Take Art Programme Jan - Jun 2013

January – June 2013www.takeart.org

UpdateTake Art starts 2013 with a bang

What’s OnA fantastic new season of rural touring

DanceSpring Forward into 2013

TheatreWord/Play gets ready to rock and rhyme

Jan-Jun 2012 | Take Art

What’s On 5 Amadou Diagne with Griselda Sanderson: In Concert

6 Kepow Theatre: Seven Ages

6 Kepow Theatre: Whose Story is it Anyway?

7 Moscow Drug Club: Gypsy Swing Music

8 Angel Heart Theatre: Mazymeg and the Honeybees

8 Northern Harmony: In Concert

9 Strangeface Theatre: The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio

10 An Evening with Gordon Giltrap

11 Mad Dogs and Englishmen: David Copperfield

11 Noisy Oyster: The Three Billy Pigs

12 Contact: CountryBoy’s Struggle

13 Farnham Maltings: In Praise of Elephants

17 Take Art Theatre: Four Training Workshops for Artists

18 Inspector Sands: Rock Pool

You have just opened Take Art’s January to June 2013 programme, crammed full with our latest news, workshops, events and rural touring programme, plus all the latest on our fantastic 2013 theatre, dance and music projects.

Just is case you are new to our work, Take Art is a pioneering arts charity that serves the towns, villages

and rural communities of Somerset. We do this by providing opportunities for people of all ages and abilities

to experience, participate and work within the arts. You can support our work by reading this programme,

going to one or more of our events and by getting involved in Somerset’s creative community.

19 La Baraca, Teatro Testoni Ragazzi: Spot

20 Life Circles: Training Day for Dance Practitioners

22 Spring Forward 2013: Platform Events

Inside Take Art 3 A word from our Chief Executive

4 Don’t Take Art Away: Fundraising Update

14 Word/Play: A Two Year Poetry and Theatre Project

16 Seed Funding: Growing Theatre in Somerset

19 Kindling: For the Early Years Sector

21 Dance in Schools

21 Professional Dance Opportunities

22 Spring Forward 2013

24 DanceDialogues2: An International Dance Project

25 My Tunes: A New Music Education Project

26 Listings

Contents

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People United has just published a report entitled, ‘Arts & Kindness’, suggesting that active engagement in the arts encourages acts of altruism. I know this to be true, particularly when I see young people from different backgrounds collaborating on creative projects.

As we enter 2013 Take Art has lots of reasons to

smile. Despite a challenging period of funding cuts

and increased competition for pots of money, it

seems we have now turned a funding corner with

good news from Interreg, Youth Music, Compact,

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Lloyds TSB

Foundation triggering four new projects. The

projects, DanSCe Dialogues 2, My Tunes, Arts &

Education Network and Word/Play, are all in their

exciting initial stages and keeping the Take Art

team busy and buzzing. You can read all about

them in the following pages.

We are also looking forward to the new Live rural

touring season, with 11 fantastic companies and 38

performances taking place across Somerset from

January through to April. All the Live, Dance and

Early Years shows are featured in this brochure, so

you can have a read and make your top seasonal

choices. I, of course, will be going to them all!

Our Don’t Take Art Away fundraising campaign

has also started to bear fruit and we are rapidly

approaching the £5,000 marker. Find out how you

can help us to get to £10,000 on page 4.

As this new phase in Take Art’s life gets underway,

we have lots of exciting work to be getting on with

and even more new projects on the horizon. In the

meantime Take Art has much to appreciate and we

hope that in our own creative way, we add to the

stock of kindness in the world.

Ralph Lister

Executive Director, Take Art

A word from our Chief Executive

Ralph Lister

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Update

Image by David Oakwood

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Fundraising Update – We’ve raised £5,000, let’s do it again!

In case you didn’t know, Take Art is a unique, magical, life-changing organisation that doesn’t live in a venue, or studio or a whacking great theatre but in the villages, towns and rural communities of Somerset. Every year we work with over 15,000 people across the county, providing opportunities for all ages and abilities to experience, participate and work within the arts. From our hub in South Petherton we run one of the UK’s most celebrated rural touring schemes, along with services in dance, theatre, music and early years creativity.

Firstly a massive thank you to all our supporters, whether you have donated money, attended one of our fundraising events, brought a ticket to a show or joined our mailing list, you have played a significant part in supporting our valuable work within the county…. So thank you, thank you, thank you!

The aim of our fundraising campaign has been to raise £10,000 before April 2013 and thanks to your support we are on track, with a whopping £5,000 from our combined fundraising endeavours… but that doesn’t mean we are giving up.

If you love Take Art, or like us quite a lot and have some spare cash or time, then please visit the ‘Support Us’ section of our website and watch our short film.

Join our mailing list

Attend a Take Art event, show or workshop in your community

Make a donation big or small

Go to our Northern Harmony Fundraising Event (See Page 8)

Just visit www.takeart.org to find out how.

What’s On

5book online at www.takeart.org | Take Art

Amadou Diagne with Griselda Sanderson In Concert

Soulful and bluesy songs to make your heart sing

Amadou sings and plays guitar soulfully, with an honest intensity and bluesy edge, reflecting on the joys and hardships of life. He sings in English, French and Wolof, the language of his homeland Senegal in West Africa, where he was born into a large Griot family of Sabar drummers. His voice has a deep, breathy tone, then soars into a plaintive falsetto.

