Keynsham Light Opera Group

Although Keynsham Light Opera Group have been in existence for more than 50 years, the first talk of forming a light opera group in Keynsham actually began during the First World War, when several Gilbert & Sullivan operas were performed. But it was not until 1966 when local people began to meet and study musical comedy, leading to the formation of Keynsham Light Opera Group in 1967.

Our first full-scale production, Trial by Jury with excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen, took place in April 1969 at Saltford Hall – a venue we still frequent today. In 1969 however, the stage hadn’t even been completed! Tickets cost four shillings (20p), the budget was £33 and profits were donated to The British Red Cross.

With very few interruptions since then, KLOG has been entertaining the local community with musical productions, maintaining our high quality and production values for over 50 years. We are run by an elected Committee of members, who give up their time to organise various aspects of the group.

We perform two shows each year, generally in April and October. The Spring show is normally a ‘traditional’ full-scale musical production, while in the Autumn we give free rein to our imaginations and produce our own, original show, which is normally a ‘concert-style’ production.