 Coming up on our 20th anniversary year, we have an amazing team, but are a bit short handed for some things behind the scenes, so we are putting this call out.
We are a well established, lively and friendly theatre company based in Brixham, bringing classical literature to life in lively and often groundbreaking shows, to local venues ranging from theatres to village halls, across south Devon, and each summer up to the Midlands. We are looking for lovely people who would like to be involved as - stage crew - front of house welcomers/ ushers - publicity assistants - fundraising stall helpers - grant bid writers The only criteria are that you have a passion for high quality regional theatre, are aged 16+ (to the skys the limit), are reliable and trustworthy, and willing to help maintain a pleasant friendly atmosphere. For things like publicity and grants, we do need good literacy as well. Time and location committment vary by the role, we try to keep things as flexible as possible without jepoardising the theatre productions, the most important thing is that everyone does the things they have agreed to do, because in a team, each person relies on everyone else to do thus. What do you get out of it? you make likeminded friends who are passionate about the arts and literature, you can build up a portfolio, references and new skills (we can also run things as college/ university work experience), you can network with a wide range of our contacts in the creative industries, join in theme photoshoots and side projects, and contribute to an important part of the local cultural landscape. And have fun! If you would like to find out more, please drop us a DM on this page or an email to [email protected] to arrange for a friendly chat about it over coffee, or a visit to see one of our rehearsals or building sessions.
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This article is born of a few questions we have recieved over the past few months. In our policies (see Safety, Inclusion & Access) . Our company celebrates and supports diversity in all its forms. Diversity and inclusion does not mean lower quality, it means celebrating the diversity that exists in our world. The only ground rules are that people are willing to be a part of a top-quality performance, reliable and pleasant to work with. People of all demographics (ethnicity, accent, socio-eoconomic background, gender, disability etc) are welcomed and included both on stage and as crew; our only real rule is that due to the touring and late evenings, that all actors and crew are aged over 16 (to the sky's the limit). In the real world, you will see people of all kinds of different appearances, and backgrounds - in a stage show we like to reflect that as well, so a diverse cast and crew is creatively a perfect descision; nor should someone be excluded simply because they are "different". While we cannot accomodate absolutely everyone (eg. being asked if someone can be involved who cannot work with regular rehearsals or going to different performance spaces: or where someone is unable to behave appropriately towards other people), we always look to include rather than exclude. With disabilities or other accessibility needs, we do everything that we are able to ensure that people are able to participate safely, and we stand fully against any discrimination aimed against any of our team members. Inclusion is a simple process - being open to honest conversations about whatever question might be raised, looking at ways to solve any barriers (percieved or real) that may exist for the person in question, and being accepting of difference. If discrimination occurs towards a member of our team, then we will (and do) stand by them.
Thank you very much to TescoBrixham for having us to vote for when you do your shop- if you do shop in there grab a blue counter to vote for us, it all helps us raise funds for our theatre work !! Many thanks to Groundwork as well. #brxhamtheatre #brixham #supporttheatre #fundraisng #theatre #britishtheatre   The Vigilance (https://www.vigilancewww.vigilanceofbrixham.co.ukofbrixham.co.uk)is a Brixham sialing Trawler built at Upham’s Yard in Brixham in 1926 - she was the last one ever built; and is typical of the towns traditional red sailed trawlers built in the 1800s, and early 20th Century. It is maintained by a wonderful team of local volunteers, and has just been undergoing a huge refit. We collaborated with the Vigilance, and with two amazing photographers, Tracey Hodges and Chris Vicenti from Paignton Photographic Club (http://www.ppcphotography.org.uk) These photographs will be used by the models, photographers and the Vigilance, for respective portfolios, and recreating local historical town heritage. Some of the photos by Tracey Hodges                    Some of the photos by Chris Vicenti                          As well as theatre shows and streaming, we also love to do themed photoshoots - usually in collaboration with other local organisations. Today several of our team had an absolutely wonderful afternoon working with the Vigilance