2026 January, Thaliana
Thaliana, January 2026 Welcome Welcome to what we hope will be our regular newsletter, not only letting you know about upcoming shows and events, but also about some of the behind the scenes work that committee members and supporters carry out on behalf of the Thalian Theatre Company. If you attended the recent Directors Evening […]
2025 September, Thaliana
Thaliana, September 2025 Inspiring Ideas and Something New Firstly, thank you to those who came to the recent Taster Evening at the hall. I hope you agree that it was interesting to listen to the presentations about potential future shows, and the Leonardo workshops. We hope that next time around more members will feel motivated […]
Thalians Live at the Welwyn Food Festival, 12th May 2024
We’re Performing Live at the Welwyn Food Festival, 12th May 2024 The Thalian Theatre Company will be performing live some of the songs from their latest show; Twelfth Night, the Musical at the Howard Centre on Sunday 12th May from 12:30pm to 2pm. Why not bring along some of the lovely food and drinks served […]
Get Ready For Twelfth Night, The Musical 2024
Get Ready For Twelfth Night, 21st to 25th May 2024 We are very excited to be performing this as we believe we are the first UK company to have the amateur rights to do so. If you enjoy the beautiful language of Shakespeare interwoven with an original juzz funk score then you are in for […]
Get Ready For The Addams Family
Get Ready For The Addams Family, 24th to 28th October 2023 Don’t torture yourself Gomez, that’s my job! The Thalian Theatre Company are delighted to present their latest new musical comedy, The Addams Family. In the weird, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to […]
Get Ready For The Wiz
Get Ready For The Wiz The cast and crew are getting ready to bring you a vibrant and action packed show that will let you follow Dorothy’s adventures in the wonderful Land of Oz. We’re putting together a few show videos for you, so come back again in the next week or so and see […]
Calendar Girls Donation to Blood Cancer UK
£550 Donation to Blood Cancer UK On Monday 6th March 2023, we were privileged to hand over a cheque for £550 to Peter Aknai, the Chairman of the Ware branch of Blood Cancer UK. The money was raised through our performance of Calendar Girls last October. Peter informed us that the money will be used […]
The Wiz Audition Pieces 2023
The Wiz Auditions Sunday, 12th February Audition Notice The Thalian Theatre Company is holding auditions for ‘The Wiz’ on Sunday, 12th February, at 2.30 pm. at the Thalian hall, Bridge Road east, WGC. We are looking for a diverse cast to perform in this fantastical tale of Dorothy’s adventures through the land of Oz, based […]
The Wiz Launch 2023
The Wiz Launch, Thursday 19th January I hope this finds you all well, having had a very happy Christmas and New Year. I am writing to update you on what the Thalians have been doing and to give you information about our next show. On the back of our successful performances of Calendar Girls in […]
Calendar Girls Launch Date
Calendar Girls Audition Notes The launch of Calendar Girls will be on Monday 13th June 2022 at Thalian Hall at 8pm (click her for directions). You will be able to hear from the director and co-director their interpretations for the show and to listen and sing through the songs. If you are interested in taking part in […]
Award Winning Thalians In Welwyn Hatfield Times
Just in case you haven’t seen the Welwyn Hatfield Times today, I have attached a copy of the article where Welwyn Thalians won Best Musical and Best Production for our 2020 production of Chicago. I think the faces in the photo says it all! We are just under three weeks away now from our next […]
Winner of the 2022 Noda Best Musical and Best Production Shield
We are extremely proud to announce that Welwyn Thalians won District 9 (East Section) in both categories of Best Production and Best Musical in 2020 for Chicago. The award ceremony took place at Wyboston Lakes last Sunday where Director Clive Dancey, and Choreographer (and Roxie Hart herself!) Tammy Wall were present together with the incredible […]
Watch Jack the Ripper, the Terror of Whitechapel in 1888
Watch Jack the Ripper, the Terror of Whitechapel in 1888 Watch our thrilling motion picture depicting the demise of five unfortunate women. Directed by our very own Clive Dancey with camera operator Reuben James Harvey, some members of the cast. We are well in to our rehearsals and looking forward to the show opening […]
We’ve Been Nominated!
Best Show Nomination (2020-21)! We are thrilled to let you know that we have been nominated for Best Show in NODA East section. More specifically, for our Chicago production at the very beginning of 2020. For those of you who aren’t familiar with NODA, they are a national body that represents amateur theatre throughout the […]
Meet the Cast of Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper Cast, 24-28th May. Standing: Richard Griffiths, Vicki Shaw, Gillian Shaw, Maryann Scott, Tammy Wall, Adam Beckman, Vinnie Clemmens, Jenny Lewin and Ray Beckman. Sitting: Colleen Town, Alison Downes, Jackie Radford, Martin Lester, Sarah Genoe, Clive Dancey and Peter Sayers. The show runs from 24th – 28th May and tickets are available now […]
Tickets Available Now
Tickets Available Now for Jack the Ripper We are please to announce that tickets are now available for our next show Jack the Ripper. The play is a musical reconstruction of incidents relating to the East End murders which took place between Friday, 31st August and Friday, 9th November, 1888. A solution of Jack the […]
We’re Upgrading
We’re Sprucing the Place Up We’re doing a little housekeeping over the next few weeks. Already the hall has had a lick of paint and we are planning a whole new lighting rig so that we can shine even brighter on stage. We hope that you will like what you see when you come to […]
Calendar Girls 2022
Coming This October We are so looking forward to putting on Calendar Girls. It may seem a long way off, but keep it in mind come the auditions in June/July. It’s certain to be great fun to rehearse and perform, so why not have a think about it! Share the news! Share on facebook Share […]
Jack The Ripper 2022
Jack the Ripper is Coming to Welwyn! We’re delighted to announce that Welwyn Thalians are about to start rehearsals for Jack the Ripper and that the show will run between the 24th and 28th May 2022. Our read-throughs start on Monday 23rd January and you are welcome to come along to get a feel for […]
A Christmas Night To Remember 2021
There’s Nothing Like Live Theatre. What a Show! Congratulations once again to the cast and crew of A Christmas Night to Remember for a fantastic show, and an amazing NODA review. Review to be uploaded shortly. How amazing was it to be back on stage after all we have been through these last couple of […]
