and see, feel the amazing atmosphere there. Very reasonable too.

What a brilliant panto, haven't laughed so much in ages. A lovely atmosphere in a wonderful playhouse. Hope widow Twanky was ok after the unscripted event...

I went with a number of poeple for a 3 course meal and a murder mystery which thought would make a nice change. Myself and 2 others was sat on a large round table at the back on our own away from the rest of our group who were seated in the front with half of them with their backs to the stage. Us three felt completely left out. The murder mystery was terrible nothing like i was left to believe it would be like. The meal was just as dissapointing as the prawn cocktail was a couple of prawn on a plate with a very small amount sauce. The vegetables were rock hard and very cold. The roast potatoes were non existing as they were not even roasted and rock hard. Think they jumped straight out of the pan as soon as they were put in. They definately should change their caterers. And all for 35 pound not even worth 15 pound. The only plus was the staff they were polite friendly and could not do enough. Ratings for the evening entertainment 3 out of 10. Food 0 out of 10(if i had been in a restaurant i would have asked for my money back).staff 10 out of 10.

Wow Just back from watching Beuty and the Beast. What a wonderful show full of humour and well acted plus decent drinks at decent prices! Our first visit but we'll be back and hope to become regulars! Well done again actors and the backstage staff!

I was pleasantly surprised with the theatre, the staff try hard and sitting at cabernet style seating tables was different but it worked Well done

I was fortunate enough to watch Wonderland today at the beautiful Groundlings Theatre. The staff are amazing and so friendly. You order your drinks and snacks from your table and they are priced very well. A beautiful theatre and an amazing production. Look forward to the next one!

Fab place great history lovekybold building

Call me biased as I have been seeing shows/performing there for 5 years but as always, Groundlings has never failed to impress me. As sad as it is that panto won't be happening this year due to Covid, every pantomime I've seen there has been brilliant. The staff are always super helpful and welcoming and the cast come off stage at the end of the show to take pictures etc. Groundlings is a lovely community and I would 100% see A Christmas Carol this year if I were you. It's not their annual pantomime but it sounds like it's going to be amazing and I can't wait to see their final piece!