Tangle, an African-Caribbean touring theatre company, work across the South West - the UK’s largest and most rural region – and in London, its biggest urban centre. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr’s speech ‘I have a dream’, (celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013), Tangle's Dream Nation invites people from all walks of life to take part in their multi-platform arts project. Here they’ll envision and celebrate local, contemporary society from a wholly multi-racial perspective.

On Tuesday 18th March Tangle will be starting a week of workshops across Somerset. They will be working with primary school children in Bridgwater, a community group in Burnham-on-Sea and will be running workshops in two different secondary schools in Crewkerne and Wellington. During each workshop, participants will create an original haiku (a short Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables) articulating their personal vision for a new ‘dream nation’. These will be displayed on a specially commissioned, travelling installation created by stage designer Colin Falconer, which will also tour venues across SW England.

Dream Nation is in collaboration with South West England’s Partnership for Multi Racial Theatre, a consortium of 20 arts organisations, including Take Art, in the South-West.

To follow on from the Dream Nation tour, in Summer 2014 Take Art will be running Word/Play Phase 3, a community theatre project to encourage public dialogue around key contemporary issues.

Click here to visit Tangle's website.