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. Music Friday 23rd, 8pm
Graham P The Counterfeit Beatles with four
Thursday 1st, 8pm separate sets, covering different eras
McCallion Bert Jansch, ground-breaking
CENTRAL SWINDON virtuoso acoustic guitar player who of Beatles hits. £12.50. Wyvern
PHOTOGRAPHIC has influenced musicians and Saturday 24th, 7.30pm
STUDIO Annual long stay delighted audiences since the mid- Songs For All Time featuring opera
and musicals baritone, John Fletcher
sixties. £10. Arts Centre
WEDDINGS parking only and Glynedebourne concert and jazz
Friday 2nd, 8pm
PORTRAITS £45.50 per month Joe Longthorne renowned for his pianist, Stephen Higgins in a mag-
COMMERCIAL nificent programme of show-stop-
many uncannily accurate impersona- pers from the musicals and popular
tions including Bar ry Manilow, Shirley
Contact opera. £10. Wyvern
Bassey, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond,
Saturday 24th, 8pm
David Bowie, John Lennon and Judy
4 Tom Robinson
The Barn, 116 High Street ) LKearney Garland. £16.50. Wyvern
J4 .
Blunsdon, Swindon Saturday 3rd, 7.30pm
te1:616333 Abba Gold. Includes all the favour-
ite Abba songs, along with costume
and lights. £12.50. Wyvern
Saturday 3rd, 7.30pm
PARTNERS An Evening with Stephen
Sondheim presented by Sheila
^ HAIR&BEAUTY— N Harrod and the Kentwood Kompany.
All proceeds to The Arts Centre.
Sponsored by The Royal Bank of
Scotland. £7. Arts Centre
Friday 9th, 7.30pm The formation of the Tom Robinson
HALF PRICE Bee Gees Gold. From melodic to Band coincided with the punk explo-
classical from funk to dance, with full sion, achieving hits with 2-4-6-8 Mo-
torway, Glad to be Gay and Up
band and singers. £12.50. Wyvern
MANICURE Tuesday 13th, 8pm Against the Wall. An early supporter
Frances Black of Rock Against Racism, Amnesty
with any cut `n' blow dry or treatment over £20 and gay rights, Tom's 1996 album
with Declan
The Artist Formerly Known as Gay
Sinnott .
Town Square, West Swindon Centre hit back at media intrusion. His 90's
*' f Frances Black
Tel: 01793 870462 equally at home compilation album Modern Classics
on country, folk is set fora Spring release. £10. Arts
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and jazz-tinged Centre
ballads, enjoys Monday 26th to Saturday 7th April
massive ac- 92nd Annual Swindon Music Fes-
claim in her na- tival. 3 sessions each day of com-
tive Ireland, petitivemusicclasses:9am, 1.30pm,
having been its 6.30pm (omitting Sunday 1st April).
top selling solo artist for two years in Programme published in March. Arts
Community succession. £10. Arts Centre Centre. Tickets available on the day
Sunday 11th, 7.30pm
BBC Glen Miller Big Band 2001 Film
Dividend Scheme Tour. The band's first ever visit to Wednesday 14th, *"
Swindon. £11.50. Wyvern
Tuesday 13th to 7.45pm
Xiao Wu China
A minimum of 1% Saturday 17th, 7.30pm 1997 (U) A provincial pickpocket is
of the Society's Patience presented by Swindon Gil- left behind as his childhood collabo-
bert & Sullivan Society. £9. Wyvern rators grow up and find more sophis-
profits are
Sunday 18th, 8pm ticated ways of making a living, from
returned to Swindon Recital Series. Priya director Zhang Ke Jia. Arts Centre.
projects to benefit Mitchell, violin, with Paul Turner, pi- Presented by SFS
the local ano. £8. Arts Centre, book on 612775 Wednesday 21st, 7.45pm
community Monday 19th, 8pm Kissed
through the Hazel O'Connor in Beyond Break- Director Lynne Stopkewich's capti-
ing Glass. Hazel tells how she re- vating and darkly magical story about
Community discovered her Celtic roots, in this
Members of the Cricklade & Swindon a girl's obsession with death, which
Railway Society receive a cheque for Dividend Scheme. tale of survival in a corrupt industry makes you accept the unacceptable.
£1,000 in December. Supported by Cormac DeBarre on Arts Centre. Presented by SFS
Irish Harp and Mario N'gome on per-
If you think a project you know of could cussion. £8. Arts Centre Thursday 22nd, 7.45pm
The House of Mirth (PG)
qualify for a grant of up to £1,000 Friday 23rd, 8pm Adaptation of Edith Wha rton novel
Dean Friedman. A fter his break- starring Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart,
call 0800 43 5902 through hit Arielin 1977, Dean Fried- darling of New York society at the
man saw regular chart success be- turn of the century, torn between her
for more information fore spending the 80's working on heart and her desire for a wealthy
♦♦1 soundtracks. He is once again tour- husband. £3.50. Arts Centre
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester ing in the UK and has a new album Swindon Film Society leaflets avail-
Songs for Grownups. £12.50. Arts able at The Arts Centre. Join on any
Centre
Film Society evening.