The Company of Ten brings mythical creatures, epic battles, and magical realms to the Abbey Theatre Studio this week. She Kills Monsters introduces us to Agnes Evans, an ordinary woman whose life takes a dramatic turn when she loses her parents and sister Tilly in a car accident. Despite their differences...
A kitbag is thrown on the ground and a group of eager youths scramble to extract their choice of weapon, be it a sword, axe, staff or even a massive hammer… But have no fear, their weapons are wood and the wielders are actors in the Company of Ten’s latest production,...
Saturday morning youth sport doesn't just involve kicking balls around a pitch! St Albans Cycle Hub hosts Verulam Cycle Club's youth training sessions every Saturday morning. Professionally qualified instructors Davinder and Rachael train youth members in the bike skills involved in cyclocross, an off-road circuit racing event involving riding on grass,...
Thousands of paper doves - each carrying messages of peace from our community - are now hanging under Britain's oldest Cathedral tower. The installation is the brainchild of Peter Walker Sculptor, and can be seen from now until Tuesday February 13, with events taking place under the doves' wings including yoga,...
If the start of a new year has left you inspired to take on a new challenge in 2024, look no further than Rennie Grove Peace Hospice’s calendar of upcoming fundraising events. For thrill-seekers in search of an adrenalin rush, the Rennie Grove Peace Firewalk will be coming to Grove House...
“Sing along with the common people… Sing along and it might just get you through…” Five years ago a collaboration of unrepentant and maturing indie kids decided that what St Albans really needed was a celebration of the music they grew up listening to, from Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine...
A record 8,000 people visited St Albans Cathedral for their bite-sized carol services, that took place on the hour every hour from 11am until 4pm. The sounds of The Big Choir, Just Sing, Viva Ladies Chorus, Classical Chorus, Parish Singers, Abbey Singers and Lay Clerks of the Cathedral Choir rung around...
It’s that time of year again when the energy, enthusiasm and hard work of hundreds of St Albans children and adult volunteers come together to make spectacular memories and build skills to last a lifetime. Yes, rehearsals are well under way now for the award-winning St Albans Gang Show. The last rehearsal...
Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and the district around will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the new-born king, in services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here the St Albans Times publishes a round-up of many of those services, showing the range of celebrations on offer – from midnight Mass...
Playwrights will have the chance to see their scripts performed next year at a two-week long New Writing Festival to be held at the Abbey Theatre in St Albans. Local drama group, The Company of Ten, is putting on the Festival in July 2024 to give emerging writers much needed stage...
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