Recently signed by World Music Network his debut solo album rose straight up the European World Music charts in Feb 2012. He has played percussion for some of the world’s greatest musicians including Youssou N’Dour, Cesaria Evora and Jimmy Cliff.

Griselda Sanderson is a fiddle and nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle) player originally from Clackmannanshire in Scotland. Her album Harpaphonics was listed in the top 10 best world music albums of 2009 by The Sunday Times.

“Together this talented pair of musicians weave like swooping swallows to create an intimate evening of music.” Sarah Peterkin

DATES AND DETAILS

Sat 19 Jan | 7.30pm | Holford Village Hall |

£8 / £7 concs | 01278 741184

Fri 15 Mar | 7.45pm | Neroche Village Hall |

£8 / £6 child | 01460 234410

Sat 16 Mar | 8pm | Montacute Village Hall |

£8 | 01935 822419

Seven Ages Kepow Theatre

Comedy for all ages

Following a great tour to Somerset before Christmas, we are thrilled that Kepow are back with us, joyfully investigating the seven stages of life as proffered by Shakespeare, the world’s most famous bard.

From infancy, through love and wisdom to growing old disgracefully, Seven Ages seeks to explore two of the most important questions in existence, ‘why am I here and what’s important in my life?’

Essentially a comedy, with touching moments, Seven Ages premiered at Edinburgh Festival 2010, earned 5 star reviews, had a sell-out run and then transferred to London’s West End, receiving a standing ovation on the last night.

“Heart warming comedy-theatre that all the family can, and certainly will, enjoy!” Evening Standard

DATES AND DETAILS

Fri 18 Jan | 7.30pm | Tintinhull Village Hall |

£10 (includes supper) | 01935 824039

Sat 19 Jan | 7.30pm | Axbridge Town Hall |

£10 / £6 child | 01934 732376

Sat 2 Feb | 7pm | Chilthorne Domer Recreational

Centre | £10 / £5 child (includes refreshments) |

01935 840200

Whose Story is it Anyway? Kepow Theatre

Improvised comedy theatre for kids

Whose Story is it Anyway? is a comedy theatre show celebrating the power of the imagination, guaranteed to make children (and adults) fall about laughing. Starring Kevin Tomlinson and Abi Hood (The Bill, ITV), Kepow take suggestions from their young audience, adapt well-known stories and improvise live scenes. So if you want to know what happened when Harry Potter discovered he had a twin called Larry? Or when Charlie built his own Chocolate Factory… now you can find out.

Kepow are one of the UK’s funniest, most creative theatre companies, who have imagined and created this improvised theatre show just for kids. The show is suitable for 5-11 yr olds but has lots of laughs and humour for the adults.

“Demand a ticket…see Kepow when you can. You can’t fail to have a good time” Comedy Magazine

www.kevintomlinson.co.uk

DATES AND DETAILS

Sat 19 Jan | 2.30pm | Roadwater Village Hall |

£8 / £3 child | 01984 640976

Sat 2 Feb | 3pm | St George’s Hall, Hinton

St George | £8 / £4 child / £20 family 2+2 |

01460 72355

What’s On

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What’s On


Moscow Drug Club In Concert

Gypsy Swing Music Cabaret Style

Moscow Drug Club is a curious musical place

where certain elements of 1930’s Berlin Cabaret,

Hot Club de France, Nuevo Tango & Gypsy

Campfire converge. They then have a few to drink,

stagger arm in arm into the darkness of some

eastern European cobbled street and find the bar

where Django Reinhardt & Tom Waits are having an

after hours jam with the local Tziganes.

Combining their original material with songs by the

likes of Jaques Brel, Leornard Cohen, Tom Waits

& Bertolt Brecht, Moscow Drug Club provide an

intoxicating & intimate musical experience, quite

unlike what you’d expect to find in a village hall. So

you are cordially invited to share a wry smile with

us, as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow

Drug Club... this way please and mind the stairs!

DATES AND DETAILS

Fri 18 Jan | 7.30pm | Kingsdon Village Hall |

£8 / £7 concs | 01935 840912

Sat 19 Jan | 7.30pm | Stoke St Mary Village Hall |

£10 / £8.50 concs (includes refreshments) |

01823 443899

Fri 1 Feb | 7.30pm | Wedmore Village Hall |

£9 | 01934 712649

Sat 2 Feb | 7.30pm | Charlton Adam

Community Centre | £8 | 01458 850451

Fri 22 Feb | 7.30pm | Ashbrittle Village Hall |

£8 / £6 child | 01823 672131

Sat 23 Feb | 7.45pm | Bruton Unionist Hall |

£12 / £10 concs (includes tapas) | 01749 813694

Fri 8 Mar | 8pm | Chilcompton Village Hall |

£8 / £7 concs | 01761 233936

Sat 9 Mar | 7.30pm | Dulverton Town Hall |

£12.50 (includes refreshments) | 01398 323474

www.moscowdrugclub.com

What’s On


Mazymeg and the Honeybees Angel Heart Theatre

“There’s piskies up to Dartymoor, an’ tidden gude you zay there ain’t”

Angel Heart are masters of puppet theatre, continually pushing the boundaries of storytelling with their ingenious sets, stunning puppets and fantasmagorical adventures.

Their latest show, Mazymeg and the Honeybees, is set on Dartmoor, a mysterious land where nothing is as it seems. It follows the story of Albert and his beloved honeybees, stolen by a mysterious stranger, Dark Dewer, the wicked wizard. Fortunately a little Pisky called Mazymeg promises to find Albert’s bees, for she knows the stranger’s true identity.

