live broadcasts quick guide - hertford theatre

POCKET GUIDE LIVE PROGRAMME

JAN - APR 2015

BOX OFFICE: 01992 531 500www.hertfordtheatre.com

QUICK GUIDEJANUARYWEDS 7th - SUN 11th HD&OS present Dick Whittington

SAT 17th 2pm Arthur’s Dream Boat

THUR 22nd 7pm LIVENational Theatre Broadcastof Treasure Island

SAT 24th

Wedding Show

SAT 24th 8pm Stephen K Amos

THUR 29th 7.30pm Obsessions and Compulsions

FEBRUARYSUN 1st 2.30pm & 4.15pm HSO present Puppets, Jokes & Tricks

THUR 5th- SAT 7th

Rare Productions presents The Wizard of Oz

WEDS 11th 7pmRSC Live Broadcast of Love’s Labour’s Lost

THUR 12th 8pmHenning Vehn

WEDS 18th 2pm ENCORENational Theatre Broadcastof Treasure Island

SAT 21st 2pm & 7pm NBDA Spring Show

TUE 24th - SAT 28th Ware Operatic Societypresents Oliver

MARCHWEDS 4th 7pm RSC Live Broadcast of Love’s Labour’s Won

SAT 7th 8pm Seann Walsh: 28

WEDS 11th 7.30pmEnglish National Opera Live Broadcast of La Traviata

MARCH THUR 12th 7.45pmEnglish National Jazz Orchestra

FRI 13th - SUN 15th

The Tiger That Came to Tea!

SAT 14th 8pm Live at Hertford Theatre Comedy!

THUR 19th 11am-3pmBonhams Valuation Days

THUR 19th 8pm Circus of Horrors

FRI 20th 7.45pm An Evening with Monty Don

SAT 21st 7.45pm Reduced Shakespeare Company

TUES 24th 8pmJohn Shuttleworth

THUR 26th 7.45pm United We Stand

SAT 28th- SUN 29th Georgina Pay School of Dance

APRILSAT 4th 8pmAndy Parsons

THUR 9th 1pm & 3.30pmThe Starlight Stars Retro Show

SAT 11th 2pm Captain Flinnand the Pirate Dinosaurs

SAT 11th 7.45pm Vienna Festival Ballet

THUR 16th 7.45pm An Evening with Pam Ayres

SAT 18th 8pm Katherine Ryan

MON 20th w- SAT 25th

Hertford Theatre Week

THUR 23rd 11am-3pmBonhams Valuation Days

THUR 30th 7.45pmNursing Lives

01992 531 500 | www.hertfordtheatre.com @HertfordTheatre /hertfordtheatre

National Theatre Broadcast of Treasure IslandThurs 22nd January, 7pm – Live Weds 18th February, 2pm Encore

A thrilling broadcast of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of murder and mutiny!£15, £12, Schools £10

RSC Live Broadcast of Love’s Labour’s LostWeds 11th February, 7pm

Set in Summer 1914, the King and his friends have taken an oath to avoid women for three years- but then the Princess of France arrives! A sparkling comedy!£15, £12, Schools £10

English National Opera Live Broadcast of La TraviataWeds 11th March, 7.30pm

A stunning production of Verdi’s masterpiece, with themes of passionate love and tragic death. This production is ideal for newcomers to opera, with a contemporary staging and a running time of less than two hours.£15, £12, Schools £10

LIVE BROADCASTS

RSC Live Broadcast of Love’s Labour’s WonWeds 4th March, 7pm

Set in Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers return from the trenches to be reunited with a life of parties and youthful passions. Better known as Much Ado About Nothing

£15, £12, Schools £10

SOLDOUT

The River RoomThe River Room is our popular scenic space, ideal for parties with a unique river view or a bright area for meetings. Various catering options available. Please contact [email protected]

The StudioOur studio is a great space to have your classes, or small scale productions. Complete with sprung dance floor, ballet bars and changing rooms. To hire the studio, please contact [email protected]

HOW TO BOOKBY PHONE AND IN PERSON

Telephone: 01992 531500

Online: www.hertfordtheatre.com (£2.50 booking fee per transaction)

In Person: Hertford Theatre Box Office, The Wash, Hertford, SG14 1PS Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, The Box Office remains open

for 15 minutes after the start of the final performance.

VENUE HIREWe have a variety of stunning, versatile facilities and spaces that you can hire for any occasion.

