1) January Pinks by Vicky Arlidge

The musical comedian returns with a new one-woman show. Since uploading her first comedy song to YouTube, Vicky has gone on to receive a nomination for the Funny Women Best Show Award 2013, has been short listed for the BBC New Comedy Award and reached the semi-finals of both the Golden Jester and Funny Women Awards 2014.

The Maltings Arts Theatre, Level 2, The Maltings, St Albans, January 23 and 24, 9pm. Details: 0333 666 3366, maltingsartstheatre.co.uk

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2) Marvellous Mummies

Meet an Egyptian priest and see a demonstration of mummification at this free event which is part of Residents First Weekend
Museum of St Albans, 9a Hatfield Road, St Albans, Saturday, January 24, 2pm to 5pm. Details: 01727 819340, stalbansmuseums.org.uk

3)  Frozen Sing-Along (U)

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The adoring public just can’t seem to Let It Go so if you can’t beat ’em, join in and sing along with Kirsten Bell and Idina Menzel to all the charming songs that are by now probably ingrained on your brain. There will be a fun and interactive workshop for children at 10am. 
The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Saturday, January 24, 10am to 1pm. Details: 01707 281127, herts.ac.uk

4) Vintage Fair at the Stable Yard

For the first time ever a slice of nostalgia will be unpacked at the Stable Yard, when the North London Vintage Market comes to the county. Expect more than 25 stalls selling retro clothing, kitchenalia, jewellery, crafts, memorabilia and the just plain unusual!

Hatfield House, Hatfield, Sunday, January 25, doors 10am. Details: 01707 287010, hatfield-house.co.uk

5) Great IDEA? – The Art of Not Conforming

Based in Stockholm, German artists Raschke and Hofsäss’ exhibition is an ironic take on the process of integrating with a culture which is not your own. They have developed a series of works based on their impressions of the habits, traditions and iconography central to Sweden’s ’self-mythology’. Raschke’s astonishing wire sculptures of ordinary domestic objects are paired with Hofsäss’ ghostly large-format negative
photographs of Swedish day-to-day life and displayed alongside some of the furniture and designs considered quintessentially IKEA in response to the clean living, minimalist design, and Nordic democracy with which Scandinavia is associated. This one-size-fits-all lifestyle chafes against the two German emigres, who will give a talk on the exhibition on January 24 at 5.30pm.

UH Galleries, Museum of St Albans, Hatfield Road, St Albans, January 24 to March 22, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 2pm to 5pm. Details: 01707 281127, herts.ac.uk/artsandgalleries

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