Weaving threads of Devon folklore, beautiful characters, an original soundtrack by Dartmoor musicians and shape-shifting puppetry, this is Angel Heart’s most enchanted show yet.

www.angelhearttheatre.com

DATES AND DETAILS

Sat 26 Jan | 2.30pm | Montacute Village Hall |

£6 / £4 child | 01935 822419

Sun 27 Jan | 6pm | Wiveliscombe Primary School |

£6 / £4 concs / £18 family 2+2 | 01984 624442

Northern Harmony in Concert

Brilliant singing from around the World

Following their sell-out success last Autumn we are delighted to welcome Northern Harmony back to Somerset. This 13-strong group present a mix of traditional harmony singing from South Africa, Georgia, Corsica, the Balkans and America.

Hailed for their “sheer agility, vitality and power” Northern Harmony’s brilliant young singers have won a worldwide reputation for their remarkable command of these varied world ethnic singing styles that include mellifluous South African songs and dances, piercing Bulgarian songs, the wild and unrestrained American shape-note style and delicate medieval motet. A not to be missed evening for of all ages.

The Thursday night performance at Wookey Hole is held as a special fundraising event with all the proceeds going back to Take Art.

www.villageharmony.org

DATES AND DETAILS

Sun 17 Feb | 7.30pm | EMN Community Hall,

Monksilver | £10 / £6 child | 01984 656727

(Plus an afternoon singing workshop with Northern

Harmony at 3.00pm. Call 01984 656727 for details)

Thurs 21 Feb | 7.30pm | Wookey Hole Club – Don’t

Take Art Away Fundraising Gig | £12 / £10 concs |

01749 672944

What’s On


The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio Strangeface Theatre

Hilarious scrapes from the original puppet in a pickle

Based on the beloved original story by Carlo

Collodi, award-winning theatre company

Strangeface bring an extraordinary mix of masks,

puppets and live music to this tale of wild mischief

and temptation. In a style closer to Roald Dahl than

Walt Disney, The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio

takes us on a fantastical journey from Pinocchio’s

first moments as a talking log, through his scrapes

with fairies, adventures with nefarious rascals Fox

and Cat, a sinister puppet-master and a trip to the

Land of Toys.

In turns thrilling and heart-warming, moving and

comical, the company brings an inimitable magic to

a masterpiece of surreal fantasy.

Strangeface toured Somerset three years ago and

ever since, people have been begging us to bring

them back. So now is your chance to see this

wonderfully imaginative company, as they bring a

well-loved story to life in a completely new way.

A brilliant February treat for all the family.

www.strangeface.co.uk

DATES AND DETAILS

Thurs 7 Feb | 7.30pm | Sexey’s School, Bruton |

£8 / £6 concs / £26 family 2+2 | 01749 813694

Fri 8 Feb | 7.30pm | Wootton Courtenay Village Hall

£8 / £4 child / £20 family 2+2 | 01643 841582

Sat 9 Feb | 7.30pm | Wellington Arts Centre |

£8 / £6 concs | 01823 667774

Sun 10 Feb | 7pm | Pawlett Village Hall |

£6.50 | 01278 683280

What’s On


Gordon Giltrap In Concert

One of the most innovative acoustic guitarists in the UK

Gordon Giltrap has developed his own unique style, much copied, but never bettered. It is impossible not to be awestruck as he coaxes incredible melodies from his instruments; you almost suspect a second pair of hands.

With over 40 years in the business, Gordon is well known for his collaborations with other artists and his work for both the BBC and commercial television. His composition Heartsong is instantly recognised as the theme for the holiday programme. Gordon continues to compose and record new material with his recent album Shining Morn released in 2010 to critical acclaim.

In concert he will delight fans with his well-loved hits, as well as explaining the history of his many different guitars. Be prepared for beautiful compositions that cross all musical genres, wit, charm and unbelievable talent.

“Gordon Giltrap is one of an elite few who truly have become legendary in their fi eld in their own lifetime. I am proud to call him my friend”. Brian May (Queen)

DATES AND DETAILS

Weds 20 Feb | 7.30pm | Charlton Horethorne

Village Hall | £8 | 01963 220626

Thurs 21 Feb | 7.30pm | East Quantoxhead

Village Hall | £8 / £4 child | 01278 741419

Fri 22 Feb | 8pm | Curry Mallet & Beercrocombe

Village Hall | £8 | 01823 481441

Sat 23 Feb | 7.30pm | Chilcompton Village Hall |

£10 / £8 concs | 01761 233936

Sun 24 Feb | 7pm | Mark Village Hall |

£10 / £5 child | 01278 641370


What’s On

David Copperfield Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Take care of him. He bites.

A child born towards the small hours on a Friday night is destined to be unlucky in life. Replete with comic, cruel and repugnant characters, Dickens’s semi-autobiographical novel follows a vulnerable boy on his journey to manhood. It is a story of the struggle against poverty and obscurity; a story of loss, of loneliness and the betrayal of innocence.

Dickens’s favourite novel is brought to stage with all its dark comedy by Mad Dogs & Englishmen in this fast-paced and faithful adaptation. The talented cast of two, capture the hilarity and pathos of Dickens’s writing with finesse, depth and ingenious dexterity in this compulsive piece of theatre.

