The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Abridged)
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 14 May 2025
One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes. Come along for a fun, funny, …
You’re SO F**KING Croydon!
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 15 May 2025
“It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. It represented everything I didn’t want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from. I think it’s …
North Bedford and Milton Keynes Poetry Stanza
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 15 May 2025
- Until:
- 19 Jun 2025
North Bedford and Milton Keynes Poetry Stanza is a monthly group that meets to discuss their poetry, to learn together, develop their skills and approaches. It’s open to all adults. …
Sunday Sound Bath
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 18 May 2025
- Until:
- 22 Jun 2025
Seeking relaxation and mindfulness in Bedford? My name is Yanni and I would like to invite you to join us for a relaxing Sound Bath at The Place Theatre. I …
Shakespeare In Love
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 20 May 2025
- Until:
- 24 May 2025
Based on the Academy Award-winning movie, this enchanting, hilarious, romantic stage play reimagines William Shakespeare's creative process – and explores his inspiration – as he writes Romeo and Juliet. Young …
An Evening with The Lincoln Noel Trio
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 25 May 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable night of songs, stories, and smiles as The Lincoln Noel Trio teams up with the fabulous Standing In The Wings Songbirds for a musical journey …
Much Ado About Falstaff
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 29 May 2025
GSP follow up recent successes with Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat and What’s Wrong with Benny Hill? with a new play about Sir John Falstaff…a rogue, a philanderer …
Death Cafe
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 29 May 2025
- Until:
- 26 Jun 2025
Death Café Bedford Join us for our monthly Death Café every last Thursday of the month at The Place Theatre in room 3 upstairs. A Death Café is an informal …
Exploring with Kaye Leidoskope – Exploring Space
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 30 May 2025
Join Kaye Leidoskope for these monthly lively & lovely interactive sessions for children 2 to 5 years and their grown-ups. At each session we explore a new subject area like …
Songs of the Mystics – Sufi Qawwali NAJMUDDIN & SAIFUDDIN QAWAL & GROUP
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 30 May 2025
Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers are one of Pakistan's most esteemed qawwali ensembles. The sons of Ustad Qawal Bahauddin Khan, the legendary maestro of the Khusrau tradition of qawwali singing, …
Read Poets Society – Rewilding
- Genre:
- Poetry & Spoken Word
- Opens:
- 01 Jun 2025
As summer approaches, join us at the Eagle Bookshop as we explore this month's theme – Rewilding.
The Big Bumper Booksale – Summer Edition
- Genre:
- Live Event
- Opens:
- 07 Jun 2025
Our next Big Bumper Book Sale will take place on Saturday 7th June from 10am until 1pm. Browse a huge selection of fiction, non-fiction, playscripts and more – plus treat …
Coffee with Jam
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 08 Jun 2025
- Until:
- 30 Nov 2025
Coffee with Jam is back for 2025! Join us for our next Coffee with Jam event – chill out and listen to some music with a cuppa and cake! No …
Hangmen
- Genre:
- Community
- Opens:
- 24 Jun 2025
- Until:
- 28 Jun 2025
Harry Wade is a hangman who likes to keep his counsel. Until the momentous day when hanging is finally abolished in the UK and Harry is asked to give an …
Hangmen
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 24 Jun 2025
- Until:
- 28 Jun 2025
Harry Wade is a hangman who likes to keep his counsel. Until the momentous day when hanging is finally abolished in the UK and Harry is asked to give an …
Exploring with Kaye Leidoskope – Exploring Summertime
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 27 Jun 2025
Join Kaye Leidoskope for these monthly lively & lovely interactive sessions for children 2 to 5 years and their grown-ups. At each session we explore a new subject area like …
Playwrights Circle
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 27 Jun 2025
- Until:
- 28 Nov 2025
A friendly and supportive writing circle in which playwrights can share their work and work-in-progress and actors can practice their reading skills, run by Bedford Playwright Hazel Fattorusso at The …
The 100-Year Old Letter
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 05 Jul 2025
A letter has finally been delivered to its destination – more than a century after it was written… In 1916, Christabel Mennell writes a letter of apology to Katie Marsh. …
Fungi Frida and the Myco Heroes
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 19 Jul 2025
Giles Shenton Productions (Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat, Much Ado About Falstaff) brings you a brand-new hour long silly family show with a message for us all. Here …
Jokes and Laffs – July 2025
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Opens:
