Charlotte and Olly met whilst Charlotte was running a board game event at the bookshop where she worked and their friendship was cemented that day over a game of Munchkin. “It’s fair to say that board games are the thing that brought us together and have been a pivotal part of our relationship,” Charlotte tells us. “Since meeting, we have attended many a game convention together and always remained a united front - except when competing across the table!” Olly proposed on Valentine’s Day in 2021 in the middle of the second lockdown. “We had discussed the idea of getting married and knew it was something we both wanted to do,” he tells us. “I found a beautiful engagement ring with an alexandrite stone that changed colour in the light and successfully managed to have it delivered to our flat and hide it without Charlotte knowing, despite her being furloughed and me working from home full time. On the night itself, we made a romantic dinner using a kit from one of our favourite local restaurants. I was incredibly nervous and I’m pretty sure Charlotte knew something was up, so before serving dessert I got down on one knee and popped the question. Thankfully she said yes, and the rest, as they say is history.” SETTING THE SCENE Sterts Theatre, nestled away in the hills of Bodmin moor, is a volunteer-run amphitheatre that strives to be the centre of the arts for the local community. Both Charlotte and Olly love the unique space and the opportunities it provides for everyone to access the theatre. “It’s a place where new talent is grown and nurtured,” Olly tells us. “My family has been part of the Sterts world for nearly 20 years working in all aspects of theatrical production. My parents are stalwarts of the stage, my mum as stage manager and my dad as an actor and director and both as tenors in the Sterts Singers Choir so we couldn’t think of a better backdrop to bring all of our loved ones together for our big day. Even though they don’t normally host weddings, they made a special exception for us and we were the first couple who married there. Considering the location, we knew we had to play up the theatrical elements of our wedding so Charlotte made her bridal entrance on the balcony!” The Sterts Singers Choir performed a selection of love songs before the ceremony including a custom arrangement of the wedding march. “They even gifted us a surprise performance of Ed Sheeran’s Perfect, one of our favourite songs,” Charlotte says. The couple decided on a relaxed, informal buffet with no set table plan. “All of the tables were draped in purple linen topped with lilac organza table runners that were scattered with purple dice,” they tell us. “Our centrepieces were made using rose gold wire frame candle holders (which resembled the dice motif) and we made custom potion bottles filled with homemade sloe gin or chocolate candies as favours which represented our love for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game,” says Charlotte. They both wanted bright and colourful flowers and their florist did not disappoint. “They made sunflowers the centre of all of our floral displays with purple and white accents,” Charlotte explains. The showstopping three-tier wedding cake featured a giant gold dragon topper which represented the Dungeons & Dragons adventurers, beautifully painted by a close friend of the couple. “A hoard of dice cascaded down the side of the cake that tied in well with our theme,” Charlotte says. Charlotte and Olly built some large theatrical room dividers to dress the stage area. “As the day progressed, the frames were moved around the stage to convert it from an intimate space for the ceremony into a large dancefloor for the evening revelries,” they tell us. “The frames were backed with purple and lilac fabric and decorated with trailing ivy, artificial lilac roses and polaroid 29 REAL WEDDINGS
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