The Cabinet Makers Daughter - Rehearsed Play reading at the County Museum Friday March 23 2011

It is 1846 and the little town of Lyme Regis is battered by howling winter gales. Dying and increasingly dependent on laudenum, Mary Anning embarks on a strange dream journey through a life where she challenged the world of men and shook their beliefs to the core.  She is haunted by hallucinations of old friends, enemies and even the dinosaurs she spent her life hacking out of the living rock. Into this world of dreams walks a man she never thought she would see again and attempts to find a resolution to their enigmatic relationship. A play about life and death, frustration and achievement, dreams and memories of long, long ago.

A rehearsed reading of this brand new play by Peter John Cooper will take place at the County Museum Dorchester on Friday 23 March starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are £6 available from the Museum and at the door. The audience will have the opportunity to meet the creative team and contribute to the final production. The tour starts in May 2012 and runs through until November 2012.

     She Opened the Door  - Outdoor Performance at Max Gate Sun 21 August 2011. In assoc with National Trust West Dorset

AsOne Theatre is pleased to report the succesful sellout garden performance of its recent touring production - She Opened the Door in the actual location where the play is set, Thomas Hardy's Dorchester home, Max Gate. The single performance in association with the National Trust West Dorset took place place at 3pm on Sunday 21st August. 

The Cabinet Maker's Daughter 

Touring Wessex Theatres and beyond from May 2012 

A new play  for 2012 commisioned by AsOne, from Peter J Cooper with music by Roderick Skeaping based on the life of the incredible 19th Century Dorset fossil hunter Mary Anning. 

Jurassic Creatures  

Touring primary schools and museums November 2011 through 2012

A cross curricular arts day produced and presented  by AsOne Theatre with Mary Anning's Fossil Depot and Fossil Fun for Kids

 Dorset and East Devon primary and middle schools are invited into Mary Anning’s Depot; Mary will introduce her fossil curios with exciting stories of 19th century discovery and achievement; then the children will paint fossil moulds, find out more about past giant marine creatures and enjoy a drama workshop.

Contact As One on: 01305 835541 or email: jane@ asone-dorset.co.uk

Dorset Business Awards  

AsOne Theatre was one of the three finalists nominated in the 2009  Dorset Business Awards - in the most creative Company/Project of the Year.

Over 600 Companies entered the DBA's.