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The diarySPRING 2019

Finding UsThe Quarry Theatre at St. Luke’s 26 St. Peter’s Street, Bedford MK40 2NN

The entrance to The Quarry Theatre is on St. Peter’s Street. If you are travelling by car, please use MK40 2NN for Sat Nav systems.

ParkingApart from a limited amount of disabled parking (please call ahead to book) there is no on-site parking. Nearby car parks are indicated on the map above. Please note the Lurke Street Car Park (MK40 3HZ) is open 24 hours and is free after 6pm. St Peter’s Street Car Park is also open 24 hours and is free after 6pm. Parking on De Parys Avenue is free after 6pm. All car parks are free on Sunday.

Tickets You can order tickets online at

quarrytheatre.org.uk or over the phone on

01234 362337.

Box officeYou can also buy tickets in person at our box office, which is just inside the main entrance on St. Peter’s Street. The box office is only open on show nights (usually one hour before curtain up until 20 minutes after). However, during the Creative Arts Festival the box office will be open for two hours each day. Please visit quarrytheatre.org.uk for details.

School group bookingsTo enquire about our special discounts for school groups and to book tickets, please call 01234 362337 or email [email protected]

Family TicketsFamily tickets are available on shows featuring this symbol.

Contact usWe are always happy to hear from you with comments, suggestions and enquiries. You can call us on 01234 362269 or email [email protected]

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Note that the programme is subject to change. Visit our website for the latest shows and news.

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SPRING HighlightsSomething funny . . .LOL (Ladies of Laughter) with Noreen Khan Noreen Khan hosts a laugh out loud night of comedy with some of the UK’s favourite female acts.

Something for the kids . . .The Giant Jam Sandwich Join the villagers in their giant sandwich-making plan to defeat the wasps and help save the day, in a fun-packed feast for 3-8 year-olds and their families.

Something different . . .Luke Jermay: Intuition Luke Jermay is back and better than ever with a brand new interactive stage show jam-packed with phenomenal jaw-dropping demonstrations of intuition, telepathy and prediction.

Something special . . .The Jive Aces: Big Beat Revue Britain’s Got Talent’s The Jive Aces are set to take Bedford by storm as they bring jive and swing to The Quarry Theatre. Don’t miss out on a fantastic evening with this award-winning band.

Happy New Year and welcome to our 2019 spring programme! This season we bring to you quite possibly one of the most dynamic programmes since we opened back in 2015.

We start the season with a NT Live broadcast of The Tragedy of King Richard The Second on Tuesday 15 January starring Simon Russell Beale. Speaking of which, he will be in person at The Quarry Theatre on 10 February as part of the Sharnbrook Mill’s Reverie: The Life & Loves of Debussy!

The winner of Britain’s Got Talent, Lost Voice Guy, returns with his brand new touring show ‘I’m only in it for the Parking’ on Monday 25 March. Be aware that this is close to selling out! Other highlights for us are ‘The Giant Jam Sandwich’ (Sunday 3 March), which will have (for the first time at The Quarry) BSL interpretation at the 2.00pm performance. We hope to have more performances with interpretation so do look out for these in the coming months. We also have the utterly hilarious Tom Neenan (writer of Mash Report, Mock The Week and The Last Leg) with his Edinburgh 2018 hit ‘It’s Always Infinity’ on Friday 26 April… highly recommended by the Quarry Director!

Many thanks once again for your continued support of our theatre and I hope you enjoy the season ahead. Remember to check the website occasionally as this printed programme can be subject to change.

James Pharaoh & Miles Leven The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s

Welcome

We have signed up to the Family Arts Standards. We welcome families and to help you enjoy your experience we are committed to ensuring we meet these Standards. As we continue to improve our service for families your views are very important to us – so please let us know if you have a good experience with us or tell us what you’d like us to improve.

The Quarry Theatre is part of Bedford School, which is part of the Harpur Trust

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Where Main Auditorium

Ticket price £14.50 (£12.50 concessions)Running time 150 minutes (+15min interval)

Age suitability 12yrs+

The Quarry Theatre presents

NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard IITuesday 15 January, 7.00pm

Simon Russell Beale plays Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of London’s Almeida Theatre in this visceral new production about the limits of power.

Richard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar. Seeing no other option but to seize power, the ambitious Bolingbroke challenges the throne and the King’s divine right to rule.

Directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins (Little Revolution, Almeida and Absolute Hell, National Theatre).


2019 Open Evening & Season LaunchFriday 18 January, 7.00pm

Where The Quarry Theatre

Ticket price Free (ticketed event)

Running time 90 minutes

Age suitability All ages

Celebrate the start of our wonderful spring season with us!

We’re opening our doors for invited guests and loyal theatregoers. Join us, ‘The Quarry Theatre Team’, as we offer tours around our space, backstage and behind the scenes, giving you a glimpse of life in a working theatre.

You can sign up to our mailing list and the box office will be open all night offering discounts to shows in our spring season.

We’ll be taking suggestions for future programming and events, as well as discussing how we can help local businesses and the community as a whole.

So come along, grab a drink and let us know your thoughts.

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Bedford Poetry Company present

Blue MondayMonday 21 January, 7.30pm

Where Studio Theatre

Ticket price £7.00

Running time 90 minutes (+15min interval)


A combination of post-Christmas blues, cold, dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills... Yes, it’s the third Monday of the year!

Bedford Poetry Company present their own original poems to share the gloom and lift the spirits!


Ticket price Free (non-ticketed event)



Join us for this year’s Presentations Evening. Judges Sue Moorcroft, novelist, and Rory Waterman, poet and senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, will be announcing and reading the winning entries of the 2018 Bedford International Writing Competition. Sharon Priestly will be presenting the Bedford Prize to a local writer.

Charitable donations collected on the night will be made to ‘Just be a Child’ and a Bedford women’s refuge.

Bedford International Writing Competition presents

2019 Presentations eveningFriday 25 January, 7.30pm


Ticket price Free (non-ticketed event)




The Ephebe Chorus of Ancient Greek TheatresMonday 28 January, 6.30pm

The role of the chorus in ancient Greek tragedy was performed by ephebes: young Athenian men, idealised for being in the prime of their physical lives, who would soon embark on two years of compulsory military service.

Drawing on Dr Shüler’s recent publication ‘The Greek Tragic Chorus and Its Training for War’, from War and Theatrical Innovation, this lecture begins by arguing that tragic choral training and performance functioned as a surrogate military training for these young men. Furthermore, the lecture introduces Dr Shüler’s current research into how same-sex desire from the predominantly adult male citizen audience might inform their reading of the ephebe’s dancing body.


NT Live: I’m Not RunningThursday 31 January, 7.00pm


Ticket price £14.50 (£12.50 concessions)


Age suitability 12A

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premièring at the National Theatre and broadcast live.

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart Labour loyalist, she’s faced with an agonising decision.

Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as “the premiere political dramatist writing in English”. Other works include Pravda and Skylight, broadcast by National Theatre Live in 2014.

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Ticket price £15.00




LOL (Ladies of Laughter) With Noreen KhanFriday 1 February, 7.30pm

Join Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network) as she hosts a night of comedy with some of the UK’s favourite female acts.

Note: All acts are confirmed at time of booking. Occasionally acts may be replaced for reasons beyond our control. If this happens, the act will be replaced with another act from the tour, or a suitable alternative.

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tiata fahodzi and Tara Finney Productions in association with Watford Palace Theatre present

Good DogTuesday 5 February, 7.30pm

Mum’s promised him that bike so even when school or home life bites, he knows to keep his chin up, his head down and his shirt clean. No harsh word, no sudden push to the ground will distract him from growing up to be a good man. Because in the end, everyone who’s good gets what they deserve. Don’t they?

Set during the early noughties, good dog tells the story of growing up in a multi-cultural community, and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.

Delicately observed and fearlessly told by writer Arinze Kene (actor in Netflix’s Crazyhead, BBC’s Eastenders, Channel 4’s Youngers, West End smash Girl from the North Country, and Misty at Bush Theatre), good dog embarks on its second national tour following its acclaimed première in spring 2017.

“good dog is theatre at its most simple and its most striking”

“compellingly vital”

“a finely observed new play”

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Makin Projects Present

Luke Jermay: IntuitionThursday 7 February, 7.30pm





Intuition is a strange thing and Luke Jermay is even stranger. Building on his acclaimed debut show Sixth Sense, entertainer Luke Jermay is back and better than ever with a brand-new interactive stage show jam-packed with phenomenal jaw-dropping demonstrations of intuition, telepathy and prediction; your mind will be read, your choices will be predicted and your future will be revealed.

