Blackwood Players Inc.

Blackwood Players Inc. A welcoming and inclusive community theatre group, Blackwood Players has been proud to bring the arts to our foothills community since 1951.

Always seeking cast members, volunteers and audience members. What We're About...
At present, the Blackwood Players aim to produce two major productions per year, across a wide range of styles and genres. All this theatre is done in an entirely amateur capacity – that is, with no financial reward to the cast or crew involved. But the rewards are there, nevertheless – things like ensemble spirit, t

eamwork, building a successful character or set, rigging lights or organising Front of House…. All part of the ongoing challenge and excitement of doing drama as hobby…


It's More Than Acting....
Over the years, the Blackwood Players have let their collective hair down between productions to maintain and build morale and essential ensemble spirit. We have run social events throughout the year to celebrate year out! Workshops, led by experienced theatre people, have been offered, allowing participants to develop and polish acting and related skills. In the past the Blackwood Players have taken part in the Blackwood Christmas Pageant with a specially decorated float and zanily attired characters.

Our second venture for 2026 was a staged reading of Brian Fox's play "A Relic of Old Decency". It was directed by Greg E...
27/07/2026

Our second venture for 2026 was a staged reading of Brian Fox's play "A Relic of Old Decency". It was directed by Greg Elliott and Brian Fox assisted as acting and character coach. The play was well supported by an appreciative audience of 50. The performance took place in the RAAF Association's clubrooms at Mitcham which felt comfortable and intimate.

Brian Fox played the elderly AJ, a former, proud tram driver and who is now estranged from his wife and two adult children.

The play ebbed and flowed between the present with AJ moodily sitting in his chair, and flashbacks of moments in his life that were more tender and life affirming. AJ who appears initially as a sad, lonely man who has not been treated kindly by life becomes a man who is the cause of his and his family's ruin through his pride, fear of the world and refusal to compromise.

Blackwood Players wish to thank Brian for offering his play to be staged in a rehearsed reading. It gave our cast an opportunity to work with a man who has acted and directed professionally, and is now writing. Brian offered advice about how to interpret and deliver lines and how to vary the pace of delivery.

Many thanks to Kevin Gogler and the RAAF Association for allowing us to rehearse, and to present this play reading in their clubrooms.

🚋 Got your tickets? Step aboard for A Relic of Old Decency — a moving, humorous new play about family, memory, and the ...
23/07/2026

🚋 Got your tickets?
Step aboard for A Relic of Old Decency — a moving, humorous new play about family, memory, and the Dublin tramways that once connected a city and its people.
Join Blackwood Players this Saturday afternoon for a script‑in‑hand reading of Brian Fox’s new work, directed by Greg Elliott. The audience is invited to participate in a Q&A session afterwards with the cast, director and playwright.

📍 RAAF Association Hall, Mitcham Branch, Hawthorn
🕝 2.30 pm, Saturday 25 July
🎟️ Tickets $10 / $7 concession — available at the door or via TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/DNSFR

Blackwood Players are very fortunate to be able to work with Brian Fox, a professional Irish actor, writer, teacher and ...
15/07/2026

Blackwood Players are very fortunate to be able to work with Brian Fox, a professional Irish actor, writer, teacher and director on a new play called “A Relic of Old Decency". The play focuses on an elderly man, known as AJ (played by Fox) who is a former tram driver and who has been estranged from his son and daughter for many years.

The play is about disconnection as Dublin changes from the tramways to cars and buses and AJ struggles to cope with the changes in his life and his disappointment in his children. Audiences will find the play moving, challenging and funny.

"A Relic of Old Decency" will be performed as a rehearsed reading in the RAAF clubrooms, Hawthorn. (Take the laneway on Belair Road between the Mitcham Library and the Caltex service station to the end) on Saturday 25 July at 2.30pm. Tickets via Trybooking or at the door.

https://www.trybooking.com/DNSFR

Rehearsals start this weekend for an exciting script-in-hand, one-off performance of an exciting new play by Brian Fox, ...
01/07/2026

Rehearsals start this weekend for an exciting script-in-hand, one-off performance of an exciting new play by Brian Fox, directed by Greg Elliott. Although most of the cast have been filled, we still have a couple of roles for males. Contact Greg Elliott on 0402 616 924 for more information. The next three rehearsals will be held on Saturday the 4th, 11th, and 18th with the final rehearsal, Saturday morning of the performance day July 25.

Performance: Saturday 25th July, 2.30pm, RAAF Association Mitcham Branch, 2/150 Belair Road, Hawthorn.

