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Other DatesFamily Exemption Dog Show All proceeds to Swindon Animal Sanctuary. South Marston Recreation Field, 11am Saturday 2nd September, Family. Blunderbus Theatre Company in The Rainbow Fish. 2.30pm With live music and puppets. Follow the adventures of the most beautiful fish in the ocean as he makes a host of new friends! Age 3 to 6. Tickets: £5.00 (children £4.50), Family Ticket £16.00 (2 adults & 2 children), Party Bookings £3.50 each (10 or more) Music. Gordon Giltrap, 8.00pm Guitarist Gordon Giltrap's musical career includes two chart singles (remember Heartsong?), over 25 albums and numerous television credits, while recently he wrote several tunes for Cliff Richard's hit musical Heathcliff. Book early for this outstanding musician making a welcome return to The Arts Centre. Tickets: £7.00 (concessions £6.50), Party Bookings £ 6.00, Music Madness £5.50. Standby £4.00 Music ABBA Mania. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £14 Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Sunday 3rd September Music. The Squadronaires Orchestra - 1940s swing music. Wyvern Theatre, 8pm. £12.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Wednesday 6th September Children's Morning at Lower Shaw Farm, 10am - 12.30pm Visit and feed the black sheep, follow the nature trail, play in the barn, make and take home seasonal art, feed the hens and collect eggs. Mid morning snack provided, bring picnic lunch. Limited places, book on 771080 Farmers Markets in September Local producers will be selling their wares on Thursdays, 9am to 2pm, throughout the Autumn in Swindon town centre and Old Town. • Town Centre. Wharf Green, by the Big Top Market: 7th and 21st September. • Old Town. 14th (to be confirmed) and 28th September. Venue to be confirmed: Market Square, off High Street or Devizes Road car park. Shaw Hut consultation Swindon Council is holding a meeting for anybody who has views on what to do with the temporary social hall which had to be closed in April when it was condemned for safety reasons. Local councillors and council officers will discuss whether it should be patched up and brought back into use, or whether it should be removed. No capital is available for a permanent building to replace it. The meeting takes place at 8pm in Holy Trinity Church at Shaw village centre. Thursday 7th September Meeting for working women who find nurseries too expensive and inflexible. Swindon South MP Julia Drown will attend and listen to concerns. Swindon Town FC conference room, 7pm For details, call Marianne Crowly on 537121 or Natalie Strong on 700631. Isaac Guillory In Concert Eliot Arms, South Cerney, Gloucestershire Isaac Guillory is widely regarded as the best acoustic guitarist in Britain. As a highly experienced session musician he is respected for his versatility, and has recorded with a diverse variety of artists in virtually every major studio in Britain and Europe. Bringing his expertise to the stage as a solo performer, the Cuban-born American's unique style and technique defies categorization. Introduced to Britain by AL STEWART at the 1971 Cambridge Folk Festival, Isaac quickly gained recognition as a session guitarist and an acoustic, solo, singer/guitarist. After touring with ELKIE BROOKS he formed his own band and made an album with DONOVAN, he then began an association with BARBARA DICKSON as her solo support act, which eventually led him to become her guitarist and Musical Director. Recently he toured France with JOAN BAEZ. Doors open 7.30 from 07967 328134 or can be purchased from the bar at the Eliot Arms, South Cerney, Gloucestershire. Details from Ron Buck, Secretary, 12 FRETS GUITAR CLUB, SWINDON rgbuck@ntlworld.com Thursday 7th - Saturday 9th September 7.30pm Amateur Theatre The Strolling Players present Nunsense II - The Second Coming The eccentric sisters return with their special brand of song, dance and humour. A sinister kidnapping plot is uncovered with surprising and hilarious consequences..... Profits in aid of the Prospect Hospice. Tickets: £5.00 (concessions £4.00) Available from The Arts Centre or call (01793) 855473 Thursday 7 September Lecture at STEAM, Museum of the Great Western Railway, Churchward, Swindon Salute to the GWR by Amanda Huntley, with rare archive film footage. STEAM, 7.15pm. £3 Music A Carpenters Masquerade. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £9.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Music Stardust Show. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £9.