ScreenPLAY - Dorset-based arts organisation

Aftermath - in the Wake of War

What is it like to be a survivor of war - scarred mentally and physically when so many were killed?
ScreenPLAY and State of Play's co-production filmed in the magnificent setting of Dean's Court House, Wimborne explores the post WW1 lives of four survivors and examines the impact and legacy of their war-time experiences.

Tags: drama,WW1

Tommy's Sisters - five women in 1916

Tommy’s Sisters, based on diaries and archives, tells the moving story of life on the WW1 home front in a small Dorset town in 1916 through the eyes of four women and a girl.

Tags: drama ,ww1

Scenes from the museum

A Victorian drama of a Valentine card shop boarded up for 30 years has been brought to life in animated form by a group of school students as part of a community theatre project in Wimborne, Dorset.

Tags: installation, animation

Tea for Two

A romantic stroll by the sea turns into a violent struggle when there’s no table for tea in this silent film by students at Westfield Arts College in Weymouth, screened in the summer of 2018 on the big screen in Brewery Square, Dorchester.

Tags: film, arts award

Companions of the Clouds

Companions of the Clouds is an outdoor site specific performance devised by Millstream Theatre for Wimborne's Priest's House Museum in partnership with Persuasion Arts, State of Play Arts and ScreenPLAY.
First performed in August 2017 as part of the Sting in the Tale festival of stories.