The 2017 show is in the books and we are looking for feedback on the 2017 show from:

• Audience Members
• Cast Members
• Leaders & Adult Volunteers from the Scout and Guiding districts we serve

Please take a few minutes to let you know what you thought using the online form.

We really hoped you enjoyed the show and we’re very grateful for all the support we received from all the friends and families, as well as the Scout and Guide groups who came to watch the show.

Special thank you to all the cast, production team, wardrobe reps and backstage crew who worked hard over the last 6 months to make the show happen.

Swindon Gangshow 2017

Swindon Scouts and Guides proudly present the Swindon Gangshow! Returning to the Wyvern for its 35th year, the cast of Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorers, Rangers and leaders will provide an exciting evening of singing, dancing and sketches.

Expect a great mix of songs; from Green Day to Glee, Beyoncé to Britney and everything in between. We’ll be sure to leave you “on the crest of a wave!”

Tickets available here.

Swindon Gangshow at the Wyvern Theatre

Thursday 6th – Saturday 8th April

Swindon Scouts and Guides proudly present the Swindon Gangshow! Returning to the Wyvern for its 35th year, the cast of Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorers, Rangers and leaders will provide an exciting evening of singing, dancing and sketches.

Expect a great mix of songs; from Green Day to Glee, Beyoncé to Britney and everything in between. We’ll be sure to leave you “on the crest of a wave!”

Tickets available here.

Firstly thank-you to all of you, Cast and Production Team for what looks and sounds to be a great show coming together. The tickets are now on sale, so please get as many of your friends and family to come along to see the show.

It costs around £25,000 for us to put on the show at the Wyvern Theatre. We can only do this with your help. Our biggest fundraiser is our ‘600 Club’ We sell numbers from 1 to 600 at £1 each. The draw will take place on Sunday 19th March during the rehearsal. The 1st Prize is £50, 2nd Prize is £30 and 3rd Prize is £20. Please can you take a sheet of numbers to sell to your friends and family. I will be in the school entrance on Sunday.

Another way we raise funds is by selling dedication panels in our program so that you can wish a member of cast ‘all the best’ These panels cost £5 for a single or £10 if you want a larger one. Please find the details here, and paper copies will be available at rehearsal.

If you run a business locally and would like to advertise in our program I have attached details here. The cost of this is £25 to £120, depending on size and colour.

Finally we run a raffle during our time at the theatre. If you have any items you would like to donate please bring them along over the next few weeks.

Many Thanks to you all in anticipation of your help.

This week saw the cast and crew of the 2017 show return to rehearsals, so we thought it would be a good time to update you on what we’ve been up to!

Rehearsals for the latest show started back in November 2016.

Over the first 4 weeks we learnt & recorded 16 songs featuring the whole cast….

And 20 songs for different age groups….

This week we started to learn Choreography, auditioned for the solos and very soon we’ll be working on the sketches. Still lots to do, and we’ll be busy every Sunday from now until show week!

With just over 40 days to go until the 2017 Introduction day, we’re very excited to let you know that sign ups for the show are now open!

This year we’re trying something new and you can sign up online. You can access the form here: https://goo.gl/LJAQ5G

You can view all the rehearsal and show dates here: https://goo.gl/rGEkXT

And don’t forget about rockband!!: https://goo.gl/1RV3n0

We’re looking forward to seeing at rehearsals!

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!