A DORSET musician will bring his captivating Theatre of the Wandering West to Bridport this weekend.

Kieron Maguire will return to his home county with a raft of musicians, combining beautiful projected hand-drawn illustrations and animation, ethereal soundscapes and music, Yiddish ballads and roaring klezmer to tell an incredible story of a chance encounter and unrequited loved.

Kieron's great, great grandparents were part of a theatre that travelled across Europe in the early 20th century. In 1911, while performing in Prague, the theatre company came into contact with one of the 20th century;s most celebrated writers, Kafka, who became intrigued with the melodrama, the pantomime and the richness of the spoken Yiddish in the theatre's performances.

He also became obsesses with Millie, a member of the company, writing in his diary about her forensic, infatuated detail.

Theatre of The Wandering West centres on this heartfelt story of Millie and her husband Emanuel. The production charts an interweaving historical arc from Emmanuel's boyhood as travelling wedding minstrel to the Prague cafe meeting with Kafka, the piece devised by Kieron with illustrations and animation by brothers Tom and James Brown. The performance will be accompanied by additional musicians, illuminates and the journey of Jewish fable-telling, theatre and comedy.

Kieron composes for theatre and performance using viola, guitar and loop-pedals, and originally trained at Winchester Cathedral Choir. The top pedigree musicians making up The Cabinet of Living Cinema include Camilo Tirado, a percussionist, composer and sound designer, who has worked with the likes of Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawhney and Anoushka Shankar. Cellist Francesca Ter-Berg performs with Sam Lee, Katy Carr and Talvin Singh - while Jack Maguire is the ex-lead violinist at Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and soloist for Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet, and Robert Parkinson, dulcimer and foley artist, performed with London Symphony Orchestra at Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum.

The performance takes place at the Lyric Theatre on Saturday (3) at 8pm.