POCKET GUIDE LIVE PROGRAMME SEPT - DEC 2014 BOX OFFICE: 01992 531 500 www.hertfordtheatre.com @HertfordTheatre /hertfordtheatre LIVE BROADCASTS The Two Gentlemen of Verona Wed 3rd September 7pm Simon Godwin makes his RSC debut to direct Shakespeare’s exuberant romantic comedy. Will Valentine and Proteus amend their friendship after falling for the same girl? £15/£12/Schools £10 COMING SOON Love’s Labour Lost - 11th February 2015 Love’s Labour Won - 4th March 2015 £15/£12/Schools £10 National Theatre Live Broadcast: Medea Thur 4th September 7pm Helen McCrory takes the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy about revenge. £15/£12/Schools £10 Live from The Royal Festival Hall: Stephen Fry Wed 1st October 7.15pm Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the multi award-winning comedian on stage giving a one-man comic tour de force to mark the publication of his new memoirs, More Fool Me. £12 QUICK GUIDE SEPTEMBER SUN 5th 1pm Meet: Martin Freeman WED 3rd 7pm th The Two Gentlemen of Verona SUN 5 3pm LIVE BROADCAST Meet: Amanda Abbington th THU 4th 7pm THU 9 7pm Medea - LIVE BROADCAST On the Banks of the Beane th SAT 6 th 11am FRI 10 8pm Baby and Toddler Show Andrew Lawrence th FRI 12th 7pm SAT 11 7.45pm SAT 13th 3pm The Nutcracker England V America TUE 14th- SAT 18th, 7.30pm FRI 19th 7.45pm SAT 18th, 3pm POCKET GUIDE Ruby Wax: Sane New World HDOS Our House rd LIVE PROGRAMME SAT 20th 2pm THU 23 7.45pm Andy & Mike’s Tick Tock Time Machine Tony Stockwell th SAT 20th 8pm FRI 24 7.30pm th Nik Kershaw SAT 25 2.30pm & 7.30pm Quartet FRI 26th 7.45pm th Lonnie Donegan Jnr FRI 24 7.45pm Fairport Convention SAT 27 th 8pm th Seann Walsh: ‘28’ SAT 25 1pm & 3.pm The Queen’s Knickers TUE 30th 7.45pm Virginia Ironside WED 29th- SAT 1st Nov 7.30pm FRI 31st & SAT 1st Nov 2pm OCTOBER The Addams Family WED 1st 7.15pm NOVEMBER Stephen Fry - LIVE BROADCAST THU 6th 7.45pm The Pearl THU 2nd 7pm th Gala Launch of Hertford SUN 9 2.30pm & 6pm Children’s Book Festival Carter School of Dance th FRI 3rd 10.30am & 1.30pm FRI 14 7.45pm Private Peaceful Counterfeit Stones th FRI 3rd 2pm SAT 15 2pm Meet: Emma Chichester Clark CBeebies Sid Sloane th SAT 4 th 11am SAT 15 4pm & 7.45pm Meet: David Baddiel Seeing it Through th SAT 4 th 2pm SAT 15 8pm Meet: Charlie Higson Marcus Brigstocke SAT 4 th 4pm WED 19th – SAT 22nd 7.45pm Meet: Simon Pegg SAT 22nd 3pm HDOS Much Ado About Nothing SEPT - DEC 2014 SAT 4 th 11am & 1pm SUN 5th 11am & 1pm DECEMBER The Magic Porridge Pot SAT 6 th - THU 1st JAN th BOX OFFICE: 01992 531 500 SUN 5 12.30pm & 2.30pm Cinderella and the I Believe in Unicorns Glass Slipper www.hertfordtheatre.com 01992 531 500 | www.hertfordtheatre.com GALLERY OPEN ALL DAY, FREE ENTRY Our gallery is curated by Courtyard Arts. To exhibit, please contact [email protected] Six Printmakers Tue 26th Aug - Sat 20th Sept The exhibition will include relief prints,drypoints, collographs and lithographs from Liz Boast, Michael Evans, Patricia Grant, Linda Keeley, Eleanor Long, Michael Smith. Six More Printmakers Tue 23rd Sept - Sat 18th Oct A range of diverse printmaking techniques and subject matters from Glynnis Bainbridge, Jane Davalle, Belinda Davies, Kate Heiss, Anne Houghton, Sara Saunders. Martin Smith - Route 66 Tue 21st Oct - Sat 15th Nov Photographs depicting the greatest road trip of them all. Lyn Bruce - Light and Colour in Paint Tue 18th Nov - Sat 3rd Jan 2015 A collection of acrylic and watercolour paintings portraying moments in the living world. www.lynbruce.com DECEMBER Wilkommen! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Come with us on a magical journey to the heart of snowy Austria and deep into the frozen Vienna Woods for the most fabulous fairy tale panto of them all: Cinderella and the Glass Slipper! Full of scintillating songs, delicious dances and laughs by the biscuit-barrel-load, Hertford Theatre’s panto will guarantee you have a ball this Christmas!! PERFORMANCE TIMES Saturday 6th December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Monday 8th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Tuesday 9th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Wednesday 10th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Thursday 11th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Friday 12th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Saturday 13th December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Monday 15th December 10:30am & 1:30pmSOLD OUT Tuesday 16th December 10:30amSOLD OUT & 1:30pmSOLD OUT Wednesday 17th December 10:30amSOLD OUT & 1:30pmSOLD OUT Thursday 18th December 10:30amSOLD OUT & 1:30pm Friday 19th December 10:30amSOLD OUT Saturday 20th December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Sunday 21st December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Tuesday 23rd December 2:00pm Wednesday 24th