Hertford Theatre is in a great central location, just a 10 minute walk from Hertford North and Hertford East stations.

GALLERY OPEN ALL DAY, FREE ENTRY

Julie Cooper India6th – 31st January Nothing can prepare you for India.

It is a total assault on the senses. These paintings are my personal response; abstracted moments, fleeting feelings.

Illustrate3rd – 28th February

Illustrators Sasha Balkin, Emmeline Webb, Corrina Dunlea, Paul Fennell and Aneisha Munroe exhibit a wide range of illustrative

styles and techniques.

Christina PattisonHome and A Way3rd – 28th March 2015

In expressing her own narrative of life’s way, Christina travels through time, space and spirit in her joyous use of colour.

Paint31st March – 25th April 2015

Graham Boyd, Melanie Ewer, Paul Fennell, Sally Gorham, John Little,

Carolyn Perry, Neil Robbins, Paula Stanley

These diverse painters reveal a variety of working methods,

imagery and concepts.USEFUL CONTACTS Burlesque Gems [email protected]

Bootcamp Fitness Training [email protected]

Dinky Dancers [email protected]

Graham School of Dance grahamschoolofdance.co.uk

Hartbeeps - [email protected]

Hertford Regional College - hrc.co.uk

Hertford Yoga Shala 07946 508134

Little Bees Music Classes [email protected]

Staveley Theatre Academy [email protected]

The National Trust 01992 623514

U3A - 01992 410000

Xpression Dance [email protected]

Zumbini with Ana [email protected]

Zumba - [email protected]

FIND US

Our gallery is curated by Courtyard Arts. To exhibit, please contact [email protected]

OPENING TIMESThe building is open from 9am Monday- Saturday.

The Café is open from 10am until 4pm Monday- Saturday.

The Café reopens for evening shows and screenings and closes at the end of the interval.

A Meeting of Marks28th April – 23rd May 2015 Rosalynd Fletcher, Noelle O’Kane, Wendy Mooney.

A trio of Hertfordshire based artists explore their personal responses to the natural world.

The AuditoriumOur auditorium has been refurbished with new seats and flooring and is our biggest space available for hire, with state of the art audio, visual and lighting equipment- where better to have a huge party or screen your presentation?

To hire the auditorium, please contact [email protected]

Max capacity:

400

Vamos Presents

Nursing LivesThurs 30th April, 7.45pm

A heart-warming wartime tale of bravery and love from the UK’s leading full mask theatre company. When Flo learns that the hospital she trained at during WWII is being demolished, she decides to stop the bulldozers in their tracks. Nursing Lives is a love story set in Thatcher’s Britain but takes us back to the hard-working, heart-breaking, swing-dancing world of the UK’s wartime hospitals.

“An a� ecting, heartfelt production that’s funny and touching in turn.” The Guardian

£13,£11, Schools £8.50

John Shuttleworth in A WEE KEN TO REMEMBERTues 24th March, 8pm

John wanted to tell you about his most memorable weekends. But his agent, Ken has messed up the artwork of the poster! “Weekend” has become “Wee Ken” and now John is duty-bound to steer the evening towards a celebration of the diminutive impresario’s life.

“She� eld’s funniest man” The Times

As heard recently on BBC Radio 4

£16, £14

Stephen K Amos:Welcome To My WorldSat 24 January, 8pm

The maestro of feel-good comedy returns with his new show!“Uplifting stand-up from a charming performer” Time Out

£17

Circus of Horrors presents

Night of the Zombie!Thurs 19th March, 8pm

Celebrate their 20th Anniversary in spectacular style, if you dare! Set in 2020, London is ruled by the undead and creatures of the night who perform the most sensational and bizarre circus acts you’ve ever seen! Not for the faint-hearted, but an excellent night out. You’ll be screaming with eitherexcitement or fear!

£20, £18

Henning VehnThurs 12th February, 8pm

After more than 10 years in Britain, the German Comedy Ambassador has ‘groan’ to like puns.... though he still couldn’t eat a whole one.“Brought the audience to its knees” The Telegraph

Seann Walsh: 28Sat 7th March, 8pm

After his mistake in going to Hereford, Seann is hopefully returning to Hertford!“Comedy at its sharpest” The Independent

£14

An Evening with Monty DonFri 20th March, 7.45pm

Mark the arrival of Spring with the nation’s favourite gardener!

Join Monty for an informative and entertaining talk about his world wide travels and personal garden stories.

