This week! Come escape to Neverland like you’ve never seen it before, in Wendy & Peter Pan 👦🏼🧚🏴☠️🪝
Follow Wendy on an awfully big adventure as she journeys far from the safety of the Darling’s nursery on her quest to find the key to her parents’ forgotten happiness, discovering how the power of just one happy thought can set flight to newfound joy.
With Peter Pan, fairy Tink and Tiger Lily, Wendy takes on Captain Hook in this wonderful performance by students of Priory School Official exploring what it really means to grow up. Filled with stunning visuals, thrilling sword fights, flying sequences and a touch of fairy dust, this production is a magical experience!
📆 This Wednesday 20 May & Thursday 21 May 2026
🕢 Bar opens 6pm, Performance at 6:30pm
👉 Book at groundlings.co.uk
Wendy and Peter Pan is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Recommended for age 7+
We love supporting local artists here at Groundlings and excited for Hattie Chandler who had her new single played on the BBC this week!
Come see her perform with her band live on Friday 15 May here at Groundlings in the Dockyard here in Portsmouth.
£15 early bird tickets ends this Sunday 3 May - so get in quick!
To book visit groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
NEW SHOW: HATTIE CHANDLER & HER 7 PIECE BAND
Hattie Chandler is singer-songwriter with a voice that blends soul, country, and the timeless spirit of 70’s rock. She draws inspiration from artists like Stevie Nicks, Barbra Streisand, and Linda Ronstadt. Alongside her solo career, Hattie performs as Stevie Nicks internationally with the world's principal Fleetwood Mac tribute band, where she has received accolades for her authetic sound.
Originally from Portsmouth, she is an amazing young local talent with a brilliant 7-piece band made up of some of the most talented musicians on the South Coast.
If you love the soul of jazz and folk with an influence of 70s rock you won’t want to miss this! Come support the brilliant local artists we have in this city!
📆 Friday 15 May, 2026
🕢 Bar opens 7pm, Performance at 7:30pm
📍 Groundlings@the Dockyard
🎟 £15 if purchase before April 30, 2026 (£20 after). £10 for under 25s
👉 Book at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
Have you heard a song has been created for Portsmouth's 100 by @portsmouthmusichub ? 'On Shining Waters' is being sung by groups across the city and our Groundlings community singers proudly joined in in full Victorian costumes here at the dockyard! The finished video for the song will premier on the Big Screen in Guildhall Square on 1 July 2026 and unite voices and talents from every corner of the city, reflecting the pride and energy that make Portsmouth unique!
Are you passionate about theatre or keen to learn new skills from performing, directing to staging? Then why not join our Groundlings Youth Theatre for young artists 13- 18!
🎉 We offer free taster session for new students 🙌
This term we shall be developing skills in both stage and screen, learning, implementing, and adapting techniques across the two mediums – developing short performances each week for stage and on camera, including monologues, duologues and self-tapes to understand how the camera impacts performances.
At Groundlings we look to create a supportive and engaging space to build confidence, communication, and teamwork skills. No experience needed—just your enthusiasm!
📆 Tuesdays from 5:30 – 8pm
🌟 Weekly Classes less than £12 each for the term
👉 Email us at [email protected] for more information or to sign up.
We look forward to having you join us!
Huge congratulations to all our Groundlings Youth Company for their performances of Fishville and to our team @rhyschant_theatre as director and Iain Banachowicz on stage and tech!
Thank you to all our wonderful audiences for joining us and @ntconnections for the brilliant opportunity.
Interested in joining our Youth Company? Contact us on [email protected]
FISHVILLE - THE PRESSURED AND THE INNOCENT
Ariana’s lives with the pressure of her mum’s climate change activism driving the fear of the rising sea, while Archie as the youngest idolises all in the group and is innocently eager to please…
Come see the talented young cast as they perfom this brand new play commissioned as part of the National Theatre Connections 2026!
📆 Saturday March 21, 2026 at 2.30pm & 7pm
🎟 From £5
📍Groundlings at Boathouse 5, Historic Dockyard Portsmouth 👉 Book online at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
FISHVILLE - THE GROUNDED AND THE QUIRKY
Jay’s family own the Petrol Station in Saltwell, Lex’s the Post Office. Jay tries to mediate and ground everyone while Lex's observations can be seen as odd, but is there some truth in them?
Join the Groundlings Youth Theatre Company in Saltwell where nothing is quite what it seems...
📆 Saturday March 21, 2026 at 2.30pm & 7pm
🎟 From £5
📍Groundlings at Boathouse 5, Historic Dockyard Portsmouth
👉 Book online at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
Congratulations to @portsmouthcreates and @portsmouthcitycouncil on the announcement that Portsmouth has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029! Making the longlist means that that city will now develop its full bid to become UK City of Culture 2029.
Becoming a City of Culture will provide the opportunity to both showcase the creativity that already thrives here and support more people to take part with a funded programme of events and activity! We’re proud to support the bid and you can too by following @wearepompey2029 🙌🏻
FISHVILLE - THE SEA
The sea has come to reclaim the land of the crumbling seaside town of Saltwell, often mocking and threatening of what it has done and what it has seen. When a severed foot washing up on the shore of Saltwell's beach, the town is thrown into chaos and speculation...
Performed by Groundlings Youth Company and commissioned by National Theatre's Connections Festival, join us in Saltwell, where nothing is quite what it seems...
📆nSaturday March 21, 2026 at 2.30pm & 7pm
🎟 From £5
📍Groundlings at Boathouse 5, Historic Dockyard Portsmouth
👉 Book online at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
@ntconnections
FISHVILLE - THE NEWCOMERS
Having recently moved to Saltwell, Connie is outgoing and keen to make friends in her new home and befriends shy cautious Faith as a fellow newcomer to join her in her quest to investigate Jared’s disappearance.
Performed by Groundlings Youth Company and commissioned by National Theatre's Connections Festival, join us in Saltwell, where nothing is quite what it seems.
📆 Saturday March 21, 2026 at 2.30pm & 7pm
🎟 From £5
📍Groundlings at Boathouse 5, Historic Dockyard Portsmouth
👉 Book online at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
FISHVILLE - THE SIBLINGS
Riley is the brother of Jared, who one day walked into the sea and no one has seen since. He is both confused and grief stricken while all in the town speculate what happened.
Meet the Hunters, their Dad is the local chippy. Brash and outspoken, Sam is deeply tied to Saltwell while Maxwell has becomes obsessed with Jared’s disapperance and the myth of the underwater world where he believes Jared is now living.
Performed by Groundlings Youth Company and commissioned by National Theatre's Connections Festival, join us in Saltwell, where nothing is quite what it seems....
📆 Saturday March 21, 2026 at 2.30pm & 7pm
🎟 From £5
📍Groundlings at Boathouse 5, Historic Dockyard Portsmouth 👉 Book online at groundlings.co.uk (link in bio)
