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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 AprSwindon Arts Centre

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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 AprSwindon Arts Centre

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Dominic Frisby - An Evening of Comedy, Song & Satire

An experienced stand up and prolific writer of comic songs, Dominic's show is a collection of anecdotes, jokes and music accompanied by one of Europe’s top jazz pianists, Chad Lelong, on keyboards. Dominic's songs have many millions of views online. “We’re All Far Right Now” alone has over 50 million, with Elon Musk one of the many to share it. His song about Keir Starmer, “Captain Flip Flop”, also had millions of views, though on TikTok it only got 27 and was flagged for “electoral interference”. His song about Brexit, 17 Million Eff Offs, reached the Top 40 and made Number One on the Amazon Charts. Other favourites, both live and online, include “I Love Wetherspoons”, “I’m Going to Marry Gary” and the ever changing “Maybe” song. A prominent libertarian, he provides a refreshing and funny take on the current issues faced by modern day Britain. As he says himself, “If you believe in things like free speech and free trade, you’ll like this show".

Sat 18 AprSwindon Arts Centre

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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 MaySwindon Arts Centre

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Swindon Festival Of Literature: Harriet Rix

Swindon Arts Centre is being delightfully mysterious about Swindon Festival Of Literature: Harriet Rix. Consider our curiosity piqued. Yours too, hopefully.

Mon 4 MaySwindon Arts Centre

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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 MaySwindon Arts Centre

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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 MaySwindon Arts Centre

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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 MaySwindon Arts Centre

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Joe Wells - Daddy Autism

Swindon Arts Centre has got Joe Wells - Daddy Autism pencilled in. We've got the date — they've got the detail. Between us, you're sorted.

Sun 15 NovSwindon Arts Centre

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Larry Dean: Hellbent

Swindon Arts Centre is hosting and we're advertising. Larry Dean: Hellbent — no spoilers, but their site has the full programme.

Fri 20 NovSwindon Arts Centre

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