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South somerset arts directory
Welcome to the second edition of our South
Somerset Arts Directory!
We have put this publication together to highlight the breadth
of arts activities in our district - everything from bell ringing to
book clubs, festivals to folk music - and to make it easy for our
residents to find them.
If you would like your club featured in future publications, please
complete the online form at
www.southsomserset.gov.uk/artsdirectory
Please note:
Clubs and organisations included in the Arts Directory have not
been checked by SSDC. We recommend that you make your
own enquiries when making contact with them.
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ART ORGANISATIONS
ART ORGANISATIONS
www.superact.org.uk
contact@superact.org.uk
Actiontrack
Performance Company
The Stock Shed
Flaxdrayton Farm
South Petherton
Nr Yeovil
TA13 5LR
01460 240472
Somerset Art Works
The Town Hall
Bow Street
Langport
TA10 9PR
01458 253800
www.actiontrack.org.uk
info@somersetartworks.org.uk
action.track@btconnect.com
Folk South West
Church Farm
Leigh
Sherborne
DT9 6HL
01935 822911
www.folksw.org.uk
SPAEDA
(Somerset Partnership
for Arts in Education)
Great Bow Wharf
Bow Street
Langport
TA10 9PN
08453 580368
www.somersetartworks.org.uk
Somerset Film
The Engine Room
52 High Street
Bridgwater
TA6 3BL
01278 433187
www. somersetfilm.com
info@somersetfilm.com
Trilith Rural Media
Charity
www.trilith.org.uk
info@trilith.org.uk
Take Art
The Mill
Flaxdrayton Farm
South Petherton
Nr Yeovil
TA13 5LR
01460 249450
www.takeart.org
art@takeart.org
Young People’s Film
Council
The Engine Room
52 High Street
Bridgwater
TA6 3BL
01278 433187
theypfc.ning.com
www.spaeda.org.uk
info@spaeda.org.uk
Superact CIC
Somerset College
Wellington Road
Taunton
TA1 5AX
01823 666641
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Carnival / Crafts
CARNIVAL
Cary Comedians
Carnival Club
Highfield House
March Lane
Galhampton
Yeovil
BA22 7AW
01963 440472
www.carycomedians.co.uk
gordon.sue@virgin.net
Somerset Promotion
Project
(Promoting SW
Carnivals & History)
Highfield House
March Lane
Galhampton
Yeovil
BA22 7AW
01963 440472
01460 54804
mail@harlequincc.co.uk
Revellers Carnival Club
Coles Lane Farm
Cherry Orchard
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 0PY
01747 851764
davidwebber802@
btinternet.com
Thurs 6pm - Sun 11am
(14 years and over)
CRAFTS
Arts & Crafts Group
Charlton Horethorne
Village Hall
Charlton Horethorne
Sherborne
DT9 4NL
Weds 10.30am-12.30pm
www.carycomedians.co.uk
gordon.sue@virgin.net
Domino Carnival Club
17 Holly Terrace
Fore Street
Chard
TA20 1DY
01460 64436
Barrington Pottery
Barrington Court
Barrington
Nr Ilminster
TA19 0NQ
01460 249647
www.barringtonpottery.com
paulthepotter@btinternet.com
www.dominocc.co.uk
Harlequin Carnival Club
The Bell Inn
Ilminster
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Bruton and District
Flower Club
Bruton Community Hall
Silver Street
Bruton
BA10 0EB
07881656455
brutonflowerclub@homecall.co.uk
www.flowerssouthwest.org.uk
1st Mon of month
Blackmore Vale
Embroiderers Guild
Village Hall
Bradford Abbas
Sherborne
01935 420504
lizbetpalmer@yahoo.co.uk
3rd Sat of each month
10am-4pm
INCAS Calligraphy
Group
United Reform Church
