St George and the Dragon

St George And The Dragon, The Panto: 
A new, light family pantomime, based on medieval mythology, written and directed by Mrs Louise German.
Tickets Adults £5. Concessions £4, under 5s free

Tickets can be reserved for collection on the door, by telephoning our secretary on 07855 090589, or emailing southdevonplayers@gmail.com.

Show dates / times.
Paignton: Thursday January 9th 2014, 7pm.
At Paignton Baptist Church Hall, Winner Street TQ3 3BH

Churston Friday Jan 10th 2014, 7pm
Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Churston, TQ5 0LN

Brixham: Saturday January 11th 2014, 2pm and 7pm.
At Brixham Catholic Church Hall, New Road, Brixham TQ5 8NB.

Torquay: Sunday Janaury 12th 2014, 2pm
at St Matthias Church Hall, Torquay TQ1 1HW
In aid of the Sunrise Rotary Club.
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Now featured on a Broadway website

The South Devon Players theatre company production of Les Miserables in Paignton and Brixham  is now featured on a Broadway website in their international news section...
.http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/westend/article/LES-MISERABLES-THE-MEMOIRS-OF-JEAN-VALJEAN-Premieres-at-South-Devon-Players-in-September-20130806
Way to go!

Publicity photos for our production of Les Miserables

Cast promos from our September 2013 production of Les Miserables. (see our main website http://southdevonplayers.weebly.com/, or PM us on https://www.facebook.com/sdevonplayers, for show dates and ticket details) Written and directed by Laura J . Makeup by Ryanna-Mae Lloyd Photos by Laura, Dark Star Photography.Oxyte* Photo, Pam Vince @Ryanna-Mae.

Les Mis rehearsals - behind the scenes of Act 2, in the early days...

(June 12th 2013) Behind the scenes at second ever Act 2 rehearsal from our summer 2013 production of Les Miserables. (see our main website http://southdevonplayers.weebly.com/, for show dates and ticket details, or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sdevonplayers) - Photos by Pam Vince aka Madame Thenadier. Please note the show-set barricade is yet to be built, and will appear in August, so this is a "rehearsal barricade" !!!! 

Latest news,

A few things since we updated the news page last: first of all, the South Devon Players are now affiliated with NODA (the National Operatic & Dramatic Association).

From September onwards, we are also moving to two rehearsals per week, the main rehearsal remains on the Wednesday evenings, but we will also be introducing "odds and ends" or special "certain scenes only" rehearsals on Sunday afternoons. This means that not everyone needs to be there every Sunday, but it will allow for extra rehearsals and smoothing of the rough bits.

Les Miserables rehearsals are really underway superbly, and we will be producing the show posters within the next month, with in-character/ on location photos of our cast.

Annual general meeting 2013

Saturday July 13th 2013, 12.30 midday at the Lytes House Meeting Rooms, Bolton Street, Brixham.

 This is the annual general meeting, all members and public invited.

 If you cannot attend but have a question or query that you would like brought up, or if you would like to either stand for committee, or step down from committee, then please address all AGM related communication to our secretary at southdevonplayerstheatre@yahoo.co.uk

Les Miserables auditions reminder

Les Miserables Reminder! : The South Devon Players theatre company, Brixham are holding open auditions for an exciting and challenging new amateur theatre production in Torbay - a new non-musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic story. All seriously interested people are welcome to audition, there are large and small roles to be cast.

Les Miserables; The Memoirs of Jean Valjean is a new non-musical theatre show, based directly on Victor Hugo’s thrilling novel of redemption, love and revolution, set in 19^th Century France. The South Devon Players are performing this show in September 2013 around Torbay, and have announced open auditions for the production. Whether you are ten or eighty, there are large and small roles available and the auditions are open to both members and new people as well.

People new to acting and performing are welcome.

All we ask is that if you are aged under 16 (there are three child roles), that you are accompanied by a parent or guardian, and that all performers are reliable; able to rehearse on Wednesday evenings, and available for the shows, in September. 

The auditions will take the form of script readings on Wednesday May 15^th 2013, at 7pm, at  Chestnut Heights Community Centre, Poplar Close, Brixham TQ5 0SA. Rehearsals commencing the following Wednesday (same time/ venue).

As well as performers, we are also looking for front of house helpers, and set/ stage hands too, so if you do not feel like performing, there are plenty of other ways to get involved in the show.

Please note that Act 2 of the show is likely to contain strobe or light flashes.

The South Devon Players theatre company are an award-winning, completely non-profit community/ amateur theatre company founded in 2005, based in Brixham and featured on BBC 1 national television in January 2013. We mainly specialise in shows about local history, but sometimes expand to wider historical events (as in the case of this production) as well. We are family friendly, lively and welcoming to all who wish to be involved in theatre at any level. In the past, members have gone on to perform in major feature films, and train at RADA. Our membership ranges from age 10 to 65, and from professional performers to complete beginners, all of whom work as part of a team to create new exciting shows which are then brought to our local community.

Les Miserables: The Memoirs of Jean Valjean will be directed by one of the theatre company’s founders; Miss Laura J, who as well as being a professional performer and model in her own right, also holds a Masters degree in teaching performing arts, as well as degrees in film production, and photography – and has performed in another production of Les Miserables in the past, elsewhere. She is accompanied by Mrs Louise German, as assistant director.  Louise is the other co-founder of the South Devon Players, who has decades of community and amateur theatre experience in her own right. Both are experienced directors, and looking forward to joining you to create the biggest show the South Devon Players have yet produced.

All audition, and show dates on our website at http://southdevonplayers.weebly.com , or at our social networks: Twitter (sdevonplayers) or our facebook accounts (southdevonplayers, or sdevonplayers)