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.

Working with Brian has been a fabulous opportunity for Blackwood actors to work with a professional such as Brian and he provides insight into the craft of acting, writing and how to create a character. Brian has a special talent in encouraging actors to relish what they are saying and to find the various rhythms in the delivery of sentences.

"A Relic of Old Decency" will be performed as a rehearsed reading in the RAAF clubrooms, Mitcham. (Take the laneway on Belair Road between the Mitcham Library and the Caltex service station to the end) on Saturday 25 July at 2:30 pm. Tickets via Trybooking or at the door.

The Crucible

Written by Arthur Miller. Directed by Greg Elliott.

September 2026 production

CAST

Rev Samuel Parris - Dylan Brinton-Pickering
Tituba - Fabiola Calderon 
Abigail Williams - Susan Cilento
Mary Warren - Katie Adams
Sam Walcott - Jacob Reuterink
Mercy Lewis - Eva Wilde
Thomas Putnam - Doug de Souza 
Ann Putnam - Alice Redlinghuys
Betty Parris - Charlotte Whittaker
John Proctor - Nic Betts
Elizabeth Proctor - Phoebe Wilson 
Rebecca Nurse - Francoise Finlayson
Giles Corey - Philip Lineton
Reverend Hale - Will Dunn
Francis Nurse - TBC
Ezekiel Cheever - Carly Whittaker
John Willard - TBC
Judge Danforth - Harry Dewar 
Judge Hathorne - Carly Whittaker
Sarah Good - Carly Whittaker

One of the most acclaimed plays in the American theatrical canon, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is a gripping and timely parable of contemporary society, as well as a studied historical tale.

Get in touch with Greg via elliotgreg13@gmail.com or phone 0402 616 924 to register interest.

Low Pay, Don't Pay

Written by Dario Fo. Directed by Larry Waller.

November 2026 production.

This production reimagines Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! as a fast, funny, political, community-driven piece of popular theatre that speaks directly to a 2026 Australian audience experiencing the pressures of rising costs, economic strain, and social inequity. While the play is set in Italy, our version is modern South Australia, and although comic and chaotic, it remains anchored in real human struggle. The humour emerges from truthful desperation, not caricature. 

This is a show about people trying to survive — and laughing in order not to cry.

Director's Note

Low Pay Don’t Pay is a bold, joyful, and sharply political ensemble comedy that places actors, audience, and action in constant relationship. This production celebrates the play’s greatest strengths: its relentless physicality, rapid-fire farce, and deeply human heart. Through heightened comedy and collective storytelling, the play exposes injustice not with heaviness, but with laughter, agility, and rebellion.

Performance dates:
Friday November 20, 7:30
Saturday November 21, 2:00 and 7:30
Sunday November 22, 2:00
Friday November 27, 7:30
Saturday November 28, 2:00 and 7:30
Sunday November 29, 2:00

To register interest or find out more, contact Larry via larrywaller1@icloud.com or 0401 530 628