Friday, 2 October 2009

Youth theatre actor returns... as director of a professional company


Former Youth Theatre member Tamsin Fessey is back at Dorchester Arts - in residence with her professional theatre company
Angel Exit.

The company are hard at work rehearsing for the hotly awaited premiere of their new production Moonfleet, a tale of dastardly deeds and wicked escapades, at Dorchester Corn Exchange on October 16th 2009 (online booking

A straggling gang of buffoons washed up on the wild shores of Chesil Beach conspire to spin a compelling yarn of a young orphan boy clashing with both smugglers and excise men in his quest to find Blackbeard’s cursed diamond - and win the hand of his beloved Grace. 

Moonfleet is a co-production with Dorchester Arts Centre and is supported by Arts Council England South West, West Dorset Leisure Fund and Dorset County Council. 

Performed by: Simon Carroll-Jones, Henry Douthwaite, Tamsin Fessey, Lynne Forbes, James Mitchell

Devised by: The Company (& Jonathan Dunstan, Simon Norbury and Oliver Langdon)
Directed by: Tamsin Fessey

The tour opens at Marnhull in Dorset on October 15th with the premiere in Dorchester on October 16th 

Angel Exit are running workshops as well as a masterclass on October 17th.

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