In 1951, Peter Holloway became the Musical Director and the company went from strength to strength.  Peter also became Chairman and Producer in 1961 and saw the society celebrate its 50th production, Brigadoon in 1977.  Peter handed over the role of Producer to his daughter Gillian in 1979 and My Fair Lady  marks Gill's 25th show as Producer for TOpS.  In 1988, after forty years as Musical Director, Peter relinquished his baton to Mervyn Bryn-Jones.  Peter sadly passed away on December 21st 2001, in his 94th year following a very brief illness. To commemorate his 50 year association with TOPS a memorial plaque was unveiled in Richmond Theatre during the run of 'CAROUSEL' in July 2002.

In 1988, having outgrown the facilities and audience capacity of York House, the society moved its production of lvor Novello's 'The Dancing Years' to the Queen Charlotte Hall in Richmond, which became a very happy home for the society providing the stage for many successful and memorable productions. Just twelve years later, TOPS found itself with capacity audiences again and, with a record number of patrons and an ever-growing membership, made the decision to move to a larger venue.  The society was very proud to enter the new millennium presenting its debut production at the historic Richmond Theatre. 

TOpS is renowned for its all-singing, all-dancing chorus and has been privileged since 1960 to have had Babette Langford as its Choreographer.  Babette's dancing inspiration and sheer enthusiasm has contributed so much to the life of Twickenham Operatic Society. Babette was awarded the Arts Council Accolade in the year 2000 and became an honored Vice President of TOPS. 

Gillian Wade (TOPS Director) first joined the society in 1964 and, during her time as Director, has seen the company continue to flourish and grow into a successful and award-winning society.  In 1993, Richmond Arts Council acknowledged this, when they presented Gill with their highest award -The Accolade for Services to the Musical Theatre. After the death of her father, Peter Holloway, Gill was elected President of TOPS thereby following in her father's footsteps.

In 1996, Mervyn Bryn-Jones retired as Musical Director and the baton was passed to John Davies, who conducted both Broadway Pirates and Barnum. Paul Reynolds, a professional musician, composer and theatre producer was with the company from 1997 to 2003 as Musical Director.  John Davies took up the baton again for 'Fiddler on the Roof' and Mervyn made a welcome return to conduct 'My Fair Lady' in 2005, The Scarlet Pimpernel in 2006, 'Hello Dolly!' in 2007 and 'Oliver!' in 2008.

In September 2008, Dave Roberts was appointed to the role of Musical Director for TOpS 2009 production of 'Godspell'.

In addition to its annual production, the company accepts invitations to perform at various local functions where any money raised from activities is passed to chosen charities.  In1999, the society was very proud to receive a cheque from the Richmond Theatregoers' Club, as winner of their local Theatres' Donation Project. This was subsequently followed by a further £1000 in July 2001.