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Friday 8th September MP to review residents concerns As promised at a public meeting held in February, North Swindon MP Michael Wills will return to Abbey Meads to review responses to the complaints made by residents during the last 6 months. Litter and dog mess, poor landscape maintenance and the irresponsible behaviour by some building contractors were all highlighted. One major outcome was the appointment of liaison officers by Swindon Council to respond to queries by residents on planning, highways and landscape issues. The meeting will be held on Friday 8 September, 7pm to 8.30pm at Abbey Meads Community School. All residents are welcome to attend to comment on what has taken place and raise other concerns about the development. Friday 8 and Saturday 9 September Up for a jail break? Swindon Round Table is looking for teams of two to four people to take part in a big escape. The aim is to get as far away as possible and return to Swindon within 36 hours. All funds raised will be donated to Scope, the national cerebral palsy charity. Call Mark Vevers on 564311 for details.
Saturday 9th September 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Arts Training. Drawing from the Model Successful life drawing is all about acquiring the nerve to draw BIG. Tutor Winnie Walters will show beginners and improvers how to catch the human form on paper, encouraging the use of pen, paint, print and other media. Please bring materials and drawing board. Tickets: £18.00 (concessions £16.00) Sunday 10 September Music The Meatloaf Story. Wyvern, 8pm, £12.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Community Picnic Organised by the Swindon Front Garden Action Group, 3pm - 5pm. Orange squash provided. Bring your own food Location 2, Westleaze, Mill Lane, near the new canal bridge. Limited car parking. Walk/cycle from Old Town, Kingshill, West Swindon or Rushey Platt. Support FRAG in their fight to preserve Swindon's Front Garden and turn it into a country park. Events during Local Democracy Week, 11th - 15th September • Designing and Democracy A 'public lecture' in the traditions of the Mechanics Institute which combines themes from Local Democracy Week and Urban Design Week. Monday 11th September, 7pm. Venue to be confirmed. Call 520592 for details. • Haydon Wick Parish Council will be open for a 'Drop-In & Question Time' with parish councillors on Tuesday 12th September, 7pm, at the council officers on Thames Avenue, next to the Haydon Centre. All residents of the parish are invited to stop by. • Stakeholders Conference organised by Swindon Borough Council on the theme of 'Local Leadership, Local Choice - Your Say.' Wednesday 13th September. By invitation. Details from 463601. • Swindon Youth Council is organising a youth forum at Swindon Town FC on Thursday 14th September on the theme: "Young People and Democracy. Speakers will include Swindon borough councillors, the police and the members of the Swindon 30 Year Vision team. All youth are invited. For details call Daniel Rose on 763361. Tuesday 12th September,8pm Drama. I Kissed Dash Riprock!!! She was a struggling Hollywood wannabe, who had met drop dead gorgeous men before, but never anyone like Dash Riprock..... Direct from the Edinburgh Festival, this solo performance is written and performed by American actress Cyndi Freeman. A sexy, hysterical, account of one starlet's travelogue with the stars. Tickets: £7.00 (concessions £6.50), Party Bookings £ 6.00. Theatre Treat £5.50. Standby £4.00. Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Environment meeting. The 21st Century Swindon Forum holds its AGM at 6.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, Eastcott Road, Swindon. All are invited to find out how the group works to improve the environment. Mike Thomas will speak on his work with the Future in our Hands organisation in India and Sierra Leone at 8pm. For details, call 784534. Wednesday 13th-Saturday 16th September, 9am- 5pm Amazing Sale at Loose Ends. Refreshments available. Stands from ANDREW MARTIN, MONKWELL, MUSEUM CLASSICS, NORTHCROFT & WARNER FABRICS. Loose Ends, Giles Green, Brinkworth, Chippenham, Wilts. SN15 5DQ. Tel./Fax: 01666 510685 Wednesday 13th September Film at the Arts Centre, 7.45pm The Swindon Film Society presents Afterlife. Japan (PG) (118 mins) A group of the recently dead arrive at a staging post in the afterlife and have to choose a single memory. Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu. Tel (01793) 720051 for details. Music The Best of Eagles by Talon. Wyvern, 8pm. £11.