WMOS Archive
Fully Searchable Digital Archive of Programmes and Photographs
This library collection of scanned programmes and photographs date from 1913 when the society first performed to the present day. Most of the original material is stored safely in the theatre programme collection of The Hampshire Records Office based in Winchester, home to more than 48,000 programmes.
It was an enormous task but we've scanned all our theatre programmes and the majority of photographs from each show and made them freely available for you to view as we know that they are often of great interest to historians, curators, genealogists, Gilbert and Sullivan fans, performing arts students, ancestry and family tree research.
We've separated the collection into decades and then each decade into individual shows. For each show, you'll find a programme cover that is clickable and reveals the fully scanned programme.
Each show page contains a huge amount of information including:
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The names of actors, directors and producers
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Venues including The Winchester Guildhall, The Theatre Royal Winchester, Bishop's Palace Wolvesey Gardens
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Black and White, and Colour Photographs
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Local business and shop advertising and design
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To search our extensive archive, use the 'Search...' bar above the menu
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This is a list of all the full-scale productions we have staged since the Society began performing in 1913.
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Use the buttons below to jump to view the Show Posters from each decade. Or, click the name of each production in the list further down, to visit that individual Show Page.
Key to the changes of names that the Society has had over the years:
Winchester Amateur Operatic Society (WAOS) 1913 - 2001
Winchester Operatic Society (WOS) 2002 - 2013
Winchester Musicals and Opera Society (WMOS) 2014 - Current
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If you want to contact our Archivist, please send a General Enquiry by clicking here.
1. 1913 The Pirates of Penzance
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4. 1921 The Yeomen of the Guard
8. 1925 Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore
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15. 1932 The Yeomen of the Guard
16. 1933 The Pirates of Penzance & Cox and Box
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26. 1951 Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance
30. 1955 The Yeomen of the Guard
31. 1956 Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore
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38. 1963 Cox and Box & The Pirates of Penzance
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45. 1970 The Yeomen of the Guard
46. 1971 Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore
47. 1972 Utopia Ltd (Our Diamond Jubilee Year)
52. 1977 Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance
54. 1979 Orpheus in the Underworld
55. 1979 The Yeomen of the Guard
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72. 1990 The Yeomen of the Guard
74. 1992 Cavalleria Rusticana & Trial By Jury
75. 1992 The Pirates of Penzance
84. 1999 Orpheus in The Underworld
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92. 2004 The Pirates of Penzance
103. 2009 Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial by Jury
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105. 2010 The Yeomen of the Guard
109. 2012 The Merry Widow (Our Centenary Year)
113. 2014 Oh What a Lovely War
114. 2015 The Witches of Eastwick
116. 2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream
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124. 2020 The Sound of Musicals
125. 2021 The Pirates of Penzance
126. 2021 Chorus of Disapproval
129. 2023 The Sound of Musicals - Part 2
132. 2024 Priscilla Queen of the Desert