Founded in 1959, GAOS celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2009 and continues to flourish.  It stages two major productions at the Ferneham Hall, Fareham, Hampshire, each year, mostly musicals but occasionally a Gilbert and Sullivan light operetta.

We also do summer and winter concerts, with a wide range of themes and musical content. In the run up to Christmas, we can be heard singing carols for charity at Christ Church Christmas Fair, Stoke Road, Gosport and Fareham Precinct.

We enjoy a lively social life and welcome new members not only for their theatrical talent or willingness to learn or even help backstage, but also for the vibrancy they bring. However, the bottom line is our desire to maintain high standards in keeping musical theatre alive in the local area.

In the interests of developing new talent, in 2000 we formed a Junior Section, known as JuSe, which has already staged several successful productions at Crofton Community Centre. The main aim of JuSe is to learn stagecraft and music at an early age, and then to progress on to join the main Society. Youngsters with promise, aged between eight and fourteen years, are accepted by audition.