Music & Gigs
10:16 - 03 July 2008
THIRTEEN is sure to be lucky for some as The Horn launches its latest Battle of the Bands competition. The event, now in its 11th year, offers budding musicians a top prize of £500 with three runners-up taking £200 apiece as well as giving all bands great... Full Story »
10:39 - 26 June 2008
FROM the bad boys of folk and rock to musical custodians and godfathers of folk – that s Oysterband who are appearing at the Alban Arena next Wednesday, July 2, as part of the St Albans Festival. The group s history began in the late 1970s when an English... Read More »
15:36 - 04 July 2008
Hertford Symphony Orchestra closes its current season on Sunday (July 6) with a programme of contrasts… Stravinsky s Firebird Suite and Brahms Symphony No 4. The season has encompassed some of the best loved masterpieces of both the 19th and 20th century... Read More »
10:36 - 03 July 2008
A CELEBRATION of the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons comes to the stage of The Radlett Centre next Thursday, July 10. Big Girls Don t Cry featuring the Westcoast Boys will be showcasing many hits from both sides of the Atlantic including Sherr... Read More »
Comedy & The Arts
10:25 - 03 July 2008
TWO complete one-hour, pre-Edinburgh Fringe comedy performances will be held at Funny First Mondays in St Albans next week. One of the acts at O Neill s in Victoria Street will come from Paul Tonkinson and the other from Josh Howie. Paul has followed John... Full Story »
10:24 - 03 July 2008
THE myth that long summer holidays are an excuse for teachers to relax as much as their students, with maybe a little more to drink, has been dispelled by Rory J. Browne. The head of art at St Georges School in Harpenden uses the six weeks to focus on his... Read More »
10:37 - 03 July 2008
A PROMENADE performance inspired by the stories and history of St Albans Town Hall is being staged next week. Since early May, a team of professional artists and local community participants have been working together to bring to life some of the historie... Read More »
10:31 - 03 July 2008
TRESTLE Theatre Company could have a real winner on their hands with their latest production called Lola if they indulged in a little judicious tweaking. The story of Lola Montez is fascinating, echoing as it does many of the preoccupations with modern-da... Read More »
10:18 - 03 July 2008
MUSICIAN and poet Attila the Stockbroker brings his topical themes and hard-hitting words to the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans next Friday, July 11. For more than a quarter of a century he has performed his work across the world at literary and music... Read More »
At The Movies
10:38 - 03 July 2008
SOME of the best international and foreign language movies of the last 12 months are being shown as part of the annual International Film Week at the Alban Arena. The festival opens next Tuesday, July 8, with an evening showing of Persepolis, an animated... Read More »
13:31 - 30 June 2008
TERROR hits a town in Maine after a violent storm sweeps the area. The following morning an approaching cloud of mist descends over the town and a group of people are trapped in a grocery store as a result. The people held hostage by the mist soon uncove... Read More »
13:29 - 30 June 2008
AMERICAN actor, comedian and musician Jack Black, of Tenacious D fame, lends his voice to Po the Panda, an aspiring animated kung fu warrior. Po is a waiter in a noodle bar and a mad kung fu fanatic, but his shape doesn t help him reach his dreams. Pand... Read More »
13:27 - 30 June 2008
WILL Smith returns to the big screen this week as an alcoholic superhero called Hancock. Charlize Theron also stars in this comedy superhero film originally written by Vincent Ngo and directed by Peter Berg. Will Smith s character John Hancock is despis... Read More »
16:18 - 20 June 2008
THE latest film in the Narnia series to be released on the big screen, Prince Caspian, is the sequel to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, which was aired in 2005. Although Narnia has been at peace since the Pevensie siblings helped evict the evil Whi... Read More »
16:15 - 20 June 2008
ANGELINA Jolie steps into this action movie role to play Fox, a recruiter into a secret society called the Fraternity. Wanted showcases 25-year-old Wesley Gibson s (James McAvoy) life story, which includes his girlfriend ignoring him, his boss nagging hi... Read More »