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Trestle Arts Base is situated on the eastern outskirts of St Albans and offers a choice of classes, public performances, workshops, hire spaces and a café. This contemporary building has been converted from a century old chapel is the home of the Trestle Theatre Company and the Trestle Young People’s Theatre.

The following is the list of autumn events, which has something for all tastes;

The Princess and the Pea

Sun 11 Oct, 2pm

Hans Christian Andersen’s bedtime tale, features puppets and dreamlike projections.

The Idiot Colony

Thurs 15^th Oct, 8pm

Award winning play by Red Cape Theatre, based on accounts of incarcerations and experiences of young women in mental asylums in the 1940s.

Explore

Wed 28 Oct, 10am – 4pm

Half term back-stage experience of Trestle Arts Base; explore the workshop and have the chance to operate the theatre’s light and sound.

An exhibition by Lok Ming Fung and Cho Fung

5 Oct – 29 Nov

A ceramic designer and an illustrator hold joint exhibition of ceramic boxes, jewellery and illustrations. Free admission

Creative Force in Concert

6 Nov, 8pm

A blend of jazz with reggae and funk of African and European Influence, led by the flautist Rowland Sutherland.

Little Hippo and his Magic pen

22 Nov, 2pm and 3.30pm

Tam Tam Theatre bring an interactive version of an enchanting tale about little Hippo who loves his father’s red pen.

Giraffes Cant Dance – Family Christmas Show

19 – 23 Dec

Based on the best selling children’s book of the same name, this show is produced by the Blunderbus Theatre Company and tells the tale of Gerald the Giraffe whose bandy legs just can’t dance!

Web address for more information on ticket prices etc; www.trestle.org.uk

Address; Trestle Arts Base, Russet Drive, St Albans, Herts, AL4 0JQ.

Pineapple Performing Arts School has been delivering first class tuition at the world famous Pineapple Studios for over 10 years. They are now bringing our unique formula to St Albans and offering young people a week of performing arts with industry professionals and West End Performers. Head tutor will be Nadine Cox who is direct from the Original London Cast of smash hit musical ‘Wicked’. There will be three age groups: 8-10years, 11-14 years and 15+ years. The whole week will be spent learning new skills and building up to the final showcase on the last day. Be sure to secure your place, call 02083518839 or 07881988672 for more details and to book your place on the hottest Summer School in St Albans!

“Putting good art in front of as many people as possible” was the message from David Barrie, Director of the Art Fund, when he spoke to members of the Hertfordshire branch of the Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity, at the Verulamium Museum, St. Albans, on Wednesday 4th February, 2009.

Braving difficult weather conditions, the audience of Art Fund members heard David Barrie outline the work and history of the organisation with illustrations of works ranging from a Bronze Age Dirk to an Andy Warhol.  Art Fund’s income come from 80,000 members’ subscriptions, legacies and gifts and from fund-raising events organised by local volunteers such as the Hertfordshire branch.

High profile campaigns to ‘save’ art such as Titian’s “Diana and Actaeon” gained massive media coverage, but David Barrie stressed that museums around the country also benefit from help provided by the Art Fund to acquire not just paintings and sculptures, but a wide range of artefacts, historical or modern from all over the world.

Art Fund members in Hertfordshire number over two and a half thousand who join in regular locally organised events as well as those available via the Art fund nationally.   They also enjoy free or reduced admission to hundreds of museums and galleries in the UK and a glossy magazine, “Art Quarterly”.

Hertfordshire museums and galleries have received Art Fund grants totalling over £94,000 towards the cost of works of art valued at almost £300,000 including a Roman hoard of 150 silver, bronze, iron, ceramic and glass artefacts for the Veralumium Museum.

Chris Green, Director of the Verulamium Museum, joined the audience for David Barrie’s talk as did Angus Johnson, the Art Fund’s Regional Representative in Hertfordshire.

Other museums helped by the Art Fund include the Museum of St. Albans, the Watford Museum, the Hetrfordshire County Museum and the Letchworth Art Gallery and Museum.