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Phil Beer

Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west country’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his own compositions and songs from his contemporaries. All are songs and music of memory and significance, sung in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style and interjected with musings and amusings to an almost personal audience. It is a treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit.

Sun 12 AprWyvern Theatre

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Memory Café

The Memory Café is a place where friends and families can meet, talk, and join in with activities with other people, as well as an opportunity to ask for advice and information.  Lower foyer of the Wyvern Theatre between 10:30am-12noon   How much?  Tickets are FREE but spaces are limited. Please book a ticket to confirm your space.  Customers with access requirements, please call the Theatre on   Any questions?  Please email our Creative Learning Manager Oli Webb on   The Memory Café is sponsored by Cotswolds Rise care home provides exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care across its 66 en suite rooms. Residents enjoy landscaped gardens, sun terraces, spacious lounges, dining areas, a lifestyle kitchen, salon, and shop. Our welcoming home ensures outstanding care in a safe, comfortable environment where everyone feels truly at home.  "I think that the Wyvern running a Memory Café is very good," says David Baddiel, comedian & Alzheimer's Society Ambassador. "When someone has dementia, you’ve got to remember there’s still a real person there, not just a stereotype of someone looking at the wall with a blanket on their knees. There’s a 360 degree person in there and having Memory Café's and not just storing them away somewhere is a very good thing."

Mon 13 AprWyvern Theatre

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Paul McCaffrey: What A Time To Be Alive

A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? McCaffrey asks in this warm, charming hour of comedy. Star of Live At The Apollo, BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers and Russell Howard’s Good News. In addition to being handpicked to tour the country in support of two of the great stand ups of recent years Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges. Paul is an award-winning comedian in his own right and headlines at the biggest comedy clubs in the country. He has performed numerous critically acclaimed Edinburgh shows as well as major music festivals: Reading, Leeds, V Festival, Bestival and Latitude. Paul is the co-host of the hit podcasts ‘What’s Upset You Now?’ with fellow comedian Seann Walsh and ‘Gladrags' with Rachel Fairburn. 'Born to be a comic’ - The Scotsman 'The relaxed, assured confidence of a stadium filler’ - Chortle 'A total natural, his storytelling is utterly unique and never anything less than gut-bustlingly hilarious’ - GQ

Wed 15 AprWyvern Theatre

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Because We Need Each Other: A Night of Comedy in aid of The Harbour Project

Ivo Graham hosts another bumper bill to raise money for The Harbour Project, a charity supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Swindon. Off The Kerb productions will donate all profits to The Harbour Project for Swindon Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Registered Charity No. 1171368) Age restriction: STRICTLY 14+. Likely to be swearing and adult content. Children younger than this will not be admitted even if accompanied with an adult.

Wed 15 AprWyvern Theatre

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Lucy Porter - Let Yourself Go

Festival favourite Lucy returns with a brand new show about the power of letting yourself go - in every sense. Whether that means embracing your wrinkles and love handles whilst living in a slanket, or having a couple of babychams and dancing like nobody’s watching (and if you’re a middle aged woman, they’re probably not). It’s also about letting go of the person you’ve always thought you are, and using your midlife crisis to pursue new goals and reinvent yourself.

Fri 17 AprWyvern Theatre

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Wootton Bassett School of Dance

Get ready for a showcase full of passion, confidence & artistry, turning dreams into unforgettable moments on stage. Captivating a blend of genres from commercial, contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap, musical theatre, acro & so much more!

Sat 2 MayWyvern Theatre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature : Paul Sinton - Hewitt

One Small Step . . . the story of parkrun and the man who started it, PAUL SINTON-HEWITT, in conversation with Emma Sperring, Matt Holland, and with YOU! Hear the story of the man who came up with a simple idea that turned into a national and global movement - and is pretty big here in Swindon too - told by the man who started it all. Filled with hope and optimism, One Small Step, is a brilliant book about the life and ideas of parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt. It is a powerful affirmation of how coming together in a simple and active way can change our own lives and might even change the world. Please note this event will take place at the Lydiard Conference Centre, Lydiard Park, West Swindon SN5 3PA

Mon 4 MayWyvern Theatre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature: Harriet Rix

Wyvern Theatre has got Swindon Festival Of Literature: Harriet Rix pencilled in. We've got the date — they've got the detail. Between us, you're sorted.

Mon 4 MayWyvern Theatre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature: Two Wiltshire Writers

TWO WILTSHIRE WRITERS and two book launches! – with ELEANOR BARKER-WHITE and JILL SHARP If your world was shattered, thanks to a broken relationship, would you use a glass die to help you make decisions? If you had lost your sense of self, what risks would you take to find your spark again? Is life a game that can be won or lost by the roll of a die? Fascinated by the endless capacity for human resilience, short story writer and novelist Eleanor Barker-White is the author of Die Trying and lives in Wiltshire. When a confused stranger appears in Kate’s garden shed, she can’t understand why her best friend Jamie seems reluctant to help. But gradually, they begin to discover who the stranger might be. Their effort to take him home leads Kate on a difficult and dangerous journey, from which she may not find her way back, let alone resolve the fears of her troubled new friend. Prizewinning poet, OU tutor, and editor on a children’s magazine, Jill Sharp, who grew up climbing trees and building dens but now leads a quieter life in Swindon, is the author of The Purple Feather, a tragi-comical history time-travel mystery.

