Mark Pinchin Art – Bedford Renaissance
- Genre:
- Live Event
- Opens:
- 28 Mar 2025
Bedford Renaissance Exhibition Opening Night – 7.30pm – 9.00pm Friday 28th March Exhibition runs until the 6th May (Tuesday-Wednesday 10am-2pm and Saturdays 10am-midday) Free event – no booking required.
North Bedford and Milton Keynes Poetry Stanza
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 17 Apr 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. …
The Lost Lionesses – additional seating
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 19 Apr 2025
The knees are shaking, the ground is quaking, the heat is BAKING… Game on! Based on true events; “The Lost Lionesses” tells the story of a Bedfordshire based team of …
Whole
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 23 Apr 2025
“My sister smells of wood smoke, warm earth, oranges, and dust… we buried you in a wood, underneath an oak tree. There are bluebells there in April.“ Whole is a …
Death Cafe
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 24 Apr 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 Bugs
- Genre:
- Fantastic for Families
- Opens:
- 25 Apr 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 …
Cultural Roots Weekender – A Celebration of the Caribbean Community in Bedford – Past and Future
- Genre:
- Live Event
- Opens:
- 25 Apr 2025
C.R.I.S.S, LOWD and The Higgins Bedford present a celebration of the Caribbean Community in Bedford. Join us for a day of celebration including exhibits, interviews, discussions, live music, poetry, drama, …
Cultural Roots Weekender – A Reggae Sound System Story
- Genre:
- Live Event
- Opens:
- 26 Apr 2025
Join us for Day 2 of The Cultural Roots Weekender. Saturday is all about the Reggae Sound System Story. A whole day jam packed with debates, interviews, Q&A, live music, …
Sunday Sound Bath
- Genre:
- Workshop
- Opens:
- 27 Apr 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 …
Stage Write – April 2025
- Genre:
- Professional Theatre
- Opens:
- 27 Apr 2025
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 …
ONCE
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 01 May 2025
- Until:
- 02 May 2025
ACT Company presents ‘Once’ The story of a guy who gave up on love and music and the girl who inspired him to dream again. From the very first note, 'Once' …
Three Acres And A Cow
- Genre:
- professional
- Opens:
- 3 May 2025
A history of land rights and protest in folk song and story, the show connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues like the housing crisis, reparations, climate …
Read Poets Society – Fear and Courage
- Genre:
- Poetry & Spoken Word
- Opens:
- 04 May 2025
Our May offering is Fear and Courage – join us in the wonderful Eagle Bookshop while we explore this theme through poetry and prose. See you there!
Abigail’s Party
- Genre:
- Creative Community
- Opens:
- 07 May 2025
- Until:
- 10 May 2025
Step into the suburban world of 1977, where the gin flows as freely as the tension in Mike Leigh’s iconic dark comedy, Abigail’s Party. Beneath the veneer of polite conversation …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …