UHArts
The Weston Auditorium,
de Havilland Campus
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9EU
England
Website
www.go.herts.ac.uk/uhgalleries
www.herts.ac.uk/artsandgalleries
Telephone
UHArts
01707 281127
The Weston Auditorium is one the leading arts venues in Hertfordshire, Playing host to an exciting range of inspiring, stimulating and thought provoking events, including national touring theatre productions, classical concerts, contemporary dance, and cult and classic movies on the big screen.
The venue hosts a diverse programme of events throughout the year, including film, music, theatre and dance.
With its excellent technical facilities and 450 seating capacity, the visually stunning auditorium can stage high quality performing arts events.
Audiences can enjoy a wide range of pre-event and interval refreshments, and benefit from on-site parking and easy access to transport links. The venue is fully accessible, and boasts the latest audio, visual and theatre technology. for more information visit www.herts.ac.uk/artsandgalleries.
Venue Type:
Association or society
Saturday Morning Pictures: Indian in the Cupboard (PG) + Workshop
Saturday Morning Pictures with Arts and Crafts Workshops Saturday Morning Pictures are family-friendly film screenings accompanied by optional arts and crafts workshops. This season's theme is Films about Little People in a BIG World.
Age suitability: 7+
Film: Indian in the Cupboard (PG)
On Omri’s ninth birthday his brother gives him an old cupboard and his best friend gives him a little Indian figure made of plastic. These two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest…
Director: Frank Oz (1995)
Duration: 97 mins
Admission: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Crafts Workshop: 10.00am
Design and make a colourful headdress just like Little Bear’s.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
When
11am-12:45pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
Film: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Craft Workshop: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
Website
http://www.herts.ac.uk/events/Indian-in-the-Cupboard-PG--Workshop.cfm
Robin Hood and His very Merry Men
Uncontained Arts return with another exhilarating interpretation of much loved children’s stories.
Join the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of very merry men as they rob from the rich to save the poor in this laugh a minute adventure. With Maid Marian by his side, this tights wearing bandit cannot be stopped as he defeats the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham time and time again!
Featuring live music, and puppetry. With Little John, Friar Tuck, buckets of mud, and a host of colourful forest characters telling their tales along the way, this is a family show with lots of joining in not to be missed!
Age suitability: 4+
When
1-2pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
£8 Adult, £6 Child
Website
http://www.herts.ac.uk/events/Robin-Hood-and-his-Very-Merry-Men.cfm
Visions Festival
The fourth annual Visions Festival will focus on two main sections across the day - Industry Visions and Student Visions.
The morning section (10.00am to 1.00pm), Industry Visions, will feature guest talks by some of the best people from the Film and Television industry. Previous guests have included BAFTA-award winner Charles Furneaux, former Head of Production of TalkbackTHAMES Allan Tott, "The X-Files" series writer and producer Frank Spotnitz and Brian Cook - First Assistant Director on "Barry Lyndon", "Flash Gordon" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
The afternoon session (2.00pm-5.00pm), Student Visions, is a showcase of the best of the final year student work on the BA Film and Television Programme. Following the screenings, there will be a prize-giving ceremony with sponsors including Elstree Studios.
When
10am-5pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
Free (booking required)
Website
de Havilland Philharmonic - Soloist Erdem Misirlioglu
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Easter Festival Overture, is dedicated to his compatriots and musical peers, Mussorgsky and Borodin. A delightful work with the occasional excerpt from Russian Orthodox liturgical chants. Former Young Musician of the Year Piano Class winner Erdem Misirlioglu will join the orchestra to play Grieg’s Piano Concerto – filled with lyrical and heroic themes.
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Easter Festival Overture, is dedicated to his compatriots and musical peers, Mussorgsky and Borodin. A delightful work with the occasional excerpt from Russian Orthodox liturgical chants. Former Young Musician of the Year Piano Class winner Erdem Misirlioglu will join the orchestra to play Grieg’s Piano Concerto – filled with lyrical and heroic themes.
Stravinsky’s Petrushka ends the season with a bang! This ballet is the Russian fairytale of a puppet who comes alive and develops emotions. A dazzlingly complicated and imaginatively scored work, that will engage the listener with its constantly changing melodies and rhythms.
Rimsky-Korsakov Easter Festival Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version)
Conductor Robin Browning
Soloist Erdem Misirlioglu
A pre-concert talk will take place at 6.45pm. Admission: £2.50
When
7:30-9:30pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
£20 Adult, £15 Concessions, £6 Children/Students
Website
http://www.herts.ac.uk/events/de-Havilland-Philharmonic--Soloist-Erdem-Misirlioglu.cfm
Saturday Morning Pictures: James and the Giant Peach (PG) + Workshop
Saturday Morning Pictures with Arts and Crafts Workshops Saturday Morning Pictures are family-friendly film screenings accompanied by optional arts and crafts workshops. This season's theme is Films about Little People in a BIG World.
Age suitability: 5+
Film: James and the Giant Peach (U)
James is an orphan who lives with his two wicked aunts. One day James makes friends with the insects and manages to escape on a giant peach, heading for New York City.
Director: Henry Selick (1996)
Duration: 79 mins
Admission: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Crafts Workshop: 10.00am
Create your own insect friends and take them on a magical journey.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
When
11am-12:30pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
Film: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Crafts Workshop: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
Website
http://www.herts.ac.uk/events/James-and-the-Giant-Peach-PG--Workshop.cfm
Heart of Flame Concert
Hertfordshire's high quality music making, across all ages, is nationally renowned. The first Heart of Flame community concert in July 2012 gathered some of the county’s best music groups and performers to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Torch Relay coming to Hertfordshire.
This year, as part of the Heart of Flame Festival, Hertfordshire Music Service and UHArts are proud to host another evening of new and familiar music, performed by local residents, including the Philomusica youth orchestra, community choirs, dance items and a finale featuring all the evening’s performers and audience.
It promises to be another family-friendly and memorable evening!
When
7:30-9:45pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
£9 Full, £6 Child
Website
Saturday Morning Pictures: Arrietty (U)
Saturday Morning Pictures with Arts and Crafts Workshops Saturday Morning Pictures are family-friendly film screenings accompanied by optional arts and crafts workshops. This season's theme is Films about Little People in a BIG World.
Age suitability: 5+
Film: Arrietty (U)
Living anonymously in another family’s residence is a family of four inch tall people, called The Clock’s. One day their daughter, Arrietty is discovered by the human family and their lives change forever.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010)
Duration: 94 mins
Admission: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Crafts Workshop: 10.00am
Create a special home for a borrower to live in.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
When
11am-12:45pm
Where
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EU
Admission
Film: £2.50 per child, accompanying adults go free (maximum of two per child)
Arts and Crafts Workshop: £3.50 per child (children only – maximum of 25 per session)
Website
Getting there
The County of Hertfordshire lies just 20 miles north of London, and is served by major road and motorway networks.
Public Transport
Nearest train stations:
Hatfield, St Albans City and St Albans Abbey.
Bus Service:
Uno,the University's own bus company, provides a frequent bus service between stations and the campuses. Please telephone 01707 255764 or visit www.unobus.info
Further travel information and campus maps are available to download from www.herts.ac.uk/artsandgalleries
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