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                                            Swindon Wide What’s On in April

                   BLAYLOCKS                                             Exhibitions                Film
                                                                         To Saturday 21st           Wednesday 4th, 7.45pm
                     SWINDON'S FAMILY                                                               The Wind That Shakes The Barley
                         SHOE SHOP                                                                  (15)  Serious, thought-provoking,
                            Est. 1920                                                               controversial drama tells of two
                   Black, blue, red                                                                 brothers who fight side by side in the
                   or beige nubuck.
                   Tan or pink                                                                      Irish war of independence but end
                   leather.                                                                         up on opposite sides during the
                   Sizes 36 - 43                                                                    subsequent civil war.  SFS. Arts
                   £30                                                                              Centre
                                   Black, tan,
                                   red or beige                                                     Wedneday 11th, 7pm
                                   leather.                                                         Twin Falls Idaho (15)  Big Film
                                   Sizes 36 - 43                                                    Experience screening followed by
                                   £40                                   Turning Point. Frank Quinton looks  talk and meal. The world of conjoined
                                                                         forward through light filled studies
                        Tel: 534271                                      from back stage at the theatre,  twins, Francis and Blake Falls is
                                                                         through to street scenes and tin  turned upside down by the arrival of
                    Bath Road Corner, Old Town                                                      the beautiful and perceptive Penny.
                                                                         mines. Free. Arts Centre
                                             www.handymanathome.co.uk                               £9. Arts Centre
                                                                         Friday 3rd to Friday 20th
                                                                         Portraits & Still Life. Photographs  Wednesday 18th, 7.45pm
                                 Purton House            Reduce your     taken on film and personally printed  Familia Rodante (15)  A wedding
                                                                                                    invitation inspires a grandmother to
                                 Church End            carbon footprint.  by Swindon College HNC student  cram four generations of her family
                                                                         Karen Roswell from Westlea. Free.
                                 Purton, Swindon       Buy healthy food  West Swindon Library       into an ancient motorcaravan and
                                 Tel: 01793 772287      grown locally    Saturday 4th to Saturday 10th,  embark on a 100km roadtrip to the
                                                                         10am to 5pm. Closed Sunday  place of her birth. Spanish with
                          VEGETABLES • FRUIT • MEAT • EGGS               Highworth Artists’ Society Spring  subtitles. SFS. Arts Centre
                                                                         Exhibition.  Watercolours, pastels  Friday 27th, 7.45pm
                        Real food from a farm near you                   and oils.  Free. Highworth Council  Mad Hot Ballroom (U) An engaging
                                                                         Offices                    and engrossing documentary about
                            Call for details about our                   To 1st September           all sorts of 11-year old New Yorkers
                                                                                                    who share the will to win a city wide
                               Organic Box Scheme                        Artist and Model. Artists’ portrayal  ballroom dancing competition. SFS.
                                                                         of themselves and others, contrasting  St Michael’s Hall, Highworth
                        Deliveries & drop off points in Swindon, Cirencester,  photography and painting in works
                      Wootton Bassett, Broad Hinton, Marlborough, Wroughton  by Steven Pippin, John Bellany and  Swindon Film Society (SFS) films
                                                                                                    are for members only. It is possible
                                   www.purton-house.co.uk                William Roberts.  Free. Swindon
                                                                         Museum and Art Gallery     to join on any film evening.
                                                                         To 29th December
                                                                         Treasure. What makes a treasure?  Comedy
                                                                         Precious metals, age, rarity? Or all
                                                                         three? Find out more in this exhibition  Friday 13th, 8pm
                                                                         of archaeological treasure from the  Punt & Dennis: stars who first found
                                                                         Swindon area.  Free. Swindon  fame in sketch show  The Mary
                                                                         Museum & Art Gallery       Whitehouse Experience. Hugh
                                                                                                    regularly appears on the panel of
                                                                                                    Mock the Week and Steve is principal
                                                                          Venues                    writer for the show. £14. Arts Centre
                                                                                                    Saturday 21st, 8pm
                                                                          Arts Centre Devizes Road.
                                                                          Tel: 614837
                                                                          Friends Meeting House
                                                                          Eascott Hill, Swindon
                                                                          Blunsdon House Hotel Blunsdon
                                                                          Tel: 721701
                                                                          Lower Shaw Farm Shaw
                                                                          Tel: 771080
                                                                          Lydiard House Tel: 770401
                                                                          New College New College Drive,
                                                                          Park North
                                                                          Oasis Leisure Centre North Star
                                                                          Tel: 465401
                                                                          STEAM Museum
                                                                                                    Laurence and Gust: Next in Line.
                                                                          Churchward. Tel: 466646
                                                                                                    Sketches about ambition, frustration
                                                                          Swindon Dance
                                                                          Regent Circus Tel: 601700  and dread featuring characters trying
                                                                                                    to find their way out of the anterooms
                                                                          Swindon Information Centre
                                                                          Regent Stret. Tel: 466454  of life. £8.50. Arts Centre
                                                                          Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                          Bath Road. Tel: 466556            Swindon IVC
                                                                          University of Bath in Swindon  Singles & couples aged 25 - 55
                                                                          Oakfield Campus, Marlow Avenue.  Non profit making monthly events:
                                                                          Tel: 328800                  social events, outings, talks,
                                                                          Westonbirt Arboretum.          evenings and weekends
                                                                          Near Tetbury. Tel: 01666 880220  Call Bill Westcott
                                                                          Confirm date, time and price      01380 725030
                                                                          with the venue                   or 07799 810616
                                                       www.farmedfair.co.uk


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