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WHAT’S ON
We want your Singers without experience MUSIC DANCE
welcome
APPLES Swindon Community Choir Friday 11th, 7.30pm Friday 18th, 7.30pm & Saturday
restarts on Monday 21 September, 19th, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
7.30pm to 9.30pm
Swap for Central Community Hall, Emlyn Square Regional Youth Ballet. A glitter-
ing display of ballet from a number
Cider £6 including refreshments. of classical pieces, with a cast of
Shaw Singers
or Cash Tuesday 22 September, 3pm to 4.30pm highly trained local dancers aged 8
begin again on
to 18. £12. Wyvern
Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane.
Surely it’s £4 including refreshments. OPERA
Both choirs are fun and friendly
better than leaving and suitable for everyone whatever Wednesday 16th, 7.30pm
them to rot? your experience of singing. The Manfreds. Paul Jones, the origi- La Traviata presented by Russian
For more information call 01793 875184 nal front man of Manfred Mann, is State Ballet and Opera House, sung
www.circlecider.com or visit: www.swindon.singtastic.co.uk joined by Mike Hugg on keyboards, in Italian with English surtitles. A
Tom McGuinness on lead guitar, Rob tragic and resonant tale of society
Townsend on drums, Marcus Cliffe and morality, La Traviata combines
on bass guitar and Simon Currie on compelling characters with power-
saxophone/ flute. £20.50. Wyvern ful melodies, making it one of the
Saturday 12th, 7.30pm most popular operas of all time. £30
Abbamania. Celebrating the 40th to £36. Wyvern
anniversary of ABBA. £20.50.
Wyvern EXHIBITION
Sunday 13th, 7.30pm
The Johnny Cash Roadshow. Until 7 November, Wednesday to
Fronted by award winning singer/ Saturday, 11am to 3pm
songwriter Clive John and featuring Entertaining Swindon. An exhibi-
Jill Schoonjans as June Carter, the tion of the performing arts in Swin-
show takes the audience from the don 1955 to 1985 with appearances
1950s up to 2002 and all the stops from Swindon Folksingers Club,
in between. £20. Wyvern Mollie Tanner and the Tanwood
Wednesday 16th, 7.30pm Dancers, Swindon’s Brass Heroes,
Bob Dylan & The History of Rock Theatre des Bicyclettes. Free. Swin-
‘N’ Roll. With wit and style, Michael don Museum and Art Gallery
Gray traces how rock ’n’ roll arrived Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th, Sat-
for the teenage Robert Zimmerman urday 12th & Sunday 13th
and follows his career through the Swindon Open Studios. See page
decades using great records and 27 for details
rare footage. £13. Arts Centre
Friday 18th, 7.30pm & Saturday TALK
19th, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Saturday 5th, 7.30pm
The Cast of Stage Struck. Music Simon Weston.
and dance, with a smattering of In one of the
comedy, for the whole family. £11. most horrific
Arts Centre moments of the
Sunday 20th, 7pm Falklands War
Jackson Live in Concert. All-live troop ship RFA
vocals, superb musicians and Sir Galahad was
dancers, fabulous costumes, and bombed by
of course all the signature dance Argentine planes.
moves associated with the undis- Aboard was Simon Weston. He
puted King of Pop. £20. Wyvern tells his story with no holds barred.
£16.50. Arts Centre
FILM
Wednesday 30th, 7.45pm Fundraising
Two Days, One Night (15). Sandra Quiz night in aid of Swindon Cares
has just been released from hospital Tuesday 8 September
to find that she no longer has a DeVere, Shaw Ridge.
job. According to management, the Event and ticket details at
only way she can hope to regain www.swindoncares.co.uk
her position at the factory is to
convince her co-workers to sacrifice Jumble Sale in aid of
their yearly bonuses. Sandra must Swindon Down’s Syndrome Group
confront each of them to win a ma- Saturday 19 September
jority of their votes. SFS. Arts Centre 10am until 12 noon
Clothes and shoes, bric-a-brac &
Swindon Film Society (SFS) films are books as well as home-made cakes
for members only. It is possible to St Barnabas Church Hall, Gorse Hill
join at any film showing
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