Our pick of events to help you get through the week...
Screaming Blue Murder
Do Mondays always feel like the worst day of the week? Then come on down to The Cellar Club and let the best and brightest comedians on the circuit put a smile on your face. Featuring Andre Vincent and Ola.
The Old Town Hall, High Street, Old Town, Hemel Hempstead, Monday, April 3, 8pm. Details: 01442 228091
Easter Children’s Activity
The kids will love making a flower pot out of newspaper, filling with compost and sowing seeds. This is a wonderful way to get kids interested in growing your own at a young age.
Aylett Nurseries Ltd, North Orbital Road, St Albans, Monday, April 3, 10am to 4pm. Details: 01727 822255
Easter Musical Theatre Workshop
These popular workshops offer a unique experience that is very similar to a professional rehearsal and performance of a musical. It is an opportunity to work with a creative team of professional directors. The performance is on stage at the end of the week.
The Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Monday, April 3, to Friday, April 7. Details: 01923 857546
Wall of Words
Activities for creating words and letters in paper craft, digital and 3D in the CreatorSpace.
Watford Central Library, Hempstead Road, Watford, Tuesday, April 4, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm. Details: 0300 123 4049
Horrid Henry Storybook Making
What has Horrid Henry been up to now? You decide! Come along for this fun Storybook Making, where adults and children can create a storybook together to take home.
Radlett Library, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Tuesday, April 4, 11am to 12.30pm. Details: 0300 123 4049
Robin Hood
Join our heroes Robin Hood and Maid Marian in this swashbuckling, arrow-slinging comedy adventure.
Watford Colosseum, Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Tuesday, April 4, 2pm and 6pm. Details: 02036 598914
Robin Hood Enchanted Forest Workshop
Chater Infants have been busy creating most of the installation, now it’s your turn to come and help with the finishing touches. Create twisting vines, mushrooms, forest flowers and Robin Hood Hats with local artists.
Watford Colosseum, Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Tuesday, April 4, 10.30am. Details: 02036 598914
Bird Boxes and Bug Hotels
Come along to Leavesden Country Park and find out how to make bird and mini beasts’ havens for your gardens. You will learn how to make a bird box to take home for your garden that will encourage birds to nest.
Leavesden Country Park, College Road, Abbots Langley, Wednesday, April 5, 10am to 12pm. Details: 01923 776611
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Wonka’s Wacky Wednesday
A packed morning of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed drama and games for children aged 5-12years.
The Old Town Hall, High Street, Old Town, Hemel Hempstead, Wednesday, April 5, 10am to 12pm. Details: 01442 228091
Semafour
Provide an intriguing blend of mellow swing and Latin rhythms with Felicity on violin and Yvette Byrne as guest singer.
3-5 Hempstead road, Kings Langley, Tuesday, April 4, 8.30pm. Details: 01923 262982
Jonny Boston’s Hot Jazz
An all-star band, led by the irrepressible Jonny Boston on reeds, who have played with pretty much everyone at some point including Georgie Fame, Jamie Cullum, George Melly and Ken Colyer.
Colne River Room, Pump House Theatre, 5 Local Board Road, Watford, Thursday, April 6, 8.15pm. Details: 01923 467269
National Theatre Live – Twelfth Night
Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love.
Watersmeet Theatre, High Street, Rickmansworth, Thursday, April 6, 7pm. Details: 01923 711063
Loserville
It’s 1971, and misfit computer geek Michael Dork and his friends are about to change the world. Michael’s also discovered a girl, Holly, a prospect almost as exciting as his love of binary. If only he had the courage to talk to her…
The Abbey Theatre, Westmister Lodge, Holywell Hill, St Albans, Thursday, April 6, to Saturday, April 8. Details: 01727857861
Russell Brand – Re: Birth (Photo by Matt Crockett Photography)
“How do we make sense of the madness of our lives once we become parents? What am I going to tell my daughter about conformity and responsibility? What happens if she grows up to be like me or, worse, date someone like me?”
Watford Colosseum, Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Thursday, April 6, 8pm. Details: 02036
Confusions
A set of five interlinked one act comedy plays, each play dealing with human eccentricities.
Pump House Theatre, 5 Local Board Road, Watford, Thursday, April 6, to Saturday, April 8. Details: 01923 467269
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