Ways of Seeing
Created by the Company
Director - Rohan Gotobed
Producer - Tony Horitz
Costume and Settings - Hannah Small
Camera Lantern - Clare Small
Stage Manager - Chris McCormack
Production Manager - Tuppy Hill
Access Support - Sandra Davies
Photography - Alastair Nisbet
Performed by members of Wimborne Community Theatre and Millstream Theatre
10th - 11th March 2023
Museum of East Dorset, Wimborne
Ways of Seeing was an imaginative attempt to go beneath the surface, to discover and share the stories that may lie beneath, reflecting lives in East Dorset over many years.
For this project, in consultation with staff at MED, Wimborne Community Theatre chose and researched some of the key items in the Collection:
Valentine's Cards; the fresco found in excavations at the Roman Villa at Tarrant Hinton in the late 1960s; the black and white portraits taken by the early Edward full plate studio camera over a period of forty years...
'As you are led through the building - wherever you look, whatever you see, there will be stories.'
Audience feedback
"Such a wonderful group of performers who are engaging in their ability to tell a story and very much draw you in as an audience."
"Can't fault it at all. In fact I'd go and see it again. So many possibilities that you can go down with immersive theatre like the ways of seeing at the Museum of East Dorset."
"Wonderful and thoughtful tonight. An experience that was innovative and has caused me to think more as I reflect on it - which is the key of a good theatrical experience."