The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company News

Fundraising quiz nights announced!

7/8/2018

With the advent of some lovely new people helping us get the group moved on to the next level, we have now got the manpower (and ladypower!) to run fundraising quiz nights.
The Rising Sun pub in Brixham have kindly agreed to host our quiz nights, and therefore, Laura, Maggie and Gareth can now proudly announce the first of what we hope (and intend) will be many events! All funds raised go directly into funding rehearsal space, costumes & props, etc, for our productions.
Come and test your knowledge, and win several bottles of wine! Starts promptly at 7.30pm, finishing by 10pm.

Venue
The Rising Sun,
8 The Quay,
Brixham
TQ5 8AW

Lively, friendly quiz night, the first of (we hope) many regular quiz nights at the Rising Sun, raising funds for The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company, Brixham

Have a great night out, and support your local artistic community, at a beautiful, family-run traditional harbourside pub.

There are 8 rounds, of 10 general knoweldge questions in each round, with a break in the middle to refill at the bar! Entry is £10 per team (payable on the day), teams may comprise up to 6 entrants each.

Please contact us on southdevonplayers@gmail.com with any questions or if your team wish to reserve a table in advance.

Brixham Pirate Festival 2018

11/5/2018

Many thanks to all of our lovely helpers at our fundraising stand at the Brixham Pirate Festival - we raised invaluable funds for our productions :) Also many thanks to Judi for allowing us to use the space, and to the local Brixham Police, and festival security, for coming along and volunteering to be in our stocks :)

Tickets for our Brixham performances of 1307 now on sale.

16/4/2018

A researched historical medieval theatre production
telling of the fall of the Knights Templar, & the surrounding legends and accusations of heresy. Performed by a professional, nationally-award-winning theatre team.

BRIXHAM VENUE
Brixham Theatre
New Road, Brixham TQ5 8TA

BRIXHAM SHOW DATES:
June 22nd; Curtain up at 7.30pm,
June 23rd Curtain up at, 2.30pm and 7.30pm

PRICES
Tickets £8 (full) £7 ( conc)

BOOKING
http://tickets.brixhamtheatre.uk or call 01803 415987
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Historically a monastic order of crusading knights in the middle ages, the Knights Templar began from humble origins, but soon became a powerful, international organisation, answerable only to the Pope, and institutionally extremely wealthy. As the medieval crusades failed, so did the Templars, and in 1307, among accusations of heresy, and treason, the senior members of the Order were arrested. Legend tells that their wealth, seen by eyewitnesses only months before, had vanished. With the accusations of heresy upheld, the Order was disbanded, and the last Grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, burned at the stake in 1314.

Legends remain. What became of the Templars treasure? Were they really heretics, or victims of a political trap? Legends tell of them protecting various secrets, including those that could destroy the church - some of those legends relate to the Holy Grail; the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, or lost gospels, or even that Jesus himself had descendants who lived on through the ages.

Based tightly on the history, and some of the theories, the film follows Hughes and Angelo, formally of Jacques de Molays inner council, from the fall of Acre, to Paris, and then as they go on the run to the Bristol preceptory, tonwards to Templecombe in Somerset and then to Trebeigh in Cornwall .

Linking these three historical southwest Templar holdings and the existing mysteries surrounding the Templars into the tale, the final secret is revealed....

This production also features an exhibition of the painstaking research behind the scriptwriting, of the inquisition against the Templars, and of their historical links to the Southwest
The show also features especially composed music by Grace Hancock from Exeter.
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The Three Musketeers pantomime dates announced for Brixham

16/9/2017

The Three Musketeers is an action packed, family pantomime, touring in Jan 2018. Based on the classic swashbuckling novel by Alexandre Dumas, this panto tells this classical tale set in the 17th Century French royal court, and how a young man from the country joins the royal guards, while foiling a plot to depose the King, with plenty of laughter, dance, song, - and epic sword fights from our trained fight team.

A professional theatre and film team bring this show to the stage for your delight this winter! from a nationally award-winning theatre and film company, of local actors and creatives

Online ticket booking:
http://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html , or you can telephone/ text 07855 090589, to reserve.

