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Welcome to October As always there’s something for everyone, this month the magazines are packed with Spooky stuff to do for Halloween, an amazing Space themed installation at the Cathedral, the Big Draw, Apple Days and a host of local businesses waiting for your call. As always whatever you do or whoever you call please let them know you found them in the NOW magazines!

If you run your own business we’d love to include you, we offer a helpful, friendly service so just give us a call.

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Jane & Wendy

Out of Town

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Shuttleworth, Bletchley & more

Pumpkin, Ghosts & More 12 happy Halloween

Live Event Cinema 14

opera, Shakespeare & comedy

Do Something For Charity 22 thinking of others

NOW at the Local Theatres 26 lots of drama!

out & about

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Walks, Talks & More 28

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Fit For Life 30

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NOW at the Cathedral 34 space, science & stars

NOW for some Music 36 classical, punk & pop

NOW at The Alban Arena 38 music, comedy & more

What’s on in October 42 & November 44 Index of Businesses 46

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Feel Good Fashion Show 16th Oct 7pm - 9pm All clothes have been kindly donated to Rennie Grove charity shops. There’ll be an opportunity after the show to browse through rails of pre-loved clothes, you'll be amazed at what you can find. There will also be a raffle with some fabulous prizes. £10 includes glass of fizz 01727 731028 Jubilee Centre, St Albans AL3 5BU

Wear it Pink 18th Oct Shake out those pink clothes, dust off your baking utensils and get ready to raise money for cutting edge Breast Cancer Research.

Register now to give yourself the maximum time to plan what you’ll do. www.wearitpink.org

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Nude Tin Can Gallery 5th - 9th Oct Exhibition of paintings, digital art, drawings, professional photography, sculpture showing skeletons of a person's or animal's head.

Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans AL1 4JS www.nudetincan.com

The Arts Society Harpenden

NOW for Some Art The New Maynard Gallery The Open Exhibition until 5th Oct Displaying work by the winners of last year’s Open Exhibition; Andrew Chu, Denise Bowser and Janie Graham.

If you’re an artist living or working in Hertfordshire why not enter this year’s exhibition.

You can submit up to 3 pieces and the fee is just £5 per piece. As the gallery is in a shared public space any art displayed must be suitable for everyone. For more information and to download an entry form visit the website.

Submission date: 5th Oct Campus West, WGC AL8 6BX www.newmaynardgallery.co.uk

Sculpture Walks 3rd Oct & 7th Nov 1pm Introducing 12 outdoor sculptures that map the changing characteristics of British sculpture since the 1950s. Free Meet Main Reception, College Lane Campus UHArts, Hatfield AL10 9AB www.uharts.co.uk

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5th & 6th Oct / 2nd & 3rd Nov 10am - 5pm If you've always wanted to have a go at painting but didn't know how or where to begin then a Childwickbury Art Course is the perfect starting point. The courses, held in the Victorian stable block, are relaxed and friendly, and open to all abilities including complete beginners.

Professional artists; Christiane Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick and Camilla Clutterbuck will give tuition in composition and colour mixing, enabling you to develop your technique and style in Oils and/or Watercolour. £100 for the weekend, £50 for a day Childwickbury Estate, St Albans AL3 6JX www.christianekubrick.com

Lecture: Images of the British Empire 17th Oct At the turn of the 20th century, the British Empire held sway over approximately one quarter of the population of the world. British imperial power was projected through a variety of artistic mediums. Through considering a variety of paintings, buildings and objects from across the Empire, this lecture provides a fascinating insight into the way the British viewed themselves and their subjects in the 19th and 20th centuries. www.theartssocietyharpendenareadfas.org.uk

The Big Draw - Drawn to Life The Festival is back uniting people, pencils and pixels across the globe. Whether you’re a disastrous doodler, inspired illustrator or a reluctant Rembrandt your marks will help to celebrate this year’s Festival theme: Drawn To Life, exploring the many benefits a more creative life can bring both mind and body. Here’s a couple of local events to enjoy or why not organise your own!

St Albans Museum + Gallery 28th Oct free Drawing in the Gallery: 10am - 5pm Workshops: 10.30am - 12.30pm & 2pm - 4pm Inspired by the Science in St Albans exhibition, discover the joy of sketching. As a family, work with professional artist Laura Ellis to create a fantastic masterpiece inspired by your gallery sketches. All styles, ages and abilities welcome.

St Peter’s Street AL1 3DH www.stalbansmusuems.org.uk Bletchley Park Family Activities: The Illustration Game 29th - 31st Oct 11am - 3.30pm drop in Activities include creating 1940s origami uniforms, secret sketching, flip books, patterns, coded messages and invisible ink.

Ages 5 -14, entry included with admission cost Bletchley Park, Bucks MK3 6EB www.bletchleypark.org.uk www.thebigdraw.org

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Out of Town

IWM Duxford

Family Mission: D-Day Edition 19th - 27th Oct 11am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm drop in It’s 1944 and the most important day of the war is looming and you and your family are needed as the latest paratroopers recruits. As a team use your Jump Bag to spot a Spitfire from its sound, learn how to land safely and be assigned your rank. Hear about the biggest invasion in an interactive storytelling experience based on personal stories from those who served on D-Day. Showcase Day 20th Oct See iconic aircraft maintained and flown by the Flying Partners at IWM Duxford. Free with admission Shuttleworth Collection Flight Academy 21st, 23rd & 25th Oct Airshow: Raceday Finale 6th Oct 11am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm drop in Celebration of vintage aviation and veteran vehicles Dress up like a pilot in flight jackets and goggles, at the last airshow of the season. £35, child free take on the pilot reflex challenges and track your Autumn Walk & Lunch with the Head Gardener progress across the site to see if you have the range 11th Oct 10.30am - 2pm £30 of a B-52 or are faster than a Typhoon. Learn the Seasonal highlights and a tour of the Swiss Garden. principles of flight and design the perfect paper plane Photography Night Shoot 12th Oct 5pm and parachute.

