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Getting prepared for Strictly Patience – 3

When the first version of this post was prepared, the “interesting fact remained” as characters in both last year’s show and next year’s might put it, is that was then exactly 300 days to our opening night of Patience!

That number is now down to 244 days, our audition process is complete, so we have a principal team. And we’re within an ace of having this flier … the title Strictly Patience reflecting Linda’s 2020’s take on this perennial favourite. Definitely fab-u-lous, dahlings!

[For those who are wondering “Why so many flowers?”, it’s because our Patience is cast as a florist/gardener rather than the milkmaid in Gilbert’s original]

Do please spread the word, and encourage folk not only to book the dates, but to join in the fun … every G&S show needs a chorus, and the team could include you and your friends. No previous experience is necessary … as it says on our Becoming a member page: “Mostly you need enthusiasm, plus a willingness to dress up, apply make-up, and generally be an idiot on stage!” We start back with our regular Wednesday rehearsals on 27 August at Limekilns, and hope to see you there.

Curtain down on another successful show

From the very first moment, now a year ago, that Linda Milne described to the Society the idea for a show that she’d been thinking about for most of a decade, and we leapt at the chance of a new show, we’d all known that The Jury’s Out was going to be something special. And we were right!

Preparations were great fun … and so was Show Week. Provost Jim Leishman opened the show and enjoyed the première, the warm audience reaction was gratifying, and the production didn’t break the bank according to our Treasurer. Altogether a very positive result, and one that was well worth all the effort involved in getting a new show ready for the stage.

We’re still working on an archive page, but you can enjoy its current form at this link. Meanwhile, we can all look forward to the 2026 production of Patience.

Red carpet unrolled!

This is the Carnegie Hall foyer as you haven’t see it before, ready to welcome Provost Jim Leishman last evening to the launch of our World Première of The Jury’s Out … you’ll see the ribbon cutting in next week’s Dunfermline Press. Listening to Jim’s entertaining speech were a number of invited guests from NODA, the city community and neighbouring societies, most of whom stayed to enjoy a memorable first night. Lots of complimentary comments in the Tiffany Bar afterwards!

Thank you to everyone who was part of our very responsive audience, and to those who’ve bought tickets for our performances tonight at 7:30pm and tomorrow at 2:30pm. To those who haven’t yet committed to come, remember that in less than 36 hours time you will have lost the opportunity to enjoy the show, so please turn up at the box office early!

Set to open … tonight!

Click the image to read on-line what today’s Dunfermline Press has announced – that our well-loved Provost Jim Leishman will be launching our show. It’s not to late to plan to come to this World Première at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall tonight at 7:30pm. Or treat someone you love to our Valentine’s Day performance, also at 7:30pm, and find out whether true love triumphs in the end. Or, if coming out at night no longer appeals, come to our matinée at 2:30pm on Saturday 15 February. Whichever you come to, you won’t be disappointed.

[If you’re wondering why we look festive, it’s because Dave Wardle came to our pre-Christmas rehearsal!]

Recognise these characters?

  • Paul Graham as Sergeant of Police

Our Facebook page has been very busy recently … and we thought you might be intrigued by this random compilation of pictures that have appeared in posts. Most are of members of our chorus, whose imaginations have been given free rein to adopt their choice of a G&S character that might suit the settings of The Jury’s Out. Yes, you know that Act 2 will be in a courtroom, but where will Act 1 be staged? To find out, you’ll need to buy a ticket and come along!

Our grateful thanks to Val McManus for her hard work and imagination.

Banging the drum!

No, these guys aren’t trying to outdo David Wilson, the percussion player in our orchestra, but they are trying to get the message across to passers-by in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre that they should support local live music and that this is really a show worth seeing. If you haven’t yet committed to coming to our new G&S show, The Jury’s Out, why not take a visit to our Box Office? You can come on the opening night, 13 February, when our World Premère will be launched by Provost Jim Leishman, to our second show on Valentine’s Day, or our matinée on Saturday 15 February. Whichever you decide, we’re sure you’ll not regret coming.

A call to action

As seen on our Facebook page, Dr Daly is giving Sally very precise instructions about brewing a jorum of tea! Have you got your tickets for the new G&S show, The Jury’s Out, (13–15 February, Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline)? If not, take a visit to our Box Office!

PS: If you’re a G&S aficionado, and think “Surely that’s a quote from The Sorcerer?), you’d be right … but it’s also a line in Act 1 of Linda Milne’s new show. To find out how it all works, and what else you’ll recognise from other Savoy operas, you’ll just have to make a bee-line for the Carnegie Hall next month.

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Next appearance


Your next chance to see the Society on stage at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline will be on 19–21 February 2026 in a sparkling production of Strictly Patience.

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