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Music
Saturday 1st, 7.30pm & Sunday
2nd, 6pm
Oliver and More. An annual extrava-
ganza of popular musicals featuring
the Kentwood Men, special guest
Rachel Sparrow from the Kentwood
Show Choir as well as those Kentwood
Kids of the Kentwood Junior and Youth
Choirs. £9. Arts Centre Sunday 30th, 7pm
Monday 3rd, 7.30pm Raag and Taal. Two exceptional
That’ll Be The Day. Back by popular artists together bring an evening of
demand with a unique mixture of 50s exuberating Indian classical music.
to 80s rock ‘n’ roll mixed with great On santoor will be Kiranpal Singh
comedy. £19.50. Wyvern Deoora and on tabla Rohan Kapadia.
Tuesday 4th, 7.30pm £10. Arts Centre
The Drifters. A concert to celebrate
the group’s 55th anniversary and the Exhibitions
release of the fi rst offi cial new album
in 30 years. £15. Wyvern To December, 10am – 5pm
Thursday 6th, 7.30pm The Journey from Steam to Diesel.
Two Kinds of Magic. The music of Follow the story of four characters
Queen and ELO in a new show by whose lives were affected as steam
Magic. £16. Wyvern locomotives were replaced by diesel
on Britain’s railways. Normal admis-
Thursday 6th, 8pm sion prices. STEAM
Lau. The Best Group Winner, BBC
Folk Awards 2008 promises to deliver To February
a ferociously impressive live show.
£14. Arts Centre
Saturday 8th, 8pm
Blues Caravan. The 2008 line-up
includes local singer-guitarist Dani
Wilde, Virginian native Deborah Cole-
man and Canadian guitarist Sue Foley.
£12. Arts Centre
Friday 14th, 7.30pm
Central Band of the RAF. Musical Echoes. James Castle explores
history brought to life. All proceeds will connections between painting and
go to the RAF Association providing sculpture, through his own works and a
welfare and support to the entire RAF selection from the Swindon Collection
family. £14. Wyvern of Modern British Art. Free. Swindon
Saturday 15th, 8pm Museum & Art Gallery
Tango Tango. A show that trans- To Saturday 1st, 10am - 4pm
ports its audience into the world of Highworth Artists’ Society Exhibi-
Buenos Aires and the most intimate tion. Watercolours, pastels, oils and
and passionate of dances, the Tango, acrylics will be on display and for
presented by award winning musician sale. Highworth Council Community
and author Justin Pearson. £16.50. Room
Wyvern To Saturday 15th
Sunday 16th, 7.30pm Diwali Celebration by Sangita Ka-
Richard Digance. Richard is one of padia, Swindon based artist, poet,
Britain’s most unique entertainers per- linguist, dancer and tutor. The biggest
forming his songs, rhymes and stories Hindu festival spreads joy, enthusiasm
like nobody else. £17. Wyvern and unity through light, colour and
Monday 17th, 7.30pm food across the world. This exhibition
Beyond the Barricade at Christmas leads up to this year’s celebration.
featuring music from all the great Free. Arts Centre
shows and movies of the festive To Saturday 29th
season. £19.50. Wyvern Emily Drake. By using doodles and
Sunday 23rd, 7.30pm found imagery to trigger stories, Emily
Rockin’ On Heaven’s Door. Now in paints moments from the past ... as
its 10th year the show has received she remembers them. Wyvern
acclaim throughout the UK and Europe From Wednesday 5th
with spookily convincing portrayals to Thursday 27th
of musical giants such as Presley, Exhibition of work by the U3A Paint-
Orbison, Holly and Cochran. £18.50. ing Together and Pastels groups.
Wyvern Free. West Swindon Library
Sunday 30th, 5pm & 8pm From Tuesday 18th
Kentwood’s Christmas Cracker. Frank Quinton Retrospective.
Seasonal music, carols and entertain- Frank’s recent paintings make a
ment with the Kentwood Choir and return to a freer, looser dramatic line
special guests, the Aldbourne Band. refl ecting a style used in early works.
£11. Wyvern
Free. Arts Centre

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