Portfolio: Artsreach Dorset

Using puppets, comedy and live music, plus lots of amazing natural history facts, Squashbox Theatre will uncover the mysteries of the animal kingdom.

Expect a fabulous team activity day exploring words and images, and create your very own woodland sculpture to take home.

This summer, Miracle Theatre unpacks Chekhov's bittersweet comedy about a once-wealthy family, whose idleness and extravagance have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy. Obstinate and self-absorbed, they are deaf to the rumblings of change which surrounds them, and unable to accept help when they need it. Will it take a revolution to destroy their cosy world of privilege and entitlement, or will their own stupidity be enough?

With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships, The Mill on the Floss is considered George Eliot's most autobiographical novel. In this fluid and visceral re-imagining, playwright Helen Edmundson turns Eliot's unforgettable story of first love, sibling rivalry and regret into a wonderfully theatrical examination of the psyche of one of classic literature’s most charismatic heroines.

Tales from the Trees Post-Show Workshop! Join Craig and make your very own woodland puppet. Suitable 5+

Tales from the Trees is a terrific tangle of puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy from Kneehigh's Craig Johnson, with a theme that embraces natural history, folklore and ecology. Listen! The trees have tales to tell. Suitable 5+

Tales from the Trees is a terrific tangle of puppetry, storytelling, live music and comedy from Kneehigh's Craig Johnson, with a theme that embraces natural history, folklore and ecology. Listen! The trees have tales to tell. Suitable 5+