Hemel Gazette - Entertainments Feed

Rubber duck comedy will be top of the bill!

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:19:34 GMT

A comedy inspired by a real life tragedy will see hundreds of rubber ducks filling the stage at Aylesbury’s Limelight Theatre next week.

Another week, another challenge for Natalie

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:56 GMT

Apprentice contestant Natalie Panayi managed to avoid being on the receiving end of Lord Sugar’s trademark ‘You’re Fired’ finger pointing, despite being the project manager on the losing team.

Band goes back to old school for huge show

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:55 GMT

Four teenagers who formed their own indie band last year returned to their old middle school on Saturday to play in front of hundreds of people.

Berkofest hits buffers but will return in 2014

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:46 GMT

A town festival that last year raised thousands of pounds for community projects has fallen victim to the tough economic times.

Millions salute Band’s loyal encore

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:24 GMT

Hemel Hempstead was top of the bill on Saturday night’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent, as both a musician and an R’n’B band from the town featured in the hit entertaiment show.

Church event set to bloom

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:14:13 GMT

Lucky visitors will get to see the ancient St Mary’s Church at its most atmospheric in Pitstone this bank holiday weekend.

Hutch (review)

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:16:35 GMT

Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson left his home in Grenada as a teenager and went on to become one of the greatest cabaret stars of the 1920s and ‘30s.

Alan Dee’s movie preview: The Hangover Part 3, Epic

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:19:17 GMT

It’s not uncommon for those who have supped not wisely but too well to wake up the morning after and make heartfelt vows about their future behaviour.

Matt Adcock’s film review: The Great Gatsby

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:19:08 GMT

“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past….”

Carolyne’s dog-collar debut

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:18 GMT

Carolyne Bevan dons the dog-collar of the vicar of Dibley when the curtain goes up tomorrow night on the Kings Langley Players’ take on the popular sitcom – and nobody can accuse her of not preparing for the role

Minnesota musicality is Charlie’s speciality

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:40 GMT

June’s monthly acoustic Greene Note session at the Kings Arms in Berkhamsted High Street has a transatlantic twang.

Your chance to catch stars of tomorrow

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:08 GMT

Stars of the future hone their skills at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts – and you can spot them before they hit the big time by joining the audience at regular shows staged at the on-site Markova Theatre.

Herring to talk about tackle in Tring

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:15 GMT

Critically-acclaimed comedian Richard Herring is set to tickle a Tring audience with his tongue-in-cheek show Talking Cock next Wednesday.

An arresting example of modern art in Hemel Hempstead town centre?

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:15:59 GMT

Columnist Alan Dee writes:

Make sure you have no regrets – see this show

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:36 GMT

It’s nearly 50 years since plaintive Parisian songbird Edith Piaf died, but she’s still by a long stretch the most significant chanteuse ever to come out of France.

Birthday session will be a tuneful tribute

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:25 GMT

Berkhamsted Jazz Club founder and president Michael Garrick sadly died in 2011 – but it would have been his 80th birthday next week.

What came before that Joseph show?

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:55:19 GMT

Everyone knows the story of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, whether it’s from school productions, the BBC talent show or the Rice and Lloyd-Webber megahit itself.

Nuns feed Owen’s fun

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:53:35 GMT

Some people might think that a polymath is a parrot with a rudimentary ability to do sums, but others will just point a finger straight at Owen O’Neill.

Apprentice Natalie’s boardroom battle

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:58:37 GMT

Apprentice contestant Natalie Panayi managed to avoid being on the receiving end of Lord Sugar’s trademark ‘You’re Fired’ finger pointing last night, despite being the project manager on the losing team.

National award nomination for Frogmore Mill

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:11:40 GMT

Frogmore Paper Mill has been nominated for a prestigious award celebrating the museums which most enthrall children.