Your complete January Hertfordshire diary

JANUARY 2012
Compiled by: Petra Hornsby

 

MUSIC & DANCE

2^nd Festival of Britain New Year Family Concert with Bjorn Bantock conducting the St Albans Symphony Orchestra, 7pm, St Albans Abbey

5^th STAJE, local band playing Jazz, Soul, Funk and Latin, Abbey Theatre, St Albans

8^th Life & Times and Friends at Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Hotel, Hitchin. 01462 456811

8^th Letchworth Sinfonia New Year Concert, traditional festive waltzes and polkas, Plinston Hall, The Broadway, Letchworth Garden City. 01462 672003

10^th-14^th The 63^rd Harpenden Gang Show, Harpenden Public Halls

13^th East London Clarinet Choir, Benslow Music. 01462 459446

13^th El Moreno, classical Spanish guitarist, Rhodes Arts Complex

14^th The Talent, modern dance from Balletboyz, Watford Palace Theatre

14^th The Hamsters Play Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top on their farewell tour. Rhodes Arts Complex

14^th The Sounds of Glen Miller, Watford Colosseum

14^th Jackson Live! Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime, Radlett Centre

20^th The Jerry Lee Lewis Story, Hertford Theatre

20^th Paul Carrack in concert, Mike & The Mechanics former front-man, The Alban Arena

20^th Haileybury Jazz Evening, in aid of Isabel Hospice. 01707 382500

21^st Whole Lotta Led, Led Zeppelin tribute band, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar

21^st The Elvis Years, with Mario Kombou, Radlett Centre

21^st Sing-A-Long a Grease, Watford Colosseum

21^st Tring Chamber Music, ‘A Midwinter Recital in the Ballroom’, The Mansion, Tring Park HP23 5LX. 01442 822732

21^st Brooklyn Voices present Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand, sung by Sophie Bloom and Stuart Warren, Watersmeet Theatre

21^st Chinese New Year Roadshow, interactive family fun, dance and colour, Watford Palace Theatre

22^nd Alpana Sengupta School of Kathak, spectacular Indian dance, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar

24^th Brendan Cole – Live & Unjudged, The Alban Arena

27^th Craig Ogden Guitar Recital, 7pm, Beechwood Park School, Pickford Road, Markyate AL3 8AW. 01582 840333

27^th All Star 60’s, perform the hits of their day, Gordon Craig Theatre

27^th-29^th Fiddle Hell, weekend of music and workshops. All string instruments welcome, 79 High Street, Sparrows Herne, Bushey WD23 1BL, 020 8421 9907

28^th A Little Bit of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Hertford Theatre

28^th An Evening with Blake, Gordon Craig Theatre

28^th The Soldiers, Gordon Craig Theatre

29^th ELO Experience, Gordon Craig Theatre

29^th Glenn Miller Orchestra ‘Live at 5’, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar

29^th Hey Boy! Hey Girl! Celebrating the magic of boy girl duets, Radlett Centre

 

THEATRE

Until 1^st, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, The Alban Arena 

Until 1^st, Sleeping Beauty, Radlett Centre

Until 2^nd Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, Rhodes Arts Complex

Until 7^th Jack and the Beanstalk, The Market Theatre, Hitchin

Until 8^th Cinderella, The Court Theatre, Tring

8^th Hellfire Comedy Club, Watford Colosseum

6^th- 8^th & 12^th-14^th Jack and the Beanstalk, Broxbourne Civic Theatre. 01992 441946

18^th-21^st Medea by Euripides, raw Greek tragedy, Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

19^th-21^st The Play’s the Thing, Abbey Theatre, St Albans

20^th Comedian Jeremy Hardy, Watford Palace Theatre

20^th-28^th The Killing of Sister George, Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City

21^st Pulling Faces,  acerbic comedy, Hertford Theatre

23^rd-28^th Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan, Watford Palace Theatre

24^th-27^th Romeo and Juliet, The Court Theatre, Pendley Tring

25^th-February 4^th Widows, Abbey Theatre, St Albans

26^th Sincerely Noel with Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page, Hertford Theatre

26^th & 27^th Chinese State Circus, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar

27^th The Trial by Stephen Berkoff, Radlett Centre

28^th Withering Looks, Brontë spoof, Radlett Centre

28^th Sense and Sensibility performed by Chapterhouse Theatre Company, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar 

28^th What is Love Anyway? Comedy with Richard Herring, Hertford Theatre

28^th A Little Bit of Dickens. Follow naughty schoolboy Charlie as he travels back in time, Hertford Theatre

29^th Circus of Horrors, Watford Colosseum

30^th Circus of Horrors, Gordon Craig Theatre

 

ART & EXHIBITIONS

Until 1st Bushey Then and Now, from the Greville Collection, Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Until 2^nd Beautiful, Inaccessible and Vulnerable – a photographic exhibition of the museum’s hidden treasures, Rhodes Arts Complex

Until  3^rd Heather Holmes exhibition on flowers, Letchworth Arts Centre

Until  3^rd All is Bright, prints and paintings by Kim Raymont and Kate Burgess, Letchworth Arts Centre

Until 7^th Christmas Customs, Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery

Until 11^th My Dear Students – Artists of the Herkomer School, Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Until 22^nd Veolia ‘Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year’, Natural History Museum at Tring

Throughout January  Art Expo Radlett, exhibiting a wide variety of Artists and Sculptors, Radlett Centre Gallery