“Of all my books, I like this the best... Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.” Charles Dickens

DATES AND DETAILS

Fri 1 Mar | 7.30pm | Churchinford Village Hall |

£8 / £6 concs | 01823 601422

Sat 2 Mar | 7.30pm | Chaffcombe Village Hall |

£8 (includes refreshments)| 01460 65909

The Three Billy Pigs Noisy Oyster

Once upon a time there were three little pigs...

The Three Billy Pigs is a new family theatre show from Noisy Oyster for children of three years and over. The show blends two classic fairy tales The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff with beautifully crafted puppets, light hearted story telling, live music and a little bit of eco-awareness in pig stylie.

Brought to life by Sarah Rowland-Barker and Nik Palmer of Noisy Oyster, definitely one of our favourite local puppet theatre companies. Now based in Frome, Sarah has a background in classical dance, street theatre and circus with No Fit State. Nik Palmer is an award winning puppeteer and musician and the son of Ray & Joan DaSilva, who founded the wonderful Norwich Puppet Theatre.

The Three Billy Pigs is a hugely inventive and delightful show that is guaranteed to appeal as much to a nine year old as it will to the youngest audience members.

www.noisyoyster.co.uk

DATES AND DETAILS

Sun 24 Mar | 2.30pm | Oake Village Hall | £6 / £3

child / £16 family 2+2 | 07702 98885411book online at www.takeart.org | Take Art

CountryBoy’s Struggle Contact

One man’s search for belonging

Mixing hip-hop with physical comedy and spoken word, Maxwell Golden plays over forty characters in this fast, funny and honest one-man show about a young MC’s journey to the big city from his rural routes.

CountryBoy’s Struggle depicts the frustration of a young man seeking to transcend the limitations of living in rural England. Travelling from birth to boyhood, to adolescence, and finally to the odd jobs and odd temptations of London, where ‘CountryBoy MC’ Michael must find the right way to exist in the city, for his community and himself.

Maxwell Golden is a fantastic artist with a background in hip-hop and spoken word but also in clowning and physical theatre. He brings together all these elements to tell a vital story

about a young man and his journey. We hope it will engage young people from rural areas to start creating their own expression.

“This is just great! Life-affirming; beautifully performed; funny; and inventive. A complete pleasure to watch, some proper entertainment, with energy, wit and enthusiasm.” Audience Member in Edinburgh

DATES AND DETAILS

Mon 25 Mar | 8pm | The David Hall Arts Centre,

South Petherton | £8 / £7 concs / £5 if part of a

school group | 01460 240340

Tues 26 Mar | During the school day at Huish

Episcopi Academy, Langport | Call Take Art for

details 01460 249450

Weds 27 Mar | During the school day at Bishop

Fox’s School, Taunton | Call Take Art for details

01460 249450

Thurs 28 Mar | During the school day at Preston

School Academy, Yeovil | Call Take Art for details

01460 249450

What’s On


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What’s On

In Praise of Elephants Farnham Maltings

A glorious celebration of the greatest animals on the planet

In 34 Mimosa Crescent Aubrey is pressing down

hard with his elephant-shaped cookie cutter. Even

though he has never been to Africa, he knows all

about the huge, lumbering beasts far away.

In Praise of Elephants is a glorious celebration

of the greatest animals on the planet. It is also a

touching story of a man turning 60, who has an

incredible memory, the sweetest character, and

whose life is about to be turned upside down.

For once the perfectly-baked biscuits are removed

from the oven, Aubrey must follow his instinct,

cross mountains, face unknown dangers, and

make the journey of his life.

In Praise of Elephants is a surprising and striking

piece of theatre from the genius of Farnham

Maltings. It is a story with biscuits that you’ll never

forget; a charming, delicate play about dignity and

how the world will be a poorer place when some

things, some animals and some people are gone.

www.farnhammaltings.com

DATES AND DETAILS

Fri 26 Apr | 7.30pm | North Cadbury Village Hall |

£8 / £4 concs | 01963 440735

Sat 27 Apr | 7.30pm | Clapton & Wayford Village

Hall | £10 / £5 child / £25 Family 2+2

(includes refreshments) | 01460 74849

Lead Poet Chris Redmond Lead Poet Liv Torc

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14 Jan-June 2013 | Take Art

Word/Play is a brand new three-phase theatre

project for Somerset, running from 2013 to 2014.

It will combine a dynamic mix of spoken word,

theatre and digital media to inspire individual,

group and social change. The first stage of the

project is entitled the thing is… focusing on the

power of Performance Poetry to improve mental

health and wellbeing.

“Issues around mental health and well-being are

still met with prejudice and fear in the UK,” says

Mark Helyar, Co-Director of Theatre for Take Art.

“Word/Play will give more than 300 participants

the skills and confidence to speak out about

these issues and create positive change within

themselves and their communities.”

Speak your TRUTH,PLAY with words,

Tease your IMAGINATION.Say whatever YOU want to SAY, good or bad

Fully embrace the WONDERful person YOU ARE

and the INCREDIBLE world you live in.

The whole two-year project will be available to follow online at

www.takeart.org and will have its own special interactive web blog,

so please keep checking the site to see what’s happening.

Word/Play online

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Lead Poet Jonny Fluffypunk Lead Poet Sally Jenkinson

Phase one, the thing is… will start in January

2013 and will use Spoken Word to empower

individual voices and build self-esteem.

