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Unearthed

Fri 31 Jul – Sat 1 Aug 2026

Sam is on the edge, but an extraordinary gathering illustrates there is more to life...

Unearthed is a celebratory new play, created by hundreds of women from across Dorset, who worked together to unearth and illuminate twelve incredible historical women who lived, loved, survived and thrived across our country. The key facts of their lives are true; the rest is a delicious, riotious imagining.

Performed by 40 Women of Dorset, written by Stephanie Dale (Salt, Spinning on the Moon) and directed by Penny Levick (Spinning the Moon, Six Men of Dorset). Images and scenography by Jayne Jackson. Produced by Stephanie Dale and Dorchester Arts, with Lighthouse Poole. Press officer Ruth Hayes. Accompanying the play, there will be a photographic exhibition by Jayne Jackson, who has documented all stages of this project.