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This October, take the opportunity to play, learn and enjoy Bharatanatyam with esteemed artist Divya Kasturi. This is ahead of DKC’s new production, Irattai, being performed at Trestle on 9 November 2025.
Irattai/Twofold is a double bill by Bharatanatyam artist Divya Kasturi featuring WiW, a solo piece inspired by ancient Tamil poetry exploring isolation and time, and Genesis, an ensemble work tracing a journey from birth to self-discovery. Both performances blend traditional South Asian dance with contemporary elements, weaving themes of waiting and transformation.
Join us for The Great Winter Show Off! — a joyful afternoon of dance, drama and song from Trestle’s community groups: Dance Now, Act Up, and Sing Out. Celebrate creativity, connection and community as we dance, act and sing our way into winter.
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, The Dacorum & Chiltern Potters Guild are organising a second Potters Open Day. This one will be slightly different as the artists will be doing a more joined up presentation. Poetry and ceramics! Caroline Bird Sharon Griffin and Russell Kingston.
Trestle’s CPDL courses for drama teachers, professional practitioners and workshop leaders provide a unique opportunity to develop teaching and performance skills in mask, half mask and physical theatre and discover new ways of helping students create dynamic performances.
This September, Herts Open Studios returns for the 35th year with artists exhibiting in venues across Hertfordshire. We are delighted to be hosting Kayleigh Cooper with her exhibition Let’s Do The Rainbow.
Don’t miss this high-energy musical performed by a talented cast of young performers from Sarah and Stage Productions, rehearsed and staged in just six days!
For one crafty hour within the 24-hour drama fundraiser, Trestle School of Drama students created pieces for a multimedia exhibition based on the question, “When you think of Trestle, what do you see?” .
Join Trestle this summer as we find a way to pass the sunny days with our mates and whoever else we might stumble upon. Suitable for ages 11-14.
Join Trestle School of Drama as we take a trip to the British coast and discover what characters might already be there! Suitable for ages 5-10.
Join us for four extraordinary performances as part of our 24-hour Drama Event featuring talented young performers from Trestle School of Drama. Every ticket purchased will help us reach our fundraising target!
Herts Welcomes Refugees proudly presents talented artists Shervin and Ghazal during their residency at Trestle Arts Base.
Join Trestle School of Drama for two day-long workshops for ages 4-7 and 8-11 this April!
Join us for our inaugural BFI Film Academy Recommends event featuring seven outstanding short films selected by Trestle's Youth Board from the BFI NETWORK South East slate.
Celebrating the Guilds 50th Year Anniversary
Join The Dacorum & Chiltern Potters Guild for a full day of talks and demonstrations from three eminent ceramic artists at their annual open day.
With her latest project, Unapologetic, renowned feminist artist Kat Shaw invites women to unmask, uncover, and unapologetically embrace their authentic selves. Please note that this is a strictly women only event.
Join Trestle School of Drama this February as we find, face and forge friendships with fire breathing dragons! For ages 4 - 8
Herts Welcomes Refugees proudly presents talented artists Bahar and Enas during their residency at Trestle Arts Base.
Join us for our first ever Young Filmmakers Cinema event where we will be sharing a selection of original shorts by filmmakers under 25!
Join us this December at Trestle Arts Base for a special screening of Tim Burton's Batman Returns! Whether you're a dedicated film buff or simply love great cinema, we're creating something unique for our community.
Join Trestle’s fabulous community groups, Dance Now, Act Up and Sing Out for a wonderful assortment of dance, songs and theatre to celebrate the end of the year.
‘If the world is chaos, then it means there’s no order, and if there’s no order then it basically means that anything is possible.’
Join Trestle School Of Drama Advance class for two performances of Chaos by Laura Lomas this December!
An enchanting afternoon of Classical Dance and Music in honour of the legacy of Guru Udupi Laxminarayana. Experience the grace, rhythm and vibrant artistry of DKC Young Talents guided by Divya Kasturi.
Join us at St Albans Museum + Gallery for a groundbreaking comedy drama that explores our legal system's past, present and future, performed by our talented ACT UP ensemble.
As music at St. Albans Cathedral sees a transition in leadership from Dr Andrew Lucas to William Fox, the impact of choral music on the lives of some past and present choristers and its benefit to the wider community are discussed in this short documentary.
Ann Marie Whitton's exhibition contrasts vibrant watercolour illustrations of St Albans with textured palette knife paintings of Penzance seascapes.
Join Trestle this October as we explore the creatures we find in the shadows, look out for who’s lurking around the corner and ready ourselves for some inevitable jump scares!
Are you fascinated by the silver screen? Want to have your say in the next screening and decompress afterwards with other cinephiles over a drink at the bar? Then come and join us for something a little bit different. We want to start the proceedings with Tim Burton’s 1989 classic BATMAN, to mirror our Christmas showing BATMAN RETURNS later in the year.
One man, one monster, one glorious dream to singlehandedly tell the most famous cult horror story of all time, and absolutely no budget whatsoever. What could possibly go wrong? Frankenstein (On a Budget) is the comedy musical hammer horror homage that you didn’t know you needed.
Unfortunately, this performance has been cancelled by the Company. Soul Light Events will issue refunds directly. If you need to contact them regarding your refund please call Paul Bannister on 07900 190011 or email info@soullightevents.com.
Join us at St Albans Library for 4 FREE drop-in masterclasses looking at our famous theatre masks, and exploring physical theatre. Through drama activities and exploration create and meet new characters that help put St Albans 'On The Map'.
Blending music, projection and physical performance, Point Nemo is a haunting examination of loneliness in the age of information. It asks if in a world where all of human knowledge fits inside our pockets, if we can still find some connection that feels like home and truly imagine a future that is different from the present we know and loathe.
Herts Open Studios is the not-to-be-missed opportunity to experience the world of art and meet and get to know the amazingly talented artists in our Hertfordshire community.
