Bilston Operatic Company has staged a total of 96 productions since 1927, the first being The Pirates of Penzance at Bilston Theatre Royal. Since that date the venue at which the company has appeared most regularly is the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre having been host to 57 individual productions. Following the Grand is the Bilston Theatre Royal which saw 30 productions and the Wulfrun Hall with three and one at Willenhall Leisure Centre, Carousel, in 1998.
Since 1927 there have only been three years with no Bilston Operatic Company shows; 1934, 1940 and 1980. There have been two years with more than one show (not including Youth Company productions); The Pirates of Penzance and Trial by Jury at Bilston Theatre Royal during the first year, and in 1983 which saw Me and My Girl at the Wulfrun Hall and Kiss Me Kate at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.
The highest number of times the same musical has been produced by the company is three, which has happened three times with Annie (1985, 1994 and 2013), Hello Dolly (1979, 1999 and 2012), and Oklahoma (1957, 1958 and 1970). Nineteen shows have been presented on at least two occasions including Carousel (1988 and 1998), Fiddler on the Roof (1972 and 1997), and The King and I (1996 and 2009). Forty-four musicals have been staged only once... so far! Having been staged by the company twice before, My Fair Lady will join joint first place as a fourth 'most performed' show this November.
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre | Willenhall Leisure Centre | ||
Wulfrun Hall | Bilston Theatre Royal | ||
Dormston Mill Theatre |
2019 | Legally Blonde (Bilston Youth Company) | |
2018 | The Full Monty | |
Seussical (Bilston Youth Company) 🏆 NODA Best Youth Show | ||
2017 | A Christmas Carol | |
Footloose (Bilston Youth Company) 🏆 NODA Best Youth Show | ||
2016 | Our House | |
Les Misérables (Bilston Youth Company) 🏆 NODA Best Youth Show | ||
2015 | Hairspray 🏆 NODA Best Musical | |
Little Shop of Horrors (Bilston Youth Company) 🏆 NODA Best Youth Show | ||
2014 | Peter Pan | |
2013 | Annie | |
2012 | Hello Dolly | |
2011 | A Christmas Carol | |
2010 | Return to the Forbidden Planet | |
2009 | The King and I | |
2008 | Me and My Girl | |
2007 | Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
2006 | Kiss Me Kate | |
2005 | Pickwick | |
2004 | The Pirates of Penzance | |
2003 | Annie Get Your Gun | |
2002 | South Pacific | |
2001 | The Slipper and the Rose | |
2000 | Scrooge | |
1999 | Hello Dolly | |
1998 | Carousel | |
1997 | Fiddler on the Roof | |
1996 | The King and I | |
1995 | Camelot | |
1994 | Annie | |
1993 | My Fair Lady | |
1992 | Show Boat | |
1991 | Oliver | |
1990 | Jorrocks | |
1989 | Can Can | |
1988 | Carousel | |
1987 | The Music Man | |
1986 | Guys and Dolls | |
1985 | Annie | |
1984 | Desert Song | |
1983 | Kiss Me Kate | |
Me and My Girl | ||
1982 | The Pajama Game | |
1981 | Razzle Dazzle | |
1979 | Hello Dolly | |
1978 | Gigi | |
1977 | My Fair Lady | |
1976 | Oliver | |
1975 | Chrysanthemum | |
1974 | Belinda Fair | |
1973 | Paint Your Wagon | |
1972 | Fiddler on the Roof | |
1971 | Mame | |
1970 | Oklahoma | |
1969 | Jorrocks | |
1968 | South Pacific | |
1967 | Zip Goes a Million | |
1966 | Summer Song | |
1965 | The Quaker Girl | |
1964 | Annie Get Your Gun | |
1963 | Brigadoon | |
1962 | The Dancing Years | |
1961 | Show Boat | |
1960 | King's Rhapsody | |
1959 | Love From Judy | |
1958 | Oklahoma | |
1957 | Oklahoma | |
1956 | The Vagabond King | |
1955 | The Quaker Girl | |
1954 | Chu Chin Chow | |
1953 | A Country Girl | |
1952 | Gipsy Love | |
1951 | The Maid of the Mountains | |
1950 | The Belle of New York | |
1949 | The Geisha | |
1948 | The Student Prince | |
1947 | The Vagabond King | |
1946 | The Waltz Dream | |
1945 | Gipsy Love | |
1944 | The Duchess of Danzig | |
1943 | The Arcadians | |
1942 | The Gondoliers | |
1941 | The Lilac Domino | |
1939 | The Desert Song | |
1938 | The Mousmé | |
1937 | The Lilac Domino | |
1936 | The Mikado | |
1935 | Tom Jones | |
1933 | Patience | |
1932 | Princess Ida | |
1931 | The Gondoliers | |
1930 | The Mikado | |
1929 | The Yeomen of the Guard | |
1928 | Iolanthe | |
1927 | Trial by Jury | |
The Pirates of Penzance |