ROYAL Wootton Bassett will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of its arts festival this year.

And organisers are running musical theatre classes for the first time.

The town's annual event has music, speech and drama classes for anyone between five and 75.

A special guest Coral Rumble who is a poet is going along and will be running poetry workshops.

Brittany Lea Ward who went to the festival ten years ago said: “I took part in the Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival before it was Royal. It was my first festival competing for drama.

“If it were not for the opportunities this festival gave me I would never have gained the confidence to stand up in court and argue a case.”

Those who want to compete in the classes can enter online for the first time at rwbartsfestival.com before September 30.