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2025
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The Eric Morecambe Centre
Rothamstead Park
Harpenden
Herts
AL5 2FR
EVENT BOOKINGS VIA: https://everyonetheatres.com/theatres/the-eric-morecambe-centre/
ROUND THE HORNE
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER, 2025
7:30PM
From £21.50
VENUE
Eric Morecambe Centre, Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, AL5 2FR
BOX OFFICE: 01582 767525
A non-refundable £3.50 transaction fee will be applied to your booking
“Oh, Mr Horne! How bona to vada your dolly old eek!”
From the producers of the UK tours of The Goon Show and Hancock’s Half Hour comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.
From 1965 to 1968 there wasn’t a bigger radio programme in Britain than the ground-breaking Round the Horne. For half-an-hour every Sunday afternoon, audiences of up to 15 million people would gather around the wireless to listen to Kenneth Horne and his merry crew get up to all sorts of mischief.
With its infamous movie spoofs and hilarious regular characters such as Rambling Sid Rumpo, Charles and Fiona, J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, and Julian and Sandy, Round the Horne was one of the biggest and best radio comedy shows of all time, and still endures today, 50 years on.
So come and take a step back in time to the BBC’s Paris Studios and experience this comedy classic live.
DID YOU KNOW?
Kenneth Horne attended St George's School, Harpenden as a boarder—the seventh of the Horne children to attend the school.[9][a] Although he was not strong academically,[11] he developed into a good sportsman, representing the school in rugby and cricket,[12] and during the summer holidays took part in the Public Schoolboys Lawn Tennis Championship at Queen's Club; in his final appearance in 1925 he was knocked out by the future Wimbledon finalist Bunny Austin.[13]
"Thank ABBA For The Music"
Saturday, 1st November 2025, at 7.30pm.
Grab your platforms and flares for a journey back in time to when ABBA dominated the charts and ruled the airwaves. "Thank ABBA For The Music" is an epic two-hour ABBA-fest that captures all of the magic and excitement of one of pop history’s most phenomenal bands.
Expect all of ABBA’s iconic hits, including Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! SOS, Waterloo, Take A Chance On Me, Voulez-Vous and many more.
Featuring a dynamic cast of outstanding singers, dazzling choreography and interactive video projection – early booking is advised for what promises to be a high-octane extravaganza for ABBA-lovers everywhere.
As always ABBA and 70’s fancy dress is optional…but encouraged!
BOX OFFICE: 01582 767525
Standard Ticket: £29.00.
A non-refundable £3.50 transaction fee will be applied to your booking
Join Our Swashbuckling Party Of Pirates On Their Quest To Find The Fabled "Pants of Gold" For the Captain’s Treasure Chest, At The Eric Morecambe Centre!
"Pirates Love Underpants Live"
Wednesday, 5th November 2025, at 1.30pm
Suitable for children aged 1+
These pirates SO love underpants!
Dodge hungry crocs beneath Long-John Bridge, bob upon the waves of Big Knickers Bay, spot sharks in fancy underpants and trek across Three Pants Ridge.
Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready to set sail for a family adventure?
Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
Theatre Reviews:
“Pirates Love Underpants…an entertaining, engaging and energetic show that will delight younger audiences…. that both highlights and emphasises the magic of theatre.” - ADVENTURES IN THEATRELAND.
“Charming treasure trove of children’s theatre”. “Fiercely fabulous family fun.” - EAST MIDLANDS THEATRE.
“Adapted by Brad Fitt, the production transfers well to the stage and really brings to life the colourful picture book that so many love. Entertaining and so much fun for all.” - NORTHERN ARTS REVIEW.
BOX OFFICE: 01582 767525
Standard Ticket: £17.50.
Child Under 16: £15.50.
Group 10+: £13.50.
JACK & THE BEANSTALK 2025
SATURDAY 6 – TUESDAY 30 DECEMBER, 2025
VARIES
From £19.50
Showing at the EMC….Polka Dot Pantomimes and The Eric Morecambe Centre are delighted to announce the Pantomime you’ve all BEAN waiting for Christmas 2025 – JACK AND THE BEANSTALK.
Pantomime at the Eric Morecambe Centre is always the highlight of the festive calendar and this year’s show promises to be bigger and better than ever as we present a GIANT of a pantomime suitable for the whole family.
THEO MAYNE from BBC ONE smash-hit TV series The Traitors will be joining us to play FLESHCREEP, and much loved Harpenden panto dame JOSH HANDLEY is set to delight audiences once more and he returns to the EMC to play TILLY TROTT.
Get ready to roar with laughter and cheer our hero Jack on his magical journey to Cloudland as he battles to save his best friend Daisy the Cow! As always there’ll be spectacular scenery, dazzling costumes, amazing special effects and lots of audience participation.
With a fabulous cast featuring some familiar faces and the biggest Giant in Panto land it won’t cost you a bag of magic beans but it will be FE-FI-FO-FUN for everyone, so book your tickets now!