We are having another round of auditions this Sunday June 28th at 2pm, for parts in Brian Fox’s new play, A Relic of Old...
23/06/2026

We are having another round of auditions this Sunday June 28th at 2pm, for parts in Brian Fox’s new play, A Relic of Old Decency. Roles span AJ’s life from youth to old age, his family, and Dublin street characters. We are particularly seeking men in their 40’s. For venue details contact Greg on 0402 616 924. Or for more information, contact Brian Fox at [email protected] or Greg: [email protected]

This script-in-hand, single reading performance will be staged on July 25th at the RAAF Association Hall, Mitcham, with audience feedback afterward.

An exciting announcement from Greg Elliott:I am extremely proud to be announcing that our 2nd production for 2026, is Ar...
16/06/2026

An exciting announcement from Greg Elliott:
I am extremely proud to be announcing that our 2nd production for 2026, is Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'. The performance will take place in the Tower Arts Centre on the Springbank College campus, Pasadena.

We have assembled a wonderful cast including Harry Dewar who is a prominent local actor, theatre director and Drama teacher as Deputy Governor Danforth, Nic Betts as John Proctor, Susan Cilento as Abigail, Phoebe Wilson as Elizabeth Proctor, Doug De Souza as the land-grubbing, Thomas Putnam, Leighara Lawson as the believer who turns to witchcraft for answers in her life, Chris Dewar as Reverend Hale, Katie Adams as Mary Warren, Eva Wilde as Mercy Lewis and the list goes on.

Arthur Miller’s gripping drama, 'The Crucible' exposes how fear, suspicion and misuse of authority can tear a community [a country] apart. Written in response to the McCarthy trials of un American activity, 'The Crucible' reimagines the Salem witch hunts of 1692 as a stark warning about hysteria, power, and the cost of integrity. The central character is John Proctor, married to Elizabeth, and who has had an affair with a young woman, Abigail Williams. Some children have taken ill and while some parents seek answers from the doctor, others believe witchcraft is responsible. Under pressure for dancing in the woods and participating in witchcraft rituals, Abigail and other girls begin accusing citizens who they believe to be witches.

'The Crucible' lays bare the dangers of accusation and collective panic; it transforms historical events into a powerful exploration of paranoia, moral choice, and the fragile line between justice and vengeance. Blackwood Players will be setting this theatrical masterpiece in modern America where preachers still frighten congregations with tales of demons and witches and citizens can be gaoled because of false accusations.
Thanks to Heather Leane for her stunning artwork. Tickets available on TryBookings from July 1st.

Blackwood Players invites existing and aspiring actors to join the launch of a new play by Irish‑born playwright Brian F...
16/06/2026

Blackwood Players invites existing and aspiring actors to join the launch of a new play by Irish‑born playwright Brian Fox — A Relic of Old Decency. This script‑in‑hand performance will be staged on July 25th at the RAAF Association Hall, Mitcham, with audience feedback afterward. Auditions are on Sunday June 21, with casting completed by June 28 and seven relaxed rehearsals through July. Roles span AJ’s life from youth to old age, his family, and Dublin street characters. To express interest, contact Brian Fox at [email protected] or Greg: [email protected].

Blackwood Players are seeking registrations of interest from actors keen to be part of a staged reading of Brian Fox's p...
29/05/2026

Blackwood Players are seeking registrations of interest from actors keen to be part of a staged reading of Brian Fox's play, A Relic of Old Decency, which is set in Ireland.

The staged reading would take place in the Mitcham area, date TBC, to gauge interest and feedback from audiences, around the potential of staging the play in full in the future.

Rehearsals will be held at the Elliott residence in Hawthorndene.

It will be a great opportunity to be involved onstage in a fabulous play written by a local playwright, without the long commitment usually required for our productions.

To register your interest and for further information, please contact Greg Elliott via [email protected] or 0402 616 924.

Crates Give-away!Thanks to Fleurieu Milk Co for donating these crates which were used as props in Love. We are now looki...
27/05/2026

Crates Give-away!

Thanks to Fleurieu Milk Co for donating these crates which were used as props in Love.

We are now looking to pass them onto someone who can use them. There are around 20-25 crates and we'd prefer them to go in one batch but happy to separate if required.

Fyi - some of them have been coloured in a little, but doesn't affect use.

Please contact Greg on 0402 616 924 or [email protected] to express interest.

(Children, actors and choreographer not included).

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20 Batley Avenue
Hawthorndene, SA
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