DORCHESTER’S record-breaking run of community plays is back on after a two-year Covid hiatus, but the relaunch of their seventh production relies on filling a fundraising role and a substantial amount of money being raised.

The play, Spinning the Moon – written by writer Stephanie Dale, aims to take place in late spring with money needing to be raised to pay for the venue, professional director and playwright, costumes and staging.

To assist with this the play’s Trustees are seeking a ‘motivated and enthusiastic’ person to join the board – taking on the role of fundraising lead with immediate effect.

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Dorchester Community Plays Association’s (DCPA) chair, Rowan Seymour expresses the need to fill this role. He said: "Fundraising is vital to the success of Spinning the Moon, and we are looking for someone with enthusiasm and ideas who can not only reach out to the wider community but also inspire and encourage the play’s community, cast, crew and their families, to help raise the money we need.”

The role will include formulating a plan for a successful fundraising drive and devising ideas that members of the Dorchester Community Plays Association, cast and crew can adopt and use to collect funds.

In addition, major fundraising targets will need to be identified including those in the private sector.

Spinning the Moon is set in the years following the Wars of the Roses and boasts a cast of more than 120 amateur performers of all ages and abilities, plus local musicians.

Set in the early 16th century, the play, takes a sense of what was happening in Dorset over a fifty-year period, conflating those happenings to create a work of dramatic action.

The play focuses on the Trenchard family, who lived at Wolfeton House on the outskirts of Dorchester.

The DCPA website reads: “The Trenchards are desperately trying to stop their home, and the people who work their land, from spinning towards economic collapse and ruining the lives of all who depend on the estate for their livelihoods.”

The trustees hope the play will finally be performed in spring 2023 after it was halted just weeks away from being performed in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic.

If you would like more information or are interested in what the trustees describe as ‘being a key part of this wonderful community project and would like to chat’ then contact any of the following emails: Rowan Seymour - dcpachair@gmail.com, business manager David McGarel at dfmcg58@gmail.com or treasurer Laurie Scott at DCPATreasurer2@gmail.com