About BOS
Formed in 1910, the Society has, with occasional interruptions such as wartime, presented productions every year. Since the late 1980s their number has increased from one to two - and even three - per year.Our early years covered mostly G and S but even by the late 1920s the repertoire was being extended. In recent years we have covered a very wide variety of music, featuring Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Ivor Novello and others, together with critically acclaimed performances of Fiddler on the Roof, Me and My Girl, Cowardy Custard and Oklahoma!
A strong element of our work comprises shows compiled and directed by our own Members and this is currently continuing. We are fortunate in having faithful audiences, together with strong groups of Friends, Financial Supporters and Corporate Sponsors. We have close relations (and some members in common) with the Beaconsfield Theatre Group and we are able to contribute to Community facilities, such as the Curzon Centre, where we hold our shows, and to activities such as the annual Festival of Lights at Christmas, while our Carol Singing (for charity) continues to bend the ears and empty the pockets of customers at local restaurants and hostelries - even if they do pay us just to go away!
Rehearsals are usually at 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the United Reform Church Hall in the heart of old Beaconsfield.
We currently stage 2 shows each year; one before Easter and the other in Mid October.
Our members are lively, dedicated and dynamic and always welcome newcomers. We nearly always go to the pub after rehearsals so there's a lively social scene which, after all, is all part of belonging to an amateur dramatic society!