1923: Plymouth Gilbert and Sullivan Fellowship founded.
1924: Mikado | First ever production
1947: Gondoliers | First post-war production
1970 & 1980: The Yeomen of the Guard | Royal Citadel, Plymouth
1983: Iolanthe | Debut at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth starring John Reed OBE
1993: Guests on ‘Friday Night is Music Night’ for BBC Radio 2
1997: Iolanthe | First of several NODA awards
1998: CD recording of ‘The Music of Gilbert and Sullivan’ with the Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth for the RNLI
2009: Second CD recording of ‘The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan’
2009: The Merry Widow | First non-G&S production
2010: Ruddigore | Debut at the Buxton International G&S Festival, winning six nominations and two awards and filmed for Sky Arts
2012: My Fair Lady | Second non-G&S production, and a gala concert with the Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth at the Hall For Cornwall
2014: The Yeomen of the Guard | Returning to the International G&S Festival, now in Harrogate, we performed in both the Royal Hall and at Knaresborough Castle
2015: Carmen | Third non-G&S production was the famous opera
2016: Iolanthe | Our innovative 1960s production won the ‘Allan Brooking Cup for Best G&S Production’ at the NODA regional awards ceremony in Bristol
2017: Chess | Fourth non-G&S production, to great critical acclaim and full houses
2018: Spamalot | Plus, a company name chang to PGS Productions
2019: PGS Theatre Productions produces Evita!
2020: Winner: ‘Best Company Singing’ for our production of Evita!
2021: PGS Return after the Global Pandemic – COVID-19
2022: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame | Musical
2023: Anything Goes | Musical
2023: PGS 100th Anniversary Concert & Ball | Concert originally named “Sunday Night At The Lyric”, on the lyric stage: Theatre Royal Plymouth
2024: Titanic | The Musical
2025: Made In Dagenham
2025: Chess The Musical (Semi Staged) | Hall for Cornwall & Princess Theatre, Torquay
2026: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Theatre Royal, Plymouth
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CHAIRMAN
Ross Ayling
VICE CHAIRMAN
Sam Wilson
SECRETARY
Kit Kendall
TREASURER & BUSINESS MANAGER
Trevor Caves
SAFEGUARDING
Kevin Bennett
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Josh Foster
Sub Committee Groups
PUBLICITY TEAM
Victoria Lambden, Tim Horton, Bex Richards, Alice Byers
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Matt Caves, Isla Ellis, Jodie Wilson, Steve Wilson
The Fellowship
PRESIDENT
Phil Mills
VICE PRESIDENTS
John Owen Edwards, Paul Foster, Brian Gerry, Bruce Graham, Jill Pert,
Pauline Smith, Michael Simkins, Richard Suart, Richard Clark
