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.

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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.

Congrats to Artemis seniors who returned to reprise their roles in the new St Trinians movie over the summer.

The girls enjoyed the experience so much in 2007, they went back for more in August 2009!

Artemis also provided a team of chaperones for the film - we aren't sure who had a better time- the actors or the chaperones!

Check out Scarlett, Maria and Lydia in OK Magazine!

The girls were at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Chelsea (along with Brad Clapson, Steph Still, Ellesha Newton, Niki Robinson and Scarletts extended family - just some of the 500 invited guests) to watch and celebrate the launch of Scarletts new girl band The Madame Project.

We had a great time partying late into the night on the last day of Spring term in April!

After the annual informal work share (where parents take a class before seeing extracts of work and meeting tutors), people got changed into their fancy dress, and the party started!

Congratulations to 'Medusa' company member Lucy Phillips - who has booked the co - lead in a small film - The Goblin Market. This is Lucy's first lead - she has film experience as a background artist, and extensive theatre experience.

Lucy will co-star with another teen in this fun film based on a Victorian poem. She shoots from the end of June.

Senior Artemis student, and Petite Street teacher Maria Gunning, 18, took dance outreach to a local school this term.

Maria has been teaching sessions at Wildridings Primary school to a group of ten boys and girls keen to take their first steps in dance. Her Saturday classes at Artemis for 4-8 year olds have become very popular and now only a few places remain!

Dance Company and Dance Majors took part in a regional All England dance competition in the Easter holidays.

Both troupes performed brilliantly and Dance Majors took home a prize in their category!

They will return to ALl England next spring to compete in heats for national and regional finals.

New class starting after February half term! 'Petite Street'

As many of you already know - we run fun RAD pre-primary classes for little ballet dancers (Thursdays - 4.15 - 5.00 ages 3.5 up).
From the second half of term we will also introduce Street Dance for little dancers (aged 4 -8). The classes run on Saturday mornings, 10.15-11.00.

18-25's company prepare to go into schools

9 year old Jamie Ryan is having a great year!

After a series of auditions, he has landed a great lead role in a film about a father and son 'Fathers Day' - playing 'Max', the son.

Scarlett Windle,18, is in the running for two pageant titles at the same time! Judges will decide over the next month whether this gorgeous teen will go into the finals for 'Miss Teen World' and 'Miss Teen Galaxy'.

Scarlett has entered both competitions for fun, but if she wins the prizes will be fabulous!