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

Reveal

Committee

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