A local theatre group is inviting people to take part in its summer production.

To celebrate 30 years producing site-specific community theatre in East Dorset, Wimborne Community Theatre (WCT) is developing a new production celebrating Wimborne’s River Stour and reflecting on themes relating to sense of place, personal and mythical stories and memories, and the importance of the river ecology in our lives.

And it would welcome anyone who would like participate as an actor, musician, artist, or as part of the backstage team.

Audiences will be led on a short journey close to the river near Julian’s Bridge, following two young people setting out on a quest – both personal and mythical – to better understand recent losses in their lives. Along the way, they meet characters and creatures who bring humour, advice and healing as they discover how ‘the river runs through us’.

Guest director, is Joe Hancock, of Devon theatre company, Burn the Curtain, and the production will involve large-scale puppets and three Puppet-making workshops will take place in May led by puppet makers from Burn the Curtain. (https://burnthecurtain.co.uk)

For this year’s production, WCT members have researched themes and ideas about Wimborne’s rivers Allen and Stour over the last two years.  Stories and memories by local people have been collected and can be read at: www.wimbornecommunitytheatre.co.uk/river-memories-local-people/ .

To register interest or find out more about meetings and rehearsals, please contact: gill.horitz@icloud.com