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Music Talks & Activities
Sunday 1st, 7.30pm Monday 2nd, 7pm - 9.30pm
Stars From The Commitments. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.
Direct from Dublin, Dick Massey Enjoy some Fairtrade drinks and
(drums and percussion) and Kenneth food, followed by the screening of
McCluskey (guitar) present music from the award winning Black Gold - a
their BAFTA winning 1991 film, the film about coffee and trade. Free, but
Commitments. £19. Wyvern donations welcome. Toothill Church,
Thursday 5th, 7.30pm Dunwich Drive
Pop Goes the 80s. Non-stop hits from Tuesday 3rd, 7.30pm
the 80s stars. £17.50. Wyvern Simon Yates: Beyond The Void.
Saturday 7th, 8pm Simon takes you to some of the high-
Martin Harley Band. Martin Harley est and most treacherous peaks in the
is a mesmerizing singer/songwriter world, giving a real insight into the
whose original sound draws on influ- mountain environment and extreme
ence from old time blues and folk to mental and physical challenge of
world music. £12. Arts Centre climbing. £14. Wyvern
Tuesday 10th to Sat 14th, 7.30pm Wednesday 4th, 7.30pm
The Sorcerer. Musical performed by An Evening With Blowers. BBC
Swindon Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Test Match Special commentator
£13. Wyvern Henry Blofield, undoubtedly the
‘voice of cricket’, talks about his life.
Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th,
7.30pm; Sat 14th, 2pm & 7.30pm £16. Wyvern
The Magic of Ten in a Bar. An evening Tuesday 17th, drop in between
of spells, sorcery and enchantment. 10am and 4pm
£8.50 - £9.50, under 14s free on Sat Creating Texture in Acrylics one day
matinee. Arts Centre workshop. Free and no need to book.
Framework Art & Craft, Cheney Manor
Sunday 15th,7.30pm
Charlie Landsborough. Charlie and Industrial Estate
his five -piece band’s music ranges
from inspirational to comedy, from Film
ballad to anthem. £17.50. Wyvern
Wednesday 4th, 7.45pm
Sunday 15th, 8pm I Served the King of England (15)
Moya Brennan - The Voice of Clan- The darkly comic reflections of an age-
nad. Moya’s voice has taken the Irish ing anti-hero, and the small but maybe
language and traditional music to not insignificant part he played in
centre stage all over the world. £17.50. Czechoslovakia’s history. Czech with
Arts Centre English subtitles. SFS. Arts Centre
Tuesday 17th, 8pm Wednesday 18th, 7.45pm
Gilad Atzmon with Strings featuring The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (12A)
the Orient House Ensemble. This The editor of French Elle magazine
performance includes adaptations of was left paralysed by a stroke. In this
tunes from Charlie Parker’s original moving, complex unsentimental film
1950’s Verve recordings. £12.50. he tells his story. French with English
Arts Centre subtitles. SFS. Arts Centre
Wednesday 18th, 7.30pm Swindon Film Society (SFS) films are
Hot Flush! Outrageous new musical for members only. It is possible to join
for the perfect girls’ night out, star- at any film showing
ring Lesley Joseph and Sam Keane.
£17.50. Wyvern
Thursday 19th to Saturday 28th Venues
(excluding Sun 22nd) Arts Centre Devizes Road.
Swindon Music Festival. See www. Tel: 614837
swindonmusicfestival.co.uk Eastbrook Farm Bishopstone.
Monday 23rd to Saturday 28th. Tel: 721659
Mon - Thurs, 7.30pm; Fri and Sat Framework Art & Craft, Unit 35, BSS
8pm; Sat 5pm House, Cheney Manor. Tel: 513069
Buddy. The Buddy Holly Story with a Link Centre Westlea. Tel: 445566
multi-talented cast. Wyvern Lydiard House. Tel: 770401
Wednesday 25th, 1.05pm Roves Farm Sevenhampton,
Lunchtime Recital. Graeme Adams Nr Highworth. Tel: 763939
(oboe) and Clare Toomer (piano)) STEAM Museum of the Great
with works by Richardson, Vaughan Western Railway. Kemble Drive.
Williams, Saint Saens, Grovlez and Tel: 466646
Kalliwoda. £5, buffet £3.50, Wyvern Swindon Dance Regent Circus.
Tel: 601700
Saturday 28th, 8pm Swindon Information Centre
Swindon Choral Concert. Bach’s Regent Street. Tel: 530328
Magnificat in D and Handel’s Dixit Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Dominus will be sung by Swindon Cho- Bath Road. Tel: 466556
ral Society. £10, under18s free Tickets Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481
from Swindon Tourist Information and Confirm date, time and price
Brian Taylor Music Wootton Bassett. with the venue
Holyrood Church, Groundwell Rd.

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