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Swindon Wide What’s On in September 23

Youth event Theatre
Saturday 12th, 1pm - 10pm Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th,
Youth Festival 2009. Live bands,DJs, 7.30pm
health information, art zone, dance The Ragged Trousered Philanthro-
workshops, inflatables and refresh- pist presented by Old Town Theatre
ments. Free. Town Gardens, Old Company. Based on Robert Tressell’s
Town classic novel of working class life
in small town Edwardian England, By Sue
a group of painters and decorators
Dance struggle for survival in the face of an ◆ Your local family hairdresser
Saturday 19th, 7.30pm indifferent employer and his ruthless ◆ 25% discount for Seniors
This Is What I Call Dancing pre- foreman. The play is full of humour,
sented by Bobbi’s Academy of Dance. compassion and, finally, hope. Call now for an appointment
£9. Wyvern £7.50/£5 concessions. Arts Centre on 01793 871120
Monday 14th, 7.30pm or 07967 363322
Children & Family The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Home visits available
Friday 11th, 1.30pm & 4.30pm, Set in the mountains of Connemara,
County Galway this multi-award
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th, winning play tells the darkly comic
10.30am & 1.30pm tale of Maureen Folan, a plain lonely
The Gruffalo. Join Mouse as she woman in her early forties and Mag,
sets out into the woods on a hunt for her manipulative ageing mother. Suit
hazelnuts and meets a wheeler-dealer ages 14 and over. £14. Wyvern
Fox, an eccentric old Owl, a maraca-
shaking, party-mad Snake and, of Saturday 19th, 7pm
course, the Gruffalo. Suit ages three Murder Mystery Evening. Enjoy a
and over. £12. Wyvern sumptuous three-course meal as you
solve the mystery unfolding before
Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th,10am you. £34. Wyvern
to 5pm
Wartime Weekend. Display of military Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th,
vehicles, re-enactments, train rides, 7.30pm
refreshments. Adult £7, senior/child Phoenix Players present a double
£4, family £20. Swindon & Cricklade bill: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
Railway and Once and for All by Enid Coles.
Tickets, £6 from 812920, 2pm to 8pm
Saturdays 12th & 26th, 10am to 4pm daily. Arts Centre
Meet the Railway Workers. Former
engine drivers, firemen and railway
workers bring the days of steam to life.
Normal admission charges, STEAM Exhibitions
Sunday 13th, 10am to 4pm Until Saturday 5th
Emergency Services Show. Arena Views of Rome - Drawings by Tim
displays, large selection of new and Carroll. Arts Centre
old emergency vehicles, safety ad- Until Saturday 5th
vice, recruitment, fair rides. Adults £5, country, such as David Leach, Hans 3G
Necessary Pots: Studio Pottery in
children under 16 £2.50, under 3 free. the South West. Ceramics by art-
Hullavington Airfield, Chippenham. ists with strong links with the west
Proceeds to charity Woodland Games Festival
Saturday 19th, 11am & 2.30pm Coper, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie
and Michael Cardew. Free. Swindon Saturday 5th September 2009
Museum & Art Gallery Shaw Forest Park, Mead Way, West Swindon
From Sunday 6th
Photographic & art exhibition by 10am – 5pm
Lynette Thomas & Jamie Bullock in
aid of Shelter. See advert above. The
Beehive, Prospect Hill
Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th
Open Studios Weekend. Artists living
or working within a 10 mile radius of
Swindon will exhibit from their home
or studio. Free. For venue details see
Giraffes Can’t Dance. Based on the www.swindonopenstudios.org.uk
best-selling children’s book and told Until Sunday 1 November
with bewitching music, breathtak- Hands-on, Hard Work! Rare plans,
ing imagery and beautifully carved documents and photographs tell the
puppets. Suit 4 to 7 year olds. £7. story of Lydiard House’s staff, servants
Arts Centre and estate workers. Normal admission
Saturday 19th September to Sun- applies. Lydiard House
day 4th October Until January 2010 Free family event
Hedgerow Harvest. Have you tasted Presentation of Self. Portraits which
fresh blackberries? Have you seen conceal and reveal the nature of artists J52496
hazelnuts or sloes growing? Take and their subjects, including works by
a tractor ride and see what’s in the Lucian Freud, Gilbert and George and
hedgerows. Roves Farm. See the Steven Pippin. Free. Swindon Museum Forestry Commission
England
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