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Looking back to the swinging 60s. The Swindon Society holds the first monthly meeting of its year when David Bedford will be showing slides taken by photographer Ken Trenerry of Swindon in the 1960s and 1970s Meetings are held at Broad Green Centre, Salisbury Street, Swindon, at 7.30pm. Entry fee: 50p to members. Visitors pay £1. Membership for an individual is £9, (£5.00 conc) and £15 (joint). For details, contact the secretary, Noel Kitson on 872035. Thursday 14th September Music. The Phil Beer Band, 8.00pm Renowned for his acoustic music with Show of Hands, tonight Phil Beer plays electric music with his six piece band, in a unique blend of folk 'n roll. With Phil on guitar, fiddle, mandolin and vocals, and band members on melodeon, guitars, drums, harmonica and vocals, this promises to be a crazy mix of folk, rock, jazz, country - and a guaranteed good time! Tickets: £7.00 (concessions £6.50) Party Bookings £ 6.00 Music Madness £5.50. Standby £4.00. Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Comedy Ed Byrne. Wyvern, 8pm. £12. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Friday 15th September Music & Dance WRVS present So Much So Young. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £8. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Film. Mansfield Park (15) (113 mins) 7.45pm Mixing elements of the novel, Jane Austen herself, and modern moral concerns to produce a vivacious, even sexy heroine (Frances O'Connor), this smart and suggestive take on the novel is one of the most overtly erotic Austen adaptations to date. Also starring Jonny Lee Miller. Tickets: £3.50 (concessions £3.00). Film Fiesta £ 2.50 Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Cat aid music Swindon Cats Protection League hold an evening of music with award winning guitarist Trevor Howard on Friday 15 September, 7.30pm (doors open 6pm). All cat lovers are invited to buy tickets by calling 644536. Saturday 16th September Toothill Community Centre's Millennium Fun Day, Toothill Village Centre. Car boot sale 10am to 2pm. Bouncy castle, face painting, stalls from 2pm. Family games at 3pm. Bar-B-Q 4pm to 6pm Live music by Fa2ze, 8pm to 11pm For car boot, stall and ticket bookings, call 614492 Comedy. Jeff Green. 8.00pm Known for his razor-sharp observations and charm, this natural funnyman has made a series of specials for ITV, appearances on the Clive James Show, They Think it's All Over and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and achieved sell-out runs in London's West End and in Australia. Most recently he has appeared on Jo Brand's series for BBC1, Head On Comedy. "Catch Jeff's very funny show and I guarantee you will feel a whole lot better for it" - The Mirror Tickets: £8.50 (concessions £8.00) Party Bookings £ 7.50 Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Music Glenn Miller Orchestra. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £12.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th September National Heritage Weekend with Swindon's Community Heritage Free events throughout the weekend Activities for all the family: guided tours, children's trails, lacemaking and tapestry displays, crocodile doctor, Swindon's archaeology and much more! Lydiard House will be open free of charge, with a tapestry and lacemaking display. St Mary's Church next door will show off its unusual triptych and monuments to the St John family, as well as the repaired stained glass window. There will be free tours of the Roman villa site at Abbey Meads, Richard Jefferies Museum and Coate Water, and also a chance to identify Swindon's archaeology at the museum on Bath Road, Old Town. For details and a copy of the programme, tel: 01793 466558 Also open: 16/17 September Virtual open day at the Mechanics Institute between 11am to 4pm. Displays and a chance to meet the people trying to save it. Discover more about its past and comment on its future. Emlyn Square, Swindon. Cellular Operations HQ Guided tours around the town's newest hi-tech and controversial building. Pre-booking is required. Call Rachel Newman on 546176. Sunday 17th September Music Swindon Recital Series atSwindon Arts Centre. 8.00pm Schubert's Trout Quintet, Beethoven's Spring Sonata and the Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor from pianist Paul Turner and members of the Bochmann String Quartet . Tickets: £8.00 (concessions £6.00) To book call (01793) 612775 Monday 18th September Lecture at STEAM, Museum of the Great Western Railway, Churchward, Swindon Railways from 1940 - 1948 with Chris Youett. STEAM, 7.30pm. £2 Music It Takes Two a tribute to Rod Stewart and Tina Turner. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £10. