With the freedom to play to the crowd, explore bold characterisation and revel in the instant audience reaction, actors love getting stuck into a good pantomime role. As magical, thrilling and larger than life as its characters invariably are though, rarely do actors inhabit a character based on a person who actually lived.

Step into a moving and visually stunning performance from Taiwan's Tjimur Dance Theatre - a company bringing the stories of the Indigenous Paiwan people to the contemporary stage.

After ten days of sensational performances and installations that brought together thousands of people from all over the county and beyond, Inside Out Dorset has been hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by organisers.

With a positive message about friendship and community at its heart, Girlhood On T has found theatre makers Eryn McDonald and Aish Humphreys exploring their own experiences of gender dysphoria as they hone the show at Lighthouse.

Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international outdoor arts festival, returns this autumn with a series of free-to-see installations and performances in five extraordinary locations.