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Can amateur theatre be as good as the professional?
Welcome to the AOS web site. We’re an amateur society based in a small town in Oxfordshire. We’ve just celebrated our fiftieth year and we’re lucky enough to stage two major productions each year. We have around 150 full members and another 25 associate members, so we’re a strong society by most standards.
The short but honest answer to the question posed above is probably no, but with limited resources and funding, we still stage productions that look very professional to our audience. We’re currently in rehearsal for our October 2010 production of The Pirates of Penzance. This means that we’ll be giving up evenings once or twice a week for the next five months, allowing for a break for holidays in August.
Five months may seem like a long time, but it flies by. There’s the show to learn, of course, but there are also sets to be built, lighting and sound to be designed
designed, and all the backstage areas, such as makeup, hair and costumes, to be arranged. And all this has to be fitted around our members’ busy lives and careers. It’s a miracle that the whole thing comes together so smoothly, but it always does.
On this web site you can learn more about AOS, the shows that we put on, see photos of previous productions and find out how to join us. Whether you’re a member of our audience, a potential new member, or simply a late night surfer who’s arrived on this page, you’re very welcome.
Here’s the finale of our last production, Anything Goes.
In Autumn 2009 we staged a highly acclaimed version of Sweeney Todd.
New Committee elected
The AOS Annual General Meeting was held in May and a good turnout of members elected
a new committee for the year 2010 -