Medusa alumni Robert Jackson had some fun last week when he was picked for a spoof advert!

The Young actor was chosen with another teen to be a lookalike for the now infamous "Jedward" brothers. The advert is a spoof which shows the boys supposedly being filmed on a security camera during rehearsals. they are then removed by a rubbish removal firm.

Thanks to a fabulous grant from the local Youth Opportunity Scheme, we are able to encourage 6 young men to join our brilliant competitive Street Cheer squad for 2010.Street Cheer is a Cheer/Hip Hop/Street fusion. Boys don't use Pon Pons.

**********************Calling male Street and Hip Hop dancers!*************************

Once again the Artemis Allstars and their junior squad the JV Stars will travel to Telford for the BCA classic. We will also be submitting a limited number of solo's into this event for the first time.

The teams will head up to the two day event on the Saturday to watch the stunt cheer competition. On the Sunday they will compete in team and solo events themselves.

L.A. Ready (our film and television acting course) comes to Saturday school! Next summer (2010) - we will be making two films instead of one theatre show (there will still be plenty of live performances don't worry!) Starring Triple Threat and Medusa students, this fabulous project is being written by Holby City and BBC writer Daren Thomas (for Medusa) and one other guest writer (for Triple Threat) especially for our students - more details to follow soon!

For four shows, the studios will be transformed into a set as the players from the Medusa Theatre Company present Bart Lee's Dick Whittington! With original music from the cast, and pop favourites, family friendly jokes, and tap dancing pie-ratz!!

Based on the classic children's fairy tale, this show has been revised and adapted for Medusa.

Congrats to Tony Allgood, agency client and friend of Artemis.

For the last week of July 2009, dozens of young performers (some just 3!) came to Artemis to learn to sing, dance and act.

The children broke into two groups, 7 and below and 8-11 to learn routines, songs and scenes ready to present to their parents at the end of the week.

The course was a huge success, and all the children and tutors had a superb (and exausting!) week.

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'Elizabeth Moon and the Secret of the Midnight Orphange' written and directed by Bart Lee for Medusa Theatre Company and Triple Threat played to audiences in Reading for a week in July.

The set was designed by Jan Allen, and built with the help of six work experience students from Edgbarrow school in Crowthorne.