The unseasonably warm weather brought in the crowds to George Street for this year’s Gin and Jazz Festival. In contrast to last year’s downpours, the balmy evening proved a huge draw, with thousands of people packing out the road. The event, which is now in its fifth year, is organised by St...
George Street’s popular Gin and Jazz Festival returns for its fifth year on Friday. Retailers and hospitality venues will open their doors for late night shopping and line the street with fabulous gin bars from 6-11pm, accompanied by live jazz music and food. The event is organised by St Albans BID and...
Writer-director Philippa Lawford’s debut play Ikaria is set to come to St Albans’ Abbey Theatre this autumn, after a critically acclaimed London run in 2022. When romance blossoms between two university students from different walks of life, the giddy excitement of a first love is at first preoccupying and then stifling...
The beautiful surroundings of Kingsbury Barn in St Michael’s village played host to an exhibition of work by five local artists. The recent event featured art by Stuart Beck, Kathy Evershed, Jayne Evans, Ben East and Jenny Robinson. Stuart said afterwards: “There was something a little bit different about this art exhibition....
The winners of the 2023 Maltings Art Prize were revealed at a prize-giving ceremony celebrating the artists of the future. Around 180 guests, including finalists, parents and teachers, attended the community-inspired awards evening.The art competition, which was based around the themes of ‘Natural Form’ and ‘Literature', saw school pupils aged 4-18...
Stars align as the Company of Ten presents Constellations, a captivating play that takes audiences on a mesmerising journey through the cosmos of human connection. This out-of-this-world production opens at the Abbey Theatre Studio in October. “Every choice you’ve ever made and never made, exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel...
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society (SAHAAS) has donated almost £1,400 to Centre 33 following a talk by a leading historian. In June this year the society arranged for Professor Michael Wood, the well-known broadcaster, to give a talk at St Albans School on Why the Anglo-Saxons Matter. Attendees...
Having lunch with a fairy, a mermaid and Ken Barlow’s son might seem like a random dream but it actually happened this week. Never in all my days did I imagine I would be able to discuss my favourite Buddhist quote “Whatever is in the way is the way” over...
A Blue Plaque is to be unveiled for the man who opened Hertfordshire's first cinema - now the Odyssey in London Road. Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick's film producer and brother-in-law, will be the guest of honour at the installation of a Blue Plaque for Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874 – 1961) on October...
It’s the 40th anniversary of St Albans’ legendary Verulamium Park Fireworks Spectacular, and like every year, it promises to go with a bang! The event started in 1983 in partnership with St Albans City Hospital and now 40 years on, more than £900K has been raised for local charities. It returns this...
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