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                          Old Bell                                 Dance                       Exhibitions
                                                                                               Thursday 1st to Saturday 31st
                                                                   Thursday 8th to
                                                                                               Bookish  Design  -  the  Beauty  of
                                                                   Saturday 10th
                       Pottery & Crafts                            The Big Mission             Book  Covers.  Classic  literature
                                                                                               and groundbreaking graphic design
                                                                   Festival  08  cel-
                                                                   ebrating  Black             made into posters and prints. Free,
                High Street, Lechlade  •  Tel: 01367 252608        Dance.  Cutting             Arts Centre
                        E-mail: [email protected]       edge  perform-              Thursday  1st  to  Saturday  10th,
                                                                   ances,  master              10am - 5pm
                            www. oldbellpottery.com                classes,  classic           On Assignment. Exhibition by stu-
                                                                   and street dance            dents from New College’s photogra-
                                              SPECIALISTS IN       from international          phy foundation degree course includ-
                                                                   artists.  Informa-
                                                                                               ing pictures of council employees at
                                              DOLLS HOUSE          tion  and  tickets          work in a variety of unusual settings.
                                                                   from the Wyvern
                                                                                               Free. Arts Centre
                                                                     www.stateofemergencyltd.com  Thursday 1st to Saturday 28th June
                                               MINIATURES                                      Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm
                                                                   Comedy
                                               Traditional games                               Queen’s  Park  Family  Scrapbook.
                                                   and toys.       Friday 2nd, 8pm             Views and memories of Queen’s Park
                                                                   X-Files  Improv.  Computer  geek
                                                                                               over the last fi fty years. Free. Swindon
                                                Local craft items  improvises a new X-Files episode at   Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                   each performance based on audience   Thursday 1st to Saturday 30th Au-
                                                                   suggestions with comic results. £10.   gust, Mon to Sat 10am - 4pm
                   FOR GREAT GIFT IDEAS                            Arts Centre                 Resonant Forms Exploring the dy-
                                                                   Saturday 17th, 8pm          namic  relationship  between  artists’
                  Knitting & Haberdashery                          Lucy Porter’s Love-in.  Lucy looks at   ideas  and  the  ways  they  structure
                  Sewing needs: X-stitch ~ Tapestry ~ Rowan        every aspect of that crazy thing called   their  work.  Free.  Swindon  Museum
                  ~ Jaeger ~ Patons ~ Yarns and Patterns           love. £12 - £14. Arts Centre  & Art Gallery
                  Mail order service available.                    Monday 5th, 8pm             Thursday 1st to Saturday 3rd
                                                                   Paul  Merton’s  Impro  Chums. Top   In God’s Own Country. Photographs
                          In the stable and garden                 comedians  take  audience  sugges-  from the West Bank by Swindon based
                  A great selection of local pottery. China seconds from                     tions and create cascades of fantastic   photojournalist  Jason  Moore.  The
                                                                   tumbling  laughter.  £16.50  -  £18.50.
             Stoke-on-Trent. Pots, planters & ornaments from around the world  Wyvern          Beehive Pub. Tel: 523187
                   Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm • Sun 11am to 5pm        Tuesday 27th, 7.30pm
                                                                   An  Evening  with  Gervase  Phinn.   Film
                                                                   Hilarious  tales  of  life  as  a  schools’   Tuesday 12th,11am, 2pm & 7.30pm
                                                                   inspector  in  the  Yorkshire  Dales.   No Country for Old Men (15) Vio-
                                                                   £15.50. Wyvern              lence erupts as Llewelyn Moss fi nds a
                                                                   Friday 30th, 8pm            pick-up truck carrying a load of heroin
                                                                   Jongleurs Comedy Club. Over two   and two million dollars. £5. Wyvern
                                                                   hours  of  laughter,  three  comedians   Monday 19th, 7.30pm
                                                                   and a compere. Suitable for over 18s   Juno  (12A)  Teenager  confronts  an
                                                                   only. £10. Wyvern           unplanned pregnancy. £5. Wyvern
                                                                                               Thursday 22nd, 1pm & 7.45pm
                                                                                               Before  Midnight.  An  exceptional
                                                                   Theatre                     collection of documentaries of India
                                                                   Friday  16th  and  Saturday  17th   before partition. £4. Arts Centre.
                                                                   7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm  Sunday 1st June,10am & 2pm
                                                                   Music  Hall  Shadows  written  by   The  Bucket  List  (12A)  Terminal
                                                                   Jean Leo. Wroughton Amateur Dra-  illness brings a billionaire and work-
                                                                   matic Society present the fi rst junior   ing class mechanic together as they
                                                                   production for many years. £5 - £8.   decide  what  to  do  before  they  die.
                                                                   Ellendune  Community  Centre.  Tel:   £5. Wyvern
                                                                   813307/813847
                                                                   Tuesday 20th, 8pm            Venues
                                                                   Ashes to Ashes Story of two people
                                                                   caught in the prison camps of 1940   Arts Centre Devizes Road.
                                                                   with a moving exploration of the human   Tel: 614837
                                                                   spirit. £6 - £10. Arts Centre  Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw
                                                                   Thursday  29th  to  Saturday  31st,   Lane. Tel: 771080
                                                                   5.30pm                       Lydiard House Tel: 770401
                                                                   Talking  Heads  by  Alan  Bennett.   Swindon & Cricklade Railway
                                                                   Superb pieces epitomising Bennett’s   Tadpole Lane. Tel: 771615
                                                                   gripping stories and masterly style. Old   Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                   Town Theatre Company will be per-  Bath Road. Tel: 466556
                                                                   forming A Woman of No Importance,   Swindon Information Centre
                                                                   A Lady of Letters and Soldiering On.   Regent Street. Tel: 530328
                                                                   £5 - £7.50. Arts Centre      STEAM - Museum of the Great
                                                                   Saturday 31st, 7.30pm        Western Railway. Churchward.
                                                                   Beyond the Barricade. Recreating   Tel: 466646
                                                                   the songs, music and sound of the   Wyvern Theatre. Tel: 524481
                                                                   world’s most popular musicals. £19.   Confi rm date, time and price with
                                                                   Wyvern                       venue.




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