Open to anyone with a camera, but it’s recommended Aeroplane Investigators that you have a basic understanding of night 22nd Oct 11am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm drop in photography. The Collection photographers will be Join expert conservators and get into the nuts and offering advice if needed. bolts of the investigation to help prevent damage to Age 16+ £60 includes supper the world-famous aircraft. Search for mysterious Afternoon Tea 13th Oct 2pm & 2.30pm forces and microscopic beasts burrowing into pilot Savour a quintessentially English afternoon seats, test expert packing techniques to protect tea in the grand setting of Shuttleworth House. fragile objects, learn to use specialised equipment Please book £30, child £15 and more.

Visit The House 13th Oct 9.30am - 12.30pm We Were There: Meet Veterans and Eyewitnesses A chance to explore the rooms, grounds and 24th Oct 11am - 3pm other areas of the House not normally open to public. Meet veterans and eyewitnesses who have lived Please book £5, child £1 through conflict and hear about their experiences.

Bumpy Broomsticks & Crafty Cats From being evacuated during WWII, to living through 21st & 22nd Oct 10am, 11am, 1pm & 2pm the Korean and Falklands Wars.

Collect mystical materials to make a broomstick, Documentary Challenge 31st Oct before creating a crafty cat to adorn it. Age 5+ IWM Duxford is full of stories - from its WWI origins to £1 plus garden admission £8.50, child £2 its involvement in the Battle of Britain, D-Day and Blast-Off Broomsticks & Bonkers Bonfire Blasters aviation history. In your team, pick your presenters, 23rd - 25th Oct 10am, 11am, 1pm & 2pm camera crew and producers and create your own Create your own broomstick rocket and a piece of documentary. Then download it to enjoy at home. chalk-firework fine art. Age 5+ £1 plus Collection £10 per group. admission £16, child £2, concs £12.50 Events included in admission unless otherwise stated IWM Duxford CB22 4QR Halloween Murder Mystery 26th Oct 7pm www.iwm.org.uk Enjoy a spooky evening of entertainment in the grand setting of The House, with drinks, canapés Bletchley Park and a 3 course dinner.

Past, Present, Future: Codes and Ciphers Halloween at The Swiss Garden 26th Oct 7pm 29th Oct 10am - 3.30pm A family fun-filled evening, walk the spooky trail stopping for scary and finishing with ghoulish games. Go behind the scenes of secret messaging, learn how codes and ciphers work and get to grips with a Don’t forget to bring your torches. Entry times staggered from 5.20pm, if you dare, come along from real WWII Enigma machine. For adults with confidence in maths up to GCSE level £15.50 7pm for scarier stories! Ages 3 - 12 Bletchley Park, Bucks MK3 6EB child £8, adult £5, please book 01767 627933 www.bletchleypark.org.uk Shuttleworth, Beds SG18 9EP www.shuttleworth.org

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Boo at the Zoo 19th - 31st Oct There will be spooky goings on with themed animal talks, Halloween arts and crafts, pumpkin carving, Ghoul School, Halloween story time, wrap the mummy and a pumpkin party.

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Beds LU6 2LF www.zsl.org

Pumpkin Festival

Pumpkins, Ghosts & More Pumpkin Patch Get outside and enjoy the crisp autumn air. Grab a wheelbarrow and explore the patch to find your perfect pumpkin and squashes, there are so many varieties to choose from. Some are great for carving and others are great for eating so why not check out their cooking demonstrations for some inspiration. Check the website for opening times.

Junction 9, Harpenden AL3 8HT Facebook @thepopupfarm www.thepopupfarm.co.uk

19th Oct - 3rd Nov Pick your free pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch and enjoy a magical day of fun. There’ll be daily competitions with prizes for the best Halloween fancy dress, and the best carved pumpkin in the Carving Cavern. Plus arts and crafts, the Pumpkin Olympics and magic shows.

Willows Activity Farm, St Albans AL4 0PF www.willowsactivityfarm.com

Wrest Park

Spooky Wrest Park 19th Oct - 3rd Nov 11am - 4pm Mysterious goings-on await you…meet the gruesome guides as they take you on a journey into the puzzling past, use all your wits to solve the riddles and claim your terrifying treat. Have a go at carving a petrifying pumpkin to take away.

Sessions 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3.30pm £12.70, child £7.60, pumpkin carving £4 Herring Green Activity Farm Spooky Woodland Walk Scarecrow & Apple Fest 25th & 26th Oct 5th & 6th Oct 10am - 5pm Tours 5.30pm, 6.30pm & 7.30pm With local ciders, live music, a scarecrow contest, Join Obadiah Squires and Mrs Botton; ghost apple games and crafts, flying displays and hunters and storytellers extraordinaire, on a keeper talks. Wander around the birds of prey ghostly walk with a mix of spine-tingling and centre and Tatty Macs farm, have a bite to eat humorous stories to keep young and old in the tea room or visit the farm shop. enthralled. Please wear appropriate footwear and Harry Potter Weekend clothing. Ages 5 - 12. £7, child £6, please book 12th & 13th Oct 10am - 5pm Wrest Park, Silsoe, Beds MK45 4HR Wizarding fun to be had for muggles and wizards www.english-heritage.org.uk alike, with Harry Potter crafts, a witches and wizards scavenger hunt, the chance to fly an owl, Pixie & Goblin Afternoon Tea potions and lava lamp workshops, herbology 21st - 31st Oct 1pm & 3pm sessions and pot a mandrake plant. Sessions Enjoy a Halloween themed afternoon tea with a must be booked on the day. spooky scone, chilling cup cake and scary Centre of Hocus Pocus sandwich, along with a terrifyingly terrific tea or 19th - 27th Oct 10am - 5pm creepy coffee. Please book adult £13, child £8 Join in with creepy critter encounters, the zombie Chilterns Gateway Centre hunt, pumpkin carving, creepy crafts, wacky Dunstable Downs LU6 2GY barrel rides, animal meet and greets, slime www.nationaltrust.org.uk making workshops and much more.

Herring Green Activity Farm & Birds of Prey Centre, Wilstead MK45 3DT www.birdsofpreycentre.co.uk

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Freaky FunFest

Make and Take Sessions

21st Oct - 1st Nov Spooky fun for everyone with Tiny Terrors Tractor Ride, Trick or Treat Training, an Abracadabra Show, Fancy Dress, Pumpkin Carving and more.

