A playful homage to the film noir genre will entertain families this summer.

Musical comedy adventure The Cameraman will be performed in Winfrith on Saturday, August 14 and in other Dorset villages.

It is brought to the county by Cornish company Bash Street Theatre, which has built an international reputation for performing fastmoving, silent-comedy theatre shows with live musical accompaniment.

From sometime in the future, a jaded detective looks back on his early career as a young crime-fighter in the ‘Roaring 20s’ - the days of fake news, a world pandemic and global warming. Set around a seedy French cafe, this playful homage to the film-noir genre features voice-over narration and live musical accompaniment, including guitar, piano and accordion. There is topical intrigue, mistaken identities and silent comedy as the storyline follows the fortunes of an inept cameraman who inadvertently becomes involved in an international robbery. With influences as diverse as Tintin, Roger Rabbit, Humphrey Bogart and Buster Keaton, The Cameraman offers a comic view on the digital age with more than a touch of nostalgia for our analogue past.

Bash Street Theatre celebrate its 30th birthday in 2021 with a brand new and exciting comedy caper in cinematic style - expect intrigue, mistaken identities, silent comedy and death-defying dare, all performed with a dash of panache!

Dorset’s rural touring arts charity Artsreach is delighted to present ‘The Cameraman’ in the open-air at 7:30pm in Ibberton on Friday, August 13 (Call 01258 817269 for tickets), 7pm in Winfrith on Saturday, August 14 (Call 01305 853783 for tickets) and at 2pm in Yetminster on Sunday, August 15 (Call 01935 873546 for tickets). Please bring a chair and dress for all weather. Full details about the event including tickets are available online via the Artsreach website: www.artsreach.co.uk