About

Taking place at
Torquay Royal Lyceum Theatre
29 Abbey Rd, Torquay TQ2 5NQ

Performance times
Friday Jan 17th 2025- 7.30pm

SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Tickets (£10 full, £8 concessions) available from https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html
or in person on the door, from 6.30pm (please use cash if possible).

Run-time:
Approximate 2 hours 30 mins plus interval (usually around 20-30mins)

Synopsis:
A swashbuckling adventure set in and around the royal court of France, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Suitable for all ages. Set in the 1620s, a young swordsman comes to Paris, seeking to join the Royal guards;. Initially refused, but determined to prove his worth and loyalty, he leads in thwarting plots against the King and Queen, by the King's chief advisor; Cardinal Richelieu, while making friends with three of the Kings Musketeers, in the process. With beautiful costuming, dramatic action scenes, and a fast moving story, performed by a team of professional actors aged 11 – 65 from around south Devon, and being filmed for TV broadcast in the USA, this is a production not to be missed.

CONTENT
No nudity
No strobe lighting
May contain loud sound effects and contains violent (sword fighting) scenes.
Review quotes from the 2023-4 South Devon Players tour of Macbeth:
"Stunning performances and choreography""Dynamic, dramatic, distinctive""Seamlessly combining tradition with innovation"

ABOUT THE SOUTH DEVON PLAYERS:
The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company is a professional, female-led touring theatre company based in Brixham in South Devon.
SDP specialises in dramas based on researched history, and classical literature (and Shakespeare); creating inclusive, and empathic opportunities for people of all ages, demographics, and experience, to launch, or further, their careers in theatre and performing arts, as well as related disciplines.
The South Devon Players also value the educational and social benefits of theatre, extremely highly, running training classes and providing educational materials alongside the shows.The South Devon Players Theatre And Film Company was founded by Laura Jury in 2005, and has gone on to win several regional, national and international arts awards.

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