Groundlings Theatre Company (Theatre)

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The Groundlings Theatre Company is based in Portsmouth, England

Directed by professional actor Richard Hurdle (Stride) recent productions TamingoftheSrew4.jpg (315887
bytes)include Cabaret, Our Day Out, Blood Brothers, Bugsy Malone and The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe.

Every summer the company undertakes a 2 month Shakespeare Festival tour. In 2004 the tour featured The
Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Wind in the Willows and The Wizard of Oz.

2005 will see Much Ado About Nothing, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum, Alice in Wonderland and a musical version of Twelfth Night.

Equus3.jpg(64067bytes)In Shakespeare's day it would have cost the equivalent of £5 to stand in the pit to
see the play at The Globe Theatre. These people where often the humblest of spectators.They frequented the 'ground' or yard of the theatre and thus were called "The Groundlings".

This is, therefore, how the name for the Groundlings Theatre Company came about. Our aim is to provide good quality theatre at an affordable price. The most important people in the theatre are the audience;
without you there is no theatre.