Princes Street
Yeovil
01935 840248
dorushton@supanet.com
Wednesday (term time)
10.15-12.15pm
Langport Flower Club
All Saints Church Hall
North Street
Langport
TA10 9RH
01458 252531
www.flowerssouthwest.org.uk
beverleywood@hotmail.com
3rd Mon of each month
7.30pm
CRAFTS
North Cadbury
Embroidery Group
North Cadbury
Village Hall
BA22 7DG
01749 860659
Somerset Dolls House
Club
Ashill Village Hall
Ashill
Ilminster
01460 64199
lydie.gardener@yahoo.co.uk
jcarillworsley@talktalk.net
Friday 9.30-11.30am
(Term Time)
1st wed of every month
10.30am-3.30pm
Quirky Quilters
Stoke Sub Hamdon
Memorial Hall
Stoke Sub Hamdon
01460 72763
Somerton Embroidery
Class
Lifechurch Hall
Northfield
Somerton
TA11 6SL
Mon 10am-4pm
or 2pm-4pm
Ridge Pottery Classes
Ridge Pottery
High Street
Queen Camel
BA22 7NF
01935 850753
www.mud2fire.com
Tues 10am-12.30pm
Weds 10am-12.30pm
and 2.00-4.30pm
Sew Easy
Camelot Room
(Milborne Port Village
Hall)
Springfield Road
Milborne Port
Sherborne
01963 250093
3rd Thurs of every
month
Somerton Patchwork
United Reform Church
Hall
Somerton
BA21 1EN
1st & 3rd Mon
2.30pm-4pm
Stanchester Quilters
Pavillion
Ash
01935 822703
redcar@druscillap.wanadoo.
co.uk
Thurs 10am-2pm
Star Quilters
The United Reform
Church
13 Princes Street
Yeovil
BA20 1EN
01308 868066
01460 72412
www.starquilters.co.uk
Monday, 7.30-9.30pm
(Ladies only)
Tatworth & District Floral
Group
Tatworth Memorial Hall
Kents Road
Tatworth
TA20 2QW
01460 220348
annpatgough@btinternet.com
1st Thurs of every month
1.30pm-4pm
The Crafty Bunch
East Coker
Village Hall
BA22 9JJ
01962 440112
marberryhouse@gmail.com
2nd Wednesday of
every month, 7-9.30pm
Wincanton Lacemakers
King Arthurs Community
School
West Hill
Wincanton
BA9 9HB
01963 33938
bowlermadpat@aol.com
Weds, 7.30-9.30pm
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CRAFTS / DANCE
Yeovil Floral Society
Holy Trinity Church
Lysander Road
Yeovil
BA20 2BU
01935 823293
www.ceroclebeat.net
sabramble@hotmail.com
Cool Country – Country
& Western Dance Club
(Partner dancing to live
bands)
The Davis Hall
West Camel
Yeovil
01458 223828
1st Sat in every month
7.30-11.30pm
4th Weds of month –
7.30pm
(except August &
December)
DANCE
Abbey Manor Dance
Club
Abbey Manor
Community Hall
Abbey Manor
01935 706627
Mon 1.45-4.00pm
Breeze Dance
Company
WI Hall
Middle Street
Misterton
TA18 8LZ
01460 73662
sivell3@aol.com
Weds 4.30-6pm
Ceroc Le Beat
Edgar Hall
Somerton
Business Park
Somerton
TA11 6SB
07821071251
info@ceroclebeat.net
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Thursdays 8-11pm
(Under 16s must be
accompanied by
an adult)
Country Spirit Line
Dancing
Chard Football Club
Zembard Lane
Chard
01460 65007
Country Spirit Line
Dancing Classes
Buckland St Mary
Village Hall
Buckland St Mary
Nr. Chard
01460 65007
www.dancincrazy21.piczo.com
mark.curnock@btinternet.com
Country Spirit Line
Dancing Classes
Donyatt Village Hall
Nr Ilminster
01460 65007
www.dancincrazy21.piczo.com
mark.curnock@btinternet.com
www.dancincrazy21.piczo.com
Dancincrazy/Ballroom
& Latin
Broadway Village Hall
Broadway
Nr. Ilminster
01460 65007
mark.curnock@btinternet.com
www.dancincrazy21.piczo.com
mark.curnock@btinternet.com
Dancincrazy/Ballroom
& Latin
Chardstock Village Hall
Chardstock
Nr. Axminster
EX13 7BJ
01460 65007
www.dancincrazy21.piczo.com
