Tuesday 27 October to Saturday 31 October 2026

Note: Recommended for ages 10+ due to themes relating to the events of 9/11 in the USA, mild language, and emotional content. Parental guidance advised for younger audiences.

Come from Away is a hugely successful musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. It opened on Broadway in 2017 and ran for over 1,600 performances to massive critical acclaim. It transferred to the West End of London in February 2019 and ran until January 2023. Touring productions moved around the US and UK from 2023 to 2025.

In addition, professional productions continue in Canada, Japan, Australia and Ireland. Its many accolades include the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music, and seven nominations as the 2017 Tony Awards, including a win for Best Direction of a Musical.

The show is set around the shocking events of 11 September 2001, when terrorist attacks using airliners rocked the USA. As a result, all US airspace was immediately closed to planes, and suddenly the small Newfoundland town of Gander had 38 international aircraft and over 7,000 passengers diverted to their small airport. The story that you will see unfold shows how the frightened, confused passengers and the townspeople gradually come together and find common bonds that create lasting, life-affirming friendships.

The show includes great joy and compassion, new-found love, as well as tragedy and heartbreak. It’s an experience that will lift you up and show the depths of our shared humanity. We’re so excited at the prospect of performing this theatrical debut show in Abingdon.

Based on an original novel and the 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde is the story of Elle Woods, a California university sorority queen obsessed with her dreams of marrying her rich boyfriend, Warner Huntington, and living happily ever after.

But when Warner dumps Elle for being too shallow to be his future bride, she determines to follow him to Harvard and win him back. Along the way, Elle learns that there’s more to life than cute clothes and her beloved chihuahua, Bruiser Woods. She also finds that she has a talent for the law. Perhaps Warner underestimated Elle’s potential?

First produced in the US in 2007, Legally Blonde  remained a hit on its 2010 debut on London’s West End, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Best New Musical’; a production that Paul Taylor for The Independent called “Ridiculously enjoyable from start to finish.”

Legally Blonde is bursting with energy and laughs, so you can expect AOS to bring all that excitement to Abingdon in the Spring of 2027. We’ll be casting the principals late in 2026, and we’re already wondering who will be our own Elle Woods. You’ll find out in April 2027.

Get your tickets today from our tickets page for this Spring 2026 spectacular.

We’ve been lucky enough to gain the rights to perform another debut show for Abingdon in April 2026.  You’ll want to be sure to get your tickets the moment they go on sale.

Adapted from the Disney animated movie, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of an unkind prince who has been magically transformed into an unsightly creature as punishment for his selfish ways. To revert into his true human form, the Beast must learn to love a bright, beautiful young lady who he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle and earn her love in return before it is too late.

The show made its live-action debut in New York in 1994, and then ran on Broadway for 5,461 performances for thirteen years (1994–2007), becoming Broadway’s sixth longest-running production in history at the time of closure. To date, it is still the tenth longest running show.

If you have children, you’ll want to share the magic of this live musical with them, and if you don’t have children, don’t worry, grown-ups will love this enchanting show too.

A classic Broadway and West End hit!

After its recent box office busting return to London’s West End, we’re so pleased to be  bringing Hello, Dolly! back to the Amey Theatre in Abingdon.

Hello, Dolly! made its first appearance on Broadway in 1963 and has been a favourite of audiences across the world ever since. Filled with instantly recognisable numbers such as ‘Put On You Sunday Clothes’, ‘Before The Parade Passes By’ and of course, ‘Hello, Dolly!’ itself.

The show tells the Story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a marriage matchmaker from Yonkers, New York, who is dead set on making a match for herself, She has her eye on Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half millionaire, who really is no match for the determined matchmaker Dolly. It’s one of the funniest musical comedies you’ll ever see.

Check out the cast of principals for this show here.

There’s surely nothing more rewarding for a musical theatre company than to play to packed, appreciative audiences every night, and that’s what we were lucky enough to experience for our production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this April.

More than 2,000 people were squeezed into the Amey Theatre over our six performances, and they certainly seemed to be having a great time. What was particularly satisfying was the number of children, with their parents and grandparents, in many cases having their first experience of live musical theatre.  They were clearly loving it.

But of course, just as quickly as the set goes up and the performers take to the stage, at the end of show week it’s all put away again – scenery becomes scrap wood ready to be turned into something else, and costumes and props are put back into storage.  After months of rehearsal and hard work to make it all run perfectly, we suddenly move on and it all becomes a memory.

With just a few days rest and time to audition new members, we begin work on our next show.  To learn more about that, why not visit our Current Productions page, and don’t forget to put the dates in your diary.  It’s going to be wonderful all over again.

And you can see more photos from this production in our online gallery.

Coming to Abingdon from Tuesday 29 October to Saturday 2 November 2024.

Guys and Dolls is a classic musical comedy, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine.

Packed full of show-stopping musical numbers, it tells a story of low-life gamblers and hustlers in New York City, where finding a safe site for a poker game is the highest priority and a man will bet on anything that moves – including a woman. Even when that woman is a member of the Salvation Army determined to save his soul.

Here’s just a taste of the atmosphere, as Nicely-Nicely attempts to persuade his gambling cronies to stop rocking the boat.

We worked 9 to 5 to bring a fabulous show to Abingdon in April 2024.

We just wanted to thank our audience for filling the theatre with their enthusiasm and support.  It was so special to see everyone up and dancing along with us each night, enjoying the energy of the music.

Based on the 1980 movie of the same name, that starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, 9 to 5: The Musical premiered in Los Angeles in 2008, with all music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. In April 2009 it opened on Broadway, followed by a West End opening in 2012.

9 to 5: The Musical was another of several new productions for AOS in recent years, including All Shook Up and Made In Dagenham. 9 to 5: The Musical really was tremendous fun, both for the cast and for our audience in the Amey Theatre. Thank you so much for supporting AOS and see you in October for Guys and Dolls.

October 2023 will live long in the memories of AOS members.  We performed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to sold out audiences all week and got a fantastic reception from each.

All of the cast, stage crew and front of house team would like to thank everyone who came to see us during the week.  The atmosphere you created was magical and the cheers and applause was a great reward for all the hours of rehearsal, set building and setup.

Chitty was a very expensive show to put on in Abingdon, but with the wonderful support we received from our audience, we’re hopeful that we may not only have broken even on the week, but might have made back some of the funds we lost during the Covid lockdowns, when we were unable to perform.

So, a huge thanks to everyone who came out to support live musical theatre in Abingdon.  Now, on with the next show!!