A BRIGHT new world is coming to the darkness of rural Dorset this winter.

Brilliance will be performed at West Stafford near Dorchester on Wednesday, December 6 at 7.30pm.

This autumn Farnham Maltings are touring right across the country with the play. It is a celebration of our ability to connect and find the light in a bright new world.

This December the show will visit four rural venues in Dorset through Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity.

1948 and 1963, winter. Everyone is gathering in the village hall. Lightning has struck the hall roof.

Mrs Atkinson has called the repairman, a man who can fix a creaking door and chimneys that smoke, and in he comes with his daughter, bright blue eyes full of brilliance, like an animal in from the woods.

Long after its arrival in the city, the slow process of rural electrification is starting to illuminate every corner and crevice of village life.

With a feast of live music and song, join the celebrations to greet the light as Brilliance tours Dorset from December 6 to 10.

The play is suitable for youngsters aged 10 or above.

n See it in West Stafford on Wednesday, December 6 (07968 633834), Wootton Fitzpaine on Thursday, December 7 (01297 560948), Sturminster Marshall on Friday, December 8 (01258 857447) and Yetminster on Sunday, December 10 (01935 873719).

Full details and tickets are available from the Artsreach website artsreach.co.uk