mark.curnock@btinternet.com
DANCE
Hotsteppers Dance
Various Locations
07935368527
Thursday & Friday
2.00-10.00pm
hotsteppersdance@yahoo.co.uk
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
Crewkerne Community
Church
Crewkerne
01935 863865
www.hotsteppersdance.biz
Weekly morning &
evening
Dance Le Beat
Ilminster Parish Hall
North Street
Ilminster
TA19 0DG
01460 271647
dancetime@natalierendall.plus.com
Dance Time
Martock Parish Hall
Martock
TA12 6JL
01935 825700
Tues & Fri P.M
Term Time
Fine Folk
Charlton Horethorne
Village Hall
Charlton Horethorne
Sherborne
DT9 4PB
01963 220640
billcloss@btinternet.com
Tues, 10am – 12noon
Folk Dance Club
St Bartholomews
Church Hall
Abbey Street
Crewkerne
01935 422042
8pm-10pm
www.helenlaxtonschoolof
dancing.com
watkins71@btinternet.com
Weds and Sat
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
Curry Rivel Village Hall
01935 863865
www.helenlaxtonschoolof
dancing.com
watkins71@btinternet.com
Tuesdays and Fridays
from 4.00pm
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
Holy Trinity Church Hall
Lysander Road
Yeovil
01935 863865
Dr Turbervilles Morris
The Tithe Barn
Church Street
Merriott
Crewkerne
TA16 5PS
01460 242160
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
Birchfield Community
Centre
Birchfield Road
Yeovil
BA21 4DR
01935 863865
dr-turbervilles.awardspace.co.uk
www.helenlaxtonschoolof
watkins71@btinternet.com
neilandjo@onetel.com
dancing.com
Tues Eve, 8-10pm
watkins71@btinternet.com
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & Saturday
www.helenlaxtonschoolof
dancing.com
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dance
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
East Coker Village Hall
East Coker
Yeovil
01935 863865
Mo Jive Dance
Westlands Leisure
Complex
Westbourne Close
Yeovil
BA20 2DD
07967 282585
www.helenlaxtonschoolofdanc-
www.leroc.com
ing.com
Russell@redhotrhythym.co.uk
watkins71@btinternet.com
Thurs 8pm-11pm
Tuesdays from 4.00pm
Helen Laxton School of
Dance - Dance/Ballet/
Hip Hop
Blake Hall
South Petherton
01935 863865
Nomeanfeet
Appalachian Dance
West Chinnock Village
Hall
West Chinnock
Yeovil
01935 826758
www.helenlaxtonschoolof
www.nomeanfeet.org.uk
dancing.com
jannetterw@hotmail.co.uk
watkins71@btinternet.com
Tues 7.30-10pm
Saturday mornings from
9.00a.m
Ilminster Georgians
Sequence Dance Club
Ilminster Parish Hall
Ilminster
01460 53362
The Historical
Dance Club
Pavitt Village Hall
Barwick
BA22 9TE
01935 420145
historicaldanceclub@hotmail.
co.uk
Market House Dance
Studio
Market Place
Castle Cary
BA7 7AH
01963 351503
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2nd & 4th Friday of the
month
7-9.30pm
(Children to be
accompanied and
supervised by an adult)
Sapphire Sequence
Dance Club
Village Hall
Chilthorne Domer
01935 424164
Friday Evening
7.45 – 10.15pm
St. Michaels Scottish
Country Dancing Club
The Davis Hall
Howell Hill
West Camel
Yeovil
BA22 7QX
www.stmichaels-scdclub.co.uk
01935 413579
Thurs 7.45 - 10.00pm
Tea Dance
Caryford Hall
Ansford
01935 424164
Monday
1.45 – 4.15pm
Thornford Sequence
Dance Club
Davis Hall
West Camel
01935 706627
Thurs 1.30pm
Treacle Eater Clog
Preston School
Monks Dale
Yeovil
dance / DESIGN / FESTIVALS
BA21 3JD
01963 210562
DESIGN
Festivals
secretary@treacleeaterclog.
