Make it extra special!
From January 2022, the Wyvern Theatre will offer incredible hassle-free dining in our restaurant, 90 minutes before the show.
The Swindon Arts Centre offers a range of hot and cold drinks and snacks from its bar, including cake bars, ice-cream, chocolate, nuts and pork scratchings.
The bar is open 60 minutes before every show.
Available from January 2022
Exclusively at the Wyvern Theatre, order light bites from the Café Bar menu without the need to pre-book.
Skip the queue!
Avoid the rush by ordering your drinks before you arrive at the Wyvern Theatre and make more time for fun!
Selected dishes from the pre-show dining menu
From January 2022, available before every show at the Wyvern Theatre, served in the Café Bar only
Light bites with no need to pre-book, just grab a seat in the Café area and order at the bar!
For the restaurant menu, please click the tabs above.
Bloomer Sandwiches
Served with crisps and salad
Make it a baguette - add 50p
Roast Ham
4.25
Mature Cheddar cheese & pickle
(v) 4.50
Roast ham and Cheddar cheese
4.75Coronation chicken
5.00
Egg mayo
4.00
Tuna mayo & sweetcorn
4.75Specials
Soup of the day
With crusty bread & butter (gf*) 5.50
Ploughman's board
with crusty baguette & butter, roast ham, mature cheddar cheese, Branston pickle, pickled onion, gherkin & salad 10.50
Kids Yummy Box
Whole box £7.00
Ham or cheese sandwich
Burts Crisps
Jaffa Cakes or digestive biscuits
Fruit Shoot Juiced
Choice of: Apple & Pear or Strawberry & Raspberry
Marshfield Farm Milk or Fruit Pop
For £2.40 extra
Jacket Potatoes
Served with coleslaw & salad garnish
Add extra cheese or beans for £1 each.
Cheddar cheese
(v) 5.75
Cheese & beans
(v) 6.00
Coronation chicken
6.50
Tuna mayo & sweetcorn
6.25
Chilli con carne
(gf) 6.50
Vegetable chilli
(v) (gf) 6.50
Cakes & Ice Creams
Victoria sponge
(gf*) 4.00
Coffee & walnut
(n) 4.00
Cake & coffee offer
Available with a medium speciality tea/coffee 5.00
Marshfield Farm ice-creams
Choice of flavours available 3.20 for 125ml or 4.20 for 180ml
A delicious menu served in our dedicated restaurant space, The Spotlight Room
Pre-Show Teasers
Bread Basket (v) 3.50
Prawn Crackers (n) 2.50
Marinated Olives (n)(vg) 3.00
Crispy Jalapenos (gf)(vg) 2.50
Starters
Soup of the day
Classic curtain call with a warm rustic roll (v) (gf*) 5.50
Hot 'n' Spicy Chicken
Boneless thighs in a flamin' sauce, blue cheese dip (gf) 7.00
Jack Bites
Breaded jack fruit with a red chilli sauce (vg ) 6.00
Sustainable Whitebait
lemon wedge and tartare sauce 6.50
Creamy Mushrooms
on toasted sourdough (gf*)(v) 7.00
Sharers
Camembert Share 'n' Tear | Serves 2
Round ring of rolls with cranberry and a melting centre perfect for dipping with tomato chutney (v)(n) 13.00 Freshly baked in fifteen minutes
Fisherman's Catch | Serves 2
Crispy calamari rings, fish goujons, sweet chilli prawns, white bait and prawn crackers all accompanied by Marie Rose and tartare sauce with a lemon wedge. (n) 14.00
Mezze Board | Serves 2
BBQ jack skewers, garlic-rubbed puccia bread, chunky sweet potato wedges and crispy jalapenos all served with oven roasted tomato salsa, garlic mayonnaise and hummus dips (vg) 12.50
Add tasty garlic puccia bread to any sharer for just 3.50
A delicious menu served in our dedicated restaurant space, The Spotlight Room
Mains
Chilli & Garlic Chicken
Marinated chicken with cashews in a sweet sticky sauce, fragrant rice and pak choi (n) 12.50
Mediterranean Tagliatelle
Ribbons of pasta in a rich creamy sun-dried tomato and roasted red pepper sauce (v) 11.00
Add garlic puccia bread for just 3.50
Pork Baby Back Ribs
Slow-cooked, our Asian and honey-glazed succulent ribs are served with skin-on fries, baby corn-on-the-cob and a refreshing red cabbage slaw (gf) 13.50
Did you know you can return to your table for interval drinks and dessert?
