1) The Classic Rock Show
After its sell-out 2014 tour, The Classic Rock Show returns to perform the Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time. From the extraordinary opening sounds of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love to Queen’s powerhouse anthem We Will Rock You via AC/DC’s Back in Black and everything in between, this show will rock you to your core. Sore throat guaranteed.
Alban Arena, Civic Centre, St Albans, Thursday, February 5, 7.30pm. Details: 01727 844488, alban-arena.co.uk
2) The Elegance and Scandals of Georgian St Albans
Honorary Alderman Kate Morris has created an enthralling series of lectures on our city in the 18th and early 19th century in support of the project to create a new museum and gallery in the Georgian Grade II listed St Albans Town Hall. The series continues in February with a lecture The Great and the Not so Good about the vagaries of the Corporation and notorious mayors of the Borough. There will be a guided walk on the following Sunday, to highlight the places where events took place.
St Albans Town Hall, Market Place, St Albans, lecture on February 5, 7:30pm and guided walk on February 8 at 2:30pm. Details: Tourist and Information Centre, 01727-864511.
3) The Rubenstein Kiss
A retelling of the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were the only civilians ever to be executed for treason in America and protested their innocence to the bitter end: In 1950's New York Jakob and Esther Rubenstein are a loving, committed Jewish couple whose love for the Communist Party means more than life itself. When Esther's brother David, also a Party member, is posted to Los Alamos, where Oppenheimer is working on the Manhattan project which will lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it sets off a train of events so shocking that it divides opinion to this day. In New York, years later Anna Levi and Matthew Maddison meet in front of an iconic art gallery photograph of the Rubenstein's final kiss before they part.. Young, radical and falling in love, together they seek justice for the past and the Rubenstein story unfolds.
Barn Theatre, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, February 6 to 14, matinees at 2.30, evening performances at 8pm. Details: 01707 324300, barntheatre.co.uk
4) Folk @ The Maltings
This triple bill features well-known local singer Malcolm Hobbs who will be launching his third CD of contemporary and traditional songs; duo Danny Pedler from Essex and Rosie Butler-Hall from Wiltshire, who were New Roots finalists in 2012; and new duet Silent Sessions made up of St Albans-raised solo melodeon player Owen Woods and storyteller James McNamara.
The Maltings Arts Theatre, Level 2, The Maltings, St Albans, Friday, February 6, 8pm. Details: 0333 666 3366, maltingsartstheatre.co.uk
5) English Music – A Serenade
Carillon Chamber Choir presents this concert conducted by David Ireson with St Columba’s College Handbell Choir and the winner of the Gala Concert Young Pianist Competition 2015. The programme comprises Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia, Stanford’s Three Latin Motets, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and Timothy Blinko’s Anima Christi – Memorare – Time Trace.
St Saviour’s Church, St Albans, Saturday, February 7, 7.30pm. Details: 01582 763774, ward.geoff.t21@btinternet.com
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