Interior Design
Workshop
Crewkerne Museum &
Heritage Centre
East Street
Crewkerne
TA18 7AB
01460 77420
Somerton Summer Arts
Festival
Somerton
01458 273432
org.uk
www.treacleeaterclog.org.uk
Mondays
7.30-9.30pm
Yeovil Stompers Line
Dancing Group
Westfield Upper &
Lower school
BA21 3EP
leebeerolls@googlemail.com
www.yeovilstompers.co.uk
Monday – Upper school
Weds – Lower school
mdpollitt@me.com
6 week course evening/
day/weekends or 1 day
course
www.somerton.co.uk
wolski49@yahoo.co.uk
Mid July
South Somerset
Green Fair
Thorney Lakes
Nr Langport
TA10 0DW
www.greenfair.org.uk
info@greenfair.org.uk
DESIGN
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film & photography / LITERATURE / MUSIC
FILM / PHOTOGRAPHY
Chard Camera Club
Chard Baptist Church
Hall
Holyrood Street
Chard
TA20 2AH
01297 35687
Norton Movie Nights
The Lord Nelson
Norton Sub Hamdon
01935 881227
www.nortonsubhamdon.org.uk
Langport Book Club
Art Tea Zen
105 Cheapside
Langport
TA10 9PW
01458 251581
jabailey@toucansurf.com
jubelgae@gmail.com
www.moviola.org or
LITERATURE
Last Tues of Month –
7.30pm
www.chardcameraclub.com
jayeff44—mail@yahoo.co.uk
1st & 3rd Thurs of each
month, 8pm
Clapton & Wayford
Film Society
Clapton & Wayford
Village Hall
Clapton
Crewkerne
TA18 8PS
01460 74849
wilsons.woolcott@virgin.net
1st Thurs of Month
7.30-8.00pm
Langport Community
Cinema
Great Bow Wharf
Bow Street
Langport
TA10 9PN
01458 254257
info@langportcommunitycinema.co.uk
www.lanportcommunitycinema.co.uk
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Castle Cary Reading
Group
The Old Pub
Galhampton
01963 370666
his1moll@yahoo.co.uk
Chard Book Club
Hooked on Books
Holyrood Street
Chard
TA20 2AH
01460 61887
p.barbor@btopenworld.com
East Coker Poetry
Group
The Helyar Arms
East Coker
Yeovil
BA22 9JR
01935 862623
www.eastcokerpoetry.org.uk
info@eastcokerpoetry.org.uk
MUSIC
Alive
Ashill Community
Primary School
Ashill
Ilminster
TA19 9ND
01460 52982
sophy@jlayzellsons.org.uk
Bell Ringing
St Johns Church
Horsington (H)
St Marys Church
Templecombe (T)
01963 371478 (Hors)
01963 370382 (Temp)
arhomestead@hotmail.co.uk
Tues evening 7.30pm
(H)
Sun morn 10.30am (T)
music
Bruton Choral Society
Kings School
Memorial Hall
Plox
Bruton
01749 813364
Concerts in the West
Arts Centre
Meeting House
Ilminster
TA19 0AN
01460 53500
revdanrich@mbzonline.net
c-hodgson@btconnect.com
Meeting Voices
Community Choir
Chard Town Hall
Fore Street
Chard
TA20 1PP
01460 220413
www.concertsinthesouthwest.org
chrisbartlett199@btinternet.com
Carylive
Promoting Live Music &
Arts in Castle Cary
01963 350160
www.carylive.org.uk
info@carylive.org.uk
Castle Cary Choir
Methodist Church
Castle Cary
01749 830293
Charlton Horethorne
Bell Ringers
St Peter & St Paul
Church
Charlton Horethorne
Sherborne
DT9 4NL
01963 220595
Weds 7.30pm
Combe St Nicholas
Bellringers
St Nicholas Church
Combe St Nicholas
01460 65162
www.meetingvoices.org.uk
Curry Rivel Music Club
St Andrews Church
Curry Rivel
Langport
TA10 0QH
01458 250863
anne.michell@lineone.net
Langport Community
Choir
United Reform Church
Langport
Weds 7.30-9.30pm
Mid Wessex Singers
Somerton Christian
Fellowship
Northfield
TA11 6Sl
01935 840248
dorushton@supanet.com
Tues 7.30pm
enquiries@langportcommunitychoir.co.uk
Monday evening 7pm
Irish Session
The White Hart Inn
Market Square
Somerton
01458 274732
newrope@googlemail.com
2nd Thurs at 8.30pm
bellbird@thepinkhydrangea.
