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22:28 > Monday 6th October 2008

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Romeo hits right note
11:06 - 02 October 2008

BRITISH theatre company, Shakespeare 4 Kidz, is coming to The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage with its production of Romeo and Juliet. This promises to be a vibrant, fun-filled musical production of Shakespeare s most famous love story. The company is r... Full Story »

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Crossing the gender divide

10:15 - 02 October 2008

THAILAND S favourite party night flies into the Alban Arena next Friday with The Lady Boys of Bangkok. A spectacular and flamboyant show it is performed by 16 of the world s most beautiful showgirls — who just happen to be men. It is a mixture of East mee... Read More »

Society on song

10:13 - 02 October 2008

JIM Cartwright s award-winning play, often described as a Northern Fairytale, is the next production by Wheathampstead Dramatic Society. The drama group is putting on The Rise and Fall of Little Voice from next Thursday, October 9, until Saturday, October... Read More »

Carry on Hamlet

10:09 - 02 October 2008

THINK Hamlet as it might have been if Shakespeare had written it as a comedy and you have the essence of a show coming to The Radlett Centre. Ha Ha Hamlet is being performed by Ben Langley, Andrew Fettes and Mike Raffone – well-loved Covent Garden street... Read More »

Musicals

Rock n roll nostalgia
11:01 - 02 October 2008

FOR a feast of rock n roll nostalgia, head to The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage where the legendary music variety show That ll Be The Day is showing until Saturday (October 4). The show, which has now been touring for more than 20 years, treats audi... Full Story »

All the right moves for musical

10:13 - 02 October 2008

HARPENDEN Light Operatic Society will be taking no pawns hostages when it puts on the musical Chess next week. With music by Benny and Bjorn from Abba and lyrics by Tim Rice – who attended Aldwickbury School in Harpenden – it is set in the 1980s and invol... Read More »

Comedy

Starr turn
11:04 - 02 October 2008

MADCAP comedian Freddie Starr is coming to Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre on October 16. Prepare for an unpredictable evening of madness and mayhem as he brings his own brand of outrageous humour to the stage. Over the last 40 years Freddie has establi... Full Story »

A national treasure

11:03 - 02 October 2008

COMEDIAN Rudi Lickwood will be taking a satirical look at his national identity when he heads to Letchworth Arts Centre on October 10 with his show, I m a National Treasure. Black, British and proud, Rudi s comedy mirrors the ever-changing face of multicu... Read More »

Ava leads the comedy line up

10:12 - 02 October 2008

RISING comedy star Ava Vidal is expected to cause a stir when she headlines Funny First Mondays comedy club next week. The daughter of a diplomat who was a boarding school rebel, single mum and prison officer, she has a wealth of stand-up material and has... Read More »

Art

Austrian art
10:08 - 02 October 2008

AUSTRIAN artist Gustav Klimt, who dominated the art scene in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century, is the subject of a lecture at The Radlett Centre next week. Anthony Peck, who lectures on art appreciation at York University, will be talking about the... Full Story »

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Shock of the new

10:08 - 02 October 2008

GOING back to college to do an MA gave St Albans artist Asiya Clarke an unexpected boost. Asiya, who has been running painting and drawing classes in the city since 1995, was shortlisted for the Saatchi New Sensations prize. She is one of 20 graduates sel... Read More »

 

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