Tue 5 MayWyvern Theatre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature: Imaginary Landscapes

IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES – provided by poetry and harp – with CHRIS TUTTON and LUCY NOLAN An exquisite fusion of words and music, bringing together the poetry of leading poet, author, and raconteur, Chris Tutton, “master of the short poem” (Ned Sherrin), with award-winning international harpist, Lucy Nolan in a spellbinding programme of words and music. Together, Chris and Lucy have appeared at the Hay Festival, the Royal Albert Hall, and delighted audiences across the UK. Now, it’s our chance to see them, in Swindon! Please note this event will take place at Central Library, Regents Circus, Swindon SN1 1QG

Tue 5 MayWyvern Theatre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature : Charles Foster

Pets and their People . . . with CHARLES FOSTER Why did we domesticate wild animals? Why do we keep dogs, cats, and even snakes in our homes? Do pets help us communicate? Can pets show us who we really are? Do we want animals as part of our families because we too are essentially wild and want to keep some wildness in our lives? What’s really going on between us and animals? Charles Foster, former vet and barrister, now Fellow of Exeter College Oxford, and prolific writer, whose books include the best-selling Being a Beast, which describe his attempts at living like a wild animal, says this of his work. ‘Most of my books are attempts to work out what on earth we are doing on this extraordinary planet.’ In his latest book, Pets and their People, he examines the human–animal bond. Why do we welcome some animals as family, while exterminating others without a second thought? Might the wolves on our sofas be re-shaping us just as much as we re-shaped them?

Tue 5 MayWyvern Theatre

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Barnum

Bill Kenwright Ltd presents the Watermill Theatre production Lee Mead stars as the world's greatest showman Barnum - The Circus Musical Music by Cy Coleman | Lyrics by Michael Stewart | Book by Mark Bramble Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds. Hand in hand with wife Charity, Barnum’s life and career twists and turns as he schemes and dreams his way to headier heights. West End favourite and TV star Lee Mead will take centre stage as the legendary 19th century showman P.T. Barnum. Lee shot to stardom with his breakout win on Any Dream Will Do and acclaimed performances in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wicked, and Legally Blonde. This spectacular production directed by Jonathan O’Boyle and choreographed by Oti Mabuse will feature an extraordinary ensemble cast of over 20 actor-musicians, acrobats and amazing circus acts. Audiences are certain to delight at every sight, wonder and miracle that the name Barnum stands for! Barnum first took the UK by storm when it played the London Palladium, with Michael Crawford making theatrical history with a death-defying nightly tightrope walk across the stage. And now, Lee Mead steps into Barnum’s shoes and on to the tightrope! Come follow the band with the glorious music of multi-award-winner Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart’s lyrics and Mark Bramble’s book.

Sun 10 MayWyvern Theatre

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Tea and Tour

After sell-out dates last season, we are thrilled to be continuing with our Tea & Tour packages. Let our expert guides lead you behind the curtain to explore the backstage secrets of show business. Tread the boards and see the auditorium from the stars’ point of view. After your tour, relax and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea created by our hospitality team. Tours begin at 11am, followed by afternoon tea at approximately 1pm. Available for pre-bookings only. Please let Ticket Office know () of any mobility or dietary requirements at the time of booking.

Mon 18 MayWyvern Theatre

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Thespians

MISCHIEF, the team behind the multi award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, rewrite ancient history with a brand-new musical comedy, THESPIANS, the first musical created by ‘the funniest theatre troupe in Britain’ The Telegraph. 534 BC. Greece’s smallest island is battling to avoid defeat in a nationwide prayer competition set up by a thin-skinned tyrant - where the loser is put to death. All is going dreadfully until Thespis accidentally invents acting, leading to the world’s first play and the origins of theatre as we know it! Step into the amphitheatre, leave your troubles in the foyer, and escape into Ancient Greece as it bursts into song, with a thrilling plot, a love story worthy of Aphrodite, and enough laughter to fill the Acropolis. THESPIANS is an uplifting, hilarious, and timely reminder of the power of empathy and stepping into someone else’s sandals. Written by Jonathan Sayer (co-writer of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery) and Ed Zanders (musical director Mischief Movie Night), do not miss this ancient prescription for modern day laughter packed with comedy, chaos and choreography that will have every mortal in your household aching with laughter. Limited tour from May 2026 for only 12 weeks opening at Mercury Theatre, Colchester. If you thought something funny happened on the way to the forum, wait until you hear what happened enroute to the amphitheatre!

Sat 6 JunWyvern Theatre

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M4 Theatre Company - Gypsy

M4 Theatre Company proudly presents Gypsy the Musical—the legendary Broadway classic that follows the unstoppable Mama Rose and her daughters on their whirlwind journey through showbusiness. Packed with iconic numbers such as 'Everything's Coming Up Roses', Let Me Entertain You', and 'You Gotta Get A Gimmick', this timeless story of the pursuit of stardom bursts onto the Arts Centre stage.

Sat 13 JunWyvern Theatre

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Dial M For Murder

'One phone call. One perfect plan. One fatal mistake.’ Before the iconic Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder was a theatrical smash hit. Now brought thrillingly back to the stage for 2026 by phil&ben Productions in association with Eastbourne Productions. London. 1952. Former tennis professional Tony Wendice and his wealthy wife Margot appear to have it all. But everything is not as it seems. Tony believes he has orchestrated the perfect murder of Margot, but when the plan goes wrong it leads to a gripping web of lies, betrayal and lethal twists. Don't miss this masterclass in suspense that inspired the cinematic masterpiece. Dial M for Murder is a tour de force of psychological tension.

Sat 25 JulWyvern Theatre

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Bobby Seagull's Escape From Ancient Egypt

Spotted Bobby Seagull's Escape From Ancient Egypt on Wyvern Theatre's listings. We do the finding, they do the hosting. Team effort, really.

Wed 26 AugWyvern Theatre

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The Best Of Hans Zimmer & Film Favourites Illuminated

Something's afoot at Wyvern Theatre and it goes by the name of The Best Of Hans Zimmer & Film Favourites Illuminated. Their site has the particulars.

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