On today’s show, we are joined by our old friend David Widdowson from OVO Theatre.  They are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year.  David also shares with us the latest details about this year’s Roman Theatre Festival, taking place from 5th June to 6th September.  To find out more visit their website.

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On today’s show, Danny is joined by Linda Dyne from Harpenden Musical Theatre Company.  They discuss Follies, on from 29th March to 1st April at the Eric Morecambe Centre.  To find out more and to book tickets go to the Eric Morecambe Centre website.  To find out more about Harpenden Musical Theatre Company, check out their website.

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On Wednesday 15th March Danny Smith and health correspondent Alan Bellinger went to the Abbey Theatre to watch The Magic Flute – St Albans Chamber Opera’s latest offering.

To find out more or to book tickets go to the Abbey Theatre website.

To find out more about the St Albans Chamber Opera, check out their website.

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On this week’s show we are joined by Health Correspondent Alan Bellinger. To find the article he has written to accompany this edition of the show click here.

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Joining us for a bonus episode this week is Peter Jones from the St Albans Chamber Opera.  They are putting on Mozart’s The Magic Flute from 15th – 8th March 2023 at The Abbey Theatre.  To find out more and to book tickets, check out The Abbey Theatre Website.  For more information about St Albans Chamber Opera, do take a look at their website.

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Today we are joined by our literary correspondent Clare Hobba. This month she shares her latest book choices – Dark Academia:

The Secret History – Donna Tartt, 1992

Piranesi  – Susanna Clarke, 2020

The Binding – Bridget Collins, 2019

Clare Hobba is an Author & Creative Writing Tutor

Upcoming Courses:

Creative Writing – Essential Skills – the Bookshop on the Hill, St Albans, starting Tuesday 2ND MAY, 10-12 am

If you have the urge to write, this is an opportunity to develop your essential skills. Following our first very successful four-week course, we shall continue to explore the fundamental techniques of writing in the creative atmosphere of Books on the Hill’s reading room.

https://www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk/events/creative-writing-at-books-on-the-hill-essential-skills-1-dzspw-slzsy

For her blog about one green family making their way through the Covid Crisis:

My Moon-shot http://clarefhobba.blogspot.co.uk/

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On this week’s show Danny is joined by the newest member of our team, theatre correspondent Jo Emery.  They discuss the latest offering from the Company of Ten; The Incident Room.  This runs until Saturday 4th March at the Abbey Theatre.  To find out more, or to book tickets, check out their website https://www.abbeytheatre.org.uk/

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On the latest edition of our show, we are joined by Tina Swain from the Abbey Theatre.  As well as being the Theatre Manager, Tina is an active member of The Company of Ten and is directing their latest offering.

Running from 24th February – 4th March, The Incident Room is a tense detective drama which follows the police case into the Yorkshire Ripper.

The case was hampered by outdated methods, poor communication, mountains of paperwork, media pressure, false leads, personal prejudices and misogyny towards both the victims and female police officers.

To find out more and to book tickets, check out the Abbey Theatre website.

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Health correspondent Alan Bellinger joins us for another edition of Health Matters.  To find out more about the topics covered, check out Alan’s article.

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On today’s show we are joined by our health correspondent Alan Bellinger. To find out more about the subjects he covers, check out his accompanying article.

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