Brixham Dates:
Jan 20th - 7pm
Jan 21st - 2pm and 7pm

Brixham Venue:
The Edge,
Bolton Street.
Brixham,
Devon.
TQ5 9DH

Brixham Prices:
Adults £7
Concs (saturday £5.50, Sunday £5.00)

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Catch a Brixham Fish at Millie & Me

24/7/2017

Thank you to the most awesome Sophie Bower for stocking our Brixham Fish keyrings for our fundraising at her cafe. Made by the equally awesome Allie Hinton and Margaret. Sophies cafe is a wonderful community hub and sells lovely food - and cake!
So if you would like to catch a Brixham Fish, do pop into her cafe on King Street.
http://www.millieandme.co.uk/

Steampunk Jack The Ripper in Plymouth & Torquay

24/7/2017

The final two shows we did were at new locations for us, Plymouth Athenuem Theatre, and Abbey Hall, in Torquay.

What a wonderful finale to the tour. With lovely venue owners, lovely cast and crew, good audience feedback and lots of laughter behind the scenes, it was a wonderful experience - while everyone is exhausted, everyone is also happy, and that is the best way to finish a show run. We are now in downtime, with just a few workshops etc, and finishing shooting our feature film Mordred, before we come back in late August with the next theatre show, The Three Musketeers!

So, with Steampunked Jack The Ripper behind us, our cast are working on towards more fantastic productions!

Sidestage photos by Laura at Plymouth

Photos by an audience member (William Kehoe) at Plymouths show.

More good news for our Mordred feature film

8/6/2017

We are extremely honoured to have received yet another film laurel for the trailer, this time from the "Yes! lets make a movie" film festival. A wonderful accolade to everyone and especially our editor Michael Mirsadeghi
You can read more about them at their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/yesletsmakeamoviefilmfestival/

Support local theatre & film via the Torbay Lottery

25/4/2017

New fundraising for The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company, Brixham, If you enjoy doing lottery-type things, please consider supporting us. Funds go into shows, training for local people, and the all-critical rehearsal hall hire :) The direct link is

https://www.torbaylottery.co.uk/support/the-south-devon-players-theatre-and-film-company

We win a national arts award #EpicAwards2017

19/3/2017

(press release) #EpicAwards2017

Brixham theatre & film team, of local people, win national arts award.

The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company are excited to announce that on the evening of March 19th, 2017 at an awards ceremony at the Sage conference centre in Newcastle, they were presented with the Epic Award for England. Laura Jay, one of the founders, and Michael Mirsadeghi, who is the head of editing, and one of the cameramn of the Players current 6th Century Arthurian feature film Mordred, travelled to Newcastle to collect the award on behalf of the team, but as Laura feels it important to point out, this has been earned by efforts and collaborations of the entire team, not by any one person.

There is growing recognition in the media and in public policy of the importance of everyday participation in creativity. The Epic Awards shines a spotlight on the incredible achievements of these groups each year.
Winning groups are those that demonstrate the four Epic qualities – Engagement, Partnership, Innovation and Creativity.

Matt Hancock MP, Minister of State for Digital and Culture in the UK stated ""The fantastic work of the South Devon Players shows what can be achieved by the ingenuity and determination of arts groups."

This is wonderful recognition for a group which was founded by local Brixham performers, 11 years ago, on the proceeds of a carboot sale, and has grown into a vibrant theatre & film team, who perform newly researched historical shows around Devon, and whose film work is gaining recognition and awards abroad.
In addition the Players work hard to promote the skills of local creatives, with workshops and training, networking events, and involvement with other local organisations.

The award will stand next to the Torbay “Creativity In The Community” trophy won in 2010.

The group are currently in rehearsals for their summer stage show, a steampunk theatre production telling the story of the mysterious Victorian killer known as “Jack The Ripper” and also busy fund-raising for the final few days of filming their 6th Century Arthurian feature film, Mordred, the trailer for which is already selected for screening at international film festivals, in Hollywood, New York, Barcelona, as well as at Torbays very own English Riviera film festival. The crowdfund – as well as more information about the film, is at https://igg.me/at/Mordred2017b/x/12578926 all assistance in promoting the crowdfund and the project is much appreciated.

(for press use -
full resolution images: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6rYYXmTbCQ9c2F6bU5pNVNkczA )

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The Mordred crowdfund - please help us get the film finished

11/2/2017

Last night, at the same time as bring broadcast on BBC television news, we were also launching our crowdfund. This fund will mean that we can complete the film with the final scenes, and also get it edited to the same beautiful standard as the trailer.

If you are in any way able to support the crowdfund, even if it is just with £1, or by sharing the links please help us, we have come so far, it would be a real pity to fall at the last hurdle.