A director new to G&S gives a different slant on the shows. Paige Newmark had never produced a G&S show before, although he was widely experienced with the Drama Group. Having no preconceptions, he decided to set the show in Victorian England: instead of a Jester, Jack Point and Elsie became a Pierrot and Pierette. The cast were beautifully dressed in different shades of grey and were each given their own character. On stage at any time, we had prostitutes, a vicar, street urchins, policemen, a nanny and her pram and general street vendors. Only the Yeomen themselves looked as they normally do. "Yeoman" is a notoriously difficult show, but the end result was spectacular and definitely not a normal comic opera. By this time, people were actually asking to be in the orchestra, and they managed to completely fill the pit.

The big event was the marriage of the musical Director, David Keeffe and the wardrobe mistress, Cathy Priest on the Saturday afternoon - only a couple of hours before the matinee performance. Virtually all of the society went to the church, as well as the male voice choir that David used to conduct. As the Priest in charge said, "Its not often that you get this sort of singing at a wedding". Cathy and David managed to get to Central just in time for the performance. Certainly the audience were not expecting a large limousine to pull up and a bride and groom to get out while they were cueing for tickets.

As Cathy Linacre (the Chairman) pointed out in the programme: this was their own choice completely.