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Venues
NAWAB
The Arts Centre, Devizes Road.
FABRIC Tel: 614837
FASHIONS Lydiard House. Tel: 770401
National Monuments Record
SWINDON'S Centre Kemble Drive. Tel: 414600
BEST FABRIC
STEAM - Museum of the
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Great Western Railway
Come and see us Kemble Drive. Tel: 466655
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Example: silk saris onl £4.99 Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Bath Road. Tel: 466556
Town Hall Studios The Mayor of Swindon coun Stan Pajak welcomed His Excellency the
25 Tennyson Street, Swindon Ambassador of Iceland Thorsteinn Palsson at the end of November to
(Near the Health Hydro, Milton Road) Regent Circus. Tel: 463210
The Wyvern Theatre open an exhibition of Icelandic landscapes by Swindon painter Roy
Tel: 01793 611869 Bizley at the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery until 16 March. They are
Theatre Square. Tel: 524481
Monday - Saturday loam to 4pm pictured with the artist's widow Pat.
Confirm date, time and price with
the venue
Music Exhibitions
Theatre
Se wcraft Sunday 12th, 3pm Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Wednesday 22nd to Saturday 25th, Swindon Recital Series. Verity until 16 March
Haberdashery 7.30pm Butler, clarinetand Paul Turner, piano Roy Bizley: Icelandic Landscapes
Also Cold Comfort Farm presented by with a programme including Arnold, Roy Bizley was born in Swindon 1930
Knitting yarns
The Phoenix Players. Stella Gibbon's Brahms and Weber. £9. Arts Centre and began his artistic training at
Quilting material/accessories tongue-in-cheek classic rural novel Friday 17th, 8pm Swindon School of Art before
Beads and sequins has been adapted by Paul Doust An Evening with Alan Price. Alan attending Slade School of Fine Art.
with characteristic exuberance. Price brings his piano, songs and He made his first trip to Iceland in
Craft products
£4.50. Arts Centre. to book call stories of a musical life with The 1975 where he was inspired by the
Cross stitch & tapestry kits 525616 after 2/1/03 Animals. £14. Arts Centre extraordinary landscape to produce
available or to order Tuesday 28th Saturday 18th, 8pm a large body of powerful and paintings
Mark. Told in the words of Mark, this Otis Grand's Rhythm and Blues and prints. Free admission
33 Havelock Street
is the Bible's most explosive record Band. Otis Grand (below) and his STEAM
Swindon
of the life of Jesus, one of the most band have supported John Lee Storehouse - Unlocking STEAM's
Tel: 01793 536778 influential figures in history. An epic Hooker. BB King and Albert Collins hidden treasures
storytelling experience presented by and become one of Europe's pre- Discover STEAM's hidden treasures,
The Telling Place. £10. Wyvern eminent blues musicians. £10. Arts from uniforms to nameplates. tools
Centre to wagons. Normal admission charge.
Comedy The Gallery, National Monuments
Record Centre
Saturday 11th. 8pm
to Sunday 12th
Ricky Grover- Who's the Guv'nor. Workers' Playtime
This show combines explosive Public parks and gardens reflected
comedy with powerful performance
through postcards mostly dating
SOLUTION as befits a comedian who became an between 1900 to 1910. Open Wed -
award winning film actor and star of Fri. 11am to 5pm
Maintenance free Red Dwarf. £10. Arts Centre
UPVC fascia boards Sunday 19th, 8pm
Dylan Moran "Monster" 2002-2003
cladding & guttering
UK Tour. Moran is quite a remarkable
Expertly fitted at DIY prices comedian, somewhat like a jazz
Fli,l.I SIJRV'TY musician playing with language,
experience and the absurdity of life.
NO DEPOSIT £12. Wyvern
Friday 31 January and Saturday 1 Lydiard House
Work it out for yourself The Grandison Book, (above). This
February, 8pm
20 fascia board fitted £ 60 rare 17th Century manuscript compiled
Robert Llewellyn Woman Wizard'.
20' fascia & gutter fitted £135 by Sir Richard St. George.
Armed with the latest in technogeek
20' fascia, soffit & gutter £205 Sunday 26th, 7.30pm Clarenceaux, King of Arms was
speak, stuffed with gags and
20' fascia & soffit £130 Gordon Giltrap. Singer-songwriter, presented to Oliver St John, Viscount
delivered in the tones of a slick
(prices correct at time of publication) instrumentalist and composer plays Grandison c.1621. The beautifully
salesman. software has never been
a special benefit concert for the Arts bound manuscript contains genea-
so funny. £12.50. Arts Centre
Centre. £8. Arts Centre logical tables based on the Triptych
Thursday 30th, 7.30pm in St Marys Church, Lydiard Park,
Talks & tours
Music To Watch Boys By featuring together with vivid illustrations.
Saturday 14th, 2.15pm classics from Elvis Presley, Tom Normal admission charge
Tour of the National Monument Waits. Dean Martin, Elvis Costello, Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Record Centre. An introduction to Andy Williams, The Kinks, Randy from Saturday 18th
the work of the NMRC. Free Newman starring Kate Dimbleby. Music in Swindon
For a free quote Monday 13 January, 7.30pm £16.50. Wyvern This new exhibition explores the
Greenmeadow & Haydon Wick WI Friday 31st, 7.30pm history of music-making in Swindon
Speaker: Former Wiltshire Chief Fire Bournemouth Symphony over the last 150 years, amateur,
Officer John Craig on 'Reflections of Orchestra playing Faure, Saint- professional or just for fun. The
afire service career.' Haydon Centre, Saens. Franck. £18.50 - £13.50. displays include some unusual
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Thames Avenue. Wyvern instruments, photographs, posters.