If you are a cast member, a parent or guardian of cast member or a volunteer who helps out at the show then it’s likely that you will have heard us asking for help with fundraising. We ask for people to go to bag packs, we ask for people to volunteer for jobs at Lydiard fireworks, we ask for raffle donations for show week to name a few.

And it’s possible that you might be wondering why? Each cast member currently pays £30 to be in the show, and we sell tickets for the show. So why do need to raise more funds? Well the answer, as you might expect, is pretty simple; putting on the show costs more than we bring in fees and ticket sales.

Let’s take a look some numbers to understand where the money is spent.

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Whilst presenting on behalf of Gangshow at the Swindon Ridgeway District AGM, I said something like:

“We’ve changed how rehearsals are ran, and the feedback has been the cast really enjoyed it and they picked everything up much more quickly.”

This lead to the obvious follow-up questions: How have they changes & Why? So I thought I write some words explaining how I got involved in the last show, what I was doing and how that changed rehearsals. Continue reading →

On Thursday 30th June we were at the Swindon Ridgeway District AGM and had a chance to talk to all the leaders and district team about 2017 show, which is now only 9 months away!

Swindon Ridgeway is one of three areas that feed into Swindon Gangshow, the others being Swindon North in Scouting and Wiltshire North in Guiding. This was great opportunity to start to get Gangshow in the forefront of groups mind as after summer we’ll all be back into the autumn term with assessments and rehearsals quickly upon us.

We had a really positive engagement and received some kind words from Steve Barley, Wiltshire Scout County Commissioner who watched our last show in November 2015. We already have follow up visits penciled in to 7th and 21st Swindon to run some performing arts activities and talk directly to youth members about the upcoming show. If you would like to arrange a visit to your group then please get in touch via the contact us page.

Finally, we’d like to thank the Swindon Ridgeway District team for allowing us to present at their AGM and for the excellent catering provided!

Tickets available from:

1. In person; The Wyvern Box Office, Theatre Square, Swindon (Open Monday-Saturday 10.00am – 6.00pm)
2. By telephone; The Wyvern Box Office, Tel No. 01793 524481 or Ticket Masterline 0870 6063570
3. Online; https://swindontheatres.co.uk/Online/ (*A 50 pence per ticket booking fee applies, capped at six per order. Fee-free booking for Wyvern Friends; Groups of 10+ please call 01793 524481 to buy fee-free)

….And there is still time for you to sign up for Gangshow!

Download cast forms here

Well done everyone who came to assessments today, it was a fantastic day and the quality of performance was excellent.

Remember it’s not to late to get your friends in scouting/guiding involved. Just get them to get in contact. If you are concerned about rehearsals affecting your exams so have not put your name down to do the show please talk to us and we will see what we can do, if you want to be involved we can find a way!

Well done and thanks again everyone for today.