This will be a unique experience that is funny, entertaining, emotional, controversial, uplifting and insightful - one that you will never forget!

Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Trust presents

Reverie: The Life & Loves of Claude DebussySunday 10 February, 7.00pm (champagne reception at 6.15pm)





Internationally renowned pianist Lucy Parham presents Reverie in aid of the Sharnbrook Mill Theatre’s ‘Warm-up’ Appeal, accompanied by celebrated actor Simon Russell Beale.

Debussy lived an entangled love life, including illicit trysts, a brush with a revolver and even a suicide attempt. The narrative takes the form of a personal journal spanning from early successes to his untimely death in 1918, punctuated with piano solos ranging from Clair de Lune and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair to such virtuosic showpieces as Jardins sous la Pluie and L’Isle Joyeuse.

“Jaw Dropping…”

THE TIMES

“Jermay is one of my favourite performers! See his show!”

DAVID BLAINE

“Jermay puts the rest of us mind readers to shame”

DERREN BROWN

“Winningly compiled and performed, Parham’s drama places the French Composer’s music in fascinating context”

BBC MUSIC AZINEMAGAZINE

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Ticket price £17.00 (£15.50 concessions, Under 12s £11.00)

Running time 120 minutes (+15mins interval)


Audiences are in for a treat as Oddsocks bring their trademark humour, fast-paced action and live music to the legend that is Robin Hood!

Join Robin, Little John, Maid Marion and of course Friar Tuck as they take on some of their hardest challenges to date: a conniving king, a sinister sheriff and a downtrodden village of peasants whose ‘get up and go’ has got up and gone.

Can the merry band teach the baddies a lesson?

…the villagers to revolt?

…the world to sing?

Find out when Oddsocks rumble in with their rumbustious new adventures of this legendary folk hero in a show for all the family.

Oddsocks Productions present

Robin Hood and the Revolting PeasantsFriday 15 & Saturday 16 February, 7.30pm (+2.30pm on 16 February)

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The Rotary Clubs of Bedford present

Rotary Young Musician of The Year 2019Wednesday 20 February, 6.00pm





Join us for an evening of great music from young musicians as we host the Bedford Castle Rotary Club local final.






The Jive Aces: Big Beat RevueFriday 22 February, 8.00pm

Renowned worldwide for their high-energy spectacular showmanship, their viral video Bring Me Sunshine and for being the first live band to reach the final rounds of Britain’s Got Talent, The Jive Aces have firmly established themselves as the UK’s No.1 jive & swing band.

The live show includes classics like When You’re Smiling, Mack The Knife and Sing, Sing, Sing, plus originals such as La Dolce Vita taken from their various albums.

Their most popular music video, Bring Me Sunshine, is a viral hit with nearly three million views on YouTube and has won seven film festival awards. It is so uplifting it has actually been prescribed by a doctor!

This promises to be a fantastic night out at The Quarry Theatre!

“Absolutely Brilliant! That really put me in a good mood” SIMON COWELL

“Hugely charismatic performers and consummate showmen”

EDINBURGH SPOTLIGHT

“These guys know how to entertain and make their music relevant and contemporary. This music is timeless”

JAZZ JOURNAL

“True Showmanship!” DAILY TELEGRAPH

“The Jive Aces have to be one of the most entertaining and multi-talented acts around. Brilliant musicianship combined with a madcap sense of fun on stage. Simply Sensational!” THE STAGE

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Splendid Productions present

The OresteiaTuesday 26 February, 4.30pm & 7.00pm





Splendid Productions present this ancient, epic, murderous tale of family, history, vengeance and honour.

Condensing Aeschylus’s classic trilogy into an hour, the cast of three retell the story of King Agamemnon, his queen Clytemnestra, and their children, Iphigenia, Electra and Orestes. A legendary family born to power, but destined to rip itself apart in a bloody cycle of tragedy.

Splendid’s new adaptation explores the place where rage meets justice in an artful, political, physical, musical, entertainingly furious – and furiously entertaining - piece of theatrical magic.

“Imagine Greek drama performed by The Three Stooges on speed and you’ll have some idea of what this production was like... a matchless way of introducing ancient theatre to the young.”

