Absolutely fabulous start to our rehearsals for William Shakespeare’s Macbeth which is shaping up to be our biggest ever show run. An amazing team of new and returning creatives, met together for the first time to have the initial read through and prepare - as of Wednesday there will be no sitting down, everyone will be on their feet rehearsing the full scenes (acts 1 & 2).

The full cast list is 
Macbeth - Robin Purdie 
Lady Macbeth - Lisa Highton
Witch 1 - Helena Howard
Witch 2 - Grace Halsey
Witch 3 - Millie Francis
Duncan  - Joan Smith
Malcolm - James Hoff
Wounded Captain - Laura Jury
Ross - Kai Botha
Banquo - Emily Swaddle
Lennox (combined with Angus) - Laura Jury
Donalbain - Sacha Spencer
Lady Macbeths servant - Tabitha Epstein
Macduff - Rich Sanbdford
Fleance - Alex Slade
Porter - Sean Phelan
Macbeths servants - Joan Smith, 
Murderer 1 - Rich Sandford
Murderer 2 - Sacha Spencer
Murderer 3 - Joan Smith
Hecate - Elizabeth Ampadu
Apparitions - Alex Slade, Tabitha Epstein, Sacha Spencer
Lady Macduff - Samantha Libby
Young Macduff - Tabitha Epstein
Scottish doctor - Samantha Libby
Menteith - Millie Francis
Caithness  - Tammy Powell
Seyton - Sacha Spencer
Siward - Joan Smith
Young Siward - Alex Slade

Ghosts and crowds made up with members of the cast. 

. So, it has been a really long time since we got to update this page. Our tour of Les Miserables through May and June gained fabulous audience feedback at all venues, excluding Plymouth which we had to cancel due to a bereavement on our team and an outbreak of Covid among the venue staff. 
Soon after the start of the run, the director's mother passed away suddenly, and other cast members also had illnesses and family emergencies, so it was quite a trial of fire to keep the show running - however, thanks to an amazing, supportive team of people, we kept it running. 
It has been an absolute honour to work with such an amazing team of people. We hope very much to work with many more times in the future and all of whom I would highly recommend as amazing and competent theatre actors and crew.
Phenomenal audience feedback for the show, building a real fan following for our work there too. 

​We are having quite a short turn around before we come back in for Macbeth, 

A huge thank you to our long time friends and supporters The Naked Sheep Hayle. This amazing family owned company in Cornwall makes handmade clothing and homewares from natural wools, sold all over the country. They are now supplying beautiful handmade tea cosies for sale at our friends cafe (Crafty Cwtch, 66 Middle Street, Brixham. , to raise funds for us here at The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company, Brixham. Thank you sooo much Allie and Janet ​

In April, we had a cast photoshoot for our Les Miserables team, which most of our cast and crew were able to attend. If you want a look at the actors bringing this super show to you in May and June; here you are! 
With enormous thanks to our friends at the Crafty Cwtch cafe on Middle Street, Brixham. for being the fab base camp for our actors photoshoot on nearby streets, 

Photos by Laura Jury and Sacha Spencer. 

Visit our Box office page (click here)  to book and find out more details of the show  :) we would love to see you at any of the venues 

Les Miserables: The Memoirs of Jean Valjean is a 3 hour stage drama (not the musical!) bringing Victor Hugos's famous novel to life.
​This is a show suitable for all ages, and is a classic tale of redemption, compassion and revolution; set between 1815 and 1832 in France.

URGENT CASTING CALL - FANTINE & LITTLE COSETTE - DEVON - THEATRE - PROFITSHARE & PORTFOLIO PHOTOS/VIDEOS - LES MISERABLES; THE MEMOIRS OF JEAN VALJEAN
Please contact immediately on southdevonplayers@gmail.com to arrange an audition. Please share to anyone who may be interested.
We urgently need to recast Fantine (playing age 20-35) and Little Cosette (playing age 8 - 12) for our theatre production of Les Miserables: The Memoirs of Jean Valjean.
The roles were being played by a lovely real life mother and daughter, who have had to withdraw due to a sudden family crisis.
This show is a full length drama (NOT the musical) based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Rehearsals are underway already, on Wednesday evenings 6.30pm - 9.30pm, and Sundays 12.30pm - 5pm, at Chestnut Community Centre, 1-3 Poplar Close, Brixham, TQ5 0SA, before touring around the South Devon area.
Actors MUST be based in the South Devon area and able to attend rehearsals and all performances as key characters in the show.
Little Cosette, as a minor, MUST be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all rehearsals and performances; and casting is subject to a child actor license being obtained by the production for the child to be in the show.
Payment is on equal profit share (whatever we make from ticket sales is shared equally between each cast and crew member), plus portfolio photographs/ videos. The shows at Brixham Theatre are also filmed for streaming online via the online section of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It is profitshare rather than any more, because as a theatre company led by an autistic woman, we find it very difficult to access grant funding , but at the same time, we want to do as much as is within our power for all the people involved with our shows.
The performances are on tour around South Devon in May/ June 2023 with tickets for all shows already on sale.
Brixham
Friday May 19th - (evening)
Saturday May 20th - (matinee)
Saturday May 20th - (evening)

Kingskerswell
May 27th (evening)
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Plymouth (Stoke Damerel)
June 2nd (evening)

Exeter (Barnfield Theatre)
June 9th (evening)

Torquay (Royal Lyceum Theatre)
Friday June 16th (evening)

Ashburton Arts Centre
Friday June 23rd (evening)

As this is an emergency casting, this is not currently set up on the casting section of our website which has been geared to our next main production starting in July, however the terms of involvement, actors agreements & contracts, etc are all identical.
We are a well established female-led theatre company based in Devon, you can check us out at www.southdevonplayers.com , The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company, Brixham .​

Our cast and crew are working beautifully on the show, and the scenes are coming along amazingly. With characterization, and (where needed) action choreography, and the first hints of costumes, the scenes are really coming together - we couldnt be working with a lovelier or more talented team!

Images by Michael Betts

Last Sunday was a barricade special, where the tech crew started building the sound and lighting cues for that rather tech-heavy sequence, and the first time the actors were working in costumes (costumes are still being put together but we like to rehearse in even partial costume as soon as possible, because it helps with character development.  

Looking forward to the first “on our feet” blocking rehearsal for the second half of our spring / summer theatre production of Les Miserables: The Memoirs of Jean Valjean, tomorrow, with our brilliant cast.
Next week we will be start the multiple weeks of characterisation and performance for the characters and performances and scenes with the actors and bringing in the crew to start in on building up lighting, sound and special effects.
(Photos from Wednesday’s first half blocking rehearsals)
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