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Exhibition
The Art of Collecting
Inspired by Stonehenge
Inspired by Stonehenge features an eclectic mix of objects, including souvenir china, postcards, guide books, clothing, comics and even music related memorabilia.
Now and Then
A Creative Photographic exhibition by Josie Williams LMPA Josie has had many solo exhibitions most famously the Wiltshire Hall of Fame, featuring celebrities who lived or were born in the county.

Event Date and Category Event
27.03.2010
Music Event
Swindon Music Festival
Swindon Music Festival
30.03.2010
Music Event
Sarah Gillespie Quartet
A sonic reflection of the contemporary London street, Greenwich-born singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie delivers a melting-pot mix of urban-folk and middle-eastern blues.
31.03.2010
Film Event
Broken Embraces
Spanish director Almodóvar turns to affairs of the heart in his latest work, a film noir which proves to be a love letter to cinema itself.
06.04.2010
Music Event
South America
Swindon Festival of Literature and Anglo Paraguayan Society presents: An evening of music, stories, and songs from the heart of that great southern continent.
07.04.2010
Music Event
Finbar Furey Band
Finbar Furey - pure Irish magic, great music, good humour,  charm and sparkling wit.
08.04.2010
Drama Event
Meeting Joe Strummer
Tthis passionate punk comedy is about attitude, friendship and celebrity – and a celebration of the man who set the agenda for a generation.
09.04.2010
Comedy Event
John Bishop
The multi-award winning comedian performs his exciting and hilarious show that will have you begging for more. SOLD OUT
10.04.2010
Comedy Event
The Nearly Naked CHef
Hardeep Singh Kohli, celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook, combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening's entertainment.
11.04.2010
Film Event
Film Festival
Around the World in 80 hours with this Film Festival.
14.04.2010
Film Event
King's Game
Complex, intelligent and entirely plausible political thriller from Denmark, in which a young journalist becomes the unwitting pawn of the spin-doctors.
15.04.2010
Music Event
Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O’Connor, Clare Hirst and Sarah Fisher perform a mixture of jazz classics and O’Connor originals re-interpreted to fit the acoustic line-up of sax, piano and vocals.
16.04.2010
Comedy Event
Laura Solon
Laura Solon from BBC 1’s Harry and Paul, Radio 4’s Talking and Not Talking now at the Swindon Arts Centre.
17.04.2010
Music Event
Ben Waters Band
Ben Waters is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting piano players in Europe today.
24.04.2010
Drama Event
Rough Crossing
This hilarious play tells the story of two playwrights and collaborators on a journey from Southampton to New York.
25.04.2010
Henry Sandon
The finding of Medieval and Roman pottery in his garden rudely changed Henry Sandon’s career.
27.04.2010
Comedy Event
Lucy Porter: Fool's Gold
Lucy Porter’s latest solo show is a witty romp through the history of gold.
29.04.2010
Drama Event
Ernest and the Pale Moon
The piece contains live music, inventive design and physical storytelling to provide a thrilling and terrifying experience.
30.04.2010
Music Event
Swindon Recital Series - Clare Toomer
Swindon Recital series: Clare Toomer and Paul Turner piano duet.
01.05.2010
Music Event
Showstopper
04.05.2010
Literature Event
Vitali
VITALI VITALIEV – Clive James’ man in Moscow, on Life as a Literary Device
04.05.2010
Literature Event
Lionel Shriver
LIONEL SHRIVER – best-selling novelist on health, wealth, and well-being.
04.05.2010
Literature Event
Joanne Limburg
The woman who thought too much.
05.05.2010
Literature Event
Bob, the Man on the Moon
Presented by Sixth Sense Theatre for Young People and Travelling Light Theatre Co.
05.05.2010
Literature Event
Bruce Kent
BRUCE KENT – veteran campaigner on dying dogmas and living ideals.
05.05.2010
Literature Event
Jenni Murray
JENNI MURRAY – the voice of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
05.05.2010
Literature Event
Maureen Lipman
MAUREEN LIPMAN – on life, laughs, and Past-It Notes
05.05.2010
Literature Event
Milton Jones
MILTON JONES – on the jocund journeys of a stand-up comedian.
06.05.2010
Literature Event
Richard Jefferies
RICHARD JEFFERIES – eco-warrior and Victorian countryman.
06.05.2010
Literature Event
Barbara Trapido
Barbara Trapido on life in South Africa, England, and Sex and Stravinsky.
06.05.2010
Literature Event
Gaby Halberstam
An illustrated talk on growing up in South Africa.
07.05.2010
Literature Event
Rebecca Abrams
REBECCA ABRAMS - on science and fiction, traumas and truth.
07.05.2010
Literature Event
Stanley Wells
STANLEY WELLS – on love and sex in Shakespeare.
07.05.2010
Literature Event
Bonnie Greer
BONNIE GREER – on Obama, Music and the USA.
08.05.2010
Literature Event
Youth Slam
08.05.2010
Literature Event
Poetry Slam
Take part in the Swindon Poetry Slam.
09.05.2010
Literature Event
Cleo Paskal
Cleo Paskal on climate change and Global Warring.
09.05.2010
Literature Event
Jonathan Stedall
Jonathan Stedall: Film and talk: Where on Earth is Heaven?
