Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society

16/08/2026

What a fantastic result for EDGAS at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Buxton! 🎭✨

We are delighted to celebrate:

🏆 Best Male Performance — Peter Cushley as Strephon.

🥈 International Festival Runners-Up

🏆 Adjudicator’s Special Award — for delivering a technically perfect show after a curtailed dress rehearsal.

We also received nominations for:
🎭 Best Director — Fiona Main
🎶 Best Musical Director — David Lyle
🎤 Best Male Voice — Theo Rankine-Fourdraine
🎵 Best Chorus

A brilliant achievement for everyone involved in our production of Iolanthe. Huge congratulations and thanks to the whole cast, creative team and everyone behind the scenes! 👏🎶

08/08/2026

Some beautifully captured images from A Great Night Out.

05/08/2026

Good luck to our friends in Dunfermline Gilbert & Sullivan Society who are performing The Jury’s Out at International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival this afternoon.

The Jury's Out is a new work created by Linda D. Milne with music arranged by William Campbell.It features much-loved chorus numbers from The Sorcerer, H.M

03/08/2026

03/08/2026

We’re in Buxton and we’ve got a busy day:
Get in to the theatre this morning
Dress Rehearsal this afternoon
Show this evening.
Late night cabaret.

🎭 What's on tomorrow? - Monday 3 August

🕥 10.30AM
✨ Indian Classical Music with Ramesh Rahalkar
📍St John's Church
🎟 Book now: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/indian-classical-music-ramesh-rahalkar-2026/

🕐 1.00PM
🎶 Classical Pops with Katrina Mackenzie, soprano - NGSOC
📍St John's Church
🎟 Book now: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/classical-pops-2026/

🕝 2:30PM
🎭 The Gondoliers - St Peter's Gilbert & Sullivan Society
📍 Pavilion Arts Centre
🎟 Book now: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/the-gondoliers-2026/

🕡 6:30PM
🎤 Pre-theatre talk (Iolanthe - Edinburgh G&S Society) with Stephen Turnbull
📍 St John's Church
🎟 Book now: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/pre-theatre-talk-stephen-turnbull-2026-2/

🕢 7:30PM
🎭 Iolanthe - Edinburgh Gilbert & Sullivan Society
📍 Buxton Opera House
🎟 Book now: buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/iolanthe-2026/

27/07/2026

It’s 7 days until we perform Iolanthe on the stage of the beautiful Buxton Opera House. We can’t wait to be reunited with all our G&S loving friends. 🧚‍♂️

✨ Can you believe it's only 5 days to go?

The stage is almost set, the final preparations are underway, and in just 5 days Buxton will once again come alive with the music, laughter, and magic of Gilbert & Sullivan 🎭

Whether you're joining us for a single show or spending the whole fortnight with us, we can't wait to welcome you for two unforgettable weeks 💫

📅 Saturday 1 August – Saturday 15 August
📍 Buxton Opera House
🎟️ Book now: https://buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/whats-on/category/international-gilbert-sullivan-festival/

26/07/2026

After all the excitement of our performance at the King’s this week, we’re now heading into our final rehearsals for our trip to the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Buxton next week.

23/07/2026

We’re back in the King’s and the Old Lady is looking marvellous. We’re looking forward to watching our AmDram friends perform in the first half and then taking to the stage after the interval.

21/07/2026

Summer is often a quieter time for EDGAS, but this year is something rather special.

We’re delighted to be preparing for not one, but two wonderful events that celebrate live theatre and the friendships we’ve built within our performing community.

On Thursday 23 July, we’ll be joining our fellow Edinburgh amateur drama groups for A Great Night Out at the soon-to-reopen King’s Theatre – a fantastic opportunity to celebrate this much-loved venue together.

Then we’ll be travelling to the beautiful Buxton Opera House to present our new production of Iolanthe as part of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival.

Whether you’re supporting us here in Edinburgh or cheering us on in Buxton, we’d love to share these special moments with you. Thank you for being part of the EDGAS community – we hope to see you at one (or even both!) of these performances.

capitaltheatres.com/shows/a-great-night-out/

buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/events/iolanthe-2026/

29/05/2026

We’re really thrilled to be part of this.

NEWS: Seven of Edinburgh's community companies will be taking to the King's stage for the first public production in the newly refurbished theatre.

Capital Theatres - Festival Theatre, Studio & King's Theatre have announced details of the opening events for the newly re-opened on theatre on the first weekend in August.

But before then, Allegro, The Bohemians Lyric Opera Company, Edinburgh Gang Show, Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Edinburgh Music Theatre, Showcase Edinburgh and Southern Light - Edinburgh will be featured in A Great Night Out on Thursday 23 July.

Then on the Saturday, after a sing-along matinee screening of Frozen, Mhairi Black and Kevin Quantum will be bringing the comedy and magic in the evening.

Full details in our news story here: https://www.alledinburghtheatre.com/community-companies-first-on-the-new-kings-stage-news/