Hannah just loves to party

Hanna just loves to party

9:34am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THESE days it may look like a homage to all things from the 1970s, but the themes in Abigail’s Party are just as relevant as they were when it was first performed.

Scarlet’s got a real spring in her step

Scarlet Roche

7:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SCHOOLGIRL Scarlet Roche has taken her first pirouette towards becoming a professional dancer.

Rich rides in with a died of humour

Rich Hall

5:27pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Comedian Rich Hall is believed to be the inspiration for Moe Szyslak from the TV series The Simpsons.

Hollywood glamour is backdrop to love story

Cast of Mack and Mabel

5:23pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

The dream of every aspiring actress in Hollywood is to be discovered by a top producer.

Witches of Eastwick cast their spell

Cast of The Witches of Eastwick

3:16pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

There will be some spellbinding performances going on when The Witches of Eastwick enchant their audiences next week.

Lit Fest: Peering into our economic future

Lord Sainsbury at the Arts Centre for a talk on his new book

11:30am Friday 17th May 2013

MORE than 75 people turned out to hear Lord Sainsbury’s talk yesterday at the lunchtime event on Day 11 of the Swindon Festival of Literature.

Work captured in digital art

Work captured in digital art

11:47am Thursday 16th May 2013

Digital artists Tim Cumming and Nigel Hudson have created a showcase of workers in action, taken from a cross section of 100 Swindon firms.

Gem of a show from Stage Struck marking 30 years on the stage

30 years on the stage

10:37am Thursday 16th May 2013

Stage Struck drama group notch up their pearl anniversary this year and to celebrate 30 years of treading the boards present the musical show, When I Grow Up.

Three times the laughs

Richard Herring

10:25am Thursday 16th May 2013

RICHARD Herring, Lee Nelson and Chris Cox will see to it that Swindon comedy fans are well catered for over the next few days.

Just like Tommy

Just like Tommy

10:16am Thursday 16th May 2013

“EVERYONE has a Tommy Cooper impression, and as soon as you say you are in a production about him they have to show it to you.”

Lit Fest: Quietly quirky, Okri cast his poetic spell

Ben Okri at the literature festival last night

12:40pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

POETRY might not be everybody’s thing, but it was for the 100 or so audience members who attended Nigerian poet Ben Okri’s talk yesterday evening.

Lit Fest: A stickler for proper spelling

Simon Horobin

11:10am Wednesday 15th May 2013

IT TURNS out I’ve been spelling a couple of words incorrectly for my whole life.

Swindon author has first book published

Paul Grundy with his book, Epidemic

5:10pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BOOK written by a first-time author will be hitting the shelves next week.

Roll up, roll up for circus

Roll up, roll up for circus

10:10am Tuesday 14th May 2013

CIRCUS Wonderland is heading for Swindon.

Young performers take the honour in schools poetry contest

Brooke Stead and Natt Page of Cookie Crew from Commonweal School

1:10pm Monday 13th May 2013

A TALENTED trio from Commonweal School triumphed at the Swindon Youth Slam.

Review: Her Naked Skin, Wharf Theatre, Devizes

8:22am Saturday 4th May 2013

HAVING sat through the local election count last Friday when a meagre 35 per cent of the electorate of east Wiltshire thought it worth their while casting their vote, it was most timely that the Wharf Theatre in Devizes was opening a play about people prepared to die to win the vote.

Young town dancer wins place at top ballet school

Jacob O’Connell, a student on the  Swindon Dance Youth Dance Academy Contemporary Programme, has won a place at a top school

2:20pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

YEARS of dedication and hard work have paid off for teenager Jacob O’Connell after he secured a place at a world renowned dance school.

Swindon Strictly fans snap up chance to see Pasha and Katya

Pasha Kovaliev and Katya Virshilas

11:36am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Strictly Come Dancing stars Pasha Kovalev and Katya Virshilas were such a hit last year in Swindon that the Wyvern Theatre has booked them for two nights on this visit.

Step back in time to the world of Jane Austen with crime writer PD James

PD James

10:31am Thursday 2nd May 2013

PD James will talk about her latest book and the pleasure she gets from the novels of Jane Austen from 12.30pm, in the Swindon Arts Centre, as part of the Festival of Literature.

Dancers put best feet first at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre

Wootton Bassett School of Dance

10:15am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Wootton Bassett School of Dance present This Is The Moment, at 7.30pm, on Saturday.






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