 

WALKS & NATURE

8^th Orchard Work Party, join us in Tewin, bring flask and snacks. Tools provided. Mid Herts Local Group 01438 798213

15^th The Great Sunday Roost: Herts Bittern Day, 2.30-4.30pm, Amwell Nature Reserve, Stanstead Abbotts. Booking essential: 01727 858901

15^th Battle of Barnet walk, a guided tour of the famous Wars of the Roses battlefield of 1471. 11am, 020 8440 6805

24^th The winter sky at night, a talk by Dr Chris Woolston, followed by a stargazing session, 8pm, Howlands Baptist Church, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4RS. 01438 798213

 

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING

5th 11am-2pm, Kemp Place car park, Bushey

6th 11am-2pm, The Venue Leisure Centre car park, Borehamwood

7th 11am-2pm, Oakmere car park, High Street, Potters Bar

8th 11am-2pm, Newberries car park, Radlett

Until 13th Bickerdikes Garden Centre, Norton Road, Letchworth

Until 13th Tapps Garden Centre, Wallington Road, Baldock

Until 13th Wyevale Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Hitchin

Until 13th Wyevale Garden Centre, High Street, Codicote

 

GENERAL INTEREST

Until  2^nd Pick up a Finger Puppet, 10am-5pm. Natural History Museum, Tring. 020 7942 6171

3^rd,10^th,17^th,24^th,31^st Latino Dance Light with Marcia Maliari for 50+, 2-3pm, Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living. 01462 678804

5^th & 12^th Boutique Market, The Green House, @The Gallery, Station Road, Letchworth SG6 3BL  

8^th Strictly Come Hospice Valentine’s Special Dancing Lessons, seven weeks of training in preparation for the showcase final at the Watford Colosseum. www.peacehospice.org.uk, 01923 335371

8^th Wedding Fayre at Hanbury Manor, 11am-4pm, Hanbury Manor, SG12 0SD

9^th,16^th,23^rd,30^th T’ai Chi for Life with Ian Deavin for 50+, 11.30am-12.30pm, Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living, 01462 678804

9^th,16^th,23^rd,30^th Rosehill Community Singing with Helen King for 50+, 2pm-3pm, Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living, 01462 678804

10^th Coffee Morning for Isabel Hospice, 10.30am-noon, Markwell Pavilion, Bishop’s Stortford

12^th Jimmy Greaves at 70 tour, with a special question and answer session, Rhodes Arts Complex

14^th Jumble Sale for Isabel Hospice, 2.30-4.30pm, Thundridge Village Hall

15^th Art and Antiques Fair, signed limited editions and prints by the late humorous artist, Beryl Cook, The Radlett Centre

15^th De Vere Ponsbourne Park Wedding Show, free admission, 11am – 3pm, Newgate Street Village, Nr Hertford SG13 8RA

15^th Meet Gold Medalist 60m Indoor Champion and Acclaimed British Sculptor Donald Brown, The Radlett Centre

18^th & 25^th 'Romans to Utopians: Hertfordshire gardens though the Ages' with Kate Harwood, Lecturer in Garden History for Birkbeck College, 2-4pm, Hertford Museum

29^th Marcel Fairs, Antiques and Collectables, 10am-4pm, Berkhamsted Sports Centre, HP4 3QQ 07887 648 255

 

FARMERS’ MARKETS

6^th  Barnet, Spires Shopping Centre 8.30am to 3pm

8^th St Albans, Market Place 10am to 4pm

14^th Hertford, Market Place 8.30am to 1pm

14^th Baldock, High Street 10am to 2pm

15^th Wheathampstead, East Lane Car Park 10am to 1pm

20^th Hexton, St Faith’s Church 1pm to 4pm

21^st Stevenage, White Lion Yard 10am to 2pm

20^th  Barnet, Spires Shopping Centre, 8.30am-3pm

21^st Letchworth, Leys Square, 9am-1pm

22^nd  Sheering, Village Hall 9.30am-12.30pm

22^nd Harpenden, Lower High Street, 10am-2pm

28^th Little Hadham, Village Hall, 8.30-11.30am

 

USEFUL CONTACTS

Abbey Theatre, St Albans 01727 857861

Alban Arena, St Albans 01727 844488

Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted 01441 851227

Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City 01707 357117

British Schools Museum, Hitchin 01462 420144

Broxbourne Civic Hall 01992 441946

Court Theatre, Pendley, Tring 01442 823130

First Garden City Heritage Museum 01462 482710

Frogmore Paper Mill, 01442 234600

Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage 01438 363200

Harpenden Public Halls 01582 767525

Hatfield House 01707 287010

Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery 01462 434476

Hopleys, Much Hadham 01279 842509

Knebworth House and Gardens 01438 812661

Letchworth Arts Centre 01462 670788

Market Theatre, Hitchin 01462 433553

Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead 01442 228091

Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin 01462 434875

Radlett Centre 01923 859291

Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishop’s Stortford 01279 651746

Sandpit Theatre, St Albans 01727 370067

Shenley Park 01923 852629

St Albans Cathedral 01727 860780

Trestle Arts Base, St Albans 01727 850950

Watford Colosseum 0845 075 3993

Watford Palace Theatre 01923 225671

Watersmeet Theatre 01923 711063

Wyllyotts Theatre 01707 645005

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