£18

Reduced Shakespeare Companyin the History of ComedySat 21st March, 7.45pm

From the highbrow to the low, from Aristophanes and Shakespeare to cavemen telling “Rock Rock” jokes, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

£17, £15

Townsend Productions presents

United We StandThurs 26th March, 7.45pm

Townsend Productions (“...vivid, politically committed theatre”- The Observer) presents the true story of Des Warren, Ricky Tomlinson and the Shrewsbury Pickets.

£13, £11, Unwaged £5

Andy Parsons: Live, UnleashedBut Naturally CautiousSat 4th April, 8pm

“Big laughs unloading both barrels at British political and public life” The GuardianDid you know that Andy Parsons was also a lead writer for Splitting Image?!

£15

Les Petits presents

Captain Flinn and the Pirate DinosaursSat 11th April, 2pm

Join Flinn as he discovers a Pirate in a cupboard and tumbles into an action-packed adventure! From the book by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto

£14, £11, Family Ticket £46

Vienna Festival Ballet:35th Anniversary GalaSat 11th April, 7.45pm

Celebrating 35 wonderful years with a very special Gala, featuring excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s most beloved ballets An evening of perfect ballet you won’t forget!

£19, £17, Schools £14, Family Ticket £66

An Evening with Pam AyresThurs 16th April, 7.45pm

Pam Ayres brings us her latest show as part of her 40th anniversary tour, following the recent publication of her new book of poetry, You Made Me Late Again!

£22.50

Katherine Ryan: Glam Role ModelSat 18th April, 8pm

This fresh, often dangerously fi ercepop-culture obsessed Canadian was una� ected by publicized death threatsand survived the world’s fi rst cracksmoking mayor.

“Warped wit with a striking presence...killer lines...calm confi dence.” Scotsman

£14.50

Wedding ShowSat 24th January, 11am - 4pmA fantastic showcase of the very best local wedding products and services.

For more information, contact Wendy on 01992 581630

Obsessions and CompulsionsThurs 29th Jan, 7.30pm

David Adam, best-selling author of The Man Who Couldn’t Stop, talks to the BBC’s Dr Adam Rutherford and Naomi Fineberg,Consultant Psychiatrist, QE2 Hospital.

£7.50

Ware Operatic Society presents

Oliver!Tues 24th - Sat 28th February, 7.30pmSat 28th February Matinee, 2.30pm

Lionel Bart’s sensational musical Oliver! is brought to life by Ware Operatic Society.Various ticket prices, please view our website for details.

Rare Productions presents

The Wizard of OzThurs 5th- Sat 7th February, 7.30pmSat 7th February Matinee, 2.30pm

Everyone loves the musical story of Dorothy, the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow.Performed by RARE Youth Theatre£15, £14, Concessions £13

English National Jazz Orchestra:Big Band is Back!Thurs 12th March, 7.45pm

Experience the thrill of a swing band live and the sounds of Basie and Ellington, Ella, Sinatra and Diane Schuur. A great evening!£14, £12

Georgina Pay School of DanceSat 28th March, 2pm & 6.30pmSun 29th March, 2pm

A wonderful insight into the talent of the school as dancers aged 3-17 perform The Nutcracker.

£12, £6

HSO PresentsPuppets, Jokes & TricksThe Robert Kiln Concert for ChildrenSun 1st February, 2.30pm & 4.15pm

An exciting afternoon of practical jokes and making lots of noise! Dress up in whatever you fancy and you might win a prize!

£7, Concessions £4

LIVE EVENTS

SOLDOUT

The Starlight Stars Retro ShowThurs 9th April, 1pm & 3.30pmStarlight Stars is a fun performing arts school from Puckeridge who are now celebrating their 12th year with their 80’s Retro Show!

£10, £8 concession

DIRECTORSCHOICE

OUR LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS AND YOUTH COMPANIES

Bonhams Valuation DaysThurs 19 March, 11am-3pmThurs 23 April, 11am-3pm

Unknown treasures? Bonhams’ specialists o� er free auction advice on any item from jewellery to cars.

Appointments/enquiries: 01284 716190 [email protected]

NBDA Spring ShowSat 21st February, 2pm & 7pm

Students of the Niki and Barbara Dance Academy in Welwyn showcase their Spring dances.

Ticket prices to be confi rmed.

