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Ben hur show feedback at Stoke Damerel Church, Plymouth

18/5/2022

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BBC Radio Interview

20/4/2022

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This morning Laura Jury did an interview with BBC Radio Cornwall this morning about our performance of Ben Hur at St Petroc's Church, Bodmin its here, at approx 1hour 48mins in.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bx9s05

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#Benhur #theatre #cornwall #devon #britishtheatre #bbc #radio #interview #actors #actorslife #church #drama #performingarts #theatretickets #regionaltheatre #whatson #fivestar #theater
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Sad news for the Bristol show (Ben Hur)

19/4/2022

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Sadly, we have had to take the heartbreaking decision this afternoon to cancel the show at St Thomas The Martyr, Bristol on Saturday. 

For those who had booked, refunds will be processed via Ticketsource within the next 24 hours, and free complimentary access provided in due course to our streamed performance and exclusive related content online via the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well by way of apology. If you purchased a ticket, please check your emails for communications via Ticketsource, and nearer the time of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, an email providing you with a free direct link to viewing the show streamed online.  We really hope you will join us for the streaming version (which has already been filmed and is currently being prepared by our lovely Sophie Rogers). 

If you miss any communications, please drop us a line on [email protected] to sort things out. 

The reason is simple, a lack of ticket sales, in the post-pandemic world. 
Breaking even is an optional luxury, and that's certainly not the cause of the decision, but the reality is that we had five advance ticket sales, and when that is compared to over £300 venue hire, plus almost £800 to hire a minibus to travel to Bristol, several hours travel for the cast and crew, we had to decide that even making a big loss to get our wonderful actors showcased and to a good performance opportunity, was simply not viable, for an audience of five. 
With that number of advance sales, we decided we could not rely on ticket sales on the door on the evening, and have therefore made the choice to cancel this show. 

We definitely hope to bring theatre back to Bristol in the future - previous shows we have brought to the city before the pandemic, have been instant sell-outs, but despite our usual advertising with radio, posters, mailshots, press, social media (free & paid), leaflets, linking to specialist interest organizations, and despite the support of the Bristol Equity (actors & creatives trade union) branch, and much more, we have been unable to reach audiences on this occasion.   We believe too, that packages of flyers and posters also went missing in the mail, as they were posted at the same time as the posters and flyers to other venues which we now know went missing (but it is early enough to rectify), which also contributed to this problem. 

Sporadic ticket sales is an increasingly common issue. Some of us work with local theatre venues here in Devon as well, and we are seeing this happen to various other shows and acts, even to a West End musical tour. It seems to be impossible to predict as to which shows or events this happens to, but seems to be a part of the post-pandemic landscape. 

We hope that you will keep in touch with us, and that you will come back to us in the future. 

​Laura Jury

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Ben Hur - fantastic Brixham feedback

10/4/2022

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So proud of our brilliant team of actors and crew for creating this amazing production of Ben Hur on stage -. The feedback from the first three performances of Ben Hur at Brixham Theatre has been phenomenal, as well as lots of incredible verbal feedback, we have also had some amazing written feedback for everyone as shown below. We now go on to bring the show to St Thomas the Martyr Church in Bristol, Stoke Damerel Church in Plymouth, St Petroc's Church, Bodmin, and Penlee Park Open Air Theatre - as well as screening a filmed performance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Booking details at https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html

#brixham #brixhamtheatre #lovebrixham #BeautifulBrixham #Torbay #devon #theatre #theatrelife #whatson #events #mustsee #booknow #britishtheatre #regionaltheatre #benhur #paignton #torquay #dartmouth #theater #whatsondevon #creative #actors #actorslife #professionaltheatre
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Ben Hur opens tomorrow!

7/4/2022

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​Technical rehearsal on sound/ lighting and partial backdrops, yesterday. Full set will be up tonight, ready for tomorrows and Saturdays performances of Ben Hur at Brixham Theatre

"BEN HUR" coming this week to Brixham Theatre
Book now!
Brixham Theatre
Bolton Cross
Brixham TQ5 8TA
April 8th 7.30pm
April 9th 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £10 (£8)
Bookings: https://www.brixhamtheatre.co.uk
Tel: 01803 415987
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Based on the classic 19th Century novel by Lew Wallace,
Ben Hur is a meticulously crafted stage drama, packed with drama, action, and hope, set across the 1st Century Roman Empire. The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder, sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mother and sister are missing. Despite exacting revenge against the Roman commander who destroyed his family, he finds no peace - until once again his life is changed by two slaves he freed, and a man from Nazareth...
As with all shows from The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company, this production is suitable for teens and adults.
We produce a free online education pack on our website for students covering aspects of creating the production, a news blog, historical & cultural research, and more.
We also provide full accessibility information for each performance on our website: https://www.southdevonplayers.com/benhurbrixham.html
#brixham #brixhamtheatre #lovebrixham #BeautifulBrixham #Torbay #devon #theatre #theatrelife #whatson #events #mustsee #booknow #britishtheatre #regionaltheatre #benhur #paignton #torquay #dartmouth #theater #whatsondevon #creative #actors #actorslife #professionaltheatre
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Ben Hur - rehearsals going brilliantly

1/4/2022

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We are in the last few rehearsals before the first performances at Brixham Theatre. the cast are doing brilliantly, and from Sunday the final three rehearsals are full dress/ tech. 

Don't forget to get your tickets for the Brixham shows on April 8th and 9th
Shows at  www.southdevonplayers.com/benhurbrixham.html
Brixham Theatre
Bolton Cross, Brixham TQ5 8TA

SHOW TIME(S)
Fri: April 8th 7.30pm
Sat: April 9th 2.30pm & 7.30pm

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Promotional photoshoot for Ben Hur

17/2/2022

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Few rehearsals have resulted in some fabulous photoshoots for as many of the Ben Hur actors as could attend the shoots at Brixham Theatre last Sunday after rehearsals. Photos by Laura Jury at the South Devon Players and Paul at Brixham Theatre

Tickets are on sale at https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html for Brixham Theatre and all other show venues. 
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Education pack addition - Ben Hur: British Sign Language

26/1/2022

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Part of our show education packs for students traditionally, is a video showing ten words from the show in BSL (British Sign Language.)
Sarah Gregori has kindly created this video for our Ben Hur education pack, and also added in the full alphabet in BSL as well.
This video is subtitled as well.
Feel free to share to anyone who may find it useful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9URt2-OlrE
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Photoshoots and stray doggies!

16/1/2022

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Fabulous early call for photoshoot at Chestnut Community Centre with the two lead actors in our stage production of Ben Hur. By this time next week the posters will be ready.
A huge thank you to Jenny for doing the photos and to Carol for sorting Judah Ben Hur’s outfit.
Third photo is Spirit- a large and beautiful elderly stray dog who joined us for a little while (now reunited with his humans)
#theatre #benhur #brixham #actor #actorslife #regionaltheatre #britishtheatre #torbay #acting #photoshoot #modellife #stage #performingarts #creative #dog #doggie
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January 07th, 2022

7/1/2022

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So good to be getting back to rehearsals for Ben Hur after Christmas with a fabulous cast and crew .

We are also delighted to announce that we have been able to cast the role of Quintus Arrius, who is now being played by the lovely Tim Herbert, a barrister who has recently moved from New Zealand to Torbay, and loves acting in his spare time. 


#theatre #acting #actorslife #benhur #brixham #brixhamtheatre #britishtheatre #rehearsals #regionaltheatre #stage #devon #happynewyear2022 #awesome
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