Families in Bedford will be treated to a brand new cultural experience this summer with Who is Bedford? an interactive show exploring the heritage of Bedford and the people who live here. With over 50 ethnicities represented in the town, Bedford is one of the most culturally diverse towns of its size in the UK. Who is Bedford? is…
The Place Theatre, Bedford Saturday 6thApril Review by Cara Lee (aged 21) In Tomorrow’s Great Pageant, an already powerful play is given a fresh modern twist, with clever updates and interpretations adding a new perspective. Based on Cecily Hamilton’s 1909 suffrage play A Pageant of Great Women, in which Woman defends her right to vote…
Here’s Paula’s pick of local theatre this month. The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s NT Live: All About Eve Thursday 11 April 7pm Tickets: £14.50 All About Eve tells the story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful…
Performed at The Place Theatre on 13 March 2019 Starring: Emily Panes, Tom Blyth and Christopher Birks Dawn State Theatre Company has come to Bedford’s, The Place Theatre with their tour of The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster. The emphasis is on the true story of the plight of women, who…
There’s an absolute treat coming up at the Place Theatre in March. The Dresser has been performed all over the world, was adapted into an Oscar-wining film and recently reunited Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen on the small screen. Now it is to make its appearance at The Place Bedford, with Swan Theatre Company in charge. The Dresser,…
The Place Theatre, Monday 28 January Review by Cara Lee (21) Written for Holocaust Memorial Day, the show (which is told in full mask) tells the true tale that Rachel Levy chose to share with Small Nose Productions and Trestle Theatre Company, of her life and her experiences through Auschwitz, the death marches that took…
8 February 2019, at The Place Theatre, Bedford Starring: Theo Ancient, Harry Potter star (Albus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) Review by Isma Begum (14) Joe C. Brown and Anthony Hollis Productions have brought their tour of this monologue by Michael Ross, directed by Cat Robey to Bedford’s The Place Theatre. The…
Bedford Drama Company’s next production is Death by Design at the Place Theatre on 19 – 23 February. Set during a weekend in an English Country Manor, in 1932, Death by Design is a new comedy peopled with vivid, fascinating characters, a pastiche of Noel Coward’s witty dialogue and features mis-quotes and references to other…
Kick off the new year at the theatre. Here’s our January round-up by Paula Walker. The Place Theatre Beowulf Friday 11 January at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 (Concessions £10) Age Guidance: 14+ Seth Kriebel’s Beowulf is a performance-game that invites audience members to explore the world of this legendary story… without leaving their seats. Harking back…
A Christmas Carol – Told by Guy Masterson 10thDecember Review by Kezia-Rose Johnston (18) ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a classic tale, and most people you ask can certainly remember some aspects of it, but it would seem that most audiences would say it’s old; read it once or watch one adaptation and that’s all you really…