A pioneering youth arts project born out of tragedy is celebrating its success.

In February last year Opera Circus led a project at Bridport Arts Centre called The Complete Freedom of Truth.

The long-term youth arts project began in Srebrenica in 2008 and young people from west Dorset have been involved with the project since 2012 both inviting young people from Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgrade, Serbia to Bridport and going out to work with their friends in these countries.

Opera Circus founder Tina Ellen Lee said The Complete Freedom of Truth was an inclusive international youth led project working with young people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

Tina Ellen Lee said: “In these politically and socially troubled times, we believe that it is imperative that young people have the opportunity to collaborate with peers from different backgrounds and cultures, understand differences and build skills in order to become socially engaged citizens.”

As part of TCFT and in partnership with the University of Bournemouth’s Global Engagement HUB, TCFT young people will be involved with a special celebration on the afternoon of July 12.

Tina Ellen Lee said: “We have been invited to join in the celebrations of Bournemouth University’s Learning Festival and in particular on this special Global Engagement day.

“We are planning to show the final documentary in this phase of TCFT’s work which tells a brief history of how the process came about, starting in Srebrenica in 2008 and finishing in Sarteano in Tuscany this April.

“There will be music, photographs, we hope a workshop or two and it is an opportunity for as many of us as possible to get together. We are waiting to hear the timing of the film showing but we hope it will be around 4.30pm to allow people to come from schools in West Dorset. This is also an opportunity to see how BU is now working with China, India, Asia and Europe and how TCFT has become a part of this Global Engagement.”