Death Café Presents:

Death Cafe Bedford

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
18 Apr 2024
Until:
20 Jun 2024

Join us for our Death Café at The Place Theatre every third Thursday of the month. A Death Café is an informal gathering of people (often strangers) to talk about …

BPT Presents:

Jackastory – Spring

Genre:
Fantastic for Families
Opens:
03 Apr 2024
Until:
29 May 2024

Join us for Jackastory with The Place Team.  Please note the new start time of 9.30am Our Jackastory session run fortnightly, and every week during school holidays. Listen to members …

Swan Theatre Company Presents:

Read Poets Society – April 2024

Genre:
Poetry & Spoken Word
Opens:
07 Apr 2024

This month's theme is – Found in Translation – Gems from abroad from Ancient Greece to 21st century. Join us at the Eagle Bookshop for an evening of poetry and prose.

BPT Presents:

Quiz Night

Genre:
Great Night Out
Opens:
12 Apr 2024

Following the success of our Quiz Night in January we are pleased to announce the date of our next Quiz. Grab a team (max 6 people), grab a table and …

Townsend Productions Presents:

Behold Ye Ramblers!

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
13 Apr 2024

Townsend Theatre Productions  in association with The Society for the Study of Labour History BEHOLD YE RAMBLERS – a new play by Neil Gore From the voices of ramblers and …

Certain Age Presents:

Wind in the Willows

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
16 Apr 2024
Until:
20 Apr 2024

When Mole leaves his underground home and meets Rat his world is changed; he discovers the delights of the riverbank and the terrors of the Wild Wood. The two friends, …

Robin Grey Presents:

3 Acres and A Cow

Genre:
Folk
Opens:
25 Apr 2024

Three Acres And A Cow is a history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. The show connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues …

Deadman Presents:

Freshwater 5

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
26 Apr 2024

5 Fishermen. £53 million of cocaine. An ongoing fight for justice. A tale of our deteriorating coastal communities. An enthralling, poigant and poetic retelling of the infamous Isle of Wight …

BPT Presents:

The Big Bumper Book Sale

Genre:
Community
Opens:
27 Apr 2024

Come and join us for our first Big Bumper Book sale in aid of our Raise the Roof campaign. Browse a huge selection of second-hand books including fiction, non-fiction and …

Giles Shenton Productions Presents:

Flo Smith – Now and Then

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
27 Apr 2024

From the producer of Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat, What’s Wrong with Benny Hill? and The Essence of Audrey comes a wonderful true story of a remarkably normal …

Swan Theatre Company Presents:

Read Poets Society – May 2024

Genre:
Poetry & Spoken Word
Opens:
05 May 2024

Our theme for May is – The Italian Influence Linking with Bedford Music Club we explore the Italian influence on writers in English – from Shakespeare to Shelley, Rome to Rossetti …

Raise the Roof Theatre Presents:

Educating Rita

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
08 May 2024
Until:
11 May 2024

Rita has enrolled on an Open University course to discover herself and better her circumstances. Her tutor is Frank;  a jaded academic and an alcoholic who is less than enthusiastic about …

Bedford Drama Company Presents:

The Secret Garden

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
21 May 2024
Until:
25 May 2024

When a garden’s kept proper, all weeded and neat, that chases the wild away. But when it’s left alone, for nature, who knows what secret things’d grow there…. In Jessica …

Indigo Moon Theatre Presents:

The Lost Forest

Genre:
Opens:
02 Jun 2024

There’s magic and mayhem in the rainforest! Animals’ homes are at risk as bulldozers and diggers crash through the trees. Who will come to the rescue and fight the evil …

Swan Theatre Company Presents:

Read Poets Society – June 2024

Genre:
Poetry & Spoken Word
Opens:
02 Jun 2024

This month's theme is – Time and Time Again 'We have no time to stand and stare', 'The first time …', 'Time of my Life…' – an exploration of time in literature …

The Pantaloons Presents:

The Importance of Being Earnest

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
04 Jun 2024
Until:
08 Jun 2024

Everybody loves Earnest. In fact, Cecily and Gwendolen are both engaged to Earnest. The only trouble is, he doesn’t exist. Or does he…? Best friends Jack and Algy have both …

Standing in the Wings Presents:

Performance Confidence Workshop

Genre:
Workshop
Opens:
05 Jun 2024

Ready to turn those performance dreams into reality? We've got something special for you!  Join our Performance Confidence Workshops – YOUR ticket to unlocking your inner star power!   Calling all aspiring …

BPT Presents:

Jackastory – Summer 2024

Genre:
Fantastic for Families
Opens:
12 Jun 2024
Until:
28 Aug 2024

Join us for Jackastory  every fortnight at 9.30am with The Place Team.  Our Jackastory sessions run fortnightly, and every week during school holidays. Listen to members of The Place team …

Fighting High Productions Presents:

The Valentine Letters

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
26 Jun 2024
Until:
28 Jun 2024

by Steve Darlow based on the book Geprüft by Frances Zagni directed by Jo Emery produced by Fighting High Productions ★★★★ “Strong, sure footed performances from the actors. The characters are played with style along …

GMG Promotions Presents:

Jokes and Laffs – Summer 2024

Genre:
Opens:
29 Jun 2024

Another fantastic line up for GMG Promotions Summer Jokes and Laffs. Nabil Abdulrashid  – is a unique and exciting stand-up comedian, writer, presenter and actor. A finalist in ITV’s 2020 …

Swan Theatre Company Presents:

Much Ado About Nothing

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
02 Jul 2024
Until:
06 Jul 2024

“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps…” In one of Shakespeare's finest and best-loved comedies, two very different couples fall in love – but who is really pulling the …

Hobgoblin Theatre Company Presents:

The Unusual Adventures of Robin Hood

Genre:
Opens:
14 Jul 2024

Hobgoblin Theatre Company’s brilliantly original, outdoor production of “The Unusual Adventures of Robin Hood” tells the classic tale of Robin and his Merry Men outwitting the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham …

MONA Presents:

MONA From Scratch

Genre:
Creative Community
Opens:
24 Aug 2024

From Scratch is a night of new theatre, aiming to provide a platform for fresh and upcoming artists to share their work on stage. Playwrights, Directors & Actors will have the …

DOT Productions Presents:

An Ideal Husband

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
08 Sep 2024

DOT Productions returns to The Place with The Oscar Wilde Classic ‘An Ideal Husband’. Sir Robert Chiltern’s dinner party takes a drastic turn when Mrs Cheveley makes a surprise announcement …

The Pantaloons Presents:

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Genre:
Professional Theatre
Opens:
13 Sep 2024

“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too!” Sir John Falstaff, everyone's favourite Shakespearean sleazeball, has fallen on hard times. In order to fix his finances he plans to seduce …

Keith James Presents:

Keith James – The Music of Leonard Cohen

Genre:
Music
Opens:
14 Sep 2024

These remarkable songs – stripped back, honest, naked and sensual. ‘There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’ Cohen’s most memorable and visionary line from his song …