Events for January.

For full details see the BArts Programme, available at One Stop Shops and other venues, or call 01992 465383.

9TH - 11TH PANTOMIME

‘Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood’ A pantomime for everybody from 3 to 133! All seats under £11, Offers and Parties from £7. Broxbourne Civic Hall, Broxbourne Theatre Company 01992 441946.

12TH TALK

‘Audacious Frauds and Swindles’ by Hugh Granger. Monthly meeting of the Lea Valley U3A. 2 pm Broxbourne Civic Hall. Members free. Guests welcome. 01992 467571.

12TH DISCUSSION

‘Should the Taxpayer Pay to Protect Coastal East Anglia from the Sea?’ Led by David Brown. 8 pm, Friends’ Meeting Hall, Lord St. Hoddesdon. Lea Valley Literary and Discussion Society. Guests welcome. 01920 422286.

13TH - MARCH 17TH ART WORKSHOPS

Watercolour classes with John Avey. Tuesdays, 10 am to 12 noon, Bollescroft, next to Broxbourne Civic Hall. Full details from Alison Gordon 01992 466627.

15TH – MARCH 26TH COURSE

‘20th Century Art 1900 - 1945’ Tutor Paula Armstrong. New members welcome. 10 weeks. Try first week without obligation. Thurs 10 - 11.45 am, Parish Centre, St. Augustine’s Church, Broxbourne. WEA Hoddesdon / Broxbourne 01992 464846 / 462376.

15TH - 17TH PANTOMIME

‘Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood’. Top value fun and spectacular pantomimes in Broxbourne performed entirely by local residents for more than 30 years. See details for the 9th - 11th.

16TH LET’S DO LUNCH

‘Artrageous’. Art and Artists through the ages ‘The great artists of the world are never Puritans and seldom even ordinarily respectable.’ Every man has his own idea of what Art should or shouldn’t be, but public taste changes and what shocked or delighted one generation may be viewed differently by the next. 12.00 pm, Dinant Room, Broxbourne Civic Hall, Tickets £10 including lunch and a drink. 01992 441946.

17TH MUSIC

Family Concert - Classic Rhythm. 3.00 pm United Reformed Church, Mill Lane, Broxbourne. Hoddesdon Music Club. Members Free. Guest Tickets 01992 462528.

21ST - 24TH PANTOMIME

‘Frankenstein the Pantomime’. Goff’s Oak Village Hall, Cheshunt Dramatic Society 01992 448482.

26TH TOPICAL DISCUSSION

Subjects of current public interest. 8 pm, Friends’ Meeting Hall, Lord St. Hoddesdon. Lea Valley Literary and Discussion Society. Guests welcome. 01920 422286.

28TH FLORAL ART

Demonstration by David Thompson. 7.30 pm, St. Catherine’s School Hall, Haslewood Avenue, Hoddesdon, Members Free, Guests £4. Hoddesdon Floral Art Society. 01992 420016.

29TH LECTURE

‘How We Got IKEA! Scandinavian Design 1880-1960’ Presented by Dr. Anne Anderson. 10 am Coffee, 10.30 am Start. Broxbourne Civic Hall. East Herts Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Guests welcome. 01992 422068.