Jacqueline Cable - Grosvenor Light Opera Company

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Open Rehearsal and auditions!

Come along to our Open Rehearsal on

Wednesday 5th February 18:45 – 21:45

St. Gabriel’s Church Hall, London, SW1V 3AA

Auditions will be held on 12th or 15th February! (No audition for chorus members) Sign up here!

Find everything you need to know in our Welcome Pack

Musical Director: Christopher Jacklin & Artistic Director: Ritchie Scott

This production will relocate the action from Japan to a car factory in England in a whimsical re-imagining of the show in a humorous corporate world of bureaucracy and petty rivalries, which for modern audiences will more clearly reveal the biting satire of British society that Gilbert had always intended The Mikado to represent.

Winter concert and 75th success!

Congratulations to all our cast and crew for executing a fabulous show and Diamond Jubilee party! The show was a magnificent and energetic collection of scenes, followed by a fabulous celebration of all things GLOC for our 75th party!

One of the highlights of the evening was having some of our longest standing members and supporters joining us at the event. The pinnacle of the evening was our guest speaker and longstanding member and supporter, Pam Everton’s wonderful speech! Read on below for a copy of Pam’s wonderful speech, as well as some interesting thoughts from another angel and longstanding member, Chris Crowcroft! Additionally, we would like to say a huge thank you to another special guest, Rebecca Wilmshurst, the daughter of our founder John Wilmshurst and longstanding member and supporter Jean Wilmshurst, for the very generous donation to digitalise our archives!

Brilliant speech given at our Diamond Jubilee by Pam Everton

Huge thank you to Pam Everton for a fabulous speech and hilarious stories connecting us with our past! It was the highlight of celebrations!

Interesting anecdote from Chris Crowcroft

A note from Chris Roberts!

A thank you to Rebecca Wilmshurst!

We would also like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful support Rebecca Wilmshurst, the daughter of our founder John Wilmshurst and long-time member and supporter Jean Wilmshurst. Even Rebecca’s aunties were in the company in 1949! The Wilmshurst support over the years has been hugely meaningful, it’s especially special to have an immediate connection to our past and the people that founded this wonderful community. In addition, Rebecca has kindly made a considerable donation towards the cost of digitalising our archives! We are hugely thankful to Rebecca and all the Wilmshursts, not only for creating this wonderful company in 1949, supporting it throughout the years, but also helping us preserve it’s history for all to enjoy today and for many more decades to come!

Share your story!

Do you have a memory, story or photo album you would be willing to share with us?

We would love to see it!! Please get in touch by emailing [email protected]


Deceit and Disguise – tickets on sale!

Come and see our spectacular winter show!
Deceit and Disguise will be a spectacular performance of comic musical scenes connected through the themes of hiding and concealing. We will be exploring confused identity, heartbreak, deception and hilarity, which we so often see as the opening topic in G&S and beyond. This smart and snappy show will be a treat for the senses, consisting of of classic G&S numbers from Pirates, Pinafore and Iolanthe to Musical theatre – ABBA, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, not to mention a couple of pieces by of Mozzart to Kander and Ebb!

Diamond Jubilee Party
Combine your show experience with a ticket to our Diamond Jubilee Masquerade Party in honour of GLOC’s 75th anniversary! There will be a hot sumptuous buffet, drinks, games, singing, sweet treats and more! Dressing up is optional (but always encouraged!) 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

AGM: New committee election results

Thank you to everyone that attended our AGM on Wednesday. We had a smooth and successful meeting which highlighted our activities of the past year and confirmed a solid financial standing, following a successful summer show of The Yeomen of the Guard, a large cast and continued support from our Angels!

A big thank you goes to our outgoing committee, especially to our former Chair, Mark Pim.

We are thrilled to announce a fantastic team for the incoming committee:

Chair: Jacqueline Cable

Treasurer: James Scowen

Secretaries: Caroline Taunt and Pei Tan

Production: Jordan Bryan and Jonathan Newman

Publicity: Lizzie Martin

Angels: Alicia Fothergill

Our minutes from the AGM, along with our annual financial statements will be emailed to members within the week.

Thank you to everyone that made this year a success and here’s to another fantastic year at GLOC!

Auditions & First rehearsal

Thanks to everyone that attended our Open Rehearsal on Wednesday, we were delighted to see so many of you, we hope you all had as much fun as we did! We are super excited for Deceit and Disguise and look forward to our first rehearsal and auditions this week!

