April 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.

Saturday 3 April
to Sunday 4 April
web page Valle Academy
Our House
Broxbourne Civic Theatre

OUR HOUSE combines a witty and brilliantly-crafted romantic tale with the energetic and often madcap songs of Madness, which prove unexpectedly theatrical in Phil Bateman's musical arrangements....


Thursday 8 April
to Saturday 10 April
web page East Herts Operatic Society
From Hair to Eternity
Victoria Hall, Harlow

The story unfolds within a Bethnal Green based hairdressers in the late 1960s. As the blue rinses look on, Carol tells all of her romantic trials tribulations. She is not alone in her quest for love a...


Friday 9 April
to Saturday 17 April
Company of Players
Art by Yasmina Reza
Little Theatre, Hertford

One of Marc's best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. Its about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc ...


Tuesday 13 April
to Saturday 17 April
web page Rickmansworth Players
Into The Woods
Rickmansworth School James Theatre, Watford Harlow Playhouse

A bewitching crew of classic characters romp through a "happily ever after" kingdom in this musical fairy-tale, interweaving a hilarious mix of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, the Baker's Wife, Ja...


Wednesday 14 April
to Saturday 17 April
web page OVO Theatre Company
Artiste Descending a Staircase by Tom Stoppard
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

A Bohemian attic flat in Kensington. Three old men, arguably some of the most influential minds in twentieth century art, are recalling the highs and lows of their lives at...


Wednesday 14 April
to Saturday 17 April
web page OVO Theatre Company
After Magritte
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

A surreal comedy of improbable domestic juxtapositions set in a suburban household, where a ballroom dancing couple prepare for a night out and the bloke's Mother toots on the tuba. Matters become...


Thursday 15 April
to Saturday 17 April
web page Hoddesdon Players
No Sex Please, We're British
Broxbourne Civic Theatre

A traditional Britsh Farce first produced in 1971 concerning the problems of a newly married couple and some dubious inported Scandinavian material....


Friday 16 April
to Saturday 17 April
web page EBLOS
A Swell Party
Fairway Hall, Borehamwood

A celebration of Cole Porter...


Monday 19 April
to Saturday 24 April
web page Pump House TC
On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson
Pump House, Watford

The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage....


Tuesday 20 April
to Saturday 24 April
web page Potters Bar Theatre Co
Carousel
Wyllyotts Theatre

From the magical evocation of the Carousel in the overture to the majestic and moving strains of the immortal "You'll Never Walk Alone", this giant of the musical stage remains timeless and starbright...


Wednesday 21 April
to Saturday 24 April
web page Lytton Players
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Lytton Theatre, Stevenage

Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for twelve years on an island after Prospero's jealous brother Antonio—helped by Alonso, the King of Naples—deposed him ...


Thursday 22 April
to Saturday 24 April
Cheshunt Dramatic Society
Murder in Play by Simon Brett
Goffs Oak Village Hall
Friday 23 April
to Saturday 1 May
web page Company of Ten
Sweet Panic by Steven Poliakoff
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

Clare, a child psychologist, goes away for a weekend without a contact point for the annoying mother of a patient. The disturbed boy goes missing temporarily and his equally...


Friday 23 April
to Saturday 1 May
web page Barn Theatre
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

Dylan Thomas’s most famous and popular work. An orchestration of voices, sights and sounds that conjure up the dreams and waking hours of an imagined Welsh seaside village within the cycle of one d...


Tuesday 27 April
to Saturday 1 May
web page Letchworth Arcadians
Crazy For You
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

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Wednesday 28 April
to Saturday 1 May
web page Big Spirit Youth Theatre
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

the story of woman who escapes with her life but has to abandon her baby. When she comes back to claim the child she must face the trial of her life!...