Mead Open Farm, Billington LU7 9JH www.meadopenfarm.co.uk

28th Oct - 1st Nov 11am - 4pm Make Halloween and bonfire themed crafts including pumpkins and bat hats, glitter wands and bonfire lanterns.

Marlowes Centre, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1DX www.themarlowes.co.uk

Frankenstein for Kids

Halloween Parties

24th & 25th Oct 11am & 2pm A hilarious fusion of silliness, storytelling and monstrous balloon puppetry. In Circo Ridiculoso's unique style, the story is adapted and mutated from horror to ha ha ha, from the dark and spooky to the light and airy. Join award winning balloon artist, Danny for this highly visual, original, yet gentle anarchic modern clowning show.

Stockwood Discovery Centre LU1 4LX www.lutonculture.com

30th & 31st Oct 10.15am & 11.15am Inn on the Park, Verulamium Park, St Albans £8.25, ages 3 - 8 years www.inn-on-the-park.com

Pumpkin Trail and Treats 26th, 28th & 29th Oct 12 noon - 4pm Enjoy Halloween for all the family. Children can bring pre-decorated pumpkins with a daily prize for the best one. Children will be given a ‘Pumpkin Passport’ so they can take part in games and activities to earn stamps. Games include ‘Terror Tunnel’, ‘Hungry Ghosts’ and ‘What’s in the Box?’ Completed Passports can be exchanged for goody bags. There’ll be storytelling and the ‘Pumpkin Bag Tree’ where you can claim a reward for guessing the number of pumpkins in the tree. To get in the spirit why not wear fancy dress, yes adults too! £3.75, child £7.50, please book Knebworth House SG1 2AX www.knebworthhouse.com

Dr Gore's Spooky Mad Lab 26th Oct - 1st Nov 11.40am, 1.40pm & 3.40pm Join Dr Gore and his Mad Lab assistants for spooktakular science shows and interactive family fun. Get into the spirit by making witches hats, dressing up and getting hands on with a range of Halloween arts and crafts.

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey EN9 1JY www.royalgunpowdermills.com

Rats, Bats & Cats Fun Day 31st Oct 10am & 1pm A frighteningly fun crafty day. Ages 4 - 11, children must be accompanied by an adult, please book. £5 per child British Schools Museum, Hitchin SG4 9TS www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk

Spooktacular 31st Oct 10am - 4pm drop in Spooky activities including face painting, crafts, superheroes, and a few surprises too!

Heritage Close, St Albans AL3 4EB

Hooray for Halloween Party 31st Oct 10.30am - 11.45am A fun filled phonics session with a Halloween twist.

Come dressed up if you want to, meet the main man; Robot Reg, and have some disco fun.

Ages 1 - 5 years, £10 includes Halloween treat and crafts, please book.

ABC Sounds Right Phonics Classes for Kids Redbourn Village Hall, St Albans AL3 7LW www.soundsrightphonicsclasses.co.uk

Pumpkin Scooping 28th - 31st Oct 10am - 4pm Make a spooky pumpkin lantern; help will be on hand as you scoop and cut your pumpkin ready to take home.

Aylett Nurseries, St Albans AL2 1DH www.aylettnurseries.co.uk

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Live Event Cinema

English National Opera Encore: The Mikado 3rd Oct 7.30pm Enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan’s irresistible combination of virtuosic wit, memorable melodies and hilarious antics.

The Royal Opera House Live: Don Giovanni 8th Oct 6.45pm The second of Mozart’s collaborations with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. Perfectly situated between tragedy and comedy, this potent drama combines glorious music with a fascinating seductive central character.

Recorded Live: Billy Connolly - The Sex Lives of Bandages 10th Oct 8.15pm cert 18 A big screen tribute to an iconic funny-man whose sharp wit and anarchic storytelling is still as hilarious as ever.

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Turand 12th Oct 5.55pm Featuring a most unusual score with an astounding and innovative use of chorus and orchestra, but still recognizably Puccini, bursting with instantly appealing melody.

National Theatre - Filmed Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream 17th Oct 7pm In Shakespeare's most romantic comedy, a feuding fairy King and Queen cross paths with runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformation, with hilarious, but dark consequences.

The Royal Opera House Live: Don Pasquale 24th Oct 7.30pm The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him, has long delighted and surprised audiences, not least as presented with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers.

The Metropolitan Opera Live: Manon 26th Oct 5.55pm A take on the quintessentially French tale of the beautiful young woman who is incapable of forsaking love and luxury.

Featuring one of the truly unforgettable and irresistible female characters in opera.

Campus West, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX www.cwentertainment.co.uk

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Artist Intervention Week: Katie Schwab 30th Sept - 3rd Oct Join artist Katie Schwab as she experiments with new ideas, turning the Gallery into an open studio with opportunities to participate. Free Art & Design Gallery AL10 9AB Golden Anniversary Concert 6th Oct 7.30pm The de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates it’s 50th season with a programme of favourites. Rachmaninov's 'Isle of the Dead', Ravel's 'Pavene pour une Infante Défunte', Rimsky Korsakov's 'Le Coq D'or' and Rachmaninov's 'Symphony no 2'. £18, concs £15, child £8 Weston Auditorium AL10 9EU Exhibition: Line/Extended 17th Oct - 20th Dec Exhibition bringing together five artists; Rosana Antolí, Lucy Brown, George Eksts, Jane Grisewood and Andrea V Wright, whose work explores the potential of the drawn line and the expanded field of drawing. Free Art & Design Gallery AL10 9AB Trade 18th Oct 7.30pm Meet three women, an unlikely trio, different ages, backgrounds and attitudes.

Welcome to the Caribbean, where the sun is hot and the living is uneasy. Get set for an intoxicating mix of fresh rhythm and raucous humour, as the women come to terms with the transactions that define who they are. Age 15+ contains strong language/adult theme. £10, concs £8 Weston Auditorium AL10 9EU Spatial Drawing Workshop 31st Oct 2pm - 4pm Artist Andrea V Wright, looks at making spatial drawings using thread, tape and props. Free, but please book Art & Design Gallery AL10 9AB UHArts, Hatfield AL10 9AB www.uharts.co.uk

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Apple Days

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Apple Day is a celebration of orchards and also a demonstration of the variety we are in danger of losing, not simply in apples, but in the richness and diversity of landscape, ecology and culture.

