Flamenco Express
- Genre:
- Dance
- Opens:
- 04 Oct 2024
Flamenco is as universal, powerful and versatile as the blues, as epic as opera, and as delicate and pin-sharp as ballet. For over thirty years, Flamenco Express has existed to …
Howlin Mat – Cigar Box Social Workshop
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 05 Oct 2024
Ever wanted to make and own your own guitar? Now is your chance! This workshop introduces you to the Cigar Box Cigar and guides you through making your very own. …
Howlin Mat Concert
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 05 Oct 2024
Howlin’ Mat is a BLUES musician who has performed everywhere from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. He performs up to 200 shows a year and his escapades include …
Read Poets Society – October 2024
- Genre:
- Poetry & Spoken Word
- Opens:
- 06 Oct 2024
Join us at the Eagle Bookshop for an evening of poetry and prose, this month on the theme of “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” See you there!
Talking Heads – Soldiering On and Her Big Chance
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 09 Oct 2024
- Until:
- 11 Oct 2024
Certain Age present two of Alan Bennett’s well-loved Talking Heads monologues. Soldiering On introduces us to Muriel whose life revolved around her husband, Ralph; she ran their home, brought up …
Playbill – The Browning Version / Harlequinade
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 15 Oct 2024
- Until:
- 19 Oct 2024
The Browning Version: a middle aged Classics teacher, who had been full of promise in his youth, finds himself with a mediocre career and a failing marriage. His inability to …
North Bedford and Milton Keynes Poetry Stanza
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 17 Oct 2024
- 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. …
StageWrite: Autumn 24
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 20 Oct 2024
StageWrite is a hothouse for the development of new writing for theatre, designed to help plays grow from page to performance. It supports writers in the process of getting their …
Santi & Naz
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 22 Oct 2024
Santi and Naz are bestest-best friends living in a village in pre-partition India. One Sikh, one Muslim; they have little understanding of how religion will divide them. As partition draws …
Frankenstein (On a Budget)
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 24 Oct 2024
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 …
Exploring with Kaye Leidoskope – Exploring Numbers
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 25 Oct 2024
Join Kaye Leidoskope for these lively & lovely interactive storytelling sessions for under-fives and their grown-ups. Expect songs, games, crafts and dancing …perfect for little ones to creatively learn through …
Kickmouse Mysterium
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 27 Oct 2024
A quest to make amends, in a magical world of Mysterium. A magical comedy fable, of few words, about perseverance & achievement. Jon, the chaotic student of Frank the Dog, …
Sunday Sound Bath
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 27 Oct 2024
- Until:
- 1 Dec 2024 -
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 from …
Mr Cleverly’s Transcontinental Delivery Service.
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 29 Oct 2024
Step inside the unique world of Mr Cleverly's Delivery Service – Parcels, Packages and Post. Dear Delivery Agents, you are invited to explore adventure archives from 1b Nosmo Road. Join …
Death Cafe
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 31 Oct 2024
- 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 …
Daisy Donald
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 02 Nov 2024
Daisy Donald is bright, bold and full of fun but she’s also hiding a secret…that she lives with Type 1 Diabetes, an invisible disability. When Daisy’s world starts to goes …
Read Poets Society – November 2024
- Genre:
- Poetry & Spoken Word
- Opens:
- 03 Nov 2024
Join us in November for the latest Read Poetry Society. Our theme for November is “Put a Girdle Round About the Earth” Make of that what you will! Come along …
Candlelit Theatre – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 09 Nov 2024
Candlelit Theatre bring The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde dramatically to life with their signature storytelling approach using shadows, sounds and theatricality to faithfully recreate the tale. …
Maddie Morris – Autumn Tour 2024
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 10 Nov 2024
Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, they take traditional song in new directions to shine a light …
Another Goodbye
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 14 Nov 2024