of Brixham a stunning old fishing trawler that is currently being renovated, to recreate olden late 1800s/early 1900s photos on board, such as you would have seen from the time that the Vigilance was built. This shoot was one of our collaborations with Paignton Photographic Club with Tracey Hodges and Chris Vicenti. There are lots of photos to edit up, which will be used by our actors, the Vigilance, and the photographic club. Over the next week or two there will be lots of beautiful photos - but here is a quick look behind the scenes! And look at the wonderful feedback from the photographers! And - many thanks to The Prince William, Brixham for accomodating us all coming in for coffee afterwards! There are already discussions about the next themed photoshoots, to which local photographers will be invited, and our actors/ crew as models.  With an amazing cast and crew ranging from BAFTA winners to beginners, and a wonderful mixture of regular and returning faces, meet this incredible team ! Meet the awesome cast
 Stewart Mckenzie - Mr Hyde After literally decades of procrastination, and in the midst of what is clearly a midlife crisis, Stewart L Mackenzie has finally decided to have a bash at professional acting. Having been lucky enough to have performed extensively in the South Devon area over the years with various local theatrical societies, and also professionally as part of the inaugural Totnes Fringe Festival, Stewart is now taking on the role of 'Mr Hyde' in his first performance with The South Devon Players.  Joan Smith - Inspector Newcomen Acting since aged 8, Joan is a professional BAFTA winning actress and winner of a national social media award. Joan is a triple threat performer and her credits include TV commercials, tv pilots, touring theatre productions, immersive entertainment, comedy dining, musicals, pantomimes, theatre in education, as well as commercial and general modelling. Fun fact: Joan has completed the Royal Marines Commando Challenge
and some of the incredible crew
Pop over to our AUDITIONS page to download audition pieces, and show information. See REVIEWS for audience reviews of our previous shows ______ DEVON/ OPEN BOOK PROFITSHARE / THEATRE / ANY GENDER OR ETHNICITY/ - Roles open for actors aged 16 to the Skys the limit. - Most roles in our staging of this play are not bound by gender; we are looking for the strongest actor for each roles. - Any ethnicity/ accent/ experience level equally welcome. What we are looking for are great performance skills, pleasant friendly teamwork, and the desire to be an active part of a really excellent quality show. - The styling is steampunk/mild horror. The show is suitable for all audiences . - if you cannot make auditions August 17th please contact us to arrange an audition over the two weeks before. - Actors should be based in, or have a base in, Devon because of attending rehearsals and performances. Sorry none of us who are regulars with the theatre team are in a financial or housing position to be able to put people up from further afield. - Our show teams are diverse in terms of age, experience, ethnicity and we usually have several neurodivergent team members - everyone coming on board should be willing to work as a part of a diverse group of people. - the show is profitshare for funding reasons. We cover rehearsal space/ costumes/ insurance etc by selling second hand bits on eBay and handmade jewellery in a couple of local shops. This is on an open book process where ticket sales reports and any venue costs are shown upfront for perusal, and the ticket profits are shared equally between each person in the show team. Sadly we cannot guarantee how much this is as it can very widely as is dependant on ticket sales . We constantly do our best to apply for funding to bring everyone up to equity rates but this cant be guaranteed and we don’t believe in promising what we can’t deliver. - ALL cast and crew also are given access to portfolio photos and show video, copies of any press or promotional content featuring themselves, references on request (after completion of thier first show run with us), and anything else that we find we can offer. - and - in answer to a common question we get: nobody is ever charged anything to audition or perform with us. Do please drop us a line with any questions not answered here or in the downloadable audition resources. 
As our tour works through, we are having the most wonderful audience feedback for our Romeo and Juliet tour - just look at what audiences are saying! This kind of theatre review for the South Devon Players is beyond valuable, and we are so thrilled! And with this one, you can see not only screenshots of feedback appearing on our social media - but also videos from audience members!
An ENORMOUS thank you to Tracey Hoidges and Willie Wilson of Paignton Photographic Club, for these incredible photos taken of our performances at Brixham Theatre. If you want to see Romeo & Fuliet on tour in Devon please c lick here on our BOX OFFICE page.           |
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