A STORY of desire, duty, deceit and revenge is coming to Dorset.

Theatre company Forest Forge is performing Woman of Flowers on Saturday, October 18 at West Stafford village hall, on Friday, October 24 at Bridport Arts Centre and on Saturday, October 25 at Dorchester Arts Centre.

The play explores what lengths someone would go to to have a different life than the one chosen for them.

Kaite O’Reilly’s Woman of Flowers is a retelling of Welsh manuscripts The Mabinogion and was written especially for RADA trained actress Sophie Stone, who is deaf.

Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the isolated forest.

Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she’s not so sure.

She has played the part of the perfect farmer’s wife for Lewis, who is kept firmly in place by his uncle Gwynne and accepted her lonely existence.

Then a captivating stranger is seen in the forest and Rose must decide on where her future really lies.

The cast includes Thomas Brownlee and Andrew Wheaton and is led by Sophie Stone.

Kaite O’Reilly wrote the part of Rose specially for Sophie after working with her on In Water I’m Weightless, a Cultural Olympiad piece with National Theatre Wales in 2012.

Kirstie Davis, artistic director of Forest Forge, said: “I have long been an admirer of Kaite’s work and Forest Forge were the first rural touring company to produce her ground breaking play ‘Peeling’.

“I saw In Water I’m Weightless and asked Kaite what she would like to write and who she would like to write for. The answer was this show and we both wanted Sophie to be the lead.

“We are so excited to be producing this extraordinary piece which will equally challenge and delight an audience in its look at those people who exist on the margins of society.”

Kaite O’Reilly’s work has been performed both in the UK and internationally.

She has won numerous awards and was the first playwright to win the prestigious Ted Hughes Award for New Works.

Woman of Flowers features live music, dance, video and subtitles.

The production of Woman of Flowers at West Stafford village hall comes courtesy of Artsreach.

Call 01305 261984 to book tickets for the West Stafford performance.