Home About News Gallery Support Us Contact COMING SOON Welcome to The Portsmouth Players We are a critically-acclaimed musical theatre company based in Portsmouth, established in 1926 with our first production of 'The Gondoliers' being staged the following year. We have presented exeptional and engaging musical classics for many years from Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers & Hammerstein favourites to the more contemporary recent offerings of 'Spamalot' and 'Priscilla Queen of the Dessert,' staged at the beautiful Kings Theatre in Southsea and also from our very own studio theatre: The Barn. Over the years, The Portsmouth Players have established an enviable reputation for staging musical theatre productions that are not only of an expectionally high standard, dare we say professional even, but most importantly by utilising the abundant skills and talents of our members from in and around Portsmouth. Whilst we do not receive any form of ongoing financial support to fund the cost of staging productions or to otherwise subsidise running costs, we are fortunate to be able to rely on the generous support of our loyal patrons of Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. This alone ensures we remain financially viable and self sufficient. Welcome to all our patrons, both new and seasoned, we hope you find our site informative and interesting. Jack Edwards Chairman © 2020 The Portsmouth Players

Home About News Gallery Support Us Contact The Portsmouth Players Founded in 1926, the Portsmouth Players, since their initial production of 'The Gondoliers' in 1927, have presented a diverse range of popular musicals, including many classics and a number of more contemporary shows. We perform up to three shows a year at local venues including the Kings Theatre, the New Theatre Royal, and our very own studio theatre at The Barn, Milton Park, with all venues offering different approaches to the shows that we produce, not least in terms of staging and audience experience. We employ professional directors, actively support local directing talent and develop our own directors in order to produce a varied, yet always professional, suite of shows for our audiences. Our tastes are varied and eclectic: from Rogers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim and Schwartz, and beyond! We strive to engage effectively with all of our audiences, including inviting audience response to our social media requests, hoping to cater to all of our audiences' tastes and to better ensure that we engage effective engagement with all of our patrons, regardless of their demographic or of their experience of musical theatre. Why not take a look at our forthcoming shows, as well as those we have previously performed, we're confident one of your favourites will be amongst them... © 2020 The Portsmouth Players