June 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 10 June
to Friday 11 June
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 10 June
to Friday 11 June
web page OVO Theatre Company
Artiste Descending a Staircase by Tom Stoppard
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

Three old men, arguably some of the most influential minds in twentieth century art, are recalling the highs and lows of their lives at the creative cutting edge. As the scene shifts to the Paris of t...


Friday 11 June
to Saturday 19 June
Company of Ten
The Bacchae by Euripides
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

The magnetic young Dionysos, icon, hedonist, god returns home with his cult of female followers to exact his revenge, unleashing the full force of female sexuality on the city. But this is only the be...


Friday 11 June
to Saturday 19 June
web page Barn Theatre
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

Based on a real-life 1920s US court case about the teaching of evolution, this was made into a successful film. This is the play that has as its genesis the events of the famous Scopes trials. One ...


Saturday 12 June
to Sunday 13 June
web page OVO Theatre Company
Playing Faustus
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

A group of actors, performing Dr Faustus, finds the play ignites passions in them that threaten destruction. But the drama of good and evil in our age is altogether...


Monday 14 June
to Saturday 19 June
Pump House TC
Blithe Spirit
Pump House, Watford

A spooky hair raising comedy! When Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth hire the services of the eccentric Madame Arcati, they think they’re in for an evening of high jinks rather than high spirits – b...


Wednesday 16 June
to Friday 25 June
web page OVO Theatre Company
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Sumpter Yard, St Albans

A wondrous, bittersweet love story set against the backdrop of the Parisian left bank and the Algerian war of the 1950s. OVO’s modern reworking of this little known classic will mix the philosophical...


Friday 18 June
to Saturday 26 June
Company of Players
Damages by Steve Thompson
Little Theatre, Hertford

A controversial photo of a topless children's TV star has mysteriously turned up. Who sent it? Why? And is it really all it seems? This sensational photo poses a moral conundrum, exposing deceit, lies...


Monday 28 June
to Saturday 3 July
web page Bancroft Players
Shakespeare's Henry V
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

Once more unto the breach, dear friends!" Shakespeare's most popular historical play follows the adventures of England's most successful King as he wins back vast tracts of France at Agincourt....