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                                                                   Music                       Exhibitions
                                                                   Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th  Friday 31 July to Friday 7 August,
                                                                   Swindon Shuffle ‘09. 60 bands, 11  10am to 6pm
                                                                   stages. www.swindonshuffle.co.uk  Hab Housing plans of the Triangle
                                                                                               development  in  Rodbourne.  Oxford
                                                                                Unfortunate Hero
                                                                                   at the Shuffle  Brookes campus, Ferndale Road
                                                                                               Until  Saturday  15th,  Wednesday
                                                                                               to Friday 11am to 4pm, Saturday
                                                                                               11am to 5pm
                                                                                               Mask.  Concealment,  facade,  pro-
                                                                                               tection,  decoration,  magic,  theatre,
                                                                                               fantasy, pretence, revelation character.
                                                                                               The  Post  Modern  Gallery,  Theatre
                                                                   Saturday 8th, doors 6pm, on stage   Square
                                                                   from 8pm                    Saturday 1st to Saturday 15th
                                                                   KingPleasure & The Biscuit Boys.   Swindon  Photographic  Society
                                                                   Rough, tough and always rocking, the   Exhibition. West Swindon Library
                                                                   most authentic rhythm and blues band.
                                                                   Advance tickets from Arts Centre or   Throughout August
                                                                   Swindon Information Centre: adults   Views of Rome - Drawings by Tim
                                                                   £12, family £30, children £5; on the   Carroll. Free. Arts Centre
                                                                   door: adults £14, family £32, children  Until  5 September
                                                                   £5. Old Town Bowl           Necessary  Pots.  Ceramics  by  art-
                                                                   Saturday 15th               ists  with  strong  links  with  the  west
                                                                   Pigstock. Local bands Breeze, Boy   country, such as David Leach, Hans
                                                                   Done Good and Cheese House Band.   Coper,  Katharine  Pleydell-Bouverie
                                                                   Hog roast and barbecue. £5 entry. The   and Michael Cardew. Free. Swindon
                                                                   Royal Oak, Bishopstone. For details   Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                   call 790481                 Until Sunday 1 November
                                                                   Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd  Hands-on, Hard Work! Rare plans,
                                                                   Festival on the Farm. Three days,   documents and photographs tell the
                                                                   two nights, 20 bands. Buy tickets at   story of Lydiard House’s staff, servants
                                                                   www.festivalonthe farm.co.uk. Purton   and estate workers. Normal admission
                                                                   House, tel: 772999          applies. Lydiard House
                                                                   Thursday  27th  &  Friday  28th,   Until January 2010
                                                                   7.30pm; Saturday 29th, 2.30pm &   Presentation of Self. Portraits which
                                                                   7.30pm; Sunday 30th, 1pm & 5pm  conceal and reveal the nature of artists
                                                                   Boogie  Nights.  Wyvern  Summer   and their subjects, including works by
                                                                   Youth Project. See the advert on page   Lucian Freud, Gilbert and George and
                                                                   21. £10 - £12. Wyvern       Steven Pippin. Free. Swindon Museum
                                                                                               & Art Gallery

                                                                   Dance
                                                                   Monday 3rd to Friday 7th    Film
                                                                   It’s a Family Affair. A fun-filled week   Friday 14th to Sunday 16th
                                                                   of dance activity for 4 to 11 year olds   PhantasmaGoria  Film  Festival  A
                                                                   that mums, dads and older siblings   weekend of the best in modern horror,
                                                                   can join in too.            fantasy, sci-fi and action films by the
                                                                     Think Disco. Lindy Hop mixed with   world’s  top  talent.  Individual  tickets
                                                                   dance from the silver screen. Skedad-  and whole festival passes available
                                                                   dle Dance lead three days of dance   from Arts Centre
                                                                   through the decades from the 30s, 40s
                                                                   & 70s for 8 to 11 year olds.  Venues
                                                                     Morris Mayhem On Thursday 6th    Arts Centre Devizes Road.
                                                                   learn to jig, caper and hornpipe with   Tel: 614837
                                                                   a twist of funky street/morris fusion.   Lydiard House, Lydiard Park
                                                                   For  boys  aged  8+  with  their  dads,   Tel: 770401
                                                                   older  brothers  or  other  male  family   Roves Farm Sevenhampton,
                                                                   member.                     Nr Highworth.  Tel: 763939
                                                                     Creative dance and storytelling   STEAM Museum of the Great
                                                                   morning on Friday 7th for 4 to 7 year   Western Railway. Kemble Drive.
                                                                   olds accompanied by an adult.  Tel: 466646
                                                                     A  fun  sharing  of  dance  from   Swindon & Cricklade Railway
                                                                   throughout the week on Friday 7th,   Blunsdon Station. Tel: 771615
                                                                   2pm.  All events take place at Swindon   Swindon Dance Regent Circus.
                                                                   Dance. Call 601700 for details   Tel: 601700
                                                                   Saturday 29th, 3pm to 10.30pm  Swindon Information Centre
                                                                   Swindon Invincible 2009. The ulti-  Regent Street. Tel: 530328
                                                                   mate dance festival with internation-  Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                   ally  known  acts  supported  by  local   Bath Road. Tel: 466556
                                                                   talents in the Battle in the Bowl 2. In   West Swindon Library Link Centre,
                                                                   association  with  Swin  City  Comics   West Swindon. Tel: 465555
                                                                   and Frequency               Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481
                                                                   Line up and ticket details: www.swin-  Confirm date, time and price
                                                                   doninvincible.co.uk.        with the venue




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