Professional Performance Poets Chris Redmond,

Liv Torc, Sally Jenkinson and Jonny Fluffypunk will

work alongside people with learning disabilities,

communication diffi culties and mental health

issues. The poets will lead a series of eight

workshops with their groups, generating written

and performance material that will be showcased

live and online. The group leaders will be supported

in this process by shadow poets Rebecca Tantony,

Tim King, Thommie Gillow and David Reakes.

Other signifi cant partners working on the project

include Literature Works (formerly Cyprus Well),

UK performance poetry organisation Apples and

Snakes; and mental health and creative support

groups South Somerset Mind, OpenStoryTellers,

Somerset Skills & Learning and Chard Intentional

Peer Support.

Word/Play has received huge fi nancial support

from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, one of the

largest independent grant making foundations

in England, and the Lloyds TSB Foundation for

England and Wales.

Theatre


The Seed Fund, although modest, is still an

important way in which Take Art can support and

encourage Somerset practitioners, especially

graduates and young and emerging artists. It has

been made possible by Somerset County Council’s

creative industries fund. To date we have been

able to support 27 practitioners working towards

exciting new projects.

Take Art has already launched the second year

of the Seed Fund, with the first round taking place

last Autumn.

The final round for this year opens on 4 January

2013 and the deadline is 1 February 2013.

The criteria and application form can be downloaded from the Theatre Section at www.takeart.org

Brand New Seed Fund for 2012/13

Here at Take Art we know that a little bit of funding at the crucial moment can make all the difference to those artists starting a new project or a new career. It can help grow ideas, fund research and development, allow space for rehearsals and time for writing. It can pay for marketing or costumes, or make possible vital training.

Nick White with his show Yer Tis, awarded seed funding in Jan 2012.

Theatre


1. A Sense of Direction

Helping you work out where you are now? Where you want to go? How you are going to get there?

DATES AND DETAILS

Sat 12 Jan | 10.30am-4pm | Taunton

2. Fuelling Up

Focusing on funding and how to get the right support for your work.

DATES AND DETAILS

Wed 30 Jan | 10am-5pm | Taunton

3. Tools for the Journey

Focusing on tools and resources and how to manage, market and administrate yourself as a self-employed practitioner.

DATES AND DETAILS

Tues 19 Feb | 10am-5pm | Taunton

Skilling up the Region’s Arts Practitioners

The workshops below can be attended individually or as part of the ‘Three Stops to Success’ course. They are being delivered in association with Reveal partners (Brewhouse Visual Arts, Somerset Film and Somerset Art Works) and Apples and Snakes.

Releasing Your Fundraising Potential

Taking place in partnership with Wide Awake Devon, this workshop is for individual artists and companies who have little fundraising experience or feel daunted by the process of seeking fi nancial investment. Led by freelance consultant Joanna Ridout.

DATES AND DETAILS

Thurs 31 Jan |10am-5pm | Exeter | 01392 667080

For more information and details on how to book please go to www.takeart.org

Early Years


Commissioned by Farnham Maltings and Arts Partnership, Surrey in association with Take Art, Rock Pool has been designed and created especially for very young children, with a focus on inspiring new audiences.

The ‘Sprout Commission’ was set up in 2012 and was open to everyone from individual artists, to new collaborators, to established companies and to people new to making work for this age group.

Theatre company Inspector Sands, who won the commission, will initially tour their show across Surrey and Somerset in March.

Keep an eye on our website www.takeart.org to find out where you can see the show and for more Early Years theatre opportunities.

Peel back your ears and slip on your flippers as Take Art bashes out a big drum roll for Rock Pool, an exciting new Early Years theatre commission from the award-winning company Inspector Sands.

Rock Pool is a brand new show designed especially for under 5s, set at sea and partially underwater. It begins as all good adventures do, by whipping up a storm; a storm so powerful it leaves two very different creatures stranded in an isolated rock pool, far from the open water. As their little pool starts to drain away, Prawn and Crab don’t have long to find a way of getting home.

Set to tour Somerset Children’s Centres in early March 2013, Rock Pool is a funny, tender, exuberant piece of theatre, containing loud music and plenty of splashy dancing.

Rock Pool Inspector Sands

A new Early Years commission from the UK

Kindling

Kindling is Take Art’s Early Years creativity development programme, funded by the Arts Council England to be the first point of contact in Somerset. It was set up to increase the breadth and awareness of Early Years creativity in the county and share best practice throughout the UK.

Kindling also offers training and signposting for artists, practitioners and arts organisations. It delivers a regular programme of cross art form workshops and courses with partners like Somerset Centre for Intergrated Learning, Forest Schools, Children’s Centres and arts organisations in Somerset and beyond.

We are currently working on a number of projects and ideas to bring more music, dance, theatre, digital and visual arts into nurseries, pre-schools and Children’s Centres. In 2013 we are also hoping to offer creative training, workshops and opportunities to Somerset childminders.

You can find out more on the Start pages at www.takeart.org

Early Years


Spot La Baracca

Early Years theatre from Italy

From experience we know that sometimes the simplest ideas inspire the most excitement in our Early Years audiences, especially when moving lights, shifting colours and interactive play are involved.

So we know Somerset under 5s are going to love Spot because ‘Spot’ is a very special stage light. A light that shines and expresses himself, draws shapes and colours, illuminates the sun in the yellow, the sea in the blue and the big wide sky in the lightest of brightest blues.