BSL PERFORMANCE Wednesday 17th December 6pm
BOX OFFICE: 01582 767525
A non-refundable £3.50 transaction fee will be applied to your booking
Join Former Forensics Lecturer And Police Recruit Trainer JENNIFER REES To Explore Some Of The World’s Most Shocking And Hard-To-Believe Crimes, At The Eric Morecambe Centre!
"Strange, But True Crime"
Monday, 3rd November 2025, at 7.30pm
Ages 16+
This fascinating evening includes the following cases:
• The serial killer who gained work in law enforcement whilst on the run – and was then tasked with hunting himself!
• The researcher whose career began after an encounter in a lift with a serial killer – who had just killed his latest victims, and was carrying a bag believed to be holding their decapitated heads.
• One woman’s plan to get a prolific serial killer released from prison by committing a copycat murder of her own… and her connection to yet another serial killer!
• The hunt for a phantom female serial killer whose DNA was found at over 40 crime scenes spanning 18 years… who did not exist.
• Plus learn how the police could have DNA, fingerprints or an eyewitness tying you to a crime you did not commit!
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•And much more!
Box Office: 01582 767525.
Standard Ticket: £24.50.
TREVOR HORN Has Been At The Heart Of Some Of Britain’s Most Important Pop Music Of The Past 50 Years And He is Coming To The Eric Morecambe Centre!
"Adventures In Modern Recording – An Intimate Evening with Trevor Horn"
Friday, 7th November 2025, at 7.30pm
From Seal to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, from ABC to Yes, from Grace Jones to Belle and Sebastian, and from Robbie Williams to Pet Shop Boys, one man has been at the heart of some of Britain’s most important pop music of the past 50 years: Trevor Horn.
The super producer has been described as "The man who invented the eighties", and he was also responsible for the sound of such bands as Dollar, Malcolm McLaren, t.A.T.u. and countless more, including Hans Zimmer, Marc Almond, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Art of Noise, Rod Stewart, and LeAnn Rimes.
After achieving a number one hit with his band The Buggles, with "Video Killed The Radio Star", Horn became a member of Yes before becoming the most important hit-maker of the 1980s, and beyond. Awards followed – there were four Brits, a 1995 Grammy for Seal’s "Kiss From A Rose", a 2010 Ivor Novello for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and a CBE.
Following the publication of his best-selling memoir, "Adventures In Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT", Horn is visiting a select handful of theatres to talk about his exploits as a bona fide legend of pop.
Super VIP and VIP Packages available. Super VIP: £82.50 (best seats, goody bag and meet ’n’ greet). VIP: £47.50 (a goody bag, next best seats). Standard: £31.50.
FLEETWOOD BAC Were The World’s First And Are Regarded As The UK’s Most Authentic Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show, And They Are Coming To The Eric Morecambe Centre!
"Fleetwood Bac"
Saturday, 8th November 2025, at 7.30pm
Showing at The Eric Morecambe Centre… FLEETWOOD BAC were the world’s first and are regarded as the UK’s most authentic Fleetwood Mac Tribute show, raved about by Peter Green’s biographer, and were the first Fleetwood Mac tribute band to fully replicate the classic Stevie, Lindsey, Christine, John & Mick ‘Rumours’ line-up.
Over the many years Fleetwood Bac have been together the band has received rave reviews from ‘The Stage’ newspaper, the U.K.s leading Fleetwood Mac fansites, the official Stevie Nicks website; and from ecstatic audiences wherever the band played, wowing audiences as far afield as Dubai, St. Tropez, the Cayman Islands and Monte Carlo, and twice selling out the world-famous Minack Theatre in Cornwall.
Fleetwood Bac has also been rated by The Times newspaper as one of the U.K.’s top 5 tributes, alongside The Bootleg Beatles, Bjorn Again and the Counterfeit Stones. Fans have included original Mac bassist and biographer Bob Brunning, who joined the band several times on stage, and Peter Green’s official biographer Martin Celmins.
The sound, the look, the mystical atmosphere and on-stage chemistry are all portrayed with passion and energy, the band have built up an excellent reputation amongst Mac fans through numerous tours, festival appearances, corporate events and TV and radio slots all over the U.K. and Europe.
The Fleetwood Bac show focuses on the ‘Rumours’ era of the band (still the 5th biggest-selling album of all time). It also features several songs from the Peter Green days, plus some of Stevie’s biggest solo hits, in either a theatrical 2-hour show, including costume changes and an acoustic section, or a one-hour Greatest Hits Show, specially tailored for corporate events.
Standard Ticket: £30.00.
LIVE MUSIC | THE ERIC MORECAMBE CENTRE
THE CROONERS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER, 2025
7.30pm
This unforgettable evening is a glittering blend of laugh-out-loud antics, razor-sharp one-liners, and the sensational sounds of Big Band swing. From side-splitting comedy routines to the iconic festive classics of the greatest crooners, it’s a celebration of everything you love about Christmas—wrapped up in one dazzling performance.
£29.50