fsnet.co.uk
Thurs 7.30-9pm
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MUSIC
Milborne Port Ringers
St Johns Church
Bathwells Lane
Milborne Port
Sherborne
01963 250660
South Somerset Choral
Society
Barrington Hall
Barrington
Ilminster
01460 30308
swales@victerr.fsnet.co.uk
www.southsomersetchoralsociety.org.uk
Weds 7.30-9pm
Sun 10-10.30am
Phoenix Brass
Dan Rooms
Severalls Hall
Severalls Park Avenue
Crewkerne
TA18 8DR
www.phoenixbrass.co.uk
dave.n.coles@bt.com
Tues 8.00-10pm
South Petherton
Combined Arts Society
South Petherton Junior
School Hall
South Petherton
01460 240635
woodruffpeacock@aol.com
Tues 7.30-9pm
Sept-April
peter@heroncottage.eclipse.
co.uk
Thurs 7.30-9.30pm
Traditonal Music Session
The Wheatsheaf Inn
Silver Street
South Petherton
Somerset
TA13 5AN
01460 240382 (Day)
martin.Hughes@mrch.freeserve.
co.uk
Alternate Wed 8.30pm
Wincanton Bell Ringers
Parish Church of
St Peter & St Paul
Church Street
Wincanton
BA9 9AN
01963 34965
janet@lowe95.fsnet.co.uk
Tues 7.30-9pm
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Wincanton Silver Band
The Tythings
Wincanton
BA9 9RZ
01963 33072
Mon/Thurs 8pm
Wincanton Choral
Society
King Arthurs Community
School
West Hill
Wincanton
BA9 9BX
01749 330622
www.wincantonchoralsociety.
co.uk
Sept – May, Mon
7.15pm
Yeovil Chamber Choir
St Andrews Church
Preston Grove
Yeovil
BA20 2BQ
01935 425383
yeovilchamberchoir@hotmail.
com
www.yeovilchamberchoir.org
Wednesday 7.30pm
(Voice assessment will
be necessary to join)
PERFORMING ARTS
Bruton Players
Fitzjames Theatre
Kings School
Bruton
BA10 0ED
01749 812585
Chard Local Kids
Society for Music and
Drama
Crowshute House
Crowshute Link
Chard
TA20 2EN
01460 234335
www.brutonplayers.org
maria@cloks.co.uk
chris@dunndental.co.uk
fareys@btinternet.com
PERFORMING ARTS
Saturday 10am-12noon
Cary Amateur Theatrical
Society (CATS)
Ansford Community
School
Maggs Lane
Ansford
Castle Cary
BA7 7JJ
01963 350510
www.castlecarycats.co.uk
a.rice@homecall.co.uk
Sept – Feb, Tues & Thurs
7.15-9.15pm
www.clos.org.uk
01460 234100
Mon & Thursday 7.30pm
val.jeff.lee@btinternet.com
Fivehead Drama Group
Fivehead Village Hall
Stowey Road
Fivehead
TA3 6PR
01460 281573
pat-harry.price@virgin.net
Cloverleaf Productions
Methodist Church Hall
Combe St Nicholas,
Tuesday 7.30 - 9.30
01460 62081
ros.roderigo@hotmail.co.uk
Cloverleaf Productions
Combe St Nicholas
Village Hall
Combe St Nicholas
01460 230007/ 63465
www.combestnicholas.org.uk
Chard Light Operatic
Society (CLOS)
Crowshute House
Crowshute Link
Chard
01460 62081
Independent Director &
Playwrite
01747 840526
atreble@btinternet.com
Crewkerne United
Dramatic and Operatic
Society (CUDOS)
Victoria Hall
Crewkerne
01460 76378
Tues 7.30pm
Fuse Performance
Rose Cottage
Aller Hill
Aller
Langport
TA10 0RE
01458 259638
www.fuseperformance.co.uk
info@fuseperformance.co.uk
Petherton Combined
Arts Society (Drama)
The Cemetery Chapel
Hayes End
South Petherton
01460 241073
judithturtle@tiscali.co.uk
3rd Tuesday in month –
7.30pm
www.cudos.org.uk
davesach@gmail.com
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PERFORMING ARTS / Visual Arts
Phoenix Medieval
Society
The Manor House
Combe Hill
Templecombe
BA8 0LB
01963 350560
g.wilson@ravenone.orangehome.
