October

Rare Productions - Summer Holiday

Thursday, October 2 to Saturday, October 4 7.30pm and Saturday matinee 2.30pm

Summer Holiday the rock n roll spectacular made famous by Cliff and the Shadows comes to life at Castle Hall. Rare productions presents the latest offering to the Hertford public following on from Les Miserables and High School Musical

Meet the Author - Sheila Hancock

Monday, October 6 - 7.30pm

Sheila Hancock’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Two Of Us. Entitled, Just Me, it is a moving, honest and absorbing account of how she has dealt with life since the death of her husband, John Thaw

Just Me is a book about moving on, but it is also about looking back, and looking anew. Sheila is never less than stimulating company. Honest – because if you can’t say what you think at seventy-three, when can you? – insightful and wonderfully down to earth, she is a woman seizing the future with wit, gusto and curiosity, on her own.

I'm Not There (Certificate 15)

Wednesday, October 8 -2.30pm and 7.30pm

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

HD&OS Presents "Kiss Me Kate"

Monday, October 13 - Saturday, October 18 - 7.30pm (Saturday Matinee 3pm)

The revised version of Kiss Me Kate containes all of Cole Porter's scintillating musical score from both the original 1948 stage production and 1954 film.

This great stream of wonderful melodies allied to words by the wittiest lyricist America ever produced provides a superb evening's entertainment for ALL the family.

Pam Ayres

Wednesday, October 22 - 8pm

Pam Ayres' current show includes material from her recently published bestselling books, Surgically enhanced, With These Hands, and The Works along with some old favourites.

It’s over 30 years since Pam first appeared on the TV talent show “Opportunity Knocks”, and now many of her poems feature in school textbooks around the world. She’s a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio4 in Just A Minute, That Reminds Me, and her own series Ayres On The Air and Potting On.

Keep it Cash

Friday, October 24 - 8pm

Johnny Cash tribute act

They are Europe's leading Johnny Cash Tribute Show. All the classics are covered in a breath-taking performance. To see them is to experience the raw passion and danger of the Man in Black in his full glory days.

Alice in Wonderland

Wednesday, October 29 - 1pm and 3.30pm

Imagine falling down a rabbit hole and experiencing all the delights of a world where things appear by magic and really are quite as mad as they seem. This musical adaptation is sure to delight and have you dancing in the aisles.

From Alice’s first meeting with the Mad Hatter to her last encounter with the Queen of Hearts this hours performance is sure to have you either on the edge of your seats or jumping for Joy.

An Evening with Blowers

Thursday, October 30 - 8pm

BBC Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld is undoubtedly the current “voice of cricket” and he continues to be one of the best loved characters in the game. “Blowers”, as he is affectionately known, is as famous for his musings on pigeons, planes, double decker buses, tea ladies, cakes and his catchphrase ‘My dear old thing’ as he is for his cricket commentary. His side splitting one man show is a quintessentially British affair in which “Blowers” trawls through his extraordinary life.

Talon - The Best of Eagles

Friday 31st October - 8pm

Lyin’ Eyes, Desperado, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane,Take It Easy, New Kid In Town, The Last Resort, Hotel California, Witchy Woman, Heartache Tonight……The hits go on and on. Each evoking memories from a time in musical history that because of its quality still stands strong today.

Now in their eleventh year together, Talon are set to bring you the most exciting Eagles music show yet. Featuring all the Eagles Classics we grew up with, plus solo tracks from Messrs Henley, Frey and Walsh and also brings to the fore new Eagles material from the long awaited new album which is sure to spawn a list of hits over the following years.