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Thu, 18 Mar 2010

The Green Tye Show

Venue: Mission Hall, Green Tye, Much Hadham.

Dates: Thursday 18th March, Saturday 20th March, Thursday 25th March, Friday 26th March, Saturday 27th March

The Green Tye Players present ' Three Cheers' The Geen Tye Show

Tickets: £7.00 including a glass of wine.
The contact is : Paddy Dowling
Daytime tel : 07811284660
email :

Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Blood Brothers

Venue: Barn Theatre.

Date: Friday 19th March to Saturday 27th March.

Time: 7.30pm-10.30pm.

Blood Brothers, by Willy Russell, plays at the Barn Theatre from 19th to 27th March. Directed by Joan Goodwin.

“So did you ever hear the tale of the Johnson twins...how one was kept and one given away?"

Blood Brothers is best known as the award-winning musical which has been running in the west end since 1988 to great critical acclaim. This version is the original Willy Russell play containing one song (Marilyn Monroe) from the musical. Fast-moving and perceptive, entertaining and thought-provoking, funny yet ultimately tragic, it tells the tale of twin brothers who are born into a large working-class family and what happens when their mother decides to have one of them adopted, Blood Brothers looks at the differences and conflicts of their upbringings, their relationships with each other and with their real and adopted mothers.

Free-of-charge pre- and post-show talks now feature at the Barn on the following nights:
Monday, 7:30 pm: Dr Cindy Lawford, PhD, interviews the director, Joan Goodwin.
Tuesday, 7:30 pm: This session provides a chance to discuss the critical and contextual background to the play.
Wednesday, approx. 10:30 pm: An after-show Q&A. The audience’s opportunity to ask the cast and crew about the play.

Tickets are £9.75 and are available from the Campus West box office on 01707 357117, online at www.barntheatre.co.uk, or from the Barn box office (01707 324300) on performance nights.

Barn Theatre, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL8 6ST.
The contact is : Campus West Box Office
Daytime tel : 01707 357117
(Evening tel : 01707 324300 (on performance nights only))
email :

Wed, 24 Mar 2010

OVO presents Playing Faustus

Venue: OVO @ Sumpter Yard

Date: Runs from Wednesday 24th March to Saturday 27th March inclusive.

OVO, one of the most exciting theatre groups in Hertfordshire, presents a new play by acclaimed local author Imogen de la Bere. Guaranteed to inflame!
The contact is : Adam
Daytime tel : 07807521436
email :

Thu, 08 Apr 2010

"Footloose" The Musical

Venue: Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar

Date: Thursday 8th April to Saturday 10th April

This lively, feel good musical will put a smile on your face, featuring many 80s hits such as "Footloose", "Holding out for a Hero" and "Lets hear it for the Boy". Act4Theatre group are delighted to present the local premiere of this production prior the films release in July 2010. So come along between 8-10 April. See the website on www.hertsmereleisure.co.uk/wyllyotts+theatre
The contact is : Wyllyotts Theatre
Daytime tel : 01707 645 005

Thu, 08 Apr 2010

Suessical the Musical!

Venue: Abbey Theatre, St Albans, AL1

Date: Thursday 8th April to Saturday 10th April

Time: 8.00pm (3pm Saturday matinee).

The world of Dr Seuss comes alive on stage this April when St Albans Youth Music Theatre present Seussical the Musical. Come and meet the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, and many more characters from the world famous books.

Set to a score featuring songs such as Horton Hears a Who, The One Feathered Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz and Green Eggs and Ham, you’ll be sure to leave with a smile on your face.

A family experience to remember!

Ticket prices: £7-£8.50 (concessions available on Saturday matinee). Contact the box office number below for tickets or book online at www.abbeytheatre2.org.uk.
The contact is : Abbey Theatre
Daytime tel : 01727 857861

Fri, 09 Apr 2010

West Herts Music Theatre presents The Wiz!

Venue: Harpenden Public Halls

Date: Thursday 9th April 2010

West Herts Music Theatre presents The Wiz!

A talented cast of over 60 talented children (8-18 year olds) from West Hertfordshire come together in this fabulous funky version of The Wizard of Oz. 70's carwash style with a funky band of musicians from Hertfordhsire Music Serivce.

Hertfordhsire music service recently began a department of musical theatre, rehearsaing on Monday nights at St Albans Music School, St Albans.
The contact is : Dean Evans
Daytime tel : 07920834496
email :

Mon, 19 Apr 2010

Trestle Mask Training for Teachers & Practitioners

Venue: Trestle Arts Base

Date: Monday 19th April

Bring Trestle techniques to your teaching

Practical training in Trestle mask skills for teachers, workshop leaders and all involved in delivering participatory theatre.

Learn the techniques that continue to characterise Trestle as one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies.

This one day practical workshop will strengthen your practice of using masks as a tool for both theatre and social development, a great opportunity to gain new techniques to enable your students to produce outstanding work.

The cost of £100 per workshop per person, includes lunch and refreshments, and comprehensive notes on the day’s activities. (Discount available when booking with Trestle Physical Theatre Training for Teachers & Practitioners – Tuesday 20 April 2010)

For further information or to request a booking form please email takingpart@trestle.org.uk or visit www.trestle.org.uk
The contact is : Sally Wilson
Daytime tel : 01727 850950
email :

Tue, 20 Apr 2010

Trestle Physical Theatre Training for Teachers & Practitioners

Venue: Trestle Arts Base

Date: Tuesday 20th April

Bring Trestle techniques to your teaching

Practical training in Trestle physical theatre skills for teachers, workshop leaders and all involved in delivering participatory theatre.

Learn the techniques that continue to characterise Trestle as one of Britain’s most inventive theatre companies.