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Annual General Meeting. The Haydon Wick Community Association at the Haydon Centre, Thames Avenue on Monday 18 September, 7.30pm. All residents of Haydon Wick parish invited to attend Tuesday 19th September Music. Sam Brown and the Mystic Oyster Band, 8.00pm Sam Brown made her big breakthrough in 1988 when her debut album Stop sold more than 2 million copies. She has worked with artists such as Elton John, Tina Turner, Gabrielle and Dodgy, and appears regularly with Jools Holland. Sam is currently preparing material for her fifth album, and touring Europe with her own four-piece band. Tickets: £12.50 (no concessions). Standby £8.00 Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Music Sixties Unlimited starring Union Gap, The Tornados, Ricky Valance and Cupids Inspiration. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £11. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Wednesday 20th September Swindon Get Active Day Whatever your age, just half an hour of physical activity a day will maintain and improve health, make you feel and look good, and help keep you mobile and independent. You reduce the risk of heart disease, reduce blood pressureand mild anxiety and improve self-esteem. The town's annual Get Active Day (GAD) takes place on 20 September and anyone can take part. Events already confirmed include: • a 15 minute work out at the Broome Manor Golf Complex with Julia Drown MP; • children at the new Catherine Wayte primary school will be doing a GAD dance and other schools have been approached; • fitness challenges for staff at New Zealand Milk at Blagrove For more information and to find out where group activities are being organised, call Fran Pound or Ian Baker on 539983. Musical. Macbeth. Wyvern, 10.30am & 1.30pm. £5.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Film. The Swindon Film Society presents Buena Vista Social Club. Germany (u) (104 mins). 7.45pm Wim Wenders' documentary about forgotten Cuban musicians discovered by Ry Cooder. The music is interspersed with interviews and anecdotes. At the Arts Centre. Tel (01793) 720051 for details. Thursday 21st September Comedy. Graham Norton Lively. Wyvern, 8pm. £ 15. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Theatre. Berkoff's Women. 8pm Having worked with Steven Berkoff for 20 years, Linda Marlowe has compiled and now performs some of the most rewarding moments of Berkoff's female roles. " ...a beautifully arranged compendium of rhetoric, disgust, sensuality and erotic vignettes. Linda Marlowe [is] one of our most powerful, uninhibited actresses and in this astonishing show, she is at the height of her powers" - Daily Mail Tickets: £9.00 (concessions £8.50) Party Bookings £ 8.00. Theatre Treat £7.50. Standby £5.00 plus Pre-Show Workshop 5.00pm. Berkoff's Masterclass An opportunity to explore the themes running through Berkoff's work, in a 90 minute workshop run by Sixth Sense Theatre Company. Tickets: £3.00 (Students £1.00) Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd September 7.30pm Amateur Music Sheila Harrod presents Those Kentwood Kids Kentwood's junior members parade their many talents. Tickets: £5.00 (no concessions) Sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Saturday 23rd September, 11am - 3pm Looking at Swindon... together The Sun has hailed the town for attracting Honda. New Statesman journalist Judy Jones slagged Swindon off and its leaders. What's your view? Here's a chance to talk about our town at a conference to discuss the town's past, present and future, from the 'bottom up.' Organised by the New Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust, the event is open to anybody living in Swindon who has views on its future and wants to express them in an independent forum. Architect George Ferguson, who was involved in a successful campaign to change the Cannons Marsh water front development in Bristol, will speak about how citizens can have an effective voice. Organisers say the conference will give maximum time for people to participate in giving their views. For more details call 520592. Contended cows on show at organic farm Well known local farmer Helen Browning opens Eastbrook Farm at Bishopstone, to the east of the town, to the public. She and her staff will conduct tractor and trailer tours around the 1,300 acres below the Ridgeway to view the organic crops and see animals contendly munching in the pastures. Cows, pigs, sheep and poultry are reared in humane conditions and fed only organic foodstuff. She will show off the state of the art buildings where livestock are kept in winter. With so much concern about the quality of food available in shops and animal welfare, this is an opportunity to visit one the country's leading organic farms. There's also a chance to discover the different taste of organically reared meat at a barbecue lunch in the farmhouse garden. Visit Eastbrook Farm @ www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk Arts Training Felt Making. 