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                           THE                            Comedy                     Exhibitions
                     DE VERE                              Sunday 4th, 7.30pm         Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                          Les Dennis. Les looks back on a  opening postponed from 12 April
                        SWINDON                           career celebrating 30 years. never  to Saturday 24 May
                                                          having done a proper job and  Swindon's Canals
                                                          guarantees not a Mavis impression  Based around the recent acquisition
                     Contact our                          in sight. £14.50. Wyvern   of some new canal memorabilia, this
         Special Events Co-ordinator                      Tuesday 13th, 8pm          exhibition will trace the history of the
                                                          Mark Thomas, the star of Channel  Wilts and Berks Canal and the North
            on 01793 878785                               4's The Mark Thomas Product.  Wilts Canal from their opening at the
                                                          £12.50. Arts Centre        start of 19th Century to their demise
          to receive your copy of the                     Sunday 18th, 8pm           and closure before World War I. Also
           2003 Christmas brochure                        Jeremy Hardy. One of UK's foremost  an update on the plans and work
                                                                                     currently underway to reopen
                                                          stand-up comedians. £12.50. Wyvern
                                                                                     Swindon's canal system.
     De Vere Hotel, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 7 DW
      TeS 01793 878785 Fax 01793877822emniL•[email protected]               Wyvern, Lower Foyer
                     www.devereswindon.co.uk                                         Summer Show
                                                                                     Swindon Artists' Forum present a
                                                                                     variety of seasonal subjects and
                                                                                     media.
     THE VILLAGE TAVERN                                                              Arts Centre
                                                                                     from 7 May
      Tie colnNrultit  pad offgow- cloot c ep /
                                                                                     The English Riviera by Neil Holden
       is pleased to present a                                                       and Fiona Sampson
                                                                                     Colour photographs and narrative
        Tribute to Tom Jones
                                                                                     capture the enchanting art deco hotel
                                                                                     on Devon's Burgh Island, a hideaway
     Saturday 14th June                                   Thursday 29 to Saturday 31st,  for Noel Coward and Agatha Christie.
     £21.50 per person to include                         7.30pm                     Wyvern, Harlequin Bar
                                                          Pam Ayres: "Words, Wit and the
     • 3 course meal                                      Wonderbra!" This much loved  to Saturday 24th
     • The Tom Jones Tribute Cabaret                      entertainer presents her mix of  Panoramas
                                                                                     Tony Leggett's all round views of
                                                          stories, jokes, poems and anecdotes.
     • Disco + extended bar licence                                                  intriguing interiors and exteriors
                                                          £12.50. Arts Centre
     Booking in advance. Call now.                                                   enhanced with digital technology -
                                                                                     see page 25
                                                          Theatre
     Toothill Village Centre, Swindon '(O 1793) 421 124
                                                          Wednesday 30 April to Saturday 3 Dance
                                                          May, 7.30pm
                                                          On Golden Pond presented by  Saturday 31st, 7.30pm
                                                          Phoenix Players. ErnestThompson's  The Russian Spectacular featuring
                                                                                     the Central Band of the White Russian
         1,i"Il'                                          play is a work of simplicity and beauty.  Army and dancers from the
                                                          £4.50. Arts Centre. Book on 525616
                                                                                     Belarussian National Folk Dance
                                                          Thursday 22nd to Sat 24th, 7.30pm
                                                          Twelve Angry Men. This classic TV  Academy. £11.50. Wyvern
                                                          play is brought to life by the Old Town  Venues
                                                          Theatre Company, with a
                                                          characteristic twist. £5. Arts Centre  The Arts Centre, Devizes Road.
                                                                                      Tel: 614837
                                                          Talks & tours               Cineworld, Greenbridge
                                                                                      Tel: 420710
                                                          Saturday 17th, 2.15pm       Lydiard House. Tel: 770401
                                                          Tour of the National Monuments
                                                          Record Centre. An introduction to  National Monuments Record
                                                          the work of the NMRC. Free. To book  Centre Kemble Drive. Tel: 414600
                                                          a place call 414797         STEAM - Museum of the
                                                                                      Great Western Railway
                                                          Friday 23rd, 7.30pm
                                                          Swindon's Canals, past, present  Kemble Drive. Tel: 466655
                                                          and future by Neil Dowson of the  The Science Museum
                                                          Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal Trust.  Wroughton
                                                          £4. Bath Road Museum        Wroughton Airfield. Tel: 814466
                                                                                      Swindon & Cricklade Railway
                                                                                      Tadpole Lane, Blunsdon.
                                                                                      Tel: 771615
                                                                                      Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                                      Bath Road. Tel: 466556
                                                                                      Town Hall Studios
                                                                                      Regent Circus. Tel: 463210
                                                                                      Westonbirt School
                                                                                      Tetbury. Glos. Tel: 01666 880333
                                                                                      The Wyvern Theatre
                                                                                      Theatre Square. Tel: 524481
                                                                                      Confirm date, time and price with
                                                                                      the venue
                                                          The North Wilts branch near Kingshill
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