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2026 ...

The year started with A Tribute to our Life President, Audrey Pring (1929 - 2025) back at our once beloved Kings Theatre for one night on 24th February!

SDMS members, past and present, performed some of Audey's favourite numbers from some of her most loved musicals.

The King's was very well attended with a very appreciative audience, many older SDMS members and family members of those who had performed on 'Auntie Audrey's stage' !

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An audience member made this comment afterwards ...... "What a fabulous, entertaining and emotional evening. A wonderful tribute to 'our Audrey' and a very professional production by the cast of SDMS and Stage School. Great to see many old members on stage again. Special mention of Myra Jones and Mike Naylor, both the eldest on stage I believe and of course very early members of SDMS. The standard of singing was South Downe at its best. WELL DONE all, your hard work was worth it!

Going forward ....

The Society are now finding it difficult to find venues to rehearse and perform closer to its original home in Fareham. The regular rehearsals in the Portchester Parish Hall have been taken elsewhere, nearer to the Portsmouth area.

The closing of Ferneham Hall in Fareham in 2020 followed closely by the 'Covid' years caused the Society to stop in its tracks for a while (as it did for many such societies and charities).

SDMS started to bounce back with smaller productions (see our Past Shows page) that included plays for the first time our history. Venues have included; Park Community School, Havant, Southwick Village Hall, The Gaiety, Southsea and The Station Theatre, Hayling Island.

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About SDMS - Briefly!

The South Downe Musical Society is based in the Fareham and surrounding area. Our first performance was in 1958!. Following many years of shows in Fareham and Portchester, we performed 2 shows per year at at the Kings Theatre in Southsea. Gradually, we returned back to Fareham, performing 3 shows per year at the Ferneham Hall before it closed in 2020 due to a refurbishment (and Covid!).

Currently, we are rehearsing in the St Philip's Church, Hawthorn Cr., Cosham. PO6 2TL, mainly on Wednesday evenings and Monday evenings for addition work with principals etc.

(For earlier history see the ''About SDMS' page!)

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24th February 2026

A special one night at the Kings, Southsea! ....

A Tribute to Audrey Pring

(1929 - 2025)

Tuesday 24th February 2026

Kings Theatre, SOUTHSEA, 7:30 P.M.

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