Oaklands College 5th Oct 10am & 1pm Pick your own apples from the orchard, meet the animals in Oaklands Zoo and learn more about bees and wildlife. New for this year is the Chilli Fest, and the Stables Restaurant where the apple produce will be showcased. £2, family £5 Please book www.eventbrite.co.uk Oaklands College, South Dr, St Albans AL4 0JA Tewin Pavilion 6th Oct 12 noon - 4.30pm With apples from Tewin Orchard on sale plus apple juice, tea, coffee and cake. Experts will be on hand to identify varieties of apple and provide advice on fruit tree care. Plus guided walks around the orchard and traditional craft demonstrations.

Tewin Pavilion, Upper Green Rd, Tewin AL6 0LX Highfield Park 6th Oct 2pm - 4pm A fun and traditional celebration of English Apples, with something for everyone. With live music, apple juicing displays, apple bobbing, hunt the apple, plus a local bee keeper will be on hand to share more of what’s around Highfield Park.

Apple Juice from the orchards of Highfield, Cell Barnes and Hill End, the legacy of the two hospitals on the site, will be on sale.

Russet Drive, St Albans Al4 0DB www.highfieldparktrust.co.uk Aylett Nurseries 19th & 20th Oct 10am - 4pm A fun apple themed weekend for all the family North Orbital Road, St Albans AL2 1DH www.aylettnurseries.co.uk Shenley Park Walled Garden 20th Oct 12 noon - 5pm Fun family day in the Walled Garden, with unusual varieties of apples and apple juice to try and buy, craft stalls and apple games.

Shenley Park Walled Garden WD7 9DW www.shenleypark.co.uk

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Blue Cross Week

Do Something for Charity Rennie Grove Hospice Care Charity Shoot Day 3rd Oct 9.30pm - 4pm Your experience includes all equipment, 75 bird English sporting clay shoot, coaching from top instructors, breakfast and a BBQ lunch. Suitable for all shooting abilities, the aim is to have fun while raising funds for a great cause.

Cost for team of six £840 To book or for more information contact 07795 424590 or adam@valleyviewclub.co.uk Valley View Gun Club, Great Missenden HP16 0DH Herts 10K 13th Oct With a beautiful multi-terrain course through the Hertfordshire countryside, the event attracts thousands of runners and walkers every year, and raises valuable funds to support the charity’s work across Herts and Bucks. Participants are asked to raise at least £50 to help reach the target of £100k. Age 12+ Entry £22

7th - 13th Oct From running to baking, fancy dress to quizzes there are so many ways you can get involved during Blue Cross Week.

No matter what you do or how you join in you will be joining forces with pet lovers across the country to raise money for pets in need. You could do anything from a skydive or shaving your head to maybe a cake sale or even going to work in fancy dress! There’s no better time to do it than now, join in and help pets in need. Visit the website for your free fundraising pack that includes lots of great ideas. www.bluecross.org.uk

Hospice of St Francis Mud Pack Challenge 13th Oct 10am - 2pm A 5 or 10-mile muddy obstacle course in the beautiful grounds of Ashridge House. Sign up for a morning of mud, laughter, teamwork, friendship and muddy memories, while supporting The Hospice of St Francis. Everyone is welcome but teamwork will get you through so rally your work colleagues, badger your friends and prepare for some jovial rivalry as you tackle the five mile course together. Individuals are welcome too, as are those crazies prepared to take on the 10 mile course. Age 15+ £35 Ashridge House, Berkhamsted HP4 1NS www.stfrancis.org.uk

Trek the Freedom Trail 12th - 17th June 2020 A stunning trek through the rugged Pyrenees and along the beautiful Costa Brava coastline awaits experienced walkers looking for the trip of a lifetime.

This inspirational trek is home to stories of great bravery and hardship endured by WWII airmen who crashed or were shot down over Europe, and hundreds of Jews and refugees desperate to flee to freedom. Cost £335, plus fundraising of at least £2,500.

The cost includes flights, transport, accommodation, meals, local guides and support crew, trekking permits and 24-hour emergency support. www.renniegrove.org

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NOW at the Local Theatres The Barn Theatre The Crucible 27th Sept - 5th Oct Arthur Miller’s classic witch-hunt masterpiece, both literal with its 17th-century Salem setting and with the wider allegorical commentary on the McCarthyism and ‘un-American Activities’ movement of the 1950s. Widely recognised as one of the best plays of the 20th century and recently called ‘the perfect play for our post-truth times’.

The 39 Steps 18th - 26th Oct Four actors play all the roles, sometimes more than one at a time, with lightning-fast costume changes and highly creative use of props.

The Barn Theatre, WGC AL1 2DL www.barntheatre.co.uk

Maltings Arts Theatre Three Sharpe Shorts 10th & 11th Oct 8pm Three new plays by Andrew Sharpe Last Walk of Shame - The morning after the night before, Simon wakes up in a strange bed with a raging hangover and a feeling that something is missing. An absurdist and dark tragicomedy.

The Uninvited Ghost - Oldridge and Rea try and rekindle their romance, but the bistro where they met now has muzak, mediocre Merlot and paper plates!

Meet Me at the Nightingale - Following a near miss with a truck, cyclist Kirsty takes refuge in the ‘Nightingale Café’, where she meets Harry. Together, they uncover a mystery going back eighty years.

Fugue 17th - 19th Oct 8pm Two sisters meet after many years apart, in a house which resembles their childhood home. A haunting, elliptical portrait of a life unmoored by loss.

As You Like It 29th Oct - 9th Nov 8pm A vibrant interpretation of Shakespeare’s glorious comedy.

The Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans AL1 3HL 0333 666 3366 www.ovotheatre.org.uk

Abbey Theatre Dealing with Clair 11th - 19th Oct Selling houses can be difficult so when estate agent

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Clair meets cash buyer James it all seems too good to be true. Paralleling the tragic disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, Martin Crimp’s thriller is as eerily relevant today as it was thirty years ago. £13, concs £12 Abbey Theatre, St Albans AL1 2DL www.abbeytheatre.org.uk

Trestle Arts Base Pursued by a Bear | Nothing on Earth 18th Oct 7pm - 8.30pm An out-of-this world comedy inspired by female heroism. This time-bending play weaves together the amazing stories of real women from Hertfordshire, Lady Constance Lytton who fought for suffrage; Violet Cressy-Marcks who travelled the globe; Dolly Shepherd who performed breath-taking aerial feats.

