NEMCOM Theatre Company started life in 1923 as New Malden Musical Society. After 2 years the group became established, gave itself a set of rules, encouraged new members, and soon afterwards with Committee and Officers, became the foundations of today’s NEMCOM Theatre Company.  The first shows were produced at Surbiton Assembly Rooms. When the Society was reformed after the Second World War the shows were soon taken to the Fortune Theatre and then on to The Scala. Times were changing and the Scala was pulled down for re-development, and so it was then that Wimbledon Theatre became home to the Society.

In the days around 1951 the Society was tied closely with the RACS Education Department and it was at this time that the NEMCOM name was first used.  NE from New, M from Malden, CO from Co-operative and M for Musical Society. In these days we performed only one show a year together with the RACS choral competitions, but this was soon to change as they RACS cut back on their education programme.  Following that we became just an evening class but then finally broke away to do our own thing as we are still doing today.

NEMCOM returned to Surbiton for the first time in many years with our 1975 production of the King and I, and have also played at many other venues such as The Adrian Mann Theatre, Merton and Marlborough Halls, Sutton Public Hall, The Secombe Theatre and the Epsom Playhouse.

A youth section, named Musical Arts Youth Theatre Company (MAYTC) was set up in 1992 and has also grown considerably, having a current membership of over 40 children between the ages of 10 and 20 years. 

The company underwent further change in 1995 when the name was changed from New Malden Operatic Society to NEMCOM Theatre Company.  This reflects the fact that we no longer perform Opera and do not rehearse or perform in New Malden! Both NEMCOM and MAYTC welcome new members of all ages from 10 upwards for both 'on stage' and 'back stage' roles.