Ask your server for details
Burgers
Our burgers are served in a toasted brioche bun with salad garnish, coleslaw and our signature skin-on fries.
Cheese & Bacon Burger
100% British steak burger with a mature cheddar slice, grilled bacon, dill pickles and tomato chutney 12.50
BBQ Jack Burger
Pulled jack fruit in a deep BBQ sauce with garlic mayo and dill pickles (
vg
) 11.00
Squeeze an extra burger in for just 3.00
Onion rings make the perfect accompaniment 3.50
Headliners
Braised Beef Stew
A real winter warmer! Tender pieces of beef and root vegetables, mash potato, and gravy (gf) 11.50
Ask your server for our great selection of IPA's to create the perfect dish
Sweet Potato & Spinach Curry
Aromatic Malabar sauce with chickpeas, served with coconut and coriander rice (vg) (gf) 11.00
Add garlic & coriander naan bread for just (v) 3.50
Beer-Battered Fish & Chips
Crispy MSC sustainable haddock fillet, gourmet chips, mint mushy peas and tartare sauce 13.50
Swap your fish for our great-tasting battered halloumi (v) 12.50
Chicken & Leek Pie
in a creamy tarragon sauce, mash potato and seasonal veg 12.50
Supporting Cast
Skin-on Fries (vg) ( gf ) 3.00
Chunky Chips (vg) ( gf ) 3.50
Garlic Puccia Bread (v) 3.50
Beer-Battered Onion Rings (v) 3.50
Naan Bread (v) 2.50
A delicious menu served in our dedicated restaurant space, The Spotlight Room
Desserts
Apple and Blackberry Crumble
warm custard (v) 6.75
Sticky Toffee Pudding
delicious seasonal desert suitable for vegans (vg) (n) 7.00
Lucious Lemon Cheesecake
berry compote (gf)(v) (n) 7.50
Marshfield Farm Ice Cream
with a wafer curl. Please ask your server for flavours (gf*) (v) 5.50
Warm Sweet Waffles
Topped with salted caramel ice cream and toffee sauce (v) 6.50
Chocolate Ganache Tart
Vanilla clotted cream (v) 7.25
Hot drinks
Americano 2.30
Latte 2.60
Cappuccino 2.60
Liqueur Coffee 4.70
Floater Coffee 2.80
Speciality Teas 2.60
Hot Fudge Brownie Latte 3.60
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate 3.60
Choose one item from each section for £7.50
A delicious menu served in our dedicated restaurant space, The Spotlight Room
Headliners
Cheeseburger
100% beef burger with melting cheese served in a sesame seed bun
Battered fish
Freshly battered haddock served with chunky chips
Cheese and beans Jacket
Soft jacket potato with beans covered in melted cheese (gf) (v)
Chicken Club
Chicken fillet and bacon topped with cheese in a sesame seed bun with lettuce and tomato, served with a portion of fries
Tomato pasta
Penne pasta in a tomato and basil sauce (gf)(v)
Supporting Cast
Baked Beans (gf) (vg)
Garden Salad ( gf ) ( vg )
Mushy/Garden Peas (gf) (vg)
Garlic Bread (v)
Grand Finale
Marshfield Farm Ice Cream
Fruit pop
To Drink
Robinsons Refreshed Squash
(v) = Suitable for vegetarians | (vg) = Suitable for vegans | (gf) = Gluten-free | (gf*) = Gluten-free option available
All of our food is prepared in a kitchen where nuts, gluten and other allergens are present. Our menu descriptions do not include all ingredients. If you have a food allergy, please let us know before ordering. Full allergen information is available.
