March 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 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, ...


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....


Monday 5 March
to Saturday 10 March
WGC Youth Drama Festival
Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

Around 250 young people from Hertfordshire and its adjoining counties, competing for the cups awarded for junior and senior sections....


Monday 5 March
to Saturday 10 March
web page Company of Ten
Shakespeare and Love - Sonnets in the Studio by William Shakespeare
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

In his sonnets, Shakespeare wrote frankly on love, sex, jealousy, betrayal, youth and age. This selection of these works will, through performance and music, make for a lively, entertaining evening th...


Monday 5 March
to Saturday 10 March
web page Barn Theatre
Youth Drama Festival
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

The 68th Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival. Adjudicator: Ben Humphreys GODA...


Wednesday 14 March
to Saturday 17 March
web page Potters Bar Theatre Co
The Winslow Boy
Wyllyotts Theatre
Wednesday 14 March
to Saturday 17 March
web page Bancroft Players
Bea by Mick Gordon
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

This is the comic yet decidedly poignant story of a young girl bedridden with MS and cared for by Not Gay Ray, her peripatetic nurse. Inside her head, Bea is always dancing (to Madonna's Ray Of Light)...


Friday 16 March
to Saturday 17 March
web page OVO Theatre Company
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans

Set in present day Italy, against the backdrop of continuing political corruption and scandal, Coriolanus portrays a despotic leader and the football Ultras who enforce his will among the people....


Saturday 17 March
to Saturday 17 March
web page Hertford Symphony Orchestra
Central European Masterpieces
Hertford Theatre (formerly Castle Hall)

Beethoven Coriolan Overture. Beethoven Violin Concerto (Soloist: Kristine Balanas). Dvorak Symphony No 9 'From the New World'...


Sunday 18 March
to Saturday 24 March
web page Incognito Theatre
Stags and Hens by Willy Russell
Incognito Theatre, Friern Barnet

A boozy adult comedy of wedding-eve nerves, set in the loos of a tacky Liverpool club where Dave and Linda, unbeknownst to each other, are holding their respective stag and hen parties. This sharply o...


Tuesday 20 March
to Sunday 25 March
St Albans Chamber Opera
Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Abbey Theatre, St Albans

The young geisha Cio Cio San, Puccini's Madame Butterfly, is one of opera's more positive and optimistic heroines. Very much in love with American naval lieutenant Pinkerton, she marries him and never...


Wednesday 21 March
to Saturday 24 March
web page Pirton Players
The Sound of Music
Pirton Village Hall

When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, co...


Wednesday 21 March
to Saturday 24 March
web page Hitchin Thespians
Orpheus in the Underworld
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin
Wednesday 21 March
to Saturday 24 March
web page Hertford Dramatic & Operatic Society
Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
Hertford Theatre (formerly Castle Hall)

Brindsley is a young artist. He and his young girlfriend, Carol, decide to "borrow" from the expensive and eclectic collection of furniture of Harold, their absent neighbour. They aim to impress he...


Thursday 22 March
to Saturday 24 March
Bovingdon Players
By Way of Murder by Mark Waghorn
Bovingdon Memorial Hall
Thursday 22 March
to Saturday 24 March
web page OVO Theatre Company
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans

Set in present day Italy, against the backdrop of continuing political corruption and scandal, Coriolanus portrays a despotic leader and the football Ultras who enforce his will among the people....


Thursday 22 March
to Saturday 24 March
St Pauls ADS
One Act Plays with Supper
St Paul's Church Hall, Letchworth
Friday 23 March
to Sunday 1 April
web page Barn Theatre
Darkness Falls by Jonathan Holloway
Barn Theatre, Welwyn

A double bill of plays on the supernatural...


Monday 26 March
to Saturday 31 March
Harpenden Light Operatic Society
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night For Singing
St Johns Hall, Harpenden
Wednesday 28 March
to Saturday 31 March
Cuffley Players
Living together by Alan Aykbourn
Cuffley Hall
Thursday 29 March
to Saturday 31 March
web page OVO Theatre Company
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans

Set in present day Italy, against the backdrop of continuing political corruption and scandal, Coriolanus portrays a despotic leader and the football Ultras who enforce his will among the people....


Thursday 29 March
to Saturday 31 March
web page Bancroft Players Juniors
Jungle Book
Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin

A brand new version of Kipling's most-loved classic story. Meet the characters you know and love: Mowgli, Shere Khan, Bagheera, Baloo and all the rest for a wonderful adventure....


Thursday 29 March
to Saturday 31 March
web page East Herts Operatic Society
West End Through the Years
Victoria Hall, Harlow

Some of the great songs and performances from the biggest Musicals in London’s West End, from past to present....


Saturday 31 March
to Sunday 1 April
web page Three Counties Youth Ballet
Right to the Pointe
Hertford Theatre (formerly Castle Hall)

Showcasing talented young dancers aged 8 – 16....