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MOS Theatre
is
the umbrella group for Shire Productions (outdoor theatre) and Rat Productions (Indoor
Theatre) as well as the Moskeetos Youth Group. MOS have been in existence since 1973
when Moseley Operatic Society started up as a society presenting Gilbert and Sullivan
Productions at Moseley Grammar School (as it was then) in Wake Green Road. This was
their main aim for the first ten years when they branched out into musicals starting with
Fiddler on the Roof in 1984. Since then they have presented a wide variety of
musicals traditional and modern, including Lilac Time, Annie Get Your Gun, Godspell and
more recently including Pendragon and Honk at the Dovehouse Theatre in Solihull.
Their most recent endeavour was as Birmingham Town Hall, scene of their 24 hour Gilbert
& Sullithon. This raised £10,000 for the Lord Mayor's Charities.
 | Rat Productions
Rat Productions been set-up by members of MOS Theatre as a vehicle for independent
drama. From its first production at the New Billeseley Pub with a performance of "The
Importance of Being Ernest" by OscarWilde which was followed by the outrageous
They came from Mars and landed outside the Farndale Avenue Church hall in time for the
Townswomen's Guilds Coffee Morning by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr, the
group has included a wide remit for potential performances. Their production
of "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde, was a tremendous hit when it
was performed again at Winterbourne Gardens in Edgbaston. RAT have previously entered the
Birmingham Theatre Guild's Bfame Festival with a presentation of the one-act play Thistle
in a Donkey Field by Richard Tydeman and they have also performed Ali Baba and
the Forty Thieves both productions at the Dovehouse Theatre in Solihull.
Their last production was the surreal comedy Pied Piper II (The Squeakuel) which was performed
in the beautiful setting of Joseph Chamberlain College, Highgate, Birmingham. M embers of Rat are often seen in Shire Productions and vice-versa.
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| Moskeetos Youth Drama
Members of Shire Productions and Rat
Productions help to run a drama club for aspiring actors. Young members of Moskeetos
have their own showcase productions and have, over the years, joined in several musicals
and plays as well as entering the Birmingham Theatre Guild's Bfame festival. One of the
members won the 'Best Female Actor' Award in 2007.
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