Hello Everyone,

We are open as normal today, 2nd December, despite a little bit of snow.

Zumba is back at Artemis - and ahead of our New Year prediction!

Join Allied Schools of Dance on 1st December for the first of a new weekly adult Zumba class.

Medusa - our teen theatre company - will be performing 'The Beauty Manifesto' at the Oxford Playhouse on Thursday 14th April 2011.

We are pleased to announce that the play produced by Medusa (our older teen theatre group) as part of a project with the National Theatre, will be 'The Beauty Manifesto', which was our first choice of the 10 plays offered to us.

If you wish to audition to be the new Milky Bar Kid go to www.milkybar.co.uk to enter. Upload a video or use your webcam.

Join us and our friends from the Allied School of dance at Dick Whittington this Christmas Eve!

We have 30 tickets for the 3pm show. All family and friends are welcome.

Five of our best looking boys and girls (and it was a hard choice - they are all so glamorous!) took stage on the catwalk this weekend.

ADULT ONLY DANCE CLASSES

Monday Night Mix

Choose from Ballet, Street/Jazz and Pilates with instructor Vicki Tallent. Vicki (who was one of our favourite ballet teachers) hires the studio from us on Monday evenings. She will run 6 week courses in Ballet, Pilates and street/modern dance for over 18's.

Allied offer a great selection of graded (exam based) dance classes at Artemis. From September 2010 these include higher grades in Tap, Modern and Jazz Aerobics. Classes run on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and are available for ages 3 up (depending on style students will be placed in an age appropriate grade).

Artemis Senior Allstars & Artemis JV Stars scooped three trophies at the Kent Street Dance Challenge 2010 (part of UDO).

The Allstars won 2nd place in the Over 18’s category. The JV Stars won 3rd place in the Under 15’s category. Dancer Shara Sood Panchal won 1st place in the Intermediate Solo competition.

Artemis director Niki took up hand modelling for Marks and Spencers in the spring. She appears in their summer commercials–look out for them on TV and online.

19 year old Max Puplett, who has been with us since September 2007 (when he started acting) has been given a top scholarship!

6 Young Artemis Agency actors took part in “X” at South Hill Park and Frencham Theatre this summer; all the junior cast were supplied exclusively by Artemis.

41 children took part in The Windsor Globe show “Aesop’s Fables: retold” The Windsor Globe is co-owned by Artemis owners Niki Robinson and Stephen Harrison and also our artistic director Bart Lee (who directs Medusa theatre company).

The Medusa Theatre Company - our Saturday young adult group (14-21 years)- have been chosen to take part in the prestigious National Theatre connections project. They have selected one of 10 brand new plays - which were commissioned by the NT for the groups taking part.

Did you know we now offer a variety of exciting music classes on a Saturday in addition to singing?

Calling all Singers! We have been contacted directly by a well known casting directors asking for talented young singer between the ages of 12-16 and 16-22 for a high profile new pop group. They work with hugh labels including Song and formed bands such as The Saturdays. Auditions are in London. Contact Gemah on 01344429403 to be considered for this.

Medusa Theatre Company kids just got accepted by The National Theatre Connections project to work on a new play next spring. They'll be taking it to the Oxford Playhouse if all goes to plan! Parts will be cast in November 2010, and rehearsals commence January 2011. Rehearsals will be on weekdays until half term, and are above and beyond normal Saturday classes.

Medusa are currently shooting a short film written for them by BBC writer Daren Thomas Curley, and shot and edited by a professional crew on location throughout the region.

Photos of each day of shooting can be seen n our facebook page, and a trailer for the film is on the front page of this site....

The film shows on 11th July in Reading.

Rhiann Connor bags leading role alongside Sir Ben Kingsley - Film and Cinema - Entertainment -

www.getwokingham.co.uk - (click for the article)

Check out Rhiann in the Scottish papers for his new film!

Budding Glaswegian actor Rhiann, 13, to star with Sir Ben Kingsley - The Glaswegian

www.theglaswegian.co.uk