Engadine Musical Society is a community amateur theatre group based in the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney .

Engadine Musical Society celebrates its 30th Anniversary in this year. Our first production was The Mikado in 1976. A full listing of past productions can be found here.

Around 1970, a musical group was formed within Boystown by a few interested families. In the winter of 1973, some of the group decided to attempt the formation of a community based musical society in Engadine- “Southern Cross Musical Society” was born.

The newly formed society consisted predominantly of people from Sylvania and the surrounding area so, within 3 weeks of its formation the society was moved to that area.

One year later, the society was renamed “Sutherland Shire Light Opera Company” to accompany the opening of the then-named Sutherland Civic Centre (now called the Entertainment Centre). At that time the rehearsal pianist was Ray Witchard and his wife, Dorothy, was one of the society’s leading sopranos.

In 1975, some of the Engadine members having learned a great deal felt that the original concept had been lost and they decided to again try to establish a musical society based in Engadine. Advertisements were placed in the local papers and Engadine Musical Society was formed.

The first production was “The Mikado” and was staged at Heathcote High School. In 1979, the newly built Engadine Community Centre was opened and the society moved to this venue.

It just over 30 years, Engadine Musical Society has evolved from the initial small family group to the society it is today. We endeavor to present shows of the highest standards whilst maintaining the ideals of the founding members- that this should be a community-based musical theatre group.

We encourage the youth of the area to take part in all productions and have many families who are all involved in some manner, be it on stage or behind the scenes.

Over the years we have presented many of the great musicals and operettas and have branched out to perform more modern works such as “Godspell”, “Jerry’s Girls”, and the great 60’s musical “Leader of the Pack”.

To view images of our previous productions please click here.