Dinnington Operatic Society

10/07/2026

❤️❤️❤️ DOS Unsung Heroes Post! ❤️❤️❤️

Awww, this is our wonderful Gail. You will no doubt have seen her taking roles on the Lyric Stage or helping our Front Of House team. But she has also been amazing as our Society Treasurer for many years and she made the decision to stand down from this hugely demanding role at our recent AGM.

Gail has been a superb number cruncher keeping all our finances in line and doing amazing stuff with financial reports and spreadsheets. She leaves us in a brilliant financial position and it's sad to see her go.

Of course, we couldn't let her go without a pressie or two!

Don't worry, though, she's not leaving us entirely. Gail will still be busy behind the scenes as she continues her other role as our Student Academy's Musical Director. The students always sound incredible when they sing and that's all due to Gail.

Thank you so much Gail, for all you've done for DOS and all you continue to do. We know we're lucky to have you xx

09/07/2026

🥎🥎🥎 There's a Brit in the Wimbledon semis!! 🥎🥎🥎

Our elves already have World Cup fever, but they've now seen British Wild Card Arthur Fery has reached the Wimbledon semis! They are so excited they can't contain themselves!

So many reasons to cheer! They knew about Christmas cheer but this is all new!

Join in the celebrations and book tickets for Elf The Musical - make this feelgood feeling last right into the Autumn! Everyone will be Sparklejollytwinklejingley!

07/07/2026

It was our Annual General Meeting last night and a chance to celebrate our achievements over the last 12 months!

Calendar Girls played to critical acclaim and fabulous audience feedback last October! It was so good it was awarded NODA North East's production of the year! Our January pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, once again brought laughter and panto magic to the Lyric. Our Student Academy production, The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition, was incredible! We are still so proud of what our brilliant students achieved.

We presented awards to some outstanding Dossers! Massive congratulations to our Student of the Year, Ellé, and to joint winners of our Member of the Year, Samantha and Courtney.

We presented NODA long service awards to members who have been involved in amateur theatre for many years. Congratulations to Ellé (3 years), Deborah (30 years) and Gary (50 years - we promise that's not his actual award, it's coming later!)

As a society we are getting better and better! We would like to thank everyone who has been to see a DOS production this past year. Your ongoing support means everything to us.

We hope you'll be back to see us again in Elf The Musical in October, The Sleeping Beauty in January and Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr in March!

Box Office is already open!

06/07/2026

Our Christmas elves are getting very excited about the World Cup after last night's match!

Why not keep the euphoria going by booking a ticket for Elf The Musical?

You'll be 'Happy All The Time'! 😃⚽️🎅

Elf The Musical is at The Lyric Dinnington from 20-24 October
Call 07347 254 896 or book on line at www.ticketsource.co.uk/dinningtonoperatics
Tickets are only £14 and get you 20% off at Aroma Coffee Shop and 10% of food at Monk's Bridge Farm - Farmhouse Inns on show days.

03/07/2026

No pain no gain!

Our fabulous Elf dancers were getting a bit red in the knee at their last rehearsal!

They open the show with Santa in the North Pole and sing the brilliant catchy song 'Happy All The Time' dancing on their knees. Their poor knees now match Santa's outfit and Rudolph's nose!

But the song is hilarious, so why not grab a ticket and see how they do it?

Elf The Musical is at The Lyric Dinnington from 20-24 October
Call 07347 254 896 or book on line at www.ticketsource.co.uk/dinningtonoperatics
Tickets are only £14 and get you 20% off at Aroma Coffee Shop and 10% of food at Monk's Bridge Farm - Farmhouse Inns on show days.

02/07/2026

Break a leg to our good friends and neighbours at Wales Community Theatre Players opening tonight at the Lyric with their fabulous Show Stoppers concert.

Special love to Dosser Will Marshall - that's him in the picture - who has solo numbers in the show.

You can see him again in our own production, Elf The Musical in October.

We hope you all have a great sold out run guys!

Looking forward to seeing you for ShowStoppers: The Best of the Best. Musical classics from 30 different shows with a Wales Theatre Players twist. Tickets on sale now for shows on Thursday 2nd July, Friday 3rd July and two shows on Saturday 4th July.
Book at www.walesctp.com

01/07/2026

Our elves have been getting so excited about the Football World Cup! They are disappointed the North Pole team didn't qualify but are fully behind England and hoping they win tonight!

You can win their approval by booking a ticket to see Elf The Musical! It will help you unwind after all the football tension.

No threat of tense penalty shoot outs, just lots of laughter and fabulous music!

Elf The Musical
The Lyric Dinnington
20-24 October
Call 07347 254 896
Book on line at www.ticketsource.co.uk/dinningtonoperatics
Tickets only £14 and get you 20% off at Aroma Coffee Shop and 10% off food at Monk's Bridge Farm - Farmhouse Inns

25/06/2026

❤️❤️❤️ DOS Unsung Heroes Post! ❤️❤️❤️

It's our gorgeous Courtney!

There is literally no end to this wonderful woman's talents! You might remember her being hilarious as our panto fairy last year, but she also - take a breath now -

❤️ is our Society Secretary, dealing with show bookings, Committee meeting minutes and agendas, arranging student performance licences etc etc the list is endless
❤️ is in charge of wigs and make-up. She creates/dresses our Panto Dame's wigs and sorts out wigs for other cast members. Remember John's bald head in Calendar Girls? That was created by Courtney! She is a supremely talented make-up artist and personally makes up cast members, using her own amazing designs for specialist make-up.
❤️ directs! She directed this year's panto 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. Her direction, music choices and set were all fantastic! The panto was fabulous!
❤️ dances! Courtney is a really talented dancer and will be part of the specialist dance team for our next production, Elf The Musical! (Click on the link! Box office is open! 🙂) Watch out for her tap dancing brilliantly through some fast and lively numbers!
❤️ is part of our Student Academy production team, tirelessly nurturing and supporting our talented students to be the best they can be.
❤️ manages our Tik-Tok social media account. She has some great ideas -check it out!

We're sure we've forgotten other stuff she's done, she's an absolute marvel and DOS would be lost without her!

Thank you so, so much, Courtney, and take a bow - we are all in awe and we love you!

23/06/2026

Our latest Magic Eye challenge left some of you puzzled!

It's the Grinch! He gets a mention in Elf The Musical but he won't be stealing our Christmas!

We urge you to get your tickets booked, though, before somebody else steals the ones you wanted! Elf might still be four months away but some of the performances are filling up now!

Get your tickets booked by calling 07347 254 896 or book on line at www.ticketsource.co.uk/dinningtonoperatics

We're at The Lyric Dinnington from 20-24 October and this one is going to be spectacular! A visual feel-good feast to put you right in the festive mood!