co.uk
Razzamataz Theatre
Schools Yeovil
The Gateway
Addlewell Lane
Yeovil
BA20 1QN
01935 411128
07856 273166
www.razzamataztheatreschools.
co.uk
yeovil@razzamataz.co.uk
Sat 9am-1pm
(4-18 years)
Yeovil Youth Theatre
01935 428382
www.yeovilyouththeatre.org.uk
info@yeovilyouththeatre.org
Somerset School of
Performing Arts
Preston Primary School
The Toose
Abbey Manor Park
Yeovil
01935 863865
www.thesomersetschoolofperformingarts.com
watkins71@btinternet.com
Sat 1.30-4.30pm
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Village Players
Curry Mallet &
Beercrocombe
Village Hall
Curry Mallet
Taunton
TA3 6SY
01823 481441
patsy.wallace@virgin.net
VISUAL ARTS
Art Breaks (Art courses
and classes)
Babwell Farm
Cucklington
Wincanton
BA9 9PU
01747 840500
www.artbreaks.com
Village Variety
Charlton Horethorne
Village Hall
01963 220595
Yeovil Amateur
Operatics Society
Edwards House
14 Buckland Road
Pen Mill Trading Estate
Yeovil
BA21 5EA
01935 425865
www.yaos.org.uk
Mon, Weds & Fri
mariella@artbreaks.com
Bruton Art Society
Venue Variable
01963 32719
www.brutonartsociety.co.uk
neal2nc@btinternet.com
Various
Colourists Art Society
Monks Yard
Horton Cross Farm
Horton Cross
Ilminster
TA19 9TT
01460 30012
4th Fri of Month
Cucklington Art Group
The Arthur Morison
Memorial Hall
Cucklington
Wincanton
BA9 9PY
01747 840018
VISUAL ARTS
Curry Rivel Art Group
Robert Sewers Hall
School Lane
Curry Rivel
Langport
TA10 0HD
01458 250742
chapmans-applehayes@
talktalk.net
The Art Class
Little Lyon Mead
High Street
Chard
TA20 1QB
01460 61755
shenab@hotmail.co.uk
Wed, Thurs am & pm
Thurs 2.00-5.00pm
The Garden Gallery Life
Drawing Group
The Garden Gallery
Little Manor
Church Lane
Misterton
TA18 8LT
01460 74311
Petherton Combined
Arts Society
Blake Hall
South Petherton
01460 25311
Village Artists Group
The Memorial hall
West Street
Stoke-sub-Hamdon
01935 862602
duncanrigby@yahoo.co.uk
www.yeovilarts.co.uk
Monday 9.45am12.45pm
Penart
Penselwood Village Hall
01747 826468
helenaylett@btinternet.com
Yeovil Literary Prize.
International writing
competition.
(Opens on 1st January
and closes on 31 May
each year)
Excellent prizes.