Developed from the hugely popular Hertfordshire’s Hidden Heroines project, celebrating generations of women who resolutely refuse to be put in a ‘box’.

Rachel 24th Oct 7.30pm An incredibly moving performance by Small Nose and Trestle, of the story of Rachel Levy, a Holocaust survivor. With great generosity, Rachel gave Small Nose Productions her story. She experienced Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and BergenBelsen; her resilience and survival from the worst horror our world has ever seen are extraordinary.

Age 11+ £12, concs £10 Trestle Arts Base, St Albans AL4 0JQ www.trestle.org.uk

Wheathampstead Dramatic Society Wait Until Dark 24th - 26th Oct 8pm This West End and Broadway hit is a masterfully constructed thriller that builds to an electrifyingly chilling conclusion as a blind woman has to deal with three criminals who have entered her house.

Memorial Hall, Marford Rd, Wheathampstead Tickets £10 call 01582 621357 www.wheathampsteaddramaticsociety.co.uk

The Sandpit Theatre Clare Hollingworth and the Scoop of the Century 28th Oct 11.30am & 2.30pm From the busy newspaper offices in London to the frontline during WWII, Clare’s adventures tell the remarkable true story of one of the most important writers of our time. £8, child £6 The Sandpit Theatre, St Albans AL4 9NX www.sandpittheatre.co.uk

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Bug Hunt 30th Oct 10.30am - 12.30pm Hunt for wooden bugs hidden around the park and answer questions on the creepy habits of insects to win a prize. Ages 5 -10 Highfield Park Visitor Centre, St Albans AL4 0RA www.highfieldtrust.co.uk

Walks, Talks & More

Ashridge

This friendly local group has been walking and maintaining footpaths in the area for over 50 years.

They have weekly walks on Thursdays and Sundays. For more information please visit www.stalbansfootpaths.org

Gentle Stroll: Deer Rut 16th Oct 10.30am - 12.30pm Join knowledgeable volunteers for a gentle walk to look for fallow deer during the rutting season.

Meet at the end of Monument Drive, £3 Haunted Ashridge Trail and Craft 21st Oct - 1st Nov 10am - 4pm Make spooky crafts at the Visitor Centre and follow the Halloween trail about the ghosts of Ashridge. £3 per child Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted HP4 1LT www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Horse Riding in Ashridge

Luton Hoo Walled Garden

St Albans & District Footpaths Society

until 30th Nov Explore the stunning Ashridge Estate on horseback. Lovely Irish cobs and rides to suit all abilities.

Beaney Farm, Little Gaddesden HP41PE www.ashridgehorsetrekking.com

Sandridge Harvest Flower Festival 4th - 6th Oct Fri: 10.45am - 5pm, Sat: 10am - 5pm Sun: 11.15am - 5.30pm This year's theme is ‘Saints and Heroes’, heroes can of course be animal or human, real-life or fiction. The Festival is an annual community event, and all ages can take part. The flowers and plants, together with the imagination and ideas of the contributors, are what make the displays special, not the level of technical skill. The results are always amazing and much admired by visitors.

If you’d like to celebrate a saint or hero/heroine who inspires you please contact Christine on 01727 831623 christine@nutton.org.uk Setting up: 2nd & 3rd October Village Voices Concert 5th Oct 8pm St Leonard’s Church, Sandridge www.sandridgechurch.org.uk

Highfield Park Visitor Centre Talk: Where the Wild Things Are 15th Oct 7.30pm - 9pm A speaker from Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust will introduce you to local wildlife.

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Talk: The Walled Garden in the 21st Century 25th Oct 10.30am £5 Estate Office Lecture Room, Luton Hoo Estate LU1 4LF (take West Hyde Rd/Newmill End turning off A1081) www.lutonhooestate.co.uk Land Art on Harpenden Common 28th Oct 2pm - 3.30pm Family event of crafting and creating with acorns, flowers, leaves, pinecones, rocks, twigs, sticks and more. Suitable for all, free, please book

Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust Halloween Smartphone Safari 31st Oct 2pm - 3.30pm Starting in the Trust's wildlife garden, learn how to compose an image, use light and take spectacularly spooky images with your smartphone. Finish by learning how to get the best from the free apps available to improve your images. £15, family £50 www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/events

Sustainable St Albans Winter Vegetables 26th Oct 11am - 1pm Open to all, this Incredible Edible plot has raised beds at a suitable height for wheelchair users. With vegetables, a wildlife area and a flower border for pollinators. Much of it is shaded by trees, giving the opportunity to create an edible forest garden which will include wild and shade-tolerant veggies and many perennial edibles.

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Hertfordshire Health Walks

Fit For Life WheelPower National Junior Games Enjoy the countryside and local green spaces with these free walks led by qualified volunteer leaders.

Walks are graded between 20-30 minutes (first steps) and 90 minutes (grade 4). Just turn up!

Highfield Park Meet at YMCA Highfield Park Centre, Russett Drive, St Albans AL4 0DB Mondays 9.30am (grade 2 - 3) Tuesdays 1.30pm (first steps & grade 2 - 3) Wheathampstead Meet at East Lane public car park behind The Bull AL4 8BL Tuesdays 10.30am (first steps & grade 2 - 3) 5th Oct 2pm (grade 3 - 4) London Colney Meet at Caledon Rd Community Centre AL2 1PU Thursdays & 1st Oct & 5th Nov 10.30am (grade 3) Verulamium Park Meet outside Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre, Holywell Hill AL1 2DJ 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd Oct 7pm (grade 3) Harpenden Meet at Rothamsted Conference Centre Car park, Harpenden AL5 2JQ Thursdays 10.30am (grade 3 - 4) Greenwood Park Meet at Greenwood Park Community Centre, Tippendell Lane AL2 3HW Fridays 2pm (grade 2 - 3) Redbourn Meet at Cricket Club car park AL3 7DB 2nd Nov 2pm (grade 3 - 4) Bricket Wood Meet at Moor Mill Pub car park, off Smug Oak Lane, Bricket Wood AL2 3PN 17th Nov 10.30am (grade 4) Heartwood Forest Meet in Heartwood Forest car park, Sandridge AL3 6JB 20th Oct 10.30am (grade 4) If you’d like to get in touch call 01992 588433, email healthwalks.cms@hertfordshire.gov.uk or visit www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/healthwalks

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30th Sept - 3rd Oct Hosted by WheelPower, the National Charity for Wheelchair Sport, the primary focus of the Games is to encourage disabled young people to lead healthier, more active lifestyles, improving their mental and physical wellbeing, This also providing a chance for those with sporting talent to be identified and nurtured along the Paralympic pathway.

