House of NCD
A collection of pieces from the NCD youth company, showcasing street and contemporary dance
18 May 2019
Naomi Czuba Dance
Main Stage
An Evening with Mr WS Gilbert & Mr Arthur Sullivan
St Albans Chamber Opera presents a cornucopia of music and lyrics from these great ‘Savoyards’
17 May 2019
St Albans Chamber Opera
Studio
Humdingers Comedy
Humdingers Comedy are back at the Abbey Theatre with another superb lineup of hand-picked comedy talent
16 May 2019
Humdingers Comedy
Studio
Things I Know To Be True
by Andrew Bovell
Touching, funny and bold, Things I Know to be True tells the tender story of a family through the eyes of four grown-up siblings
3 May 2019–11 May 2019
Company of Ten
Main Stage
The Rats & A Small Step for England!
by Agatha Christie & Peter Hale
A intriguing double bill featuring one chilling play and one hilarious satire
24 April 2019–27 April 2019
Irrational Theatre Limited
Studio
STAJE in Concert
If you love jazz, blues and swing, join this youthful ensemble for an entertaining evening of original arrangements and popular classics
18 April 2019
St Albans Jazz Ensemble
Main Stage
Bugsy Malone
Play by Alan Parker, words and music by Paul Williams
Anybody who is anybody, get down to Fat Sam’s Speakeasy to join SAYMT as they bring the roar of the twenties to St Albans
11 April 2019–13 April 2019
St Albans Youth Music Theatre
Main Stage
Bingo
by Edward Bond
Edward Bond’s ‘modern classic’ uses the life of Shakespeare to interrogate art and capitalism, and finds them both wanting
22 March 2019–30 March 2019
Company of Ten
Studio
The Play’s The Thing
The annual Theatrix showcase, featuring a medley of dance, movement, singing and more
21 March 2019–23 March 2019
Theatrix
Main Stage
Ruddigore
by Gilbert & Sullivan
A sparkling Gothic melodrama with witches, ghosts, disguises and some of Sullivan’s best music
13 March 2019–16 March 2019
St Albans Chamber Opera
Main Stage
Beautiful Thing
by Jonathan Harvey
Beautiful Thing is a gentle and hugely optimistic play. Teenagers Ste and Jamie are both being bullied. Ste seeks refuge at Jamie’s, and their awkward but joyous relationship develops
8 February 2019–16 February 2019
Company of Ten
Main Stage
Silly Cow
by Ben Elton
Ben Elton’s play, originally starring Dawn French, is laugh-out-loud at every turn. Doris Wallace has everything a tough tabloid columnist could want. But for some reason everything starts to go horribly wrong
18 January 2019–26 January 2019
Company of Ten
Studio
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Make your Christmas complete with a trip to Victorian London, home of old Ebenezer Scrooge
15 December 2018–29 December 2018
Company of Ten
Main Stage
Ten of Herts
The Company of Ten partners the Kings of Herts male voice harmony chorus, complementing songs from their barbershop repertoire with a parade of musical and theatrical offerings
23 November 2018–24 November 2018
Kings of Herts & Company of Ten
Main Stage
Electra
by Sophocles
Electra is awaiting her brother’s return from exile, but this is no eagerly anticipated family reunion. Orestes is coming to avenge the murder of their father Agamemnon by their mother and her lover, and to claim the throne of Mycenae for himself
9 November 2018–17 November 2018
Company of Ten
Studio
Dangerous Corner
by JB Priestley
The first of JB Priestley’s ‘Time Plays’, this beautifully written drama doesn’t date. A group of friends have dinner together, but a simple remark sets off a whole series of revelations about the characters and their fascinating relationships
12 October 2018–20 October 2018
Company of Ten
Main Stage
Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Carmen – fiery, daring and uncompromising – meets José, a soldier with a past. She seeks love and liberty whilst he’s torn between duty, desire and jealousy. Are they doomed by fate or by human nature?
28 September 2018–30 September 2018
Rogue Opera
Studio
Butterflies are Free
by Leonard Gershe
Young Don Baker, who has been blind since birth, moves to Manhattan to pursue his dream of becoming a songwriter. When his over-protective mother comes to visit she meets his extrovert actress neighbour, Jill. Mother’s controlling instincts go into overdrive with hilarious results
14 September 2018–22 September 2018
Company of Ten
Main Stage