February 2010 Shows in Hertfordshire


Follow the links for playing dates, photographs and further details.
Each site is the responsibility of the theatre or theatre group presenting the show.

Important: Some of these shows may be fully booked in advance. You should always contact the Box Offices to confirm dates and times, and reserve seats before travelling.

Thursday 4 February
to Saturday 6 February
web page Bancroft Players
The Land of Might Have Been
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

What happens when an 18-year old girl comes into the life of a reclusive 1950s matinee idol? A powerful, funny and moving story starring Charles Plester & Steffi Turbin with the songs of Ivor Novello ...


Friday 5 February
to Saturday 13 February
web page Buntingford Drama
The Pied Piper
Benson Hall, Buntingford
Thursday 11 February
to Sunday 14 February
web page OVO Theatre Company
Married to the Sea
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

Shona McCarthy’s first full-length play is a warm, funny and beautifully evoked portrayal of the decline of Galway’s old Claddagh seafaring community in the 1930s. Eight-year-old Jo, who narrates the...


Friday 12 February
to Saturday 20 February
Company of Players
Mammals by Amelia Bullmore
Little Theatre, Hertford

A darkly humorous look at the flip side of home-sweet-home. Jane and Kev Hammersby don't have secrets. When Kev comes home from a business trip with something on his mind, the truth will out, despite...


Tuesday 16 February
to Saturday 20 February
web page Letchworth Young Arcadians
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

Book by Bella & Samuel Spewack...


Wednesday 17 February
to Saturday 20 February
web page OVO Theatre Company
Married to the Sea
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

Shona McCarthy’s first full-length play is a warm, funny and beautifully evoked portrayal of the decline of Galway’s old Claddagh seafaring community in the 1930s. Eight-year-old Jo, who narrates the...


Friday 19 February
to Saturday 27 February
web page Barn Theatre
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

This famous farce tracks the progress into disaster of a rather bad play, seen both onstage and backstage. Michael Frayn’s play never misses a trick. Its first...


Monday 22 February
to Saturday 27 February
web page Bancroft Players
The Diary of Anne Frank
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

For over two years, eight people were forced to hide from the outside world at war, living on two floors in a 'secret annexe', fearing discovery. One of these people was Anne, a young girl who simply ...


Tuesday 23 February
to Saturday 27 February
web page Potters Bar Theatre Co
Noises Off
Wyllyotts Theatre

What happens when it doesn't go all right on the night? Follow the chaotic antics of a shambolic touring theatre company on-and-off-stage as they attempt to perform Noises On, a purposefully terrible ...


Wednesday 24 February
to Saturday 27 February
Belmont Theatre Co
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn
Pump House, Watford

Four couples, three bedrooms, two celebrations, one blazing row and an illicit kiss (or two). Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce shines a brilliant spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban m...


Friday 26 February
to Saturday 6 March
web page Company of Ten
Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

A classic comedy to warm the heart on those cold winter nights! This funny, intelligent and tender play centres on Henry Hobson and his eldest daughter, Maggie. Henry owns a successful boot...