One of Europe’s iconic Early Years theatre companies, La Baracca, comes to Somerset this June with a funny, playful and dangerously delightful show designed especially for 1 to 4 year olds. Guaranteed to widen small eyes with wonder.

DATES AND DETAILS

Mon 17 June | SPACE Studio, The Tacchi-Morris

Art Centre, Taunton | 11am | £4 / £3 children |

01823 414141

Tues 18 June | The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil |

11am | £4 / £3 children | 01935 422884

Over the last two years, the Life Circles team has

been working with the fragile elderly in eight care

settings across the South West, using dance and

creativity as a way to increase mental health and

wellbeing. It’s been a fantastic project and we have

learned a great deal, so what better way to share

our experiences and what works best and why,

than over a number of training sessions.

All three sessions cost £25 each (a bargain

considering you also get lunch and refreshments).

Please wear clothes you can move in and bring

a folder for handouts and notes.

Dance

Life Circles Training Days


DATES AND DETAILS

DEVON DAY With Life Circles Dance practitioners

Sue Way and Anna Golding

Fri 25 Jan | 10:30am-4:00pm | The Mint Methodist

Church, Exeter | £25

DORSET DAY With Life Circles Dance practitioners

Anna Golding and Rachelle Green

Sat 23 Mar | 10:30am-4:00pm | Litton and

Thorner’s Community Hall, Dorchester | £25

SOMERSET DAY With Life Circles Dance

practitioners Rachelle Green and Sue Way

Fri 17 May | 10:30am-4:00pm | Abbeyfi eld Care

Home, Taunton | £25

To book a place email Life Circles Co-ordinator

Sue Way [email protected] or

telephone 07817 002665

Dance


Professional Dance Artists

If you are a dance artist living or working in Somerset and want support or advice, you can contact the Director of our Professional Dance Programme, Cath James. Cath offers mentoring, advice surgeries, and can signpost you to the best opportunities in the region.

If you want to develop your practice, open professional level contemporary dance classes are held each Monday night at Bridgwater College, supported by the Somerset Dance Graduates. Classes are open to anyone who wants to cultivate their technique and increase their networking opportunities. They run from 7.15pm-8.45pm and cost £3 a session.

Take Art will also be running a two-year dance development programme, DanSCe Dialogues 2 (see page 24), which will provide plenty of opportunities for artists to take part in exciting and valuable creative experiences.

DON’T MISS OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES

1. Email [email protected] to join our mailing list

2. Make yourself a profi le on

danceandtheatresomerset.net

3. Join our Dance Graduates Facebook page

Love and War, Mark Bruce Company. Dancer: Eleanor Duval. Photography: Farrow Creatives

Dance Support for Teachers in Somerset Schools

Take Art Dance is the county dance agency and

through co-investment from Pavilion Dance South

West we are able to offer some additional support

to dance teachers and those delivering dance

in Somerset schools. The aim is to create and

develop a countywide dance teachers network

with online support, monthly newsletters,

signposting, targeted CPD and performance

opportunities for students.

The new ‘Dance Newsletter’ can be used by

anyone in the network to share events, news and

opportunities no matter how big or small. CPD

will be targeted for teachers worling at all levels

and all specialties.

If you would like to receive the newsletter, if you

have news/opportunities you would like shared

with other dance teachers in Somerset, or if you

would like further information about how this

project can assist you then please contact Katey

Leader, Co-Director Dance, Children and Young

People, Take Art.

would like further information about how this

have news/opportunities you would like shared

with other dance teachers in Somerset, or if you

Dance


Spring Forward 2013Somerset’s biggest youth

dance platform

“It’s a real highlight to see young people give their all and receive such a great reception from their peers.” Audience Member


Dance

How to apply…Spring Forward is for dancers aged 11-21 years

old and any group can apply. For example if you

run a dance group in Somerset, if you have a dance

club or GCSE, BTEC or A Level group, or if you are

a young person who would like to bring a group.

As Spring Forward is a Take Art Dance event the

focus is on Somerset but many travel from outside

the county to perform and anyone from the South

West is welcome to apply.

For more information or to apply for this year’s

Spring Forward please contact Katey Leader

[email protected]

DATES AND DETAILS

Wed 20 Mar / Thurs 21 Mar / Fri 22 Mar |

7.30pm | Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton |

£7 / £5.50 concs / £4.50 students |

01823 414141 | www.tacchi-morris.com

Tues 21 May | 7.30pm | Octagon Theatre, Yeovil |

£7 / £6 concs / £5 students/footlights | 01935

422884 | www.octagon-theatre.co.uk

Spring Forward is all about young people coming together to dance on a professional stage and to watch and be inspired by their peers.

Hundreds and hundreds of dancers, from youth

dance companies, school groups and local dance

groups, travelling from all over Somerset and the

South West to be part of an annual extravaganza

that has grown so big, we are now running it over

four nights and two venues.

2013 will be the ninth year of Spring Forward and

this time there will be three March performance

nights at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton

and one performance night in May at The Octagon

Theatre in Yeovil. We anticipate that over 400

young people will be involved from over 30

different dance groups.

Beata Kosc Photography

Dance


As part of this fantastic new international project, eight French and English partners will be working together on a two-year Cross-Channel programme, offering a unique range of opportunities, exchanges, training and performances for dance artists, choreographers and companies in Normandy and Brittany and in Southern England.

Having been successful in our bid to the European fund INTERREG, DanSCe Dialogues 2 will start in Spring 2013 and run until October 31 2014.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE:

> The bringing together of touring professionals, promoters and artists from the UK and France, developing Cross-Channel exchanges that will support future Anglo/French collaborations.