Previous participant, Alex Towns-Phill comments: “...usually when you go on trips they don’t give you as much freedom to do what you want...I’ve tried shooting, archery, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair cricket, I’ve tried a multitude of different sports so I’m happy that I took the opportunity to come”. The Games also provide a platform for the sharing of ideas and experiences between participants, teachers, parents, carers and guardians.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury HP21 9PP www.wheelpower.org.uk

Hatfield House Mucky Pup Fun Run 5th Oct 9.30am - 4pm Join the Royal Veterinary Collage to raise money for the Animal Care Trust that care and treat over 25,000 pets every year. Run or walk the two-mile course, as friends and family watch, and then visit stalls with your pup for refreshments. You can take on the run as a dog and human team, a dog and family team, or on your own/in a group without a dog. £10 if raising sponsorship, £20 if not raising sponsorship, under 12’s and dogs free, please sign up on-line.

Willow 10k 6th Oct Whether you’re taking on your first 10k or chasing an elusive PB why not make a day of it with the whole family. The junior 1k Dash is perfect for younger runners and with delicious food and drink available from Gingers Gourmet Grill, face painting and games there’s something for everyone. Be part of this fantastic day helping raise much needed funds to provide Special Days for seriously ill young adults.

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Autumn / Winter at Burstons

As the nights draw in, we start to prepare our garden for winter and begin to focus more on our indoor space. Here at Burstons our selection of home interiors and houseplants is constantly being refreshed, to bring you new and exciting ideas for your home. We also have a wide range of gifts and cards for every special occasion and plenty of gift wrap solutions too.

With Christmas around the corner, we have everything you need to make your festivities wonderful. Hundreds of decorations, lights, cards and artificial trees will be in our magical Christmas shop, which will get you in the festive spirit!

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Our popular Santa’s Grotto opens on selected days from the 16th November to Christmas Eve. Children can walk through our Candy Cane Lane Grotto, create a Christmas decoration to take home to hang on the tree before seeing Santa and telling him all about what they’d like for Christmas.

Don’t forget we also have our pre-bookable Winter Wonderland restaurant serving children’s Christmas-themed breakfast and afternoon tea.

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NOW at the Cathedral Lunchtime Recital 5th Oct 1pm free Short recital by the Weybridge Male Voice Choir.

Talk: God, Science Fiction and a Good Space Opera 10th Oct 7.30pm £10 Join Rev Chris Rogers, Church of England Rector and part time Stormtrooper, for a lively evening of sci-fi themed debate and conversation.

Be a Chorister for an Afternoon 12th Oct If your sons are interested in joining the Cathedral Choir, please come along. For more details email music@stalbanscathedral.org St Cecilia Festival Society - A Sea Symphony 12th Oct 7.30pm from £16 Hardynge Choir, Radlett Choral Society, St Albans Chamber Choir, St Albans Symphony Orchestra and a massed Children’s Choir from across Hertfordshire perform a magnificent concert with a flavour of the sea.

Talk: Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr 15th Oct 7.30pm £10 A statue of Mother Elizabeth, murdered in Siberia in 1918, stands above the Nave altar. Hear her story and explore her importance to the future of Christianity in the Holy Land.

Organ Recital 16th Oct 12.30pm Paul Carr, Organist and Recitalist, Birmingham Talk: The Commercial Space Race 17th Oct 7.30pm £10 Explore how asteroid mining and space tourism point to an exciting future in space.

Hertfordshire Chorus - Mendelssohn’s Elijah 19th Oct 7.30pm from £16 A chance to see one of the country’s best symphonic choirs perform one of Britain’s most popular choral works.

Organ Recital: Play Among the Stars 20th Oct 3pm free Be transported to a galaxy far away with music from the movies. Hear your favourite science fiction soundtracks as never heard before!

Talk: Hawking, Dawkins and God: Science and Religion in Contemporary Culture 21st Oct 7.30pm £6 Tower Tours 26th Oct 10am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm £9.50 Climb the 211 steps up to the top of the oldest Cathedral tower in Britain.

Space: To the Trinity and Beyond!

26th Oct - 3rd Nov To tie in with the Space installation, this trail takes you to far off places in the Cathedral, where you’ll make amazing discoveries.

Mass on the Moon 27th Oct 6.30pm Join in with this special Mass as the Cathedral prepares for its week long Space Voyage.

Space Voyage 28th Oct - 1st Nov Adult £6, child £4, from 28th Oct adult £7.50 See the Cathedral illuminated, immersing you in a dramatic experience of cosmic light and sound.

Take a journey to the moon and stars with a spectacular space themed son-et-lumiere in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. Travel to the edge of the Milky Way and back, and walk among the stars.

Messy Church on the Moon 29th Oct 9.30am Crafts and activities with Abbey Bear.

Poetry Evening: ‘Then felt I like some watcher of the skies’ 29th Oct 8pm £10 A poetry evening on the theme of Creation and the cosmos.

Space: The Final Frontier 31st Oct 10am Explore, learn and then create a wonderful piece of space themed art.

Doctor Who - A Voyage in Space and Time 31st Oct 2pm - 3.30pm A rollercoaster voyage through time, space and six decades of The Doctor with a chance to meet some Daleks! Doctor Who expert, Frank Danes will take you on an interactive journey of all things Doctor Who, from screen history, the battle between good and evil and monsters made of bubble wrap!

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NOW for some Music Bach to Rheinberger 5th Oct 7.30pm £15, concs £13, child £5 Carillon Chamber Choir present J S Bach Singet dem Herrn / Komm, Jesu, komm.

