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Young musician contest strikes right chord with visitors

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:29 +0000

THE 16th Swindon Young Musician of the Year Competition attracted 25 entrants at the weekend.

Artist set to make a splash with her work

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:00 +0000

WORKS of art by one of the town’s artists will soon be hanging on walls across the country.

Review: Calendar Girls, Theatre Royal, Bath. Until February 17.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:22 +0000

This is a show that really does run the full gamut of emotions – often within one scene. One minute you are laughing out loud at the outrageous barbed witticisms, the next, you’re struck full in the face by the tragedy that is life with cancer.

Plenty to talk about

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01:08 +0000

THE radio presenter who introduced millions to World Music is coming to tell his story at the Arts Centre in Swindon.

Opera for lovers

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:35 +0000

CLASSIC Lehar operetta The Merry Widow is heading for the Wyvern Theatre on Monday.

Change the record

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:24 +0000

A BOX of records from a much-loved radio show led to an acclaimed show which comes to Swindon next week.

Shakespeare in the pub

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:18 +0000

THE well-known theatre group Shakespeare Live is performing the anthology A Many Splendoured Thing at the GW pub tomorrow.

Gabby is fighting fit for Swindon gig

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:42:49 +0000

Swindon’s Gabby Young makes a welcome return to her home town on Saturday, after being forced to pull out of her show at the Arts Centre in October due to a throat infection.

Sounds of the 60s from The Jets in Swindon's MECA

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:44:30 +0000

The swinging sixties are being brought back to life by former chart toppers, The Jets, tomorrow when the MECA in Regent Circus, Swindon, throws open its doors to the hit theatre show Kings of Harmony, Legends of the 60s.

Most Wanted

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46:40 +0000

POP sensations The Wanted are the latest band to annoucne a summer gig at Westonbirt Arboretum.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:47 +0000

The world is littered with great, unanswered questions. What if the Universe isn’t infinite? What if The Matrix is right and this is all an illusion? What if the Hulk had the brain of Bruce Banner? What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us?

Young singers are record breakers

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

SCHOOLCHILDREN across Swindon hit a high note in a bid to set a world record for the most people to sing and sign a song simultaneously.

Full Quota of rock for Swindon bars

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:57:24 +0000

Rockin’ all over the world, well at least all over Swindon, when a gaggle of Quo bands drop into town.

Pupils inspired by blast from the past

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:00 +0000

AN exhibition of artwork by 130 school pupils, inspired by a collection of photographs showing Swindon’s past, will open tomorrow.

Swindon's When Words Fail jet off to make music in the wild west of America

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:34:19 +0000

Swindon’s high energy melodic rock band When Words Fail have scooped a record deal in America.

Visual art in the frame at film festival

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:21 +0000

THIS year’s Swindon Film Festival will showcase visual art as well as screening some top movies.

Music fans set to get their kicks

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:55 +0000

MUSIC lovers are set to get down with the trumpets when Rizzle Kicks perform at the Oasis later this year.

Frenetic fun

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:37:15 +0000

Unleash your inner Einstein at the Wyvern, from Monday 27 to Tuesday 28 February, with the amazing Science Museum Live On Tour.

Students show off their talent

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:40:00 +0000

STUDENTS from Swindon College showed off their brush skills when they rubbed shoulders with industry experts.

Teen clarinettist in BBC Young Musician woodwind finals

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000

TALENTED teenager Jordan Black has made it through to the category finals of the BBC Young Musician 2012.