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05:32 > Friday 9th January 2009

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Billy Ocean is back
12:17 - 30 December 2008

WITH 30 million record sales to his name, Billy Ocean is Britain s biggest black recording artist and he is coming to perform at the Harlow Playhouse on Friday February 13. Billy has a pile of gold and platinum records and topped the charts in a whole hos... Full Story »

Classic concert

12:13 - 08 January 2009

PIANIST John Flinders will be performing at Letchworth Music Club on Wednesday, February 11. The programme will include music by Chopin, Mozart, John Ireland and Kabalevsky. The concert will start at 7.45pm at Howgills on South View in Letchworth GC. Tick... Read More »

Something out of the ordinary

11:59 - 08 January 2009

A BAND that try to set themselves apart from other musicians on the local pub circuit will be rocking into Baldock next month. Sharp s Hooter, a progressive rock band which consists of Harry Thompson (lead guitar and vocals), Chris Page (drums and guitar)... Read More »

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Comedy & The Arts

North African art

10:24 - 08 January 2009

AN EXHIBITION exploring the long history of British-Moroccan relations and celebrating our shared heritage is being held at St Albans Town Hall from today (Thursday) until Sunday. (11) Moroccan Memories is an exhibition in three parts. First of all it loo... Read More »

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Springing into action

10:27 - 08 January 2009

POPULAR poetry favourite Luke Wright returns to the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans to launch its new Spring Springing Forward season next Wednesday, January 14. He is joined by stand-up poet Joel Stickley for what was described in a national newspaper... Read More »

Panto dates

09:55 - 31 December 2008

MAKE sure you book your tickets for a pantomime in Comet country this year. * Jack and the Beanstalk at The Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. The show will run until January 25. For tickets, which start from £12.50, call 08700 131 030 or visit www.gordon... Read More »

Artists show their diversity

12:16 - 08 January 2009

LETCHWORTH Museum will be hosting an exhibition called Diverse which will showcase the work of artists Jane Gibbs, Joyce Webb, Sheila Camamile, Carol Ayton and Peter Park. The exhibition, which will run from this Saturday, January 10, until Saturday, Febr... Read More »

New take on Dickens

12:12 - 08 January 2009

PUPILS at Hitchin Boys School are putting on a production of the musical, Smike, from Wednesday, February 11 until Friday, February 13. The story, loosely based on Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby, opens in a contemporary school before transporting the... Read More »

Visiting time

10:18 - 08 January 2009

ALTHOUGH not an annual event, New Year productions of Giancarlo Menotti s delightful short opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by St Albans Chamber Opera have become something of a local tradition. And no matter how many times they present it, the show is... Read More »

Calamity Jane
Video: Review: Calamity Jane at the Gordon Craig Theatre

10:52 - 08 October 2008

CLASSIC songs including The Deadwood Stage, Secret Love and Windy City are echoing around the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage this week. Belting out the show tunes are members of the Hitchin Thespians who are staging Calamity Jane all this week until Sa... Read More »

What's On

12:10 - 08 January 2009

Ongoing o 100 years of Letchworth Natural History Society – A mezzanine exhibition at Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery, until January 10. o An exhibition of works by Hitchin artist Samuel Lucas – Hitchin Museum, 10am-5pm daily except Wednesdays and Sunda... Read More »

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At The Movies

Broadway offer for young film fans

12:15 - 08 January 2009

FILM evenings for students will give youngsters somewhere to gather on gloomy winter nights. Letchworth Arts Centre has linked with the garden city s Broadway Cinema to bring under-18s evenings of films from a list chosen by pupils at Fearnhill School and... Read More »

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Bride Wars (PG)

10:52 - 05 January 2009

WHEN the dress goes on, the gloves come off in the feisty chick-flick Bride Wars, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Emma (Hathaway) and Liv (Hudson) have been planning their wedding days together since their childhood and when the pair are proposed... Read More »

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Defiance (15)

10:50 - 05 January 2009

DANIEL Craig (of James Bond fame) returns to our screens in this powerful Second World War tale directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond). Set in the summer of 1941, with Hitler s army making its way through Europe leaving a trail of death and destruction,... Read More »

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Che - Part 1 (15)

12:15 - 30 December 2008

CHE is the first film of a two-part biopic of revolutionary icon Che Guevara by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh. The film features Benicio Del Toro, in what critics are describing as a role he was born to play, alongside Benjamin Bratt and Lou Diamon... Read More »

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The Reader (15)

12:13 - 30 December 2008

KATE Winslet and Ralph Fiennes star in this film based on the award-winning novel by Bernhard Schlink. The story follows Michael Berg from a 15-year-old school boy suffering from hepatitis, to his struggles to come to terms with the Holocaust. After falli... Read More »

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The Spirit (12A)

12:12 - 30 December 2008

FRANK Miller s The Spirit is a combination of action, adventure and romance and features a stellar cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Samuel L Jackson. After the premature demise of cop (Gabriel Macht) on the streets of Central City, he re... Read More »

 

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