You’ll see that the New Show page now has an Auditions page, inviting you to contact Ellen and book a slot to audition for our next show. Our next show is The Gondoliers, a perennial favourite, but amazingly an opera we last performed back in 2015.

As with the last three productions, we are promised a rather different take on the way that the story is presented, and all we know so far is that the action will take place in the 1920s. But now is the time for those who fancy a principal role to put themselves forward … Wednesday 20 May and Sunday 24 May are the current slots, but don’t hesitate to express an interest if you would dearly love to perform with your favourite G&S Society and can’t make those dates. Above all, please don’t wait until the end of May and echo the Sergeant of Police: “It’s too late now … you should’ve thought of that afore!”

… The Gondoliers. At the EGM held on Wednesday 25 March, members approved the committee’s proposal for the 2027 show. Linda Milne will be the director, and Eddie MacLennan will be the MD.

We hope to have details about audition pieces and dates soon, so watch this page! And, of course, encourage would-be chorus participants, in the full knowledge that this will be another fun show to take part in, as were The Jury’s Out and Strictly Patience.

Good news from our friends in the Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society … plus a call to action!

The Royal Philharmonic Society annual awards recognise star musicians, ensembles, and ventures in classical music “lifting hearts and minds across the nation”. Among these, the RPS Inspiration Award is specially presented to non-professional ensembles, “recognising local heroes who do so much year-round to bring people together through music”, and the winner is unusual in being chosen by public vote … which is where you come in, because KOS are on the short-list of four, and the only one of the four in Scotland! Click the image to see the good things that RPS has to say about KOS.

Please vote for KOS at this link, and pass this on the message to anyone else who might like to support KOS.  Voting closes at 11am on Monday 2 February 2026 and the winner will be revealed at the 2026 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards on Thursday 12 March.