09.05.2010
Literature Event
Matt Harvey
Matt Harvey on kippers, curtains and other comically serious matters.
10.05.2010
Literature Event
James Holland
JAMES HOLLAND - on The Battle of Britain.
10.05.2010
Literature Event
Steve Jones
10.05.2010
Literature Event
Anil Anathaswamy
ANIL ANATHWASAMY – on the edge of physics and frontiers of cosmology
11.05.2010
Literature Event
David Albert Jones
DAVID ALBERT JONES – on a history of Angels
11.05.2010
Literature Event
Peter Lipman
Peter Lipman on safe and sustainable travel.
11.05.2010
Literature Event
Food Inc
FOOD INC (film 94 mins) – lifting the veil on the food industry.
12.05.2010
Literature Event
Peter Thornton
Peter Thornton on life in a family chocolate business.
12.05.2010
Literature Event
Frank Westerman
12.05.2010
Literature Event
Fran Sandham
13.05.2010
Literature Event
Tom Hodgkinson
TOM HODGKINSON – an ‘idler’ goes back to the land.
13.05.2010
Literature Event
Peter Tatchell-2
PETER TATCHELL – puts the bankers on trial.
13.05.2010
Literature Event
John O'Farrell
JOHN O’FARRELL – on what’s funny about sixty years of making mistakes.
14.05.2010
Literature Event
Michael Holroyd
MICHAEL HOLROYD – on the art of writing biography.
14.05.2010
Literature Event
AC Grayling 2010
AC GRAYLING on thinking, and judging the first SWINDON THINK SLAM!
15.05.2010
Music Event
Johnny Cash Story
18.05.2010
Music Event
Po Girl
One of the most successful bands to emerge from Canada. Country, blues, folk, alternative rock, and a touch of jazz all come together in the world of Po’ Girl.
19.05.2010
Keith Charles
Two spiritual mediums deliver messages from the spirit world.
20.05.2010
Comedy Event
Al Murray
Al Murray Work in Progress - Sold Out
21.05.2010
Music Event
Frisky and Mannish
F&M will twist and shout you through fifty years of pop with astonishing musical skill, and a death-defying lack of restraint.
22.05.2010
Music Event
Acoustic Concert
An evening of Acoustic music featuring I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker chart topper Sandi Thom.
22.05.2010
Children's Event
A Little Princess
This wonderful story of a parentless girl courageously resisting hunger and cruelty at the hands of her headmistress, Miss Minchin, is one of the most inspiring of all the children’s classics.
26.05.2010
Music Event
Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes
Real blues, boogie, swing and good time jump, Paul Lamb and The King Snakes take the blues to a new level that will have you tapping along!
28.05.2010
Comedy Event
Andrew Maxwell
Edinburgh Comedy Award and Time Out Award nominee Andrew Maxwell is one of the most talented standup comedians in the UK.
29.05.2010
Music Event
Antonio Forcione
Dubbed the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the Acoustic Guitar’ Antonio Forcione is one of the great guitarists and was awarded ‘Musician of the Year’ 2009 in Italy.
04.06.2010
Music Event
Silent Disco
They're the new and unique concept sweeping the UK and now you can have a go... at the Bowl Concert on Friday 4 June.
05.06.2010
Drama Event
Ghosts
Ibsen's famous play: hidden pasts are painfully exposed as wealthy widow Mrs Alving prepares to open a new orphanage in memory of her seemingly beloved husband.
12.06.2010
Children's Event
Stories and Fables
New stories for kids aged 5 to 105!
12.06.2010
Comedy Event
Patrick Monahan
19.06.2010
Music Event
Kiss Me Kate
Cole Porter’s musical Kiss Me Kate has all the ingredients audiences love: fantastic music, romance, dance and comedy.
03.07.2010
Drama Event
Losing the Plot
03.07.2010
Music Event
The Ex factor
Starring Same Difference - X Factor and Rachel Adedeji - X Factor. Pack up a picnic and invite the whole family to a fun evening of entertainment in the beautiful surroundings of the Town Gardens.
06.07.2010
Swindon Talent
Open Mic Heat Swindon Talent is back!
09.07.2010
Music Event
Big Hat Cabaret
Big Hat Cabaret offers a funpacked evening of music, dance, film and stand-up comedy performed by dynamic performers, some with disabilities.
10.07.2010
Big Arts Day
A one-day festival celebrating all things artistic and creative in Swindon and you’re invited!
17.07.2010
Music Event
Bad Girls The Musical
31.07.2010
Drama Event
Little Shop of Horrors
This wacky musical tells the story about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant, Audrey 2 which feeds on human blood.
06.08.2010
Drama Event
The Secret Garden open air theatre
This wonderful heart-warming, children’s classic is brought to life by Heartbreak Productions.
07.08.2010
Music Event
Bucks Fizz
80's Night at the Bowl, featuring A NIGHT OF DIRTY DANCING and BUCKS FIZZ.
28.08.2010
Drama Event
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Shakespeare’s Globe On Tour presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
08.10.2010
Music Event
Showaddywaddy October 2010
Second Swindon 2010 date. As if the bands amazing success through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s were not enough, Showaddywaddy are here now in the 21st Century and still in demand.


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