Wednesday 18th September

First rehearsal: 18:45 – 20:15

Auditions: 20:15 – 21:45

St. Gabriel’s Church Hall, Pimlico

Auditions:

Chorus: If you don’t wish to have a solo but would still like to take part in the Winter show, please come along from 18:45, but you will not need to audition and we’ll head to the Gallery pub for a social once the auditions start.

For those that would like a solo, please come prepared to audition this Wednesday. You may sign up on the night on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, but please remember to bring a copy of your music. Auditions will consist of a song of your own choice, preferably in English, something that best shows off your abilities.

If you have any questions, or would prefer to send a video of your audition, please email the team at [email protected].

We can’t wait to see you this week for more singing, acting and utter GLOC joy!

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Announcing our Winter Show:

Deceit and Disguise

Deceit and Disguise will be a performance of musical scenes connected through themes hiding and concealing. We will be exploring confused identity, heartbreak, deception and hilarity, which we so often see as the opening topic in G&S and beyond. The programme allows everyone to have a moment to shine, combined with a selection of cohesive chorus numbers, this smart and snappy show will be a treat for our cast and audience combined! Numbers set to include composers from Mozart to Kander and Ebb, and of course, Gilbert and Sullivan… watch out for some Pirates and Pinafore classics and more!

Music Director: Christopher Jacklin

Artistic Director: Robyn Allen

Assistant Director: Jesse McCabe

Rehearsals will run from 11th September – 26th November 18:45 – 21:45

Performance will be Saturday 30th November

Open Rehearsal

Join us this Wednesday11th September at 18:45 – 20:30 for our Open rehearsal, where you’ll get the chance hear the directors’ vision, learn more about GLOC and meet the cast!

Everyone is welcome, come in and have a sing!

St. Gabriel’s Church Hal, Churchill Gardens, Pimlico

We look forward to seeing you there!

Award winning chorus!

GLOC is thrilled to have won the award for ‘Best Chorus’ at this year’s International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival at Buxton Opera House for our performance of The Yeomen of the Guard! 🏰

We’re also incredibly proud to have received four other nominations in the mix, namely Alex Kirstukas for Best Actor in a Male Role Lead, Emma Rettie for Best Actor in a Female Role, Daniel Morris for Best Male Voice and Rachel Gianesse Middle for Best Director!

Well done everyone for creating such a memorable show to mark GLOC’s 75th year!

Audition workshop & piano bar social – 20th Jan

Book your tickets to our upcoming Audition Workshop on Saturday January 20th here

Join GLOC’s audition workshop and piano bar sing-a-long, which includes a sumptuous hot and cold  buffet dinner in The Spying room of The Morpeth Arms in Pimlico.

Learn industry tips and tricks for your audition, lead by our esteemed Musical Director, Chris Jacklin! The workshop includes how to choose the right songs, performing techniques, as well as how to approach the auditioning panel. You’ll get the chance to watch live auditions and ask the real-time questions that you’ve always wanted to ask!

After the workshop, we’ll take a break with a hot and cold buffet dinner, and have time to refill your glasses. We’ll then have a classic piano-bar sing-a-long, where you’ll get to practice your solos, or enjoy a general sing-song of your favourite musical theatre numbers, G&S classics or popular songs. Don’t forget to put your song requests in the sign-up sheet to be added to the line-up!

Saturday 20th January 2024

  • Audition workshop: 15:30 – 22:00 includes buffet and piano bar (£41)
  • Piano bar social and buffet dinner only: 18:45 – 22:00 (£25)

Limited places available sign up here

For more information email [email protected]

The Yeomen of The Guard open rehearsal – 31st Jan

We are soon to start our new term rehearsing Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic The Yeomen of the Guard! We’ll be kicking off with a fun and lively introduction at the Open Rehearsal. It is free of charge to attend and everyone is welcome!

Come along to meet our esteemed directors: Artistic Director Rachel Middle and Music Director Chris Jacklin. You’ll get to hear their exciting vision for the show, sing a piece of the music from the score and learn about roles, upcoming auditions, and everything that doing a show with GLOC entails!

There are no auditions to take part in the chorus, or helping backstage – the more the merrier!

Wednesday 31st Jan, 18:45 – 21:45

St. Gabriel’s Church Hall,  Pimlico

Auditions will take place the following week (3rd Feb onwards).

The Yeomen of the Guard will be performed 19th-22nd June at The Bridewell Theatre in central London, with an additional performance at The International Festival of Gilbert and Sullivan at the Buxton Opera House on 29th July.

Any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you soon!