> An exchange of master-classes, giving UK- based artists the opportunity to learn from international choreographers and teachers; and to then disseminate their learning in France.

> Residencies allowing international artists to make and premiere their work in the UK and for UK-based artists to develop work in France.

Look out for events and opportunities marked with the DanSCe Dialogue 2 logo throughout the next two years.

DanSCe Dialogues 2

Take Art Dance are delighted to announce the exciting new Anglo/French collaboration: DanSCe Dialogues 2

PROJECT PARTNERS: Take Art, South East Dance and The Point in Eastleigh and five French dance organisations; L’ODIA Normandie, chef de file, Spectacle Vivant en Bretagne (Rennes), Le Triangle, cité de la danse (Rennes), Le Centre chorégraphique national de Caen / Basse-Normandie, Le Phare, centre chorégraphique national du Havre / Haute-Normandie.

Image: ‘Accidens - a performance by Groupe Entorse coming to the UK as part of the project in Spring 2013.’ Logo: DanSCe Dialogues 2 : Arnaud-Pierre Fourtane

Music


My TunesMusic the great leveller…

Music is a powerful tool, it is relatable, cultural,

cutting edge and real, while at the same time

being wholly magical and emotionally liberating.

It is a language that breaks through social

division and reaches into people’s homes,

cars, ears and hearts.

My Tunes is a new project from Take Art and

Actiontrack that aims to utilise the levelling

power of music by taking it into challenging

places; working with some of the most isolated

and disadvantaged young people in the county,

in the belief that music will have a positive

impact on their lives and futures.

Starting in the winter of 2012/13, this 18-month

programme will reach over a 100 young people

across Somerset’s Pupil Referral Units (PRUs).

It will launch with a series of taster sessions

where we will get to know the participants and

demonstrate how the My Tunes project might be

relevant to the world they inhabit.

The taster sessions will be followed with a

more in-depth programme of music making

workshops for participants that will involve

recording, as well as writing and performing

their own music.

Due to the importance of this work, the project

has received nearly £50,000 funding from Youth

Music and a further £10,000 from the PRU

management team.

Updates from the project will be made available

at www.takeart.org

Photography Kate Green

Listings


To book tickets call the listed box office number or book online at www.takeart.org

Full information about the accessibility of venues is available online.

Date Time Company Event Venue, Sat Nav Postcode & Tel Map Ref. Page

Sat 12 Jan 10:30 AM Training Workshop A Sense of Direction Albermarle Centre, Taunton TA1 1BA 30 17 for Artists 01460 249450 (TA)

Fri 18 Jan 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Kingsdon Village Hall TA11 7LL 18 7 01935 840912

Fri 18 Jan 7:30 PM Kepow Theatre Seven Ages Tintinhull Village Hall BA22 8PY 31 6 01935 824039

Sat 19 Jan 2:30 PM Kepow Theatre Whose Story is it Anyway? Roadwater Village Hall TA23 0QY 27 6 01984 640976

Sat 19 Jan 7:30 PM Kepow Theatre Seven Ages Axbridge Town Hall BS26 2AR 2 5 01934 732376

Sat 19 Jan 7:30 PM Amadou Diagne with In Concert Holford & District Village Hall TA5 1RY 17 5 Griselda Sanderson 01278 741184

Sat 19 Jan 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Stoke St Mary Village Hall TA3 5BY 29 7 01823 443899

Fri 25 Jan 10:30 AM Life Circles Training Day for Dance The Mint Methodist Church, n/a 20 Practitioners Exeter EX4 3AT 07817 002665

Sat 26 Jan 2:30 PM Angel Heart Theatre Mazymeg and the Honeybees Montacute Village Hall TA4 2LA 22 8 01935 822419

Sun 27 Jan 6:00 PM Angel Heart Theatre Mazymeg and the Honeybees Wiveliscombe Primary School TA4 2LA 35 8 01984 624442

Weds 30 Jan 10:00 AM Training Workshop Fuelling Up Albermarle Centre, Taunton TA1 1BA 30 17 for Artists 01460 249450 (TA)

Fri 1 Feb 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Wedmore Village Hall BS28 4SF 32 7 01934 712649

Sat 2 Feb 3:00 PM Kepow Theatre Whose Story is it Anyway? St George’s Hall, Hinton St George 16 6 TA17 8SL 01460 72355

Sat 2 Feb 7:00 PM Kepow Theatre Seven Ages Chilthorne Domer Recreation Centre 8 6 BA22 8RD 01935 840200

Sat 2 Feb 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Charlton Adam Community Centre 6 7 TA11 7BE 01458 850451

Thurs 7 Feb 7:30 PM Strangeface Theatre The Amazing Adventures Sexeys School, Bruton BA10 0EN 4 9 of Pinocchio 01749 813694

Fri 8 Feb 7:30 PM Strangeface Theatre The Amazing Adventures Wootton Courtenay Village Hall 36 9 of Pinocchio TA24 8RE 01643 841582

Sat 9 Feb 7:30 PM Strangeface Theatre The Amazing Adventures Wellington Arts Centre TA21 8PS 33 9 of Pinocchio 01823 667774

Sun 10 Feb 7:00 PM Strangeface Theatre The Amazing Adventures Pawlett Village Hall TA6 4RX 26 9 of Pinocchio 01278 683280

