Blackhorse Village Players
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Blackhorse Village Players (BVP or Blackhorse Theatre) is a community theatre in Tottenham, Ontario, Canada.Blackhorse Village Players came together in the early 1970's opening their season with Snow White at the Tottenham Town Hall, which became home to the Village Players for the first three seasons, followed by the Royal Canadian Legion. A few years later the Players moved into their present building, the Enniskillen Hall of the Loyal Orange Lodge, built in the late 1940's. The theatre group changed its name to Blackhorse Village Players to recognize the new location near the historic Blackhorse Inn.
In 1983 BVP purchased the building and land after many successful fund-raising efforts, including matching assistance from Wintario. The BVP is fully owned and operated on a volunteer basis by its membership and is a registered charitable organization.
Over the years, Blackhorse Village Players has become known for the diversity and quality of its productions - ranging from Shakespeare's Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew to popular comedies, farces and musicals such as Greetings, You Can't Take It With You, Not Now Darling, Man of LaMancha and Fiddler on the Roof.
In 1977 the group was incorporated and changed the name from "Village Players" to "Blackhorse Village Players". It seems that in the19th century the railway crossing on Highway 9 just west of County Road 10 to Tottenham was known widely as "Blackhorse Crossing" In recognition of the Inn that stood nearby to serve the needs of dusty travelers between Orangeville and Newmarket.