This one-day practical workshop works imaginatively with words, using body, voice and mind to devise and create exciting physical work. Participants will discover different routes into theatre by exploring the techniques Trestle uses in devising its current touring productions.

The cost of £100 per workshop per person, includes lunch and refreshments, and comprehensive notes on the day’s activities. (Discount available when booking with Trestle Mask Training for Teachers & Practitioners – Monday 19 April 2010)
For further information or to request a booking form please email takingpart@trestle.org.uk or visit www.trestle.org.uk
The contact is : Sally Wilson
Daytime tel : 01727 850950
email :

Fri, 23 Apr 2010

Under Milk Wood

Venue: Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City.

Date: Friday 23rd April

Dylan Thomas's most famous and popular work. Directed by Coral Walton.

An orchestration of voices, sights and sounds that conjure up the dreams and waking hours of an imagined Welsh seaside village within the cycle of one day.

Free-of-charge pre- and post-show talks now feature at the Barn on the following nights:
  • Monday, 7:30 pm: Dr Cindy Lawford, PhD, interviews the director, Coral Walton.
  • Tuesday, 7:30 pm: A chance to discuss the critical and contextual background to the play.
  • Wednesday, approx. 10:30 pm: audience’s opportunity to ask the cast and crew about the play.
Tickets are £9.75 and are available from the Campus West box office on 01707 357117, online at www.barntheatre.co.uk or from the Barn box office (01707 324300) on performance nights.
The contact is : Campus West Box Office
Daytime tel : 01707 357117
email :

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:00 - 00:30

Jesterlarf Comedy Club

Venue: Harpenden Halls. Southdown Road.

Date: Friday 23rd April

The Jesterlarf Comedy Club comes to Harpenden Halls for a night of side splitting stand-up comedy, presenting some of the UK's finest comedians. With a cabaret style layout, tables can be reserved for group bookings of 8 or more people. Presenting some of the comedians from the UK's prestigious comedy club circuit.
  • Mark Maier
  • Pippa Evans
  • Marc Lucero
  • Tom Price
Observational maestro and Comedy Store regular Mark Maier headlines the show. Support comes from if.Comedy winner Pippa Evans who's just completed a sold out run at the Soho Theatre and hilarious 50+ stay-at-home father Marc Lucero. Compere for the show is the warm and witty TV funny man Tom Price
www.jesterlarf.co.uk
The contact is : Jesterlarf Comedy Club
Daytime tel : 01480 374687
email :

Wed, 05 May 2010

Hello Dolly!

Venue: Broxbourne Civic Theatre

Date: Wednesday 5th May to Saturday 8th May

Time: Evenings at 7.30pm and Saturday matinee at 3.00pm.

It Takes A Woman, Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes a Moment and of course the title song Hello Dolly are just a few of the musical numbers that are sure to delight audiences at the latest colourful and spectacular Broxbourne Theatre Company show.

Based on Thornton Wilder's farce The Matchmaker, the original Broadway show received ten Tony awards including Best Musical. It had two Broadway revivals with a total of 3754 performances. The title song even dislodged the Beatles from their long running number one position in the 1964 American charts.

Hello Dolly in 1986 also earned Broxbourne Theatre Company's biggest ever audience for a Musical. So don't delay, put on your sunday clothes and book before the parade passes by ... it only takes a moment!

Detailed information, photographs and online booking www.musicals.org.uk
The contact is : Harry Green
Daytime tel : 01992 512659
email :

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:00 - 23:30

Inherit the Wind
Venue:  Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City

Venue: Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City

Date: Friday 11th June to Saturday 19th June

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee. Directed by Siobhán Elam.

Based on a real-life 1920s US court case about the teaching of evolution, this was made into a successful film.

This is the play that has as its genesis the events of the famous Scopes trials. One of the most outstanding dramas of our time.

“The portrait it draws of an explosive episode in American culture, remains as fresh as it ever was. It retains the folk flavour and spiritual awareness. Bursting with vitality... literature of the stage!” – New York Times

Free-of-charge pre- and post-show talks now feature at the Barn on the following nights:
  • Monday, 7:30 pm: Dr Cindy Lawford, PhD, interviews the director, Siobhán Elam.
  • Tuesday, 7:30 pm: A chance to discuss the critical and contextual background to the play.
  • Wednesday, approx. 10:30 pm: audience’s opportunity to ask the cast and crew about the play.
Tickets are £9.75 and are available from the Campus West box office on 01707 357117, online at www.barntheatre.co.uk or from the Barn box office (01707 324300) on performance nights.
The contact is : Campus West Box Office
Daytime tel : 01707 357117
email :

Fri, 09 Jul 2010

The History Boys

Venue: Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City.

Date: Friday 9th July to Saturday 17th July

The History Boy By Alan Bennett. Directed by Sylvia Pepper.

Meet a bunch of bright, funny, unruly sixth form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at Oxbridge.

Alan Bennett's The History Boys has played to critical acclaim throughout the world. It raises serious questions about the purpose of education and how history should be taught, but, via the character of the maverick teacher, Hector, it is full of Bennett’s intrinsic humanity. Above all, it is magnificently entertaining with its unforgettable one-liners and show-stopping vignettes.

Free-of-charge pre- and post-show talks now feature at the Barn on the following nights:
  • Monday, 7:30 pm: Dr Cindy Lawford, PhD, interviews the director, Sylvia Pepper.
  • Tuesday, 7:30 pm: A chance to discuss the critical and contextual background to the play.
  • Wednesday, approx. 10:30 pm: audience’s opportunity to ask the cast and crew about the play.
Tickets are £9.75 and are available from the Campus West box office on 01707 357117, online at www.barntheatre.co.uk, or from the Barn box office (01707 324300) on performance nights.
The contact is : Campus West Box Office
Daytime tel : 01707 357117
email :

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