HD&OS PresentsHertford Theatre WeekMon 20th - Sat 25th April, 7.45pm

The 54th year of Hertford’s nationally acclaimed drama festival for full-length plays! Six nights, six productions performed in competition

£12 a night, £38 weekly

Live at Hertford Theatre!Sat 14th March, 8pm

Treat yourself to a really quite funny evening with Mitch Benn, Paul McCa� rey, Ben Norris, Andrew Doyle and Dan Evans. All top comedians from the television and radio!

£15

Long Nose Puppets presents

Arthur’s Dream Boat Sat 17th January, 2pm

Arthur has an amazing dream about a beautiful boat. He can’t wait to tell everyone but no one is interested. In fact, they don’t even notice the boat is growing on his head, getting larger by the minute! A magical playful children’s show with breath-taking puppets. This brand new show is brought to you by Long Nose Puppets, makers of Shoe Baby and Penguin. Music by Tom Gray, of the Mercury Award winning band Gomez

£8, £6

EXTRA DATE ADDED - Sat 30th May, 8pm £15

KW & NB Ltd presents

The Tiger Who Came to Tea!Fri 13th March, 1.30pmSat 14th- Sun 15th March, 10.30am & 1.30pm

A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem!“This is the cat’s meow!” The Times

£11, Schools £8.50, Family Ticket £42

HD&OS present

Dick WhittingtonWeds 7th-Fri 9th January, 7pmSat 10th Jan, 2pm & 7pmSun 11th Jan, 2pm

It’s panto time for the local cast of HD&OS!Various ticket prices, please view our website for details.

The River RoomThe River Room is our popular scenic space, ideal for parties with a unique river view or a bright area for meetings. Various catering options available. Please contact [email protected]

The StudioOur studio is a great space to have your classes, or small scale productions. Complete with sprung dance floor, ballet bars and changing rooms. To hire the studio, please contact [email protected]

HOW TO BOOKBY PHONE AND IN PERSON

Telephone: 01992 531500

Online: www.hertfordtheatre.com (£2.50 booking fee per transaction)

In Person: Hertford Theatre Box Office, The Wash, Hertford, SG14 1PS Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, The Box Office remains open

for 15 minutes after the start of the final performance.

VENUE HIREWe have a variety of stunning, versatile facilities and spaces that you can hire for any occasion.

Hertford Theatre is in a great central location, just a 10 minute walk from Hertford North and Hertford East stations.

GALLERY OPEN ALL DAY, FREE ENTRY

Julie Cooper India6th – 31st January Nothing can prepare you for India.

It is a total assault on the senses. These paintings are my personal response; abstracted moments, fleeting feelings.

Illustrate3rd – 28th February

Illustrators Sasha Balkin, Emmeline Webb, Corrina Dunlea, Paul Fennell and Aneisha Munroe exhibit a wide range of illustrative

styles and techniques.

Christina PattisonHome and A Way3rd – 28th March 2015

In expressing her own narrative of life’s way, Christina travels through time, space and spirit in her joyous use of colour.

Paint31st March – 25th April 2015

Graham Boyd, Melanie Ewer, Paul Fennell, Sally Gorham, John Little,

Carolyn Perry, Neil Robbins, Paula Stanley

These diverse painters reveal a variety of working methods,

imagery and concepts.USEFUL CONTACTS Burlesque Gems [email protected]

Bootcamp Fitness Training [email protected]

Dinky Dancers [email protected]

Graham School of Dance grahamschoolofdance.co.uk

Hartbeeps - [email protected]

Hertford Regional College - hrc.co.uk

Hertford Yoga Shala 07946 508134

Little Bees Music Classes [email protected]

Staveley Theatre Academy [email protected]

The National Trust 01992 623514

U3A - 01992 410000

Xpression Dance [email protected]

Zumbini with Ana [email protected]

Zumba - [email protected]

FIND US

Our gallery is curated by Courtyard Arts. To exhibit, please contact [email protected]

OPENING TIMESThe building is open from 9am Monday- Saturday.

The Café is open from 10am until 4pm Monday- Saturday.

The Café reopens for evening shows and screenings and closes at the end of the interval.

A Meeting of Marks28th April – 23rd May 2015 Rosalynd Fletcher, Noelle O’Kane, Wendy Mooney.

A trio of Hertfordshire based artists explore their personal responses to the natural world.

The AuditoriumOur auditorium has been refurbished with new seats and flooring and is our biggest space available for hire, with state of the art audio, visual and lighting equipment- where better to have a huge party or screen your presentation?

To hire the auditorium, please contact [email protected]

Max capacity:

400

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