Reduced early booking fee until 31st July. Made in Somerset 2009 : Performance, Exploration & Debate Made in Somerset 2009 will take place from Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th September at The Merlin Theatre, Frome. Made kicks off on Wednesday evening with a new event - a Platform for emerging practitioners/new experimental work. Thursday brings the usual showcasing of work produced or made in Somerset, and Friday - a symposium which we invite you to be part of. * Fri 11 September: A Theatre & Performance Symposium * 'making and presenting work outside of the urban critical mass’ This is an essential opportunity for lively discussion, exploration and exchange. We are living in a changing climate - ecologically, economically and culturally and this symposium is an energising opportunity to meet together, to hear inspiring and challenging speakers, to listen to frustrations and imaginings - to broaden our vision, get inspired, meet up, plug in! This symposium is being co-ordinated by Sue Palmer (Artist & Associate Lecturer at Dartington College of Arts) and Dominic Somers (Practice/Theatreworks) on behalf of Theatre Somerset. It will feature (full biogs at www.takeart.org) the internationally recognised Emma Stenning (Bristol Old Vic Executive Director) and Sjoerd Wagenaar (PeerGroup, Netherlands) who will speak in relation to the thematic of the symposium and present their work and thinking in relation to theatre making - with time for questions, as well as provocations/challenges/imaginings from Somerset practitioners and promoters including subjects such as 'Somerset: a graveyard of ambition', or 'why don't young practitioners stay in the county', or 'why do the agencies get all the money- what about the artists?'. This symposium will inform this process for creating a theatre strategy for Somerset and future opportunities, so please come and contribute - your voice is valuable. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to meet other people who are enthusiastic about engaging with the current climate of making and producing theatre, so we look forward to seeing you there!

Venue:
The Merlin Theatre

Locality: National

Contact Details

Rebecca Watkins, becci [at] takeart.org | 01460 249450