A PLAY interweaving five stories evoking the effect of The Great War and more recent conflicts on families will be performed in Boscombe tomorrow.
Audiences can see the powerful play Passion at the Shelley theatre.
The award-winning South Dorset-based professional company AsOne is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year by touring Passion across southern counties. Dorset-based brothers Mike and David Bowman have shared the story of their grandfather’s diary.
The play also reveals why Linda and Peter Thornton have started a Dorset charity, the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation. Marking the start of The Great War and the present withdrawal from Afghanistan 2014, Passion features live music performed by the ensemble cast of actor musicians, composed by Tim Laycock, who also performs.
It tells five stories of soldiers and families 100 years apart by interweaving this newly-gathered, original testimony.
Artistic director Jane McKell said: “Passion is a very special play for our tenth anniversary. It has been a privilege to talk with the families involved in creating it.
“Their stories have touched and thrilled us, and although very personal, are universal.
“Their recorded memories, with the skilled help of Andy Worth, have been lodged at the Dorset History Centre, and are available as legacy internet podcasts for all who wish to download them.”
n Passion visits the Shelley Theatre, Boscombe (01202 413 600) on November 1, supporting the Royal British Legion and John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.
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