About Us

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
~~Mark Twain.

Please note that if a show is not listed on our previous shows, current shows, or auditions page,
(as relevant) then it is not a show or event connected with the South Devon Players in any way.
We specialise in producing high-quality, venue-based performances, with a dedicated team of high-achieving performers from across Devon. Members of  Brixham Chamber of Commerce
New team members are always more than welcome.
If you would like to join us as a performer or crew member, simply come along to our next audition event, or get in touch if that is a few weeks away and you would like to get underway with something sooner. Especially in the summer we may have short-notice events coming up as well. 
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We do require all cast and crew to be able to work to world class standard, and therefore, regardless of previous experience, to have a high level of ability in whatever they take on. We are an internationally awardwinning company and therefore require everyone working with us to work to that expectation.

Rehearsals for performers are weekly, on  Wednesday evenings 7 - 9.30pm and Sunday afternoons 1 - 4pm. Please arrive half an hour early to prepare.

We do not charge membership fees, and are completely against any kind of "pay to play"

Please note that in the main we do not accept members under the age of 18. If there is a specific casting, or role for someone under 18, or if they have the ability to play a character aged over 18, all members under age 16 need to be accompanied at all auditions, rehearsals, and shows, by a parent or legal guardian in line with our child protection policy.

IMPORTANT
This may seem very basic indeed but is being noted publicly after a couple of incidents over recent years:
If you are joining us, please be aware that you will be expected to be able to carry out your role (actor/ crew/ technician) in a professional, skilled manner. This will involve learning your role, working to deadlines with the rest of the team, maintaining a pleasant professional attitude with others at all times,maintaining excellent timekeeping,  being fully communicative with the rest of the team, and where nessecary, extending this to working with the staff of venues which we are visiting. 

Bullying, sexual impropriety, undermining others, are prohibited in our team. 

You are not joining a "drop in" social club, but a dynamic team of ambitious, hardworking, career-orientated people. Therefore we are unable to accomodate those people seeking a community social hobby-club experience. 

You will also be required to abide by the norms of socially acceptable behaviour towards other members and towards the public at all times. 
About Us

The South Devon Players are an internationally award winning, intergenerational Brixham theatre and film team, based in the beautiful fishing port of Brixham; Devon (in South West England).  We perform theatre shows around Torbay and the wider Southwest; with international tours now in negotiation.  We also create dramatic films, newly researched, based on historical events and legends, with a very high standard of historical and cultural research. Over the coming years we intend to expand our number of shows, and range of tours, and continue to encourage and develop expertise in theatre and film arts for local people, at a world class level consumate with our reputation.

We are happy to help local people develop professional skills in theatre and film, to enable them to have the skills to directly create careers in theatre or film. 
We also pride ourselves in creating accurate historical productions as a way of bringing to life, historical facts, personages and events, to a wider audience, and developing a love of history, performance and classical stories.

Founded in 2005-6 with the proceeds of a car-boot sale, then winning the Torbay Together Arts In The Community Award in 2010, the Epic Award for England in 2017, and the VTAA Partner Theatre Award in the Long Island Theatre Awards, in New York 2019; appearing several times on national television, the Players continue to grow and expand.

New members are always welcomed regardless of their background, experience, beliefs or nationality; we aim to provide exciting opportunities to develop your career in theatre & film, in a  friendly, hardworking team atmosphere, to those who seriously seek to create a career in these fields.

The team ranges from experienced performers, through to beginners, all of whom work very hard, side by side, and share the same ethos of developing a career in theatre / film, to create new productions.

We are self-funded with table top sales, market stalls, sponsored activities, etc, and therefore wages offered to cast and crew is equal, open-book profit share; ticket sales less venue hire cost, shared equally. We are attempting to find ways to improve this, via grant applications, and sponsorship, to enable us to offer full weekly wages to cast and crew.

The casting agency is for vetted, experienced performers. Our biggest group TV credits currently being the BBC, and Disney’s casting directors having approached us (and cast two members as a result) in their Alice In Wonderland feature film.

What do we stand for?

-      Creating new work themed on history & legends.
-      Developing opportunities and careers in
       theatre & film for local people.
-      The joy of creative performance.
-      Community involvement.
-      Accessible performances.