
Events and Ticket Bookings 2023
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January - December 2023
Baldock Movie Club

Friday 4th August - 7.30pm
Saturday 5th August -1pm
N/A
Baldock Movie Club

Friday 1st September - 7.30pm
Saturday 3rd September -1pm
N/A
Quiz Night

Friday 29th September
7.30pm
Join us for a entertaining night of brain testing quiz questions.
Cheese and biscuits included
Licenced bar available.
Max teams of 6.
Contact Maureen@bahc.co.uk to obtain an entry form
Tickets £7.50 per person
History in the Afternoon

Friday 13th October - 2.30pm
'Shopping between the wars - Fashion, Food & Fantasy'
Illustrated talk by Frank Foy
Tickets £5
(Includes tea and home-made cake)
Craft Weekend

Saturday 21st October &
Sunday 22nd October
SATURDAY 21st:
3pm - 5pm
STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
Professional storyteller Mark Steinhardt, will deal with a few fundamental questions: What is modern storytelling? What are the ‘rules’ – if any? What to tell? How to tell? Then time to have a go yourselves. He’ll give you an outline, a few tips and some advice.
Ideal for people enhance their drama skills, those who would like to improve presentation skills or who simply have a love for stories.
Tickets £10
Craft Weekend

Saturday 21st October &
Sunday 22nd October
SATURDAY 21st:
8pm - 10pm
COCKTAIL MAKING & MAGIC
An evening of magic and cocktails. Join us for a fun filled evening; be fooled by clever card tricks and magical illusions while learning to make delicious cocktails. Price includes 2 cocktails. Licenced bar will be available for additional drinks.
Tickets £20
Craft Weekend

Saturday 21st October &
Sunday 22nd October
SUNDAY 22nd:
1pm - 3pm
WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP
Watercolours for complete beginners or improvers. You will learn some watercolour basic techniques and produce an Autumn picture with it's wonderful colours as our inspiration. All materials included.
Tickets £20
(All materials included)
History in the Afternoon

Friday 5th November
2.30pm
The History of Wallington by Dan Pinnock
Tickets £5
Includes tea and cake
National Theatre
LIVE

Thursday 16th November, 7pm
Saturday 25th November, 1pm
'Skylight'
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra receives an unexpected visit from her former lover. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.
Starring Bill Nighy.
Licenced bar available.
Tickets £12.50
(Movie club members £10.50)
Baldock Movie Club

Friday 8th December at 7.30pm
Saturday 9th December at 1pm
Tickets N/A
The North Pole Elves

Sunday 10th December
Two showings:
11am - Noon
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Imajica Theatre Company presents 'The North Pole Elves'
A magical interactive children's show:
Elves, Sparkle and Tinsel, work for Mrs Claus. Their job is to collect as much Christmas Cheer as they can as this is what powers the magical toy making machines!!
Tickets £8
Cinema LIVE

Friday 15th December, 7.30pm
Sunday 23rd December, 2pm
Based on Dickens’ own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive story-telling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving. A Christmas must-see!
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved books in the English language. It has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike. This treasured story offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.
Following critically acclaimed, sold-out theatre seasons, Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love) returns to wow audiences with this tour de force performance.
Tickets £12.50
Baldock Movie Club

Friday 6th January at 7.30pm
Saturday 7th January at 1pm
Tickets N/A
History in the Afternoon

Friday 8th March
2.30pm
'Old Paintings & Drawings of Baldock, part 2: Victorian and Edwardian Views' by Brendan King
Tickets £5
(Includes tea and cake)
History in the Afternoon

Friday 11th August - 2.30pm
'The Brewing industry in Baldock 1750 - 1850'.
Illustrated talk by Jane Tunesi
Tickets £4
(Includes tea and home-made cake)
History in the Afternoon

Friday 2nd September - 2.30pm
'Medieval Feasting'
Illustrated talk by Maureen Maddren
Tickets £4
(Includes tea and home-made cake)
Family
Magic Show

Sunday 8th October
3pm - 4pm
Tickets £8
Craft Weekend

Saturday 21st October &
Sunday 22nd October
SATURDAY 21st:
5.30pm - 6.30pm
STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE
Professional storyteller, Mark Steinhardt, tells the story of Wayland the Smith and how he repaid the injustice done to him. Northern Europe’s oldest folk tale, re-made for here and now
Tickets £10
£8 attendees of the storytelling workshop
Craft Weekend

Saturday 21st October &
Sunday 22nd October
SUNDAY 22nd:
10am - Noon
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
Published, local author, Liz Ellis, is running a creative writing workshop for all those interested but not sure how to turn their ideas into a story. This is a great opportunity to learn tips and techniques, and discuss ideas with other like minded people.
Tickets £10
Exhibition on Screen

Wednesday 8th November
7.30pm
Sunday 12th November
2pm
'Klimt and The Kiss' - run by Exhibition on Screen.
It is one of the most recognised paintings in the world but what lies behind it's appeal and who was the artist who created it? Watch this film to discover the scandalous life influences behind one of the world's favourite paintings.
Licenced bar available
Tickets £12.50
National Theatre LIVE

Thursday 23rd November
7pm
'Jack Absolute Flies Again'
A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night).
After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.
Licenced bar available
Tickets £12.50
(Movie clube members £10.50)
National Theatre LIVE

Thursday 14th December
7pm
Sunday 17th December
1pm
'The Book of Dust' by Philip Pullman, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.
Tickets £12.50
(Movie club members £10.50)
National Theatre LIVE

Thursday 28th December
7pm
Saturday 30th December
1pm
'Romeo and Juliet'
Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them.
This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way.
Tickets £12.50
(Movie club members £10.50)
National Theatre LIVE

Thursday 25th January
7pm
Saturday 27th January
1pm
'Dear England'
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game.
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?
With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.
Tickets £12.50
(Movie club members £10.50)
History In the Afternoon

Friday 9th February
2.30pm
'Stevenage Through Time'
This is the second talk in this popular series by Hugh Madgin
Tickets £5
(includes tea and cake)
National Theatre LIVE

Thursday 22nd February
7pm
Saturday 24th February
1pm
'Vanya'
adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov
directed by Sam Yates
designed by Rosanna Vize
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Tickets £12.50
(Movie club members £10.50)