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Past Productions

LAOS are proud to have been producing shows in Leicester for over 100 years. See images from our five most recent productions, or   delve into the vaults to see our history on the stage

Our shows

The Amateurs

1890  Trial by Jury

1891  The Pirates of Penzance

1892  La Fille de Madame Angot

1893  Princess Ida

1894  La Fille du Tambour Major

1895  Ermine

1896  Les Cloches de Corneville

1897  Iolanthe

1898  Haddon Hall

1899  The Montebanks

1900  Dorothy

1901  The Yeoman of the Guard

1902  The Gondoliers

1903  Patience

1904  The Mikado

1905  Merrie England

1906  La Fille du Tambour Major

1907  The Pirates of Penzance

1908  Utopia Limited

1909  Haddon Hall

1910  The Montebanks

1911  Tom Jones

1912  La Cigale

1913  Rip Van Winkle

1914  La Poupee

1917  The Mikado

1918  Princess Ida

1920  The Gondoliers

1921  Iolanthe

1922  Trial by Jury

1922  HMS Pinafore

1923  The Mikado

1924  The Pirates of Penzance

1925  Merrie England

1926  The Duchess of Danzie

1927  Tom Jones

1928  Ruddigore

1929  The Gondoliers

1930  Monsieur Beaucaire

1931  The Yeoman of the Guard

1932  The Vagabond King

1933  Patience

1934  The Desert Song

1935  The Duchess of Danzie

Leicester Operatic Society

1936  The Mikado

1937  The Yeoman of the Guard

1938  Princess Ida

1939  Ruddigore

1940  The Gondoliers

1941  The Mikado

1941  HMS Pinafore

1942  The Yeoman of the Guard

1942  Rose Marie

1943  The Vagabond King

1943  The Desert Song

1944  Goodnight Vienna

1944  HMS Pinafore

1944  The New Moon

1945  The Student Prince

1945  The Yeoman of the Guard

1945  Katinka

1946  No, No Nanette

1946  The Vagabond King

Leicester Amateur Operatic Society

1947  Bitter Sweet

1948  Show Boat

1949  Balalaika

1950  The Student Prince

1951  Glamorous Nights

1952  Song of Norway

1953  The Three Musketeers

1954  Chu Chin Chow

1955  The Dancing Years

1956  Annie Get Your Gun

1957  Bitter Sweet

1958  Oklahoma!

1959  The Merry Widow

1960  The New Moon

1961  Bless the Bride

1962  White Horse Inn

1963  Carousel

1964  Song of Norway

1965  The Vagabond King

1966  Kings Rhapsody

1967  South Pacific

1968  Brigadoon

1969  My Fair Lady

1970  The Merry Widow

1971  The Sound of Music

1971  Song of Norway

1972  Camelot

1972  The Student Prince

1973  Hello Dolly

1974  Annie Get Your Gun

1974  Oliver

1975  Fiddler on the Roof

1976  Orpheus in the Underworld

1976  Mame

1976  The Desert Song

1977  The Great Waltz

1977  Oklahoma!

1978  Kiss Me Kate

1978  The King and I

1979  Kings Rhapsody

1980  Kiss Me Kate

1981  Sweet Charity

1982  White Horse Inn

1983  Hello Dolly

1984  Guys and Dolls

1985  Calamity Jane

1986  No, No Nanette

1987  My Fair Lady

1988  Annie

1989  Kiss Me Kate

1990  The Merry Widow

1991  South Pacific

1992  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1993  Anything Goes

1994  42nd Street

1995  Barnum

1996  Fiddler on the Roof

1997  Me and My Girl

1998  Crazy for You

1999  My Fair Lady

2000  State Fair

2001  Oklahoma!

2002  Jolson

2003  Jesus Christ Superstar

2004  Guys and Dolls

2006  Carousel

2007  West Side Story

2008  Sweet Charity

2009  The Full Monty

2010  Beauty and the Beast

2011  Summer Holiday

2013  The Wedding Singer

2014  Jesus Christ Superstar

2015  Sister Act

2016  9 to 5

2017  Parade

2018  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

2019  Shrek

2022  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

2023  I Love Musicals

2024  Rent

2025 Into the Woods

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