A NEW film and performance being staged in Wimborne portrays life on the home front in 1916 through the eyes of five women.

Tommy’s Sisters is a moving drama based on diaries and archives at Wimborne’s Royal British Legion at 7.30pm on Friday, March 17.

The evening begins and ends with a live performance from the film’s five actors: Michele O’Brien, Chloe Hatherley, Jemima Vivian, Barbara Hart and Tracie Billington-Beardsley, who stay in role after the screening to answer questions from the audience about the characters and their lives during the conflict.

Tommy’s Sisters was written and directed by Gill Horitz and Tony Horitz from State of Play Arts in collaboration with director of photography Alastair Nisbet from arts organisation ScreenPLAY.

The film was produced as part of the Priest’s House Museum’s First World War project, which is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

James Webb, from the museum, said: “Working with such talented scriptwriters, directors, filmmakers and actors has brought these stories to life for everybody and gives us a real feel of what life was like for these courageous women.”

Writer Gill Horitz said: “We wanted to portray these lives through their words, using their objects, photographs and other documents as inspiration.”

“We wanted to give voice to them going about their everyday lives in the streets of Wimborne and beyond, always in the shadow of war and its continuous impact.”

Tickets £5 are available from Wimborne Tourist Information Centre or on 01202 886116 or from Wimborne Royal British Legion.