Another Goodbye – A performance and conversation about love and loss “We don’t know whether this will be the last time we’ll see each other…” When Adie’s mum decided it was …
Spanish Workshop – delivered by Bedford Language Centre
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 15 Nov 2024
Friday 15th November 6-7pm Spanish workshop delivered by Bedford Language Centre We all know practice makes perfect and practising languages is a must. Do you feel you could do with more experience …
TIBETAN MONKS FROM TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY ‘FROM THE ROOF OF THE WORLD’
- Genre:
- Dance
- Opens:
- 15 Nov 2024
- Until:
- 16 Nov 2024
Tibet – the Land of Snows: home to Buddhist lamas whose ancient rituals have fascinated people for thousands of years. ‘From the Roof of the World’ presents chant, mantras, music …
Hands on Workshop – Tibetan Monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 16 Nov 2024
An opportunity to meet the Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, who will introduce you to the unique traditions of Buddhist monastic art. These include sand mandala making – ‘painting’ …
The Innocents
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 19 Nov 2024
- Until:
- 23 Nov 2024
In the late nineteenth century, a young governess for two orphaned youngsters becomes convinced that their lonely manor house is haunted and that the children are possessed by the spirits …
NIGHTMARES
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 26 Nov 2024
The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty present: NIGHTMARES Three classic ghost stories – live on stage! Vengeful spirits, murderous revenants and gruesome promises kept from beyond …
Exploring with Kaye Leidoskope – Exploring Sounds
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 29 Nov 2024
Join Kaye Leidoskope for these lively & lovely interactive storytelling sessions for under-fives and their grown-ups. Expect songs, games, crafts and dancing …perfect for little ones to creatively learn through …
Tony Slattery – Resuscitated
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Opens:
- 29 Nov 2024
Back from the dead following a failure to file his living will, please welcome Lord of Misrule Tony Slattery (Kingdom, The Crying Game, Coronation Street) for this rare discussion show …
Read Poets Society – December 2024
- Genre:
- Poetry & Spoken Word
- Opens:
- 01 Dec 2024
Our last Read Poets Society for 2024 – thank you to all those who have attended and contributed this year. Join us for the last event of the year as …
Festive Quiz Night
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 06 Dec 2024
Join us for our last Quiz Night of 2024. A fun filled festive quiz to round of 2024. Tables of up to 6 players or just come along and we …
The Big Bumper Book Sale
- Genre:
- Community
- Opens:
- 07 Dec 2024
Come and join us for our last Big Bumper Book sale of 2024 and grab yourselves some stocking fillers. All in aid of our Raise the Roof campaign. Browse a …
A Christmas Carol
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 12 Dec 2024
- Until:
- 22 Dec 2024
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 …
Exploring with Kaye Leidoskope – Exploring Weather
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 20 Dec 2024
Join Kaye Leidoskope for these lively & lovely interactive storytelling sessions for under-fives and their grown-ups. Expect songs, games, crafts and dancing …perfect for little ones to creatively learn through …
Burretti: The Man Who Sewed The World
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 15 Jan 2025
- Until:
- 16 Jan 2025
Set in a 1970s TV television talk show format this theatre production portrays the fascinating tale of Freddie Burretti, David Bowie’s close friend and key early 1970s Ziggy Stardust costume …
Empower You – Performance Skills Workshop
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 24 Jan 2025
Empower You – Performance Skills Workshops Unlock your full potential with the Empower You Performance Skills Workshops, brought to you by Standing in the Wings. These dynamic sessions are designed …
Wellbeing Fair
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 02 Feb 2025
Elevate Your Mind, Body, and Spirit—Join Us at our Wellbeing Fair! Discover a day dedicated to your health and happiness, wellness companies, expert information and a vibrant community. Explore holistic …
Kin
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 06 Feb 2025
- Until:
- 07 Feb 2025
Two estranged sisters meet after twenty years. In a remote cottage over a single night they bury the hatchet. As their dying father lies in the room next door they’re …
Shout out to the 60’s
- Genre:
- Music
- Opens:
- 01 Mar 2025
Get Ready to Step Inside the fabulous music of the 1960s where we celebrate some of the best icons of the decade. This Show is a toe-tapping, twisting, head shakin’ …
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 …