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Music Saturday 24th,8pm
Thursday 1st, 7.30pm The New Seekers 40th Anniversary
Tour. Celebrating 40 years as one
The Searchers present a special solo of the UK’s most successful groups,
2009 concert which includes all their with old favourites and new songs.
classic hits. £17. Wyvern £15. Arts Centre
Saturday 3rd, 7.30pm Sunday 25th, 7.30pm
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana pre- M u g e n k y o
sented by Swindon Choral Society Taiko Drum-
with guests The Cotswold Children’s mers. Thun-
Choir. The exciting programme in- dering rhythms
cludes David Fanshawe’s Dona Nobis on huge taiko
Pacem. £10; under 18s free, tickets drums interwo-
from Swindon Information Centre. St ven with deli-
Joseph’s College SN3 3LR cate bamboo
Saturday 3rd, 7.30pm flute in a spell-
Swindon Male Voice Choir are joined binding dis-
by Thamesdown Ladies Choir, Ten in a play of precise
Bar, JTP Trust Youth Choir and soloists choreography
of the Aldbourne Band for their 90th and sheer ath-
anniversary show. £10. Wyvern leticism. £16.
Saturday 3rd, 8pm Wyvern
Bob Bowles Band. Stuart Rowe and Thursday 29th, 8pm
Charlie Rowe join Bob Bowles to play The Animals, featuring John Steel
rock and blues favourites and his own and Mick Gallagher from the original
songs. £10. Arts Centre band, with John E Williamson and
Sunday 4th, 7.30pm Peter Barton. £17.50. Arts Centre
Motown on Tour. A celebration of Saturday 31st, 7.30pm
50 years of Motown with original Cats and Other Tales presented by
Drifters member Roy G Hemmings. Those Kentwood Kids. Another ex-
£21. Wyvern citing trip through popular musicals.
Monday 5th, 8pm Also Sunday 1 November, 6pm. £9.
Classic Legends of Rock featuring Arts Centre
The Groundhogs, Wishbone Ash and
Focus. £22.50. Wyvern Theatre
Friday 9th, 7pm; dining at 7.30pm
Ukebox Jury. Swindon’s premier Friday 2nd, 8pm
ukulele club play while you sample Is that a Bolt in your Neck? present-
the delights of the Wyvern Circle Res- ed by Gonzo Moose. Three fearless
taurant. All proceeds to the Wyvern and daring actors play over 20 roles in
Foundation. £22. Wyvern a gripping and fast-paced comedy with
Sunday 11th, 7.30pm horrific experiments, mind-boggling
love and a sensational death-defying
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers. finale. £10. Arts Centre
A special show that is guaranteed
to have everyone singing along and Tuesday 13th, 7pm
dancing in the aisles. £16. Wyvern Shakespeare Schools Festival.
Wednesday 14th, 1.05pm Four local schools stage half hour
plays supported by the UK’s largest
Lunchtime Recital: Gwendolen Mar- Youth Drama Festival which works in
tin, soprano and Paul Turner, piano. partnership with the National Theatre
Programme includes songs by Purcell, and National Youth Theatre. £7.50;
Schumann, Ravel, Faure and Bernst- students £5.50. Arts Centre
ien. £5, buffet £3.50. Wyvern
Friday 16th, 8pm Venues
Ralph McTell. Ralph’s astute ob-
servation and wry take on life shine Arts Centre Devizes Road.
Tel: 614837
through his songs and anecdotes.
£17. Arts Centre Framework Art & Craft, Unit 35 BSS
House, Cheney Manor. Tel: 513069
Sunday 18th, 7.30pm Lydiard House, Lydiard Park
The Sensational Sixties Experience Tel: 770401
with The Tremeloes, The Marmalade Roves Farm Sevenhampton,
and The Dreamers. Three of the most Nr Highworth. Tel: 763939
popular bands of the 60s together STEAM Museum of the Great
for the first time in 20 years. £22. Western Railway. Kemble Drive.
Wyvern Tel: 466646
Thursday 22nd, 8pm Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Matt Schofield Band. Matt is one of Blunsdon Station. Tel: 771615
the most celebrated blues guitarists. Swindon Dance Regent Circus.
£12. Arts Centre Tel: 601700
Swindon Information Centre
Friday 23rd, 8pm Regent Street. Tel: 530328
Beverley Craven. Beverley is back Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
on the road supporting her forthcom- Bath Road. Tel: 466556
ing CD ‘Close to Home’, backed by Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481
an array of multitalented musicians. Confirm date, time and price
£17.50. Arts Centre with the venue

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