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Felt, the oldest form of cloth, is becoming highly fashionable for use in artwork. Artist Kathy Danswan will show how to make felts out of merino fleece and carded silk. Make hangings out of felt cords, produce a basic piece of felt that can be made into a bag or purse, and experiment with dyes and other threads on this fascinating introductory course. Tickets: £22.00 (concessions £19.00) Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Music Swindon Pegasus Brass Band presents Proms Night Spectacular. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £7. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Sunday 24 September Charity Fun Ride organised by Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Routes 18, 25 or 40 miles. Starts Coate Water, 10am. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Dance Ballet Imaginaire presents Swan Lake, The Artist' s Dream, Coppelia. Wyvern, 7.30pm. £15. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Monday 25 September Children Goldie Locks and the Trhee Bears. Wyvern, 6pm. £6.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 25th to 29th September Notice of Public Exhibition organised by Swindon Borough Council Proposed District Centre Framework Plan. Haydon 3, Swindon This notice is to advise members of the public that two public exhibitions of the above Framework Plan will be held at the Abbey Meads Primary School, Hugo Way, Abbey Meads and at Haydon Wick Parish Council, Thames Avenue, Haydon Wick. Before the Borough Council formally considers the developer's proposals for the development of the District Centre, it would like to hear your views. Please come along and fill in a comment form at the following times: Mon25 September, 1pm - 8pm. Abbey Meads School Tues26 September, 10am - 5pm. Abbey Meads School Wed 27 September,1pm - 5pm. Parish Council Offices Thurs28 September, 1pm - 8pm. Parish Council Offices Fri29 September, 10am - 1pm. Parish Council Offices And Mon 2 - Friday 6 October at Premier House, Station Road, Swindon Tuesday 26 September Music Mugenkyo, Europes's foremost exponent of Taiko - Japanese drumming. Wyvern, 8pm. £10. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Wednesday 27th - Saturday 30th September 7.30pm Amateur Theatre at Swindon Arts Centre The Phoenix Players present Beyond Reasonable Doubt Much more than a courtroom drama, this play is a compelling love story with laughter, tears and tension. Tickets: £4.50 (concessions £3.50) Advance booking on (01793) 525616 from 1 September, 3.00pm - 8.00pm, or by e-mail to d.g.lilley@btinternet.com. Friday 29 September Musical One Step Beyond. Wyvern, 8pm. £13.50. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Saturday 30 September Music Joe Brown. Wyvern, 7.45pm. £11. Wyvern Theatre Box Office. 524481 Saturday 30th September Arts Training at Swindon Arts Centre, 10am - 4pm Linocut Introduce yourself to the craft of drawing in reverse with tutor Mary van Riemsdyk. Lino encourages heightened contrasts between light and shade but, unlike traditional woodcuts, allows you to work very quickly. The fee includes a set of tools to take home. N.B. This workshop complements the Letterpress workshop on 15th October. Tickets: £22.00 (concessions £19.00) Box Office: Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon. Tel: 614837 Saturday 7 October Nearly new sale organised by the National Childbirth Trust to include the sale of baby, children and maternity clothes and baby equipment and toys 11am to 1pm. Oasis Leisure Centre Admission 50p. Contact Amanda Heard on 771854 for a seller' s pack Please note: Good quality baby equipment, toys, baby and maternity clothes in clean condition will be sold on a 25% commission basis to the Swindon branch of the National Childbirth Trust. No sale, no fee. Swindon sings with Salzgitter Swindon Choral Society will again be visiting St Peter's Church in Eastleaze,to perform their Autumn concert. The choir will be joined by singers from St Michael's Church in Swindon's twin town Salzgitter to perform Brahms German Requiem. The Swindon choir will also sing Vaughan Williams' Towards the Unknown Region. Accompaniment will be provided by the London based Chameleon Arts Orchestra. Soloists will be soprano Bronwen Mills and baritone Jonathan Brown. 8pm. Tickets are £10 (£6) from the Arts Centre, Devizes Road. Tel: 614837. | ||
The 1859 west window at St Mary's which was reinstalled in early
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