Mansfield film project set to bring historical characters to life on social media

Members of Mansfield District Council’s cultural services team are working in partnership with Miner2Major to produce a number of short films about historical individuals’ links to Sherwood Forest.

This project’s aim is to find new ways to tell the stories of people that had an impact on Sherwood Forest by producing living history content over online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Zoom throughout 2020 and 2021.

Working with Mansfield Palace Theatre and Mansfield Museum, a writing team has been commissioned to produce six four-minute video monologues that are to be performed by six local actors on location.

The ‘Sherwood Speaks’ series is currently being filmed and will be edited and released on social media in the New Year.

Councillor Stuart Richardson, portfolio holder for regeneration and growth, said: “This project brings together not only the theatre and the museum but also other cultural providers.

“The films allow the people of Mansfield and surrounding areas to enjoy this creative collaboration, discover more about their local area and the important historical characters that we hold dear in our rich history.”

All of the characters are based on historical research and the pilot project aims to keep audiences engaged with a combination of funny, sad, heart-warming and poignant monologues.

These will be available to watch on the theatre and museum’s social media and websites from early January.