Rheinberger Mass in E flat for double Choir J S Bach Cello Suites 01582 832312 or carillonsec@gmail.com St Saviour’s Church, St Albans AL1 4DF

Frankie’s Guys 6th Oct 7.30pm from £24 Celebrating the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons with hits such as Big Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes of You, Oh What A Night. www.radlettcentre.co.uk

Come & Sing: Feel the Spirit 12th Oct Rehearsal: 1.15pm - 5.30pm / Performance: 6pm A vivid arrangement, by John Rutter of seven well-known American spirituals including: When the Saints go Marching In and Deep River, with Harpenden Music Makers Choir. Please book your place on 07947 800153 before buying a ticket online www.ticketsource.co.uk Singers £12, students £6 / audience £5, child free St George’s School, Harpenden AL5 4EY

Pop Divas Live! 12th Oct 6pm £16 Four talented girls bring you the sounds of the greatest female pop performers of today, Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Rihanna will all be dropping in! With dazzling choreography and superb vocals, this is the perfect pop concert for your little divas.

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Elizabeth Harrison Concert 12th Oct 7.30pm £12.50 St Albans Organ Theatre, Camp Road AL1 5PE www.stalbansorgantheatre.org.uk

The Ultimate Little Mix Experience 22nd Oct 6pm £15 Featuring four fantastic singers and dancers who really capture the look, sound and dance moves of one of the UK's best loved Girl-Bands. With live vocals and an impressive light and video show, this high-energy show is packed with all your favourites including Wings, Salute, Black Magic, Love Me Like You and many more.

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The Horn London Calling 12th Oct 9pm £12 The UK’s premier tribute to The Clash will be playing all their hit singles such as Should I Stay or Should I Go, Rock The Casbah, I Fought The Law and more.

Nirvana UK 19th Oct 9pm £12 As close to the real deal as possible, even playing the same instruments, this tribute band plays the spectrum of live and studio catalogue, not to mention a destruction of gear at the end of the show!

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Sons of Pitches 15th Oct 7.30pm £22.50 Winners of BBC’s ‘The Naked Choir’, take you on an A Cappella journey ‘Around The World’ Live at The Alban Arena 17th Oct 7.30pm £25 Hilarious celebration of the biggest and best The Bohemians 1st Oct 7.30pm £22 comedians on the UK circuit.

Internationally renowned Queen Tribute band take The Drifters 18th Oct 7.30pm £27 you on a high energy roller coaster ride of a concert.

Brand-new show performing all their classic hits from Magic of Motown 4th Oct 8pm £28 the last six decades.

Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back classic Motown Tabby McTat 19th & 20th Oct £13 hits, glittering costumes and dazzling dance moves.

From the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Rip It Up the 70s 5th Oct 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tabby McTat - a cat with the loudest of meee-ews Join Olympic champion Louis Smith, Rachel Stevens and a best friend with a guitar.

(S Club 7) and Melody Thornton (Pussycat Dolls) for a The Ballroom Boys - Ian Waite and Vincent groovy evening of singing & dancing. £22.50 - £39.50 Simone 21st Oct 7.30pm £25 - £28.50 Sixties Gold 6th Oct 2.30pm & 7.30pm £35 Strictly Come Dancing favourites join forces in this Re-live the magic of the 60s with Hermans Hermits, brand new show.

The Merseybeats, The Marmalade, Wayne Fontana Abbamania 22nd Oct 7.30pm £23.50 And The Mindbenders and Love Affair’s Steve Ellis Europe’s leading Abba tribute will entertain you with Jim Davidson’s The People Fight Back Tour their outstanding vocals and musical performance.

8th Oct 7.30pm £23.50 Milkshake! Live - Milkshake Monkey’s Musical If you’re fed up with this PC world we now live in, 24th Oct 12 noon & 3.30pm £5 - £16 come and see Jim’s new and outrageous show.

Be part of this fantastic show as you learn the songs Thunder - Unplugged and Unscripted and dances with your favourite Milkshake friends.

9th Oct 7.30pm £25 Lost in Music: One Night At The Disco Founding members Danny Bowes and Luke Morley 25th Oct 7.30pm £26, £22 talk through the band’s highs and lows, and play A musical journey straight to the heart of Disco. acoustic versions of fan favourites.

Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Experience Sh*tfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Nights 26th Oct 7.30pm £24.50, £22.50 Dream 10th Oct 8pm £20 A joyous, up-tempo celebration of classic pop music.

Hilarious combination of a serious adaptation of a Miami Pro Universe Championship Shakespearean classic, with an entirely sht-faced 27th Oct 2.30pm £25 cast member.

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28th Oct 7.30pm £30 Sun Records, The Concert 12th Oct 7.30pm One of our funniest celebrity football storytellers.

The legendary record label that brought you Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, All Star Superslam Wrestling 29th Oct 7.30pm An extravaganza of high-flying action. £15, £10 and scores more rockin’ pioneers, comes to life live Respect - The Aretha Franklin Songbook on stage. £26, £24 30th Oct 7.30pm £24.50, £23.50 Herts Wedding Fair 13th Oct 11am - 4pm free An amazing live concert that pays tribute to the Only Fools and Boycie 14th Oct 7.30pm £18 Queen of Soul.

An intimate evening with John Challis, one of the Mad About The Musicals 31st Oct 7.30pm nation’s greatest comedy actors, best known as A tour from London’s theatre land to the glitz of Boycie in Only Fools and Horses.

