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This year we need to raise £10,000 to Keep Take Art in Somerset and one of the ways we are trying to raise funds is through four fantastic fundraising events, starring the likes of Pip Utton, Matt Harvey, Eduardo Niebla, Reg Meuross and Will Kaufman. Read this article to find out more...

Somerset Youth Dance Company (SYDC) is auditioning to find new young dancers who show potential, passion and talent in Dance.

If you love theatre, dance, music, spoken word, great night’s out on your doorstep and the arts in Somerset, then look inside the Take Art’s Autumn programme here!

On Thursday 13 September international theatre star and Edinburgh Fringe legend Pip Utton brings his 5-star, globe trotting, one man show Adolf to the Tacchi Morris in Taunton, launching Take Art's fundraising season of events in a dramatic and controversial style

Open to dance artists interested in working with the fragile elderly, as part of our Life Circles project running in 8 Care Settings in Somerset, Dorset and Devon.

This is the third film in the series from Transition Vision featuring artists on Take Art's rural touring Live scheme. This film features an interview with Louise Barrett of 'Pretty Good Girl Dance Theatre' Company and footage from her brave and beautiful show Luna - raising awareness and support for transgender issues among teenagers.

On July 11 the Hip Yak Poetry Shack will be appearing at the Frome Festival, starring award winning author and Channel 4 presenter Tim Clare and nationally renowned stand-up poets Jonny Fluffypunk, Chris Redmond and Liv Torc.

On Sunday 15 July the Octagon Theatre and Take Art, in association with Big Dance, are running the Big Dance Urban Jam, starring a triple bill performance by Flawless, Boadicea and Rannel with ‘Flhip Flhop. The full day timetable is now available for download here!

Can you design a logo for a new international dance project? The partners of the European project DanSCe Dialogues 2 are calling for entries for the creation of their new logo and offering a €500 prize for the winning design.

Take Art is delighted to announce that Yeovil Children's Centre Cluster has been successful in its application to the Arts Council England and has received a grant towards the 2012 KinderGardens Festival of Early Years Performance that will take place this autumn.

On Monday 21st May the long heralded 35-day traveling performance piece 'A Somerset Journey' took its first tentative steps from Taunton town centre and Somerset Square (outside The Brewhouse Theatre) on its month long mission to rediscover the sounds and stories of Somerset, visiting plenty of Early Years settings along its way. Linking with the Olympic celebrations the journey was aptly ignited by the Olympic Torch Ceremony that fizzed and sizzled through Taunton at the same time the journey began.

The Mark Bruce Company premiere Made in Heaven this Friday night at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. We asked Mark to respond to some quickfire questions in his (scarce) spare time…