SOUTH WALES ARGUS ON ANTIGONE

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Ticket price £10.00 (£8.00 concessions), Family ticket £32.00 (max two adults)


Age suitability 3–8yrs

New Perspectives Theatre Company present

The Giant Jam SandwichSunday 3 March, 2.00pm* & 5.00pm

One hot summer’s day, four million wasps invade the quiet village of Itching Down. The picnickers panic and the farmer stops haymaking. The wasps are noisy, nasty and, worst of all, they don’t mind who they sting! That is until the baker has an ingenious idea...

Following successful tours of Farm Boy and The Butterfly Lion (Michael Morpurgo), Not Now, Bernard (David McKee) and The Tiger’s Bones and Other Stories (Ted Hughes), the New Perspectives Theatre Company bring one of the most loved picture books to life on stage to enthral a new generation.

Join the villagers in their giant sandwich-making plan to defeat the wasps and help save the day, in a fun-packed feast for 3-8 year-olds and their families.

* with British sign language interpretor

“Musical theatre for children at its finest...if you have children, see this show!”

ONE4REVIEW

“Perfect theatrical adaptation...bursting with songs, humour and clever references for the grown-ups.”

THE LIST

“Imaginative and fun...really hits the mark”

THE SCOTSMAN

“Kazoos, helicopters, wasps and of course lots and lots of jam - this show packs it all in and is one sandwich that’s well worth tasting!!!” ”

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FOR KIDS





Nebula Productions present

SK Shlomo: ‘Surrender’ Album TourFriday 8 March, 7.30pm

“Imaginative and fun...really hits the mark”

THE SCOTSMAN

The record-breaking beatboxer and collaborator with Ed Sheeran, Björk and Damon Albarn turns electronic singer-songwriter on his album tour, blending his innovative live-looping and breathtaking beatboxing with epic synths, crushingly honest lyrics and lush electronic layers. Massive Attack meets James Blake.

Simon Shlomo Kahn knows how it feels to be on top of the world. For over a decade, the genre-defying, award-winning, recording-breaking beatboxer, producer and live-looper has set new standards for his craft.

As Shlomo, he burst in to the mainstream collaborating with Björk and performed with famous fans from Damon Albarn, Lily Allen and Jarvis Cocker to Imogen Heap, Martha Wainwright and Rudimental. As the first ever World Looping Champion, he taught his friend Ed Sheeran some tricks. He was Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre for years, has played the main stages at Glastonbury more times than he remembers, won rave reviews for his autobiographical one-man shows, and even had a feature film made about him.

“The beatboxer turns electronic singer-songwriter on the gloriously melancholic first single from his forthcoming album” THE TIMES

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The Wrong Crowd in association with Soho Theatre present

KITEMonday 11 & Tuesday 12 March, 7.30pm (+ 4.30pm on 12 March)

Stuck in her Grandma’s obsessively tidy flat, a recently orphaned girl discovers a kite, which comes to life and takes her on a wild adventure. Little does she know that Grandma has her own brand of magic and the wind will bring them together in ways they never would have imagined.

Inspired by the world of indoor kite flying and stories such as The Snowman and The Red Balloon, Kite is a play without words, with originally composed music, dance, puppetry and, of course, kites.

From acclaimed theatre company The Wrong Crowd, creators of inventive, playful and compelling new theatre (Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon, Swanhunter, Hag, The Girl with the Iron Claws). Kite is for audiences of all ages. A poignant love-song to the wind, freedom and the joy of play.

* with British sign language interpretor for the meet the puppets session

“Enchanting”

THE STAGE

“Who needs words, when theatre is this expressive?”

THE TIMES

“Will delight audiences of all ages”

EVERYTHING THEATRE

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Bedford Prep School Drama present

Charles Dickens’ Oliver TwistThursday 21 to Saturday 23 March, 7.00pm (plus 3.00pm* on 23 March)

Adapted for the stage in 24 scenes and several songs and tableaux, Neil Bartlett’s production of the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist, vividly brings to life the dark underbelly of ninteenth-century London. Oliver, Fagin, Bill Sikes and the Artful Dodger inhabit a world filled with danger and fear, innocence and hope; a world seen through the eyes of an astonished child.

Performed by pupils of Bedford Prep School.

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Gag Reflex in association with Andrew Roach Talent presents

Lost Voice Guy: I’