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What’s on in October

2nd - 6th & 9th - 13th Object Handling Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury HP18 0JH 1.30pm www.waddesdon.org.uk 2nd & 16th Abbey by Night St Albans Cathedral, go back in time & explore the stories of the medieval Abbey, 8pm & 8.30pm 3rd Talk: Changing Luton - As Seen Through Old Photographs Wardown Park Museum LU2 7HA 7.30pm - 9pm www.lutonculture.com 4th Writing for Children by Camilla Chester Friends' Meeting Hse AL5 1PD, Harpenden Writers Meeting, all welcome, 10am, £5 4th - 6th Sandridge Harvest Flower Festival page 28 5th Bach to Rheinberger page 36 Black Day at Blackawton Manor The Riding School, Hatfield House AL9 5HX, murder mystery dining experience, 7pm www.hatfield-house.co.uk 5th, 6th & 20th Apple Days page 20 5th - 31st Pumpkins, Ghosts & More pages 12 & 13 7th Soroptimist Women's Group World Mental Health Day Event Chiswell Green URC, hear from Herts Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Centre & Mindful Pathway, 8pm www.sigbi.org/st-albans 8th - 12th The Addams Family Harpenden Public Halls, Harpenden Musical Theatre, 01582 767525 www.harpendenmusicaltheatre.com 10th Supreme Queen Watford Colosseum, £27.50 11th Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer Luton Library Theatre LU1 2NG, 7.30pm - 8.45pm 11th & 12th The Real Harpenden Beer Festival The Royal British Legion AL5 2HU, 12 noon - 12am, £5 12th St Cecilia Festival Society Concert page 34 Death at The Granby Arms British Schools Museum SG4 9TS, Murder Mystery play & supper www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk Local Writers' Showcase St Albans Library, The Maltings AL1 3QA, hear local writers reading their work, 7pm - 9pm www.verulamwriterscircle.org.uk 13th The Mud Pack Challenge page 22 Herts 10k page 22 16th 42 The Ships that Linked New Zealand, Australia

& England St Albans, Harpenden & District Philatelic Society, St Marys Church AL3 6JJ, 8pm 16th - 19th Keep the Home Fires Burning Wardown Park Museum LU2 7HA, 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm 18th - 26th The 39 Steps page 26 18th - 20th & 25th - 27th Deer Rut Walks Ashridge Estate, 7am, £10, child £8, please book 01442 85122 19th Mendelssohn’s Elijah page 34 19th & 20th Make a Bird Feeder & Apple Festival page 20 22nd Talk: ‘Welcombe House: From the Hodgsons to the Present Day’ Harpenden Public Halls, Harpenden Local History Society, 8pm 22nd & 23rd The Horrid House Tour Wardown Park Museum, Old Bedford Rd LU2 7HA, 11am - 11.45am 23rd - 31st Halloween at Burston page 10 24th 'Around The World' Floral Demonstration All Saints Church Hall, Harpenden Evening Floral Group, 01582 761277, all welcome, 7.30pm, £8 24th - 26th Wait Until Dark page 26 25th The ELO Show Harpenden Public Halls, 7.30pm The Stylistics Watford Colosseum, 7.30pm 26th China Crisis Harpenden Public Halls, 7.30pm 26th Oct - 3rd Nov Space Trail: To the Trinity & Beyond!

St Albans Cathedral page 34 27th The New Albion Cabaret see page 40 28th Land Art on Harpenden Common page 28 28th Oct - 1st Nov ArtShed! Children’s Holiday Art Camps page 34 Space Voyage St Albans Cathedral page 14 29th Dancing for Fun British Schools Museum, Hitchin SG4 9TS, age 6+, 10am - 12 noon, £3, please book www.britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk 30th Luton Hoo Autumn Open Day 10.30am -1pm, £5, child £3 www.lutonhooestate.co.uk 31st Light Party High Street Methodist Church, Harpenden, 5.45pm, £3 www.hightstreet.church Space: The Final Frontier page 34

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1st Fireworks Evening Willows Activity Farm, St Albans AL4 0PF, 6pm-8pm Cosmic Crafts St Albans Museum + Gallery all things planetary, 10.30am & 2pm - 4pm, £2 Critters on the Common Harpenden Common AL5 3NU, 8.30am www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk 1st & 2nd The Swiss Garden at Night Shuttleworth, 6.30pm - 9pm, adult £10, child £3 The Birth of Gossip St Nicholas Church Hall, High Street Players, 8pm www.hsplayers.org.uk 2nd Fireworks Spectacular St Albans Cathedral 3rd Luxury Wedding Show page 5 5th - 9th My Fair Lady The Alban Arena, St Albans Musical Theatre Company, 7.45pm, Sat: 2.30pm 8th - 10th Knebworth Christmas Fair SG1 2AX, 10am 10th Gordon Buchanan: Animal Families & Me The Alban Arena, 7.30pm, £22 de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra: Family Concerts UHArts Weston Auditorium, artist James Mayhew paints on stage as the orchestra play Peter & the Wolf & Mother Goose, 2pm 13th France 1929-1979 St Albans, Harpenden & District Philatelic Society, St Marys Church, Childwickbury AL3 6JJ, 8pm 16th Lea Singers: A Tribute to Notre-Dame St John's Church, Harpenden AL5 1DJ, 7.30pm, £15, concs £7 wwwleasingers.co.uk Archaeological Poo! Verulamium Museum,

for International Toilet Day, make a stinky mess with ancient poo activities, 12 noon - 4pm, £2 St Albans Bach Choir - Carmina Burana St Albans Cathedral, 7.30pm, £15 Spontaneous Potter: Kidz Luton Library Theatre LU1 2NG, 2pm - 3pm Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest The Alban Arena, £25 17th The Giant Balloon Show Luton Library Theatre LU1 2NG, 11.30am & 2.30pm Christmas Lights Switch On St Albans Museum + Gallery, craft activities & Santa, 12 noon Frank Skinner: Showbiz Watford Colosseum 19th International Toilet Day Quiz St Albans Museum + Gallery, 7.30pm, £10 www.toilettwinning.org.uk 23rd The Nutcracker The Alban Arena, 2.30pm, £24.50 24th Christmas Carnival Harpenden High Street, Farmers’ Market, Santa’s Grotto, funfair, procession from 3pm, lights switch on 5pm 25th & 26th Jane Eyre Luton Library Theatre LU1 2NG Mon: 7.30pm, Tue: 2.30pm & 7.30pm 28th Line/Extended Panel Discussion UHArts Art & Design Gallery, 4pm - 6pm, free www.uharts.co.uk 28th - 30th Nov The Children The Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans AL1 3HL, thought provoking play, 8pm, £13.50, £7.50 30th Mosaic Chamber Choir - Mozart Masterpieces St Albans Cathedral, 7.30pm £15 Craft Fair St Albans Organ Theatre, 11am - 4pm, free

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