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InspirED’s Primary School platform was a creative afternoon of dance, music and song and included children from Preston Primary School, West Chinnock and Countess Gytha School.

After the success of inspirED’s secondary school Drama Festival which took place on 26th June at The Merlin Theatre, Frome we are now looking forward to scheduling the 2014 Drama Festival for inspirED subscribing schools!

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.

Cath James, Take Art's Co-Director of the Dance Professional Programme has left Take Art to move to London for the impressive role of Programme Directorwith South East Dance. We are delighted for Cath and wish her well in her new position.

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.

Stop Press: This is happening at very short notice, but Take Art Theatre is very excited to be working with Contact Manchester and the National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) to support the Somerset development week of new show An Audience Without You.

InspirED is a new consortium of local organisations bringing the skills and expertise of arts and media professionals direct to schools, colleges and children’s centres across Somerset.

Read the fantastic article written by Dr Susan Young of Exeter University about Take Art's Early Year's project 'Little Big Bang'.

The Octagon Theatre invites dance companies to apply for the newly created Octagon Dance Associate bursary. The £5,000 bursary is in partnership with Take Art Dance, Somerset County’s dance development agency.

As part of DanSCe Dialogues 2, South East Dance and partners are seeking a dance company based in the UK for a new early years dance commission targeted towards children between the ages of 0-5 years old.

DanSCe Dialogues 2 is currently running the first of two Light Labs, where eight emerging professionals working in contemporary dance are being mentored by leading UK stage lighting collaborative team Russell Maliphant and Michael Hulls.

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.