Where do you go when you need a quantity of handcrafted bowls to serve soup to your guests?

Dorchester Arts is 'soup-er' grateful to Colin Anderson, the Poundbury Potter, who has handcrafted more than 50 soup bowls for use at its forthcoming fundraising event, 'What the Dickens!', on Friday, March 10 at Dorchester Corn Exchange.

Jacky Thorne, fundraising manager, explained: "Our fundraising evening in March celebrates all things Dickensian, and as part of this 'Evening with a Twist' we want to serve our guests delicious soup.

"Colin, who is a great supporter of ours, offered to personally create all the bowls we needed, with the twist being that guests can make a donation and keep their bowls at the end of the evening – a unique way to raise funds for Dorchester Arts' community work in the town."

Having retired from a long career in the wine trade, Colin took up pottery after his 90th birthday and now exhibits and sells his work across the county, including at Dorchester's Sculpture by the Lakes, working from his garage in Poundbury.

'What the Dickens! An Evening With a Twist' will be a great evening of Dickensian-themed performances, including readings from Dorchester Art's patron Dame Harriet Walter and her husband Guy Paul, singing from the local Encore Singers and a performance by extraordinary magician The Great Baldini.

Full details and tickets are available on the Dorchester Arts website www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/2022/12/06/fri-10-march-what-the-dickens-fundraiser