Word/Play

Wheels are set in motion to get The Whiteball Tunnel community theatre project fully on track.

Join us for the launch of this very exciting community arts project, as part of the third and final phase of Word/Play.

Tangle Theatre will be delivering inspirational workshops in Somerset this week as part of their Dream Nation South West tour.

As a precursor to Word/Play Phase 3, Tangle Theatre will be delivering inspirational workshops in Somerset at the end of March as part of their Dream Nation SW tour. Check out Tangle's launch video here....

The deadline is fast approaching for the final round of our seed fund for Somerset theatre, dance and performance makers. Submit your application by 31st January. Download the criteria and application form here.

Poets from Word/Play, The Thing Is... will be performing on Saturday 21 September at The Octagon Theatre in Yeovil, as part of The Hip Yak Poetry Shack and the Yeovil Literary Festival.

Somerset Film and Video have put together four short documentary films taken from Word/Play: The Thing Is... Each documentary focuses on a different group of participants and their adventures in spoken word. You can watch the films here!

Take Art has released its new Sept-Dec 2013 programme, featuring over 40 performances, workshops and events across Somerset. Look inside here!

Take Art is currently looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Arts Marketing Manager to cover maternity leave from October 2013 to July 2014. Salary up to £24,000 pro rata according to experience.

Take Art Theatre is delighted that 12 people have successfully applied to participate in the Word/Play forum theatre residential training programme next month. We will all now be retreating to the beautiful countryside around the Magdalen Project, Chard, for three days in July and to Beaford Arts Centre, North Devon, for two days in August.

Over the last three months eight of the UKs top Performance Poets have been working with four groups of service users from Chard, Taunton, Yeovil and Frome to help them discover their inner poet and rediscover their self-confidence.