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.

You know it’ll soon be Christmas when your shopping is accompanied by carol-singing … so thank you both to the staff at Tesco’s Dunfermline Fire Station store for their welcome and for the use of their facilities, and to the members of the public who responded with kind words and generous donations, raising £700 for our funds. Thanks also to the members who made music for a total of 8 hours over recent days, especially to our accompanists Willie and Anne. We got the message out, both about our Society and our next show, and hopefully some of those who took fliers will be encouraged to book to see The Jury’s Out.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year … provided, of course, that we get some figgy pudding!

It’s ever so easy … just click the image at the top of the home page or this link to take you to our Box Office, where you can choose your seats and buy on-line using your credit card.

Alternatively, you can phone our ticket hotline on 07703 483083, and Anne will be delighted to assist you. We also recommend this option if you need a wheelchair space or if you’re booking for a group. And, of course, there are always the options of buying through the Theatre Box Office (01383 602302) or by asking any member of the Company …

Do take a look at this article in the Dunfermline Press News feed, which features our plans for next February.

“A Dunfermline-based theatre group are set to bring a new piece to life for its premier performance next year.

“This is a new direction for Linda and Dunfermline Gilbert and Sullivan Society is honoured to be entrusted with this innovative and exciting new piece for its premier performance. We are hoping that it will attract both those who are familiar with Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and those who are less so.”

We look forward to returning to the Carnegie Hall on 13–15 February 2025 with another sparkling production. Following the success of Iolanthe, our next show is The Jury’s Out, a different take on G&S created by our own Linda D Milne. Take a look at the flier at this link … further details will be under wraps to the general public until the show, but we can assure you that they’re exciting.

Members enjoyed the May workshop, when all was revealed, and are looking forward to the start of rehearsals at Limekilns Parish Church on Wednesday 28 August, and to the auditions for principal parts on Monday 9 September and Wednesday 11 September. As always, new performing members will be most welcome, but please don’t wait … e-mail Ellen for more information today!

Do head to your local outlet and buy a copy of this week’s (7 March) Dunfermline Press! Apart from the usual local news – and the paper is always interesting – this week on p26 you’ll find a full-page spread about our production of Iolanthe, illustrated with some excellent photographs by Dave Wardle. Rave reviews! It’s the same positive article about the Society that you’ll find at this link, but it’ll fit more easily in your scrapbook!

Iolanthe was great fun for everyone, whether in the audience, in the orchestra pit, on the stage or behind the scenes, and we’re all sad that it’s over. In due course there will be a show archive page: meanwhile, you can enjoy reading the programme which will reveal a great deal about Michael Scott’s fresh vision for our production, a play-within-a-play, where the villagers of “Thanolie” meet at the village hall during an unexpected clash of bookings. The ladies of the Women’s Institute, having been inspired by the members of the dance class to discover their “fairy selves”, enlist their men-folk, and act out the story that Gilbert devised, though with some of the lyrics adapted to poke fun at more modern events and people.