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Swindon Wide What’s On in April 27

Children & Family Theatre
Saturdays 11th & 25th Wednesday to Saturday 4th, 7.30pm
Meet the Railway Workers. Former Tomb with a View, a comedy by
engine drivers, firemen and railwork- Norman Robins, presented by The
ers bring the days of steam to life. Western Players. Set in a sinister old
Normal admission charges. STEAM library presided over by a portrait of
Saturday 4th, from 9am a grim faced, mad-eyed old man the
Summer Youth Project auditions. play finishes more corpses than live
250 enthusiastic and talented young members of the cast. All is revealed
people aged 9 to 21 required as as the plot twists and turns to its sur-
singers, dancers and technicians. For prising conclusion. £6. To book call
details: wyverntheatre.org.uk/syp 433297. Arts Centre
Saturday 4th to Sunday 19th Wednesday 15th to Sat 18th, 7.30pm
Easter Bunny Hunt - catch him if you
can! Newborn babies around every
corner and ‘springtastic’ crafts to be
made including fluffy chicks, flowers
and bunny masks. Roves Farm. See
the advert on page 24
Saturday 4th to Sunday 19th (except
Mondays) Murder with Love. Deceit, suspicion
Easter Special. Fun quiz trail. Normal and blackmail are woven into this fast-
admission charges. Lydiard House paced thriller. Packed full of blind alleys
Tuesdays 7th & 14th, 1pm - 4pm and red herrings, the master craftsman
Super Craft Tuesdays. Drop-in craft of the genre, Francis Durbridge, keeps
sessions £2 per child. Lydiard House audiences guessing until the end. Star-
Sunday 12th, 12noon - 3.30pm ring Leslie Grantham, above, Stephen
Great Lydiard Easter Sunday Trail. Becket, Neil Stacy and Marcus Hutton.
Hunt clues hidden in the park and £18 - £22. Wyvern
pick up a chocolate treat. £1 per child. Wednesday 22nd to Sat 25th, 7.30pm
Lydiard House The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Tuesday 14th, 3pm presented by The Phoenix Players.
The Three Musketeers. Faultless Nearly everyone had a motive and
and Torrance have reinvented the opportunity to murder Cristow, but
classic tale featuring not just the who actually committed the deed has
three musketeers but D’Artagnan, to discovered by Inspector Colquhoun
the villainess Milady de Winter and and Sergeant Penny. £6, for tickets call
the dastardy Cardinal Richelieu. All 814538. Arts Centre
the duels, intrigue and adventure you Friday 24th & Saturday 25th, 7pm
could wish for. Suit age 8 and over. Murder Mystery Evening. Enjoy a
£10; family £25. Arts Centre sumptuous 3 course meal as you solve
Wednesday 15th, 10am to 4pm the mystery unfolding before you.
Basic Jewellery Making day. Call in Watch the scenes, interrogate sus-
and have a go. No charge. Framework pects and search for the hidden clues.
Art & Craft £36. Circle Restaurant, Wyvern
Saturday 25th, 3.30pm & 7.30pm & Wednesday 29th, 8pm
Sunday 26th, 1pm My Grandfather’s Great War. This
The Forgotten Odyssey. In a contem- new solo drama interweaves the First
porary version of a classic tale, this World War diaries of Captain Alexan-
epic play is the first co-production of der Stewart with the contemporary
the three leading youth theatres of the perspective of his grandson, the actor
South West: Swindon Youth Theatre, Cameron Stewart. £10. Arts Centre
Stage ‘65 Youth Theatre (Salisbury
Playhouse) and Cheltenham Every- Exhibitions
man Youth Theatre. £7.50. Wyvern
Until Saturday 25th, Mon to Fri:
9am to 5.30pm; Sat: 9am to 5pm;
Film Good Friday 10am to 4pm; closed
Wednesday 8th, 7.45pm Easter Monday)
The Edge of Heaven (15) Lydiard Millicent Art Society exhibi-
A compelling drama, crossing many tion of a wide range of work in various
boundaries, as a young German of styles and mediums. Framework Art
Turkish descent travels to the old & Craft
country to resolve family problems. Until Saturday 25th
SFS. Arts Centre The Last Goodbye. The story of unac-
Wednesday 15th, 7.45pm companied children who came to Brit-
The Band’s Visit (12A) ain on the kindertransport, highlighting
The quietly comic misadventures of issues relating to prejudice, racism
an Egyptian police band who end and indifference. Arts Centre
up in the wrong place in Israel. SFS. Saturday 18th to Saturday 25th
Arts Centre (except Sunday), 10am - 4pm
Swindon Film Society (SFS) films are Highworth Artists Society Spring
for members only. It is possible to join Exhibition. Highworth Council Offices
at any film showing Community Room

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