Laura James News

The Wyvern Theatre opens its doors on Sat 29 October for the return of their annual free Family Fun Day, and there's lots of fun in store to keep the kids happy.

This December, the magical stage show Santa Claus and the Christmas Adventure comes to Swindon Arts Centre and the cast are helping to bring joy to some of Swindon's most deserving children. The Wyvern Theatre and Arts Centre have teamed up with local children's charity Hop Skip and Jump to launch a special Christmas Advent Calendar drive. They are calling for donations of Advent Calendars, which will be presented to boys and girls from the Hop, Skip and Jump Children's Centre by Santa's Elves when they make a special appearance on Friday 27th November. Advent Calendars can be dropped off at the Wyvern Theatre Ticket Office or the Arts Centre reception at any time until Thursday 26th November.

The Wyvern Theatre opens its doors on Sat 24 October for the return of their annual free Family Fun Day. With the line-up now confirmed, Swindon Theatres Marketing Manager, Laura James holds particularly high hopes for the event:

THE PETRIFIED FOREST endures because it has it all: romance, suspense, danger, sex and even a little politics. A fantasy of the highway, it unfurls like a dream of a still-untamed corner of the American West. Although it has some of the flavor of an adventure, its multiple themes (men and women, working class struggle, class conflict gender issues, left vs. right) still resonate today.

If you love ethnic comedies like My Big Fat Greek Wedding or more specifically comedies about Italians such as Buon Natale or Moonstruck, you will love Moose on the Loose, now getting a world premiere engagement at Theatre West. It boasts comedically keen direction and a cast as tightly knit as the Italian clan they are portraying. Adding to the appeal is the setting. These Italians live smack dab in the hinterlands of Canada, so if the Italian jokes aren't enough to whet your appetite, the Canadian jabs surely will. Politically correct? Hardly! Hysterically funny? You bet!