- 19 Jul 2025
Athena Kugblenu Athena Kugblenu is a writer, comedian, podcaster and voiceover artist. She's known for her frequent radio appearances – The Now Show, News Quiz, DM’s are Open, Breaking the …
Seven Swans
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 20 Jul 2025
A mystical journey inspired by the themes of Seven Ravens and Snow White, infused with the ethereal beauty of Swan Lake melodies arranged by us and commissioned by the Royal Opera …
BRAVE Summer Course A Journey into space
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 28 Jul 2025
A Journey into space Explore the wonders of the universe Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August 2025 10am – 4pm everyday Ages 8 – 16 £100 each Are you …
Perseus & Andromeda
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 22 Aug 2025
Perseus & Andromeda Being a teenager is a difficult time in your life. Take Perseus for example. An impoverished, but ambitious young lad, from a single parent home, has to …
The Butterfly Lion
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 01 Sep 2025
- Until:
- 03 Sep 2025
“I didn’t dream him. I didn’t dream any of it. I saw him, blue and shimmering in the sun, one afternoon in June when I was young, A long time …
Hamlet
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 05 Sep 2025
- Until:
- 06 Sep 2025
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t!” Join the critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company as they put on a frantic disposition to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy in their own anarchic …
Sense and Sensibility
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 07 Sep 2025
2025 marks the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen, and what better to way to celebrate her life than to delve into the world of one of her finest novels. …
Empower You, Take 2 – A Six-Week Drama Workshop!
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 12 Sep 2025
Empower You, Take 2 – A Six-Week Drama Workshop! 12th September 2025 – 17th October 2025, 7.30pm – 9pm (runs weekly every Friday) Following the hugely successful January – February …
American Candy
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 13 Sep 2025
Zaynab and Connor work in an American Candy store. It’s closing time and a customer still hasn’t left. 10 minutes later, they’re hiding her unconscious body in a basement. In …
Sarah McQuaid
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 18 Sep 2025
“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music.” —Trust The Doc Sarah McQuaid’s lush, chocolatey voice combines with her engaging personality, “subtle mastery onstage” (Huffington Post) and “brilliant …
Flamenco Express
- Genre:
- Opens:
- 19 Sep 2025
Flamenco Express return to Britain delivering another new cargo of raw, heart-wrenching flamenco – with ‘sizzling soloist’ La Joaquina, guitar virtuoso Chris Clavo, the massive vocal presence of Antonio El …
Man of the World: The Music of Peter Green
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 02 Oct 2025
Celebrating the life and music of Peter Green, founder of the original Fleetwood Mac. Guitarist Remi Harris will be joined by vocalist Dave Small, bassist Tom Moore and Nicky Waters …
Darkness and Light
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 03 Oct 2025
Come face-to-face with terror… One lamp-lit storyteller, two ghostly tales and nothing else but the infinite horrors of the surrounding darkness. To celebrate a decade of making ghost story theatre, …
Seizing the Skies
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 14 Oct 2025
- Until:
- 18 Oct 2025
Bedford Drama Company is excited to announce the opening production of the 2025-2026 season. Seizing the Skies, a brand-new play written by Oscar Aleman and Richard Moon to commemorate the …
Father JC’s Holy Show
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 12 Nov 2025
Father JC has come out…of the pandemic wanting to bring people together in song and celebration. JC’s 1st mass is going to be life-changing, majestic, iconic, epic, glamorous and just …
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 13 Nov 2025
Take a break Rick Wakeman, back to your trailer Brendan Fraser, watch and learn Jules Verne, Lamphouse are going on a journey all the way to the centre of the …
We are The Lions, Mr Manager
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 18 Nov 2025
‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’ is the remarkable story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike. She was recently amongst the women who …
Robin Hood
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 10 Dec 2025
- Until:
- 23 Dec 2025
Join utter legends Robin, Marian and the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest for a hilariously adventurous take on the timeless tales of everyone's favourite archer. Pernicious Prince John and the …
A Christmas Carol
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 15 Dec 2025
- Until:
- 21 Dec 2025
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ fantastical festive fable. It’s Christmas Eve and tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge is meaner than ever. He is shunning his …