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09:11 > Thursday 8th January 2009

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Billy Ocean is back
12:17 - 30 December 2008

WITH 30 million record sales to his name, Billy Ocean is Britain s biggest black recording artist and he is coming to perform at the Harlow Playhouse on Friday February 13. Billy has a pile of gold and platinum records and topped the charts in a whole hos... Full Story »

Chorus break the ice

10:10 - 31 December 2008

HERTFORDSHIRE Chorus are taking part in the first-ever choral concert at a new London concert hall. The choir will be performing the world premiere of a new commission by Orlando Gough entitled Ice at the Kings Place Concert Hall next to Kings Cross in Lo... Read More »

Friday folk dancing to a different tune

10:05 - 31 December 2008

St Albans — a city rich in heritage just waiting to be explored. But if you re not a tourist and are still in the prime of youth, is there actually anything to do here except go to the pub? I ve lived in St Albans for my full 21 years of life, and it s ab... Read More »

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Artist’s humour in bucketloads

09:56 - 31 December 2008

AN important exhibition of oils from the Bucket Men series by acclaimed Taiwan-born artist Jui-Pin Chang will be at Letchworth Arts Centre from January 6 to 29. The exhibition of about 20 paintings includes four very recent works that demonstrate the arti... Read More »

Joseph is at the Arena until Saturday
Joseph has crowd dancing

15:53 - 12 June 2008

PACKED full of infectious entertainment and blending together action, stunning vocals and laughter, the production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat currently running at the Alban Arena is one not to miss. The opening night of... Read More »

Panto dates

09:55 - 31 December 2008

MAKE sure you book your tickets for a pantomime in Comet country this year. * Jack and the Beanstalk at The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. The show will run until January 25. For tickets, which start from £12.50, call 08700 131 030 or visit www.gordon... Read More »

Abbey appeal for kids

10:04 - 31 December 2008

AN APPEAL has been made for two children to sing solo parts in the new community opera Albans to be performed in St Albans Abbey. Project manager Hazel Ireson said: We are looking for a girl aged around 14 to play Alban s daughter and a boy of around 11... Read More »

Calamity Jane
Video: Review: Calamity Jane at the Gordon Craig Theatre

10:52 - 08 October 2008

CLASSIC songs including The Deadwood Stage, Secret Love and Windy City are echoing around the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage this week. Belting out the show tunes are members of the Hitchin Thespians who are staging Calamity Jane all this week until Sa... Read More »

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Ocean waves in the New Year

10:08 - 31 December 2008

NEW Year turns into a new season at the Alban Arena which is celebrating its 40th birthday year. The highlight of the spring season is the first-ever visit from eighties legend Billy Ocean on January 21. His rise to fame was crowned by such classics as Lo... Read More »

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Bride Wars (PG)

10:52 - 05 January 2009

WHEN the dress goes on, the gloves come off in the feisty chick-flick Bride Wars, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Emma (Hathaway) and Liv (Hudson) have been planning their wedding days together since their childhood and when the pair are proposed... Read More »

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Defiance (15)

10:50 - 05 January 2009

DANIEL Craig (of James Bond fame) returns to our screens in this powerful Second World War tale directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond). Set in the summer of 1941, with Hitler s army making its way through Europe leaving a trail of death and destruction,... Read More »

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Che - Part 1 (15)

12:15 - 30 December 2008

CHE is the first film of a two-part biopic of revolutionary icon Che Guevara by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh. The film features Benicio Del Toro, in what critics are describing as a role he was born to play, alongside Benjamin Bratt and Lou Diamon... Read More »

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The Reader (15)

12:13 - 30 December 2008

KATE Winslet and Ralph Fiennes star in this film based on the award-winning novel by Bernhard Schlink. The story follows Michael Berg from a 15-year-old school boy suffering from hepatitis, to his struggles to come to terms with the Holocaust. After falli... Read More »

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The Spirit (12A)

12:12 - 30 December 2008

FRANK Miller s The Spirit is a combination of action, adventure and romance and features a stellar cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Samuel L Jackson. After the premature demise of cop (Gabriel Macht) on the streets of Central City, he re... Read More »

 

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