February 2012 Shows presented by Hertfordshire local theatre and musical groups


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.

Friday 17 February
to Saturday 25 February
web page Barn Theatre
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

Love, duty, power, loss, good and evil are all called into question as one man descends into madness....


Thursday 23 February
to Saturday 25 February
web page Peppermint Muse
Frozen by Bryony Lavery
Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans

Frozen begins with the disappearance of a ten year old girl, Rhona, and follows the consequences of her disappearance on three people over the course of 20 years....


Friday 24 February
to Saturday 3 March
web page Company of Ten
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

Picture an Irish country house in the golden autumn of 1900, and let the names Beatrice and Benedick, Dogberry and Verges evoke the dark drama and bittersweet comedy of one of Shakespeare's wittiest, ...


Saturday 25 February
to Tuesday 28 February
web page Big Spirit Youth Theatre
She's All That
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

Zach is going out with the hottest girl in the school, till she dumps him. He bets his friends that any girl he dates will be voted Prom Queen so they take him at his word suggesting Laney who is an i...


Monday 27 February
to Saturday 3 March
web page Bancroft Players
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

First performed in 1937 this is John Steinbeck's own version of his classic novel and tells the story of George and Lenny, the fast-talking farm hand and the simple giant who accompanies him on a life...


Tuesday 28 February
to Saturday 3 March
web page Ware Operatic Society
Titanic The Musical
Hertford Theatre (formerly Castle Hall)

An epic musical re-telling the historic and tragic night in April 1912 when so many dreams, ambitions and lives were submerged beneath the icy Atlantic waters....