Traffic Lights Productions perform Willy Russell's Stags & Hens, a story about love, marriage and superstition set in a seedy Liverpool nightclub, at The Radlett Centre on Thursday, November 15. Tickets £8.50, £7.50 concs. Profits donated to the Parkinson's Disease Society. 01923 859291.

Harpist of Britain 2000 Harriet Earis will join country and western star Susan McCann at a Rotary Club Gala Charity Variety Show on Thursday, November 29. The show, in support of the Rotary Club of Elstree and Borehamwood's projects, will be at Allum Lane Community Centre, in Allum Lane. The acts will also include: comedy with Barry Collins, Summerswood School pupils singing Christmas carols, and Irish dancing by Australian Louise Hanaphy. For tickets, £10 or £7 conc, delivered to your door, call 020 8207 3221.

An updated version of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby will be performed at The Radlett Centre at 8pm on Wednesday, November 14. The story of a young boy's struggle to escape poverty is brought into the 1950s. Tickets £8.50, £7.50 concs. 01923 859291.

The Radlett Light Opera Society perform Oh, What a Lovely War! at The Radlett Centre, from Tuesday, November 20 to Saturday, November 24. Tickets from £6 to £9.50. 01923 859291.

Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council's annual Christmas concert, featuring the 40-piece Bbc Elstree Concert Band, will be staged at Elstree's Allum Lane Community Centre on Monday, December 3, from 7.30pm, including light classical, West End and Broadway scores, film music and sing-a-long tunes. Admission £3. 020 8207 1381.

The Radlett Choral Society travel to Bushey Heath next Saturday to perform a concert. Cecilia Mass will be singing gounod, Katherine Manley soprano, Thomas Walker tenor and Mark Chaundry baritone, at the concert, at St Peter's Church, in High Road. For tickets , £5 to £7.50, call 01923 661313, or 01923 247982, or buy them on the door.

Art

Radlett Art Society presents a lecture, Interpreting Picasso by Colin Bailey, on Tuesday, November 13, at 1pm, at The Radlett Centre.

A demonstration of flower arranging will be presented at Elstree's Allum Lane Community Centre on Tuesday, November 13. Starts 7.30pm. Admission £6, including refreshments. 020 8953 3408.

The Barnet Collection presents its exhibition and sale of ceramics and art at The Radlett Centre, from Saturday, November 10 to Saturday, November 24. The gallery is open daily, except Sundays, from 10am to 4pm.

The Stanhope Fine Arts and Crafts Society is holding its annual exhibition at The Radlett Centre, from Wednesday, November 28, until December 15.

Children & teenagers

The Nspcc is holding a painting competition for children up to age seven, on the subject of My Family. 020 8953 5500.

General

A coffee morning will be held in aid of Children in Need at Borehamwood Village Hall, in Shenley Road, on Tuesday, November 13, between 10am and 12.30pm, featuring a raffle, special guests and coffee supplied by Douwe Egberts. 020 8236 5000.

Francesca Kimpton, a radio show host who claims to be a medium, visits Fairway Hall, in Brook Close, Borehamwood, at 8pm on Wednesday, November 14, at a psychic event in aid of the Nspcc. Admission £12.50. 0777 918 3422.

An evening of African music, dance and food will be staged by members of the International Christian Fellowship church in Manor Way, Borehamwood, on Sunday, December 1. The event has been organised by African members of the church and will celebrate the cultural diversity of Borehamwood. Admission free. 020 8906 2742.

The Rotary Club of Radlett is holding a traditional Village Community Carol Concert, at The Radlett Centre, on Monday, December 10, at 8pm. The free concert will feature the St Albans City Band, Choir of St John the Baptist Aldenham and Choir of Newberries School, and refreshments are available throughout.

Christmas Bazaars

A Christmas Charity Fair, organised by Hertsmere Community Voluntary Support, will be held at Borehamwood Village Hall, in Shenley Road, on Saturday, November 10, including cakes, gifts and bric-a-brac. 9.30am to 1pm. 020 8207 4504.

A bazaar, featuring a raffle, tombola and home-made cakes, will be held at Borehamwood's Maydwell Lodge, on Saturday, November 10, at 2pm. Admission 20p.

A Christmas Bazaar will be held at the Organ Hall Club in Bairstow Close, off Theobald Street, between 11am and 1pm on Saturday, November 10, featuring a tombola, cakes, Christmas gifts, a raffle and refreshments. Admission 10p.

A Christmas Bazaar will be held at the Phillimore Centre, Battlers Green, Radlett, on Sunday, November 11, from 1pm to 4pm, in aid of the Leukaemia Research Fund.

The Nspcc will hold a Craft and Gift Fair at Allum Hall, in Allum Lane, Elstree, from 10am to 4pm, on Sunday November 18, with food and drink and music by the Borehamwood Brass Band, the Radlett Choral Society and Jim Phillips with jazz. Admission free.

St Martin's Church in Shenley is holding a Christmas Bazaar on Saturday November 24 from 10am to midday. Items on sale include cakes, plants, toys, Christmas cards, tombola, books and bric-a-brac, and refreshments will be available. Admission 20p.

November 7, 2001 15:56