Sun 17 Feb 7:30 PM Northern Harmony In Concert EMN Hall, Monksilver TA4 4JF 21 8 01984 656727

Tues 19 Feb 10:00 AM Training Workshop Tools for the Journey Albermarle Centre, Taunton TA1 1BA 30 17 for Artists 01460 249450 (TA)

Weds 20 Feb 7:30 PM Gordon Giltrap An Evening with Gordon Giltrap Charlton Horethorne Village Hall 7 10 DT9 4PB 01963 220626

Thurs 21 Feb 7:30 PM Gordon Giltrap An Evening with Gordon Giltrap East Quantoxhead Village Hall 14 10 TA5 1EJ 01278 741419

Thurs 21 Feb 7:30 PM Northern Harmony In Concert Wookey Hole Club BA5 1BP 35 8 01749 672944

Fri 22 Feb 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Ashbrittle Village Hall TA21 0LF 1 7 01823 672131

Fri 22 Feb 8:00 PM Gordon Giltrap An Evening with Gordon Giltrap Curry Mallet & Beercrocombe 12 10 Village Hall TA3 6SY 01823 481441

Some tickets may include supper and refreshments. Enquire with the box office for more information.

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Sat 23 Feb 7:30 PM Gordon Giltrap An Evening with Gordon Giltrap Chilcompton Village Hall BA3 4EX 9 10 01761 233936

Sat 23 Feb 7:45 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Unionist Hall, Bruton BA10 0HG 4 7 01749 813694

Sun 24 Feb 7:00 PM Gordon Giltrap An Evening with Gordon Giltrap Mark Village Hall TA9 4NY 20 10 01278 641370

Fri 1 Mar 7:30 PM Mad Dogs and David Copperfield Churchinford Village Hall TA3 7RG 10 11 Englishmen 01823 601422

Sat 2 Mar 7:30 PM Mad Dogs and David Copperfield Chaffcombe Village Hall TA20 4BJ 5 11 Englishmen 01460 65909

Early Mar TBC Inspector Sands Rock Pool Venues across Somerset - check n/a 18 website for details 01460 249450 (TA)

Fri 8 Mar 8:00 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Chilcompton Village Hall BA3 4EX 9 7 01761 233936

Sat 9 Mar 7:30 PM Moscow Drug Club Gypsy Swing Music Dulverton Town Hall TA22 9EX 13 7 01398 323474

Fri 15 Mar 7:45 PM Amadou Diagne with In Concert Neroche Village Hall TA3 6TY 23 5 Griselda Sanderson 01460 234410

Sat 16 Mar 8:00 PM Amadou Diagne with In Concert Montacute Village Hall TA15 6XA 22 5 Griselda Sanderson 01935 822419

Wed 20 Mar 7:30 PM Take Art Dance Spring Forward 2013 Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton 30 22 TA2 8PD 01823 414141

Thur 21 Mar 7:30 PM Take Art Dance Spring Forward 2013 Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton 30 22 TA2 8PD 01823 414141

Fri 22 Mar 7:30 PM Take Art Dance Spring Forward 2013 Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton 30 22 TA2 8PD 01823 414141

Sat 23 Mar 10:30 AM Life Circles Training Day for Dance Litton and Thorner’s Community Hall, n/a 20 Practitioners Dorchester DT2 9AU 07817 002665

Sun 24 Mar 2:30 PM Noisy Oyster The Three Billy Pigs Oake Village Hall TA21 9NA 25 11 07702 988854

Mon 25 Mar 8:00 PM Contact CountryBoy’s Struggle The David Hall Arts Centre, South 28 12 Petherton TA13 5AA01460 240340

Tues 26 Mar TBC Contact CountryBoy’s Struggle Huish Episcopi Academy, Langport 19 12 TA10 9SS 01460 249450 (TA)

Weds 27 Mar TBC Contact CountryBoy’s Struggle Bishop Fox’s School, Taunton TA1 3HQ 30 12 01460 249450 (TA)

Thurs 28 Mar TBC Contact CountryBoy’s Struggle Preston School Academy, Yeovil 37 12 BA21 3JD 01460 249450 (TA)

Fri 26 Apr 7:30 PM Farnham Maltings In Praise of Elephants North Cadbury Village Hall BA22 7DW 24 13 01963 440735

Sat 27 Apr 7:30 PM Farnham Maltings In Praise of Elephants Clapton & Wayford Village Hall 11 13 TA18 8PS 01460 74849

Early May 7:45 PM Groupe Entorse Accidens The Merlin Theatre, Frome BA11 2HG 15 24 01373 465949

Fri 17 May 10:30 AM Life Circles Training Day for Dance Abbeyfield Care Home, Taunton 30 20 Practitioners TA1 5HA 07817 002665

Tues 21 May 7:30 PM Take Art Dance Spring Forward 2013 Octagon Theatre, Yeovil BA20 1UX 37 22 01935 422884

Mon 17 Jun 11:00 AM La Baraca - Teatro Spot SPACE, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, 30 19 Testoni Ragazzi Taunton TA2 8PD 01823 414141

Tues 18 Jun 11:00 AM La Baraca - Teatro Spot Octagon Theatre, Yeovil BA20 1UX 37 19 Testoni Ragazzi 01935 422884

Date Time Company Event Venue, Sat Nav Postcode & Tel Map Ref. Page

FOR LARGE PRINT DOCUMENTS, PLEASE CALL 01460 249450

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