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Music Musical
Saturday 7th, 7.30pm, gates 6.30pm Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th. Thur
80s Night at the Bowl. Dance the - Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm;
night away to your favourite songs. Sun 1pm & 5pm
Advance tickets: £13, concessions
£10, family £35 from Swindon Infor-
mation Centre or Arts Centre; on the
door: £15, concessions £12, family
£37. Swindon Bowl
Friday 13th, 7.30pm
Kentwood in Concert. An evening of
music for Wyvern Theatre Foundation. The Wizard of Oz presented by the
£6.50. Wyvern Summer Youth Project. The Wyvern
becomes the mystical Emerald City
Theatre complete with munchkins, Dorothy
and her friends as 250 young people
Friday 6th, 6.30pm perform and work behind the scenes to
put on an amazing stage show with all
the classic songs. £10 - £12. Wyvern

Children & Family
Throughout August, 10am to 5pm
Relic Trail. Take on five challenges,
to find objects, solve puzzles and
crack codes. Suit from 6 year old to
teenagers. Every participant gets a
free certificate. Normal admission
charges. STEAM
The Secret Garden. Entertaining Tuesday 3rd, 12noon to 3pm
open-air family theatre from Heart- Plant a Pot. Craft session for children.
break Productions. Bring a rug and Decorate a flower pot and plant it up
a picnic. £12; junior £7; family £33; with seeds from the walled garden.
to book call 614837. Lydiard House Drop in activity. Children must be ac-
Friday 27th & Saturday 28th, 7.30pm companied by an adult. £3 per child.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream pre- Lydiard Park
sented by Shakespeare’s Globe. En- Saturdays 14th & 28th, 10am to 5pm
joy Shakespeare’s greatest comedy Meet the Railway Workers. Former
performed on an Elizabethan-inspired engine drivers, firemen and railway
stage on the lawn at Lydiard Park, by a workers bring the days of steam to life.
small troupe of travelling players. Bring Normal admission charges, STEAM
a rug and a picnic. £15; junior £10; Tuesday 24th to Tuesday 31st
to book call 614837. Lydiard House
Miniature Railway. Enjoy the thrill of
jumping aboard the ride-on miniature
railway. Normal admission charges.
Exhibitions STEAM
Throughout August, Tuesday to
Sunday 11 to 5pm and Bank Holi- Comedy
day Monday
A Victorian Childhood. Exhibition Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th,
for all the family about childhood in 7.30pm; & Sat 7th 2.30pm
the Victorian era. Normal admission Hi-de-Hi. An exciting new production
charges, children must accompanied based on the classic TV show starring
by an adult. Lydiard House Damian Williams and Abigail Finley.
Tuesday 3rd to Tuesday 31st, £16 - £18. Wyvern
Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm;
Saturdays 9am to 5pm Venues
Work by Nicola and Tina King.
Nicola paints large and colourful Arts Centre Devizes Road.
abstracts in acrylic and Tina makes Tel: 614837
decorated masks. Free. Framework Framework Art & Craft, Unit 35 BSS
Art & Craft House, Cheney Manor. Tel: 513069
Friday 6th to Saturday 14th, 10am Lydiard House, Lydiard Park
to 5pm (open Monday to Saturday) Tel: 770401
The 38th Annual Exhibition of Roves Farm Sevenhampton,
Wiltshire Artists. 50 exhibiting art- Nr Highworth. Tel: 763939
ists in a wide range of styles, media STEAM Kemble Drive. Tel: 466637
and subject matter. All works for Swindon Information Centre
sale. St. Peter’s Church, High Street, Regent Street. Tel: 530328/466454
Marlborough West Swindon Library Link Centre.
From Tuesday 17th, during library Tel: 465555
open times Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481
Artwork by Gloria Armstrong. See Confirm date, time & price with venue
page 21. West Swindon Library

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