Baldock Arts Events
Our events will be running from the 17th Oct to the 6th November are all listed below in date order:
Want to Buy Tickets?
Call Joanna (07792 023211) or Clare (07962 663499 or 01462 790975) to reserve your tickets. The Box Office will be open for ticket collection (and buying in person - cash/cheque) from Monday 13th October onwards from 11am - 1.30pm and 6 - 8 pm and thereafter from Fri 17th two hours before each performance.
Please note: Uncollected tickets will be released 15 minutes before the start of each performance.
16 October 2008 - Open Evening
Performed By: N/A
Category: Community
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
An Open Evening for the people of Baldock. Come along to find out more about what we are planning! The bar will be open along with our box office so you can purchase tickets for any of our events.
17 October 2008 - Dr Bramwell's Haunted Moustache
Performed By: Dr David Bramwell
Category: Theatre
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
David Bramwell tells the story of the moustache he inherited from his aunt. Frenetic one man show
18 October 2008 - Aeneas Faversham Forever
Performed By: The Penny Dreadfuls
Category: Comedy
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
The Penny Dreadfuls are a trio of gentlemen humourists who perform Victorian sketch comedy across the UK
18 October 2008 - Fred's Flying Circus
Performed By: Fred's Flying Circus
Category: Childrens
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
The best little circus in the world
18 October 2008 - Circus skills workshop and performance
Performed By: Fred's Flying Circus
Category: Childrens
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Circus skills workshop for ages 8-13, culminating in a performance for friends and family
19 October 2008 - The Sun Dragon
Performed By: Gomito Productions
Category: Childrens
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
An intergalactic fairytale for people aged five to infinity
21 October 2008 - Tea Dance
Performed By: Tea Dance
Category: Community
Venue: Community Centre
Tea Dance at the community centre
24 October 2008 - Dawn French Q&A and Book Signing
Performed By: Dawn French
Category: Book Signing
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Dawn French talks about her new autobiography, "Dear Fatty".
24 October 2008 - Parnassus Duo
Performed By: Parnassus Duo
Category: Music
Venue: Methodist Church
The Parnassus duo are playing a classical programme including Brahms, Debussy and Beethoven
25 October 2008 - Violin Masterclass
Performed By: Parnassus Duo
Category: Music
Venue: Methodist Church
A violin masterclass with Juliet Hughes-Rees of the Parnassus Duo
26 October 2008 - "Eight" - Second Performance
Performed By: Eight
Category: Theatre
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
The 7.30 performance is at the mercy of the audience vote. This performance will allow you to see the other four.
26 October 2008 - "Eight"
Performed By: Eight
Category: Theatre
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Our selection of eight oddballs, hitting adulthood in the Naughties, have their lives invaded by notions of normality. Sharply written and beautifully performed, this play rebuffs the definition of contemporary youth as apathetic, drug-munching, no-brainers.
31 October 2008 - Film night with Barry Norman
Performed By: Barry Norman
Category: Film
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
As a Halloween special, national treasure Barry Norman introduces a screening of his favourite thriller, LA Confidential. 1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze.
02 November 2008 - Novel Writing Workshop
Performed By: Miranda Glover and Jennie Walmsley
Category: Literature
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Contemporary novelists Miranda Glover and Jennie Walmsley present a masterclass in the business of writing novels, from the original idea to the completed publication.
04 November 2008 - Facebook Fables
Performed By: Andreya Lynham, Samantha Lyden, and Carlyss Peer
Category: Theatre
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
A new play set in the world of Facebook
06 November 2008 - Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
Performed By: Act 3 Productions
Category: Theatre
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Play Recital with champagne and food in long interval. RSC actress Suzanne Bertish will be playing Miss Julia. Also starring Guy Williams and Cathy Owen.
09 November 2008 - Remembrance Sunday Concert
Performed By: The Choirs of St Augustine and the Holy Trinity Baldock and St John’s Primary School
Category: Community
Venue: Baldock Catholic Church
A concert by The Choirs of St Augustine and the Holy Trinity Baldock and St John’s Primary School along with Paul Herring – Organist of St Mary’s Church, Baldock.
16 February 2009 - National Youth Theatre Workshop
Performed By: Guest Directors from the National Youth Theatre
Category: Childrens
Venue: St Mary's Church Hall
Now on in Feb 09 half term (16th - 20th). Guest directors from NYT work with Baldock school pupils to devise and perform an original production.
20 February 2009 - National Youth Theatre Workshop Performance
Performed By: Guest Directors from the National Youth Theatre
Category: Childrens
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Now on in Feb 09 half term (16th - 20th). A play devised and produced by 30 Baldock students
01 March 2009 - Poetry Book Reading
Performed By: Caroline Bird
Category: Literature
Venue: Baldock Town Hall
Postponed until March 09. Caroline was a winner of the Poetry London Competition in 2007, the Peterloo Poetry Competition for three years running (2004, 2003 and 2002). Recently shortlisted for the 2008 Dylan Thomas prize.
01 March 2009 - Exclusive Book Reading
Performed By: Philip Womack
Category: Childrens Literature
Venue: St Mary's Church Hall
Postponed until March 09. 'The new Philip Pullman' Tatler. Philip Womack graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, in 2003. He was the Assistant Editor of Literary Review, but after the publication of The Other Book, his first children's book, he is now a full time writerand has just finished his second book, 'The Liberators'
