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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

  • Venues including The Winchester Guildhall, The Theatre Royal Winchester, Bishop's Palace Wolvesey Gardens

  • Black and White, and Colour Photographs

  • 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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Hundreds of show programmes and photographs held at the Hampshire Record Office and now digitised so you can search for particular cast names or shows dating from 1913 to the present day for FREE. Ideal for Family History, Ancestry, Genealogy, Local Hampshire and Winchester History.

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

2. 1914 The Mikado

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3. 1920 Iolanthe

4. 1921 The Yeomen of the Guard

5. 1922 The Gondoliers

6. 1923 Patience

7. 1924 Ruddigore

8. 1925 Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore

9. 1926 Princess Ida

10. 1927 The Mikado

11. 1928 Iolanthe

12. 1929 Merrie England

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13. 1930 The Gondoliers

14. 1931 Utopia Limited

15. 1932 The Yeomen of the Guard

16. 1933 The Pirates of Penzance & Cox and Box

17. 1934 Ruddigore

18. 1935 Princess Ida

19. 1936 The Mikado

20. 1937 Iolanthe

21. 1938 Tom Jones

22. 1939 Monsieur Beaucaire

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23. 1948 Iolanthe

24. 1949 The Gondoliers

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25. 1950 Patience

26. 1951 Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance

27. 1952 Princess Ida

28. 1953 The Mikado

29. 1954 Ruddigore

30. 1955 The Yeomen of the Guard

31. 1956 Trial by Jury & HMS Pinafore

32. 1957 The Gondoliers

33. 1958 Utopia Limited

34. 1959 Patience

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35. 1960 Die Fledermaus

36. 1961 The Gipsy Baron

37. 1962 The Mikado

38. 1963 Cox and Box & The Pirates of Penzance

39. 1964 Merrie England

40. 1965 Iolanthe

41. 1966 Princess Ida

42. 1967 The Gondoliers

43. 1968 Ruddigore

44. 1969 La Vie Parisienne

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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)

48. 1973 The Merry Widow

49. 1974 The Mikado

50. 1975 Patience

51. 1976 Die Fledermaus

52. 1977 Trial by Jury & The Pirates of Penzance

53. 1978 Iolanthe

54. 1979 Orpheus in the Underworld

55. 1979 The Yeomen of the Guard

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56. 1980 Carmen

57. 1980 The Gondoliers

58. 1981 The Merry Widow

59. 1981 Princess Ida

60. 1982 HMS Pinafore

61. 1983 Oklahoma!

62. 1983 The Sorcerer

63. 1984 The Mikado

64. 1984 Free As Air

65. 1985 My Fair Lady

66. 1986 Ruddigore

67. 1987 Iolanthe

68. 1988 Faust

69. 1988 Patience

70. 1989 Calamity Jane

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71. 1990 Die Fledermaus

72. 1990 The Yeomen of the Guard

73. 1991 Kiss Me Kate

74. 1992 Cavalleria Rusticana & Trial By Jury

75. 1992 The Pirates of Penzance

76. 1993 Fiddler on the Roof

77. 1994 The Gondoliers

78. 1995 The Gipsy Baron

79. 1995 Carousel

80. 1996 The Mikado

81. 1997 The Merry Widow

82. 1998 Iolanthe

83. 1998 Hello, Dolly!

84. 1999 Orpheus in The Underworld

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85. 2000 Dick Whittington

86. 2000 Carmen

87. 2001 HMS Pinafore

88. 2001 Me and My Girl

89. 2002 Die Fledermaus

90. 2002 Ruddigore

91. 2003 Guys and Dolls

92. 2004 The Pirates of Penzance

93. 2004 Oklahoma!

94. 2005 La Vie Parisienne

95. 2005 The Gondoliers

96. 2006 Merrie England

97. 2006 Kiss Me Kate

98. 2007 Princess Ida

99. 2007 The Pajama Game

100. 2008 The Sorcerer

101. 2008 Carousel

102. 2009 The Mikado

103. 2009 Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial by Jury

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104. 2010 42nd Street

105. 2010 The Yeomen of the Guard

106. 2011 Anything Goes

107. 2011 Fiddler on the Roof

108. 2012 H.M.S. Pinafore

109. 2012 The Merry Widow (Our Centenary Year)

110. 2013 Billy

111. 2013 Patience

112. 2014 High Society

113. 2014 Oh What a Lovely War

114. 2015 The Witches of Eastwick

115. 2015 Carmen

116. 2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream

117. 2016 Calamity Jane

118. 2017 Sweeney Todd

119. 2017 White Christmas​

120. 2018 Utopia Limited​

121. 2018 Singin' in the Rain

122. 2019 Made in Dagenham

123. 2019 Jekyll and Hyde

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124. 2020 The Sound of Musicals

125. 2021 The Pirates of Penzance

126. 2021 Chorus of Disapproval

127. 2022 Me and My Girl

128. 2022 The Producers

129. 2023 The Sound of Musicals - Part 2

130. 2023 H.M.S. Pinafore

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