Results published on 14
September each year
on website.
www.yeovilprize.co.uk
Yeovil Art Group
Birchfield Hall
Birchfield Road
Yeovil
BA21 5RL
01935 826105
yeovilartgroup@hotmail.co.uk
www.yeovilartgroup.com
Mondays (term time)
1-4pm
geralswitcher@btinternet.com
Silton Art Group
Penselwood Village Hall
Penselwood
01747 860783
Sparkford Arts Group
Sparkford Parish Hall
Church Road
Sparkford
BA22 7JN
01963 440475
fred@frogers.fsnet.co.uk
Mon 1—12.30pm
Thurs 7 – 9.30pm
Fri 10 – 12.30pm
Yeovil Community Arts
Association
The Octagon Theatre
Hendford
Yeovil
BA20 1UX
www.yeovilarts.co.uk
admin@yeovilarts.co.uk
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VISUAL ARTS / STORY TELLING / VARIOUS / VENUES & GALLERIES
Somerset Story Circle
01458 259553
Somerton U3A
Parish Rooms
Somerton
01458 272275
sharonjacksties@hotmail.com
www.u3asites.org.uk/somerton
Contact for more
information
Last Friday of each
month
STORYTELLING
VARIOUS
Camelot Area U3A
01963 350626
Margaret.Dickinson@btopenworld.com
Yeovil U3A
Octagon Theatre
10.00am
www.u3asites.org.uk/yeovil
3rd Friday of every
Month
VENUES & GALLERIES
Dillington House
Ilminster
TA19 9DT
01460 52427
www.dillington.co.uk
Fitzjames Theatre
King’s School
Bruton
BA10 0ED
01749 738299
www.kingsbruton.com
www.u3asites.org.uk
Mon 10-12noon
Tues 10-12noon
Chard/Ilminster U3A
Chard Guild Hall
Chard
01460 67989
www.u3asites.org.uk/chardilminster
Crewkerne U3A
Crewkerne Methodist
Church
South Street
Crewkerne
TA18 8DA
01460 271776
www.u3asites.org.uk/crewkerne
anthea12@onetel.com
1st Mon of month at
2pm
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Hooked on Books
4-6a Holyrood Street
Chard
TA20 2AH
01460 67925
contactchard@aol.com
John Leach’s
Muchelney Pottery
Muchelney
Near Langport
TA10 0DW
01458 250324
www.johnleachpottery.co.uk
john@johnleachpottery.co.uk
VENUES & GALLERIES
303 Gallery
Yandles
Hurst Works
Hurst
Martock
TA12 6JU
01935 825891
303gallery@yandles.co.uk
www.yandles.co.uk/303gallery.php
The Somerset Guild of
Craftsmen
Home of the Somerset
Guild of Craftsmen
The Courthouse Gallery
Market Place
Somerton
TA11 7LX
01458 274653
courthouse@somersetguild.co.uk
www.somersetguild.co.uk
Monday – Saturday
10am-5pm
The Swan Theatre
138 Park Street
Yeovil
BA20 1QA
01935 428646
www.swan-theatre.co.uk
postmaster@swantheatre.co.uk
The Meeting House
Arts Centre
East Street
Ilminster
TA19 0AN
01460 55783
The David Hall
Roundwell Street
South Petherton
TA13 8AA
01460 240340
www.themeetinghouse.org.uk
info@thedavidhall.org.uk
info@themeetinghouse.org.uk
Monday to Saturday
9.30-4.30pm
The Guildhall
Fore Street
Chard
TA20 1PP
01460 65282
www.chard.gov.uk
The Octagon Theatre
Hendford
Yeovil
BA20 1UX
01935 422884
www.octagon-theatre.co.uk
octagontheatre@southsomerset.gov.uk
www.thedavidhall.org.uk
The Warehouse Theatre
Warehouse Theatre
Brewery Lane
Ilminster
TA19 9AD
01460 57094
www.thewarehousetheatre.org.uk
carl@listerhill.eclipse.co.uk
Vintage Fair Arts Café
27 Market Street
Yeovil
BA20 1HZ
01935 434376
info@vintagefair.net
Mon-Sun 9-4pm
Some evenings through
prior arrangement
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venues/gAlleries
the Octagon theatre
The Octagon Theatre is Somerset’s premier arts and entertainment venue.
Hosting a diverse programme of live performance events from the grace
and beauty of ballet to hilarious nights with top-notch comedians, a colourful
array of live music and the drama and passion of live theatre. You can also
discover another view of things with the free exhibitions in our visual arts
gallery and enjoy a relaxing break in our cosy Bar and Bistro. Find the perfect
way to unwind and make new friends by taking part in one of our dance
classes or by joining one of the choirs. A range of classes are available to all
ages and abilities and your first session is free. Come and discover all that
the Octagon has to offer and find a place where joy, entertainment and
inspiration can be found everyday.