December 2:00pm Friday 26th December 2:00pm Saturday 27th December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Sunday 28th December 1:00pm & 5:00pm Monday 29th December 2:00pm Tuesday 30th December 2:00pm Wednesday 31st December 2:00pm Thursday 1st January 2:00pm TICKET PRICES School Shows: £9:00 Saver Show: £14, £16, Family Ticket £56 Standard Show: £17, £15, Family Ticket £60 Premium Show: £18, £16, Family Ticket £62 Super Show: £19, £17, Family Ticket £66 Book before the 1st September and get 10% off all tickets (not available for school parties or groups). For school groups - £9.00 per ticket, free ice cream for each child and 1 teacher goes free with every 10 children. Groups of 15+ £13.00 per person - organiser goes free and receives a free programme. Box Office: 01992 531500 www.hertfordtheatre.com Hertford Theatre, The Wash, Hertford SG14 1PS LIVE EVENTS HERTFORD CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL Global Productions presents Baby and Toddler Show Gala Launch of 8+ Sat 6th September 11am-4pm Quartet Hertford Children’s A fantastic showcase of the very best products Fri 24th October, 7.30pm Book Festival and services for young families, all provided by Sat 25th October 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thur 2nd October 7pm local companies! For more information, A bitter sweet comedy, based on the popular film Quartet, about lifelong please contact Wendy on 01992 581630 friendships and growing old disgracefully. Part 1: Books Aloud! £14/£12 Studio A unique chance to see some our Impress Theatre Arts presents most well-known authors, actors England V America Fairport Convention and poets, including Simon Pegg, th Fri 12th September 7pm, Sat 13th 3pm Fri 24 October 7.45pm Emma Kennedy, John Hegley A lively variety performance of classic songs Hailed as the originators of British and Juliet Stevenson read from and popular tunes, including ballet and medleys folk-rock music, Fairport Convention’s their favourite stories for children. from Disney’s ‘Frozen’. £12/£10 new live tour features material from their classic albums alongside new and Part 2: Private Peaceful previously unperformed songs £20 A gala performance of this moving Ruby Wax: Sane New World play, adapted from the story by th Fri 19 September 7.45pm Michael Morpurgo. A powerful Ruby might not be sane herself… but she Southbank Centre and the egg presents conclusion to the launch of does a pretty good imitation! £17.50/£15 The Queen’s Knickers Hertford’s wonderful book festival! Sat 25th October 1pm & 3pm £25/£23/Schools £20 Andy & Mike’s Tick “Hilarious, witty and downright silly” Timeout Tock Time Machine Get your knickers in a twist with this Sat 20th September 2pm classic comedy for children, based on Scamp Theatre & Fiery Angel presents 8+ “If I could go back in time and watch it all the book of the same name! Private Peaceful over again I would!” Justin Fletcher £11/£10/Family £40 Fri 3rd October 10.30am & 1.30pm They’re back…with a time machine! Andy and Mike’s infectious energy make a Live at Hertford Theatre Originally written by Michael Morpurgo, fantastic show for children. Join them on Comedy Night this fantastic stage adaption relives the a time travelling adventure! life of Private Peaceful, a young solider Sat 25th October 8pm £12/£10/Family £40 awaiting the firing squad at dawn. A genuinely hilarious evening with £15/£13/Schools £10 five TV comedians! Brilliant!!£15 Nik Kershaw: Me, Myself & I Meet: Emma Chichester Clark A Solo Retrospective 5+ Mayhem Theatre Arts presents rd Sat 20th September 8pm Fri 3 October 2pm The Addams Family It’s 30 years since Nik’s first chart Bring your teddy bear and come along success and to celebrate, Nik will Weds 29th- Sat 1st November 7.30pm to meet Emma, author of Blue Kangaroo perform this intimate gig in aid of The Fri 31st October & Sat 1st November 2pm and her dog Plum, star of her own new book, Plumdog! Epping Breast Unit Charitable Fund. £22 Join the world’s weirdest family this Halloween for a frightful show of macabre £5 River Room musical, performed by Mayhem Theatre Arts. Lonnie Donegan Jnr Various ticket prices, please contact Theatre of Widdershins presents Fri 26th September 7.45pm Box Office for details 3+ The Magic Porridge Pot Footstomping, hand clapping, sing-a- long songs from Lonnie Donegan Jnr, son and Other Tasty Tales Dumbshow Theatre Company presents of the man who started it all! £18/£16 Sat 4th October, 11am & 1pm The Pearl Sun 5th October, 11am & 1pm Thur 6th November 7.45pm Splodge that porridge! Slurp that soup! Seann Walsh: 28 A critically-acclaimed adaptation of John A trio of tasty tales, including, Stone Soup th Steinbeck’s classic novella, about the and The Gingerbread Man, served up with Sat 27 September 8pm allure of wealth, the confines of class and “One of comedy’s hottest properties..