The Octagon is also home to SomerZest - South Somerset’s leading
Contemporary Arts and Craft Markets where a dazzling array of local
foods, arts and crafts can be seen and purchased. Yeovil Community Arts
Association, Yeovil Art Group, Yeovil Floral Society and The Writers Circle also
meet regularly at the Octagon. Always welcoming new members these
friendly groups provide unique opportunities to get creative.
To find out more pop in and see us:
The Octagon Theatre, Hendford, Yeovil
Call the Box Office: 01935 422884
Vsit us online at www.octagon-theatre.co.uk
Twitter@octagonyeovil
facebook.com/TheOctagonTheatre
USEFUL CONTACTS
Somerset Arts
Bringing together the
best of the arts.
Explore the arts
activities throughout
Somerset
USEFUL CONTACTS
Community Resource
Service
Community Resource
Centre and Scrapstore
South Somerset District
Council
9 Garrett Road
Lynx Trading Estate
Yeovil
BA20 2TJ
01935 462535
www.somersetarts.com
Somerset Event Planner
Supporting events,
festivals and carnivals
around Somerset
www.somerseteventplanner.co.uk
community.resources@
southsomerset.gov.uk
www.southsomerset.gov.uk/crs
Somerset Fellowship of
Drama
Promoting Amateur
Drama & Musicals in
Somerset
01963 32638
kate@expressiontheatre.co.uk
www.somersetdrama.org.uk
Live Music Now – South
West
PO Box 93
Wellington
TA21 1AL
01823 669880
www.livemusicnow.org.uk
sw.england@livemusicnow.org
Audiences South West
St Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Street
Bristol BS1 1UE
01179 276936
www.audiencessw.org
info@audiencessw.org
Arts Council England
Senate Court
Southernhay Gardens
Exeter EX1 1UG
0845 3006200
www.artscouncil.org.uk
enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
Voluntary Arts Network
www.voluntaryarts.org
MENCAP Art Spider
www.artspider.org.uk
Youth Music
Youth Music provides
children and young
people with access to
a wide range of musicmaking projects and
activities
www.youthmusic.org.uk
South West Screen
St Bartholomews Court
Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 5BT
01179 529977
www.swscreen.co.uk
info@swscreen.co.uk
South West Film
For all filming and
production needs in the
South West of England
www.southwestfilm.tv
funding
FUNDING
South Somerset District
Council Community
Grants
www.southsomerset.gov.uk
Up to 50% of total
project cost, to a
maximum of £12,000.
The Paul Hamlyn
Foundation
www.phf.org.uk
Funding benefits
organisations and
groups through the
grants scheme and
special projects.
Awards for All
www.awardsforall.org.uk
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
A grant scheme for
local communities.
Their specific grant
programmes are
concerned with
strengthening the
voluntary sector, the
arts and international
development.
www.youthmusic.org.uk
Funds music activities
run by not-for-profit
organisations for people
aged up to 18.
The Clore Duffield
Foundation
Arts Council England
www.cloreduffield.org.uk
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Supports education,
the arts, museums and
gallery education,
health, social care
and disability, children,
young people and
vulnerable people.
Funding arts activities,
arts organisations and
artists in England.
Supporting individuals
and informal groups
that have ideas
to benefit their
communities.
The Prince’s Trust
Esmee Fairbairn
Foundation
Youth Music
UnLtd
www.unltd.org.uk
www.princes-trust.org.uk
Provides training,
financial help, grants
and other support for
people aged 14-30.
Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation
www.gulbenkian.org.uk
The foundation
supports original
projects particularly
those which take
place outside London
(mainly professional
organisations or artists
working in partnerships
or groups).
If you are involved in the Arts and would like to be included
in future directories, please contact the Arts Service on
01935 462462 or e-mail arts@southsomerset.gov.uk
Disclaimer
South Somerset District Council does not endorse, represent or warrant the accuracy or
reliability of any of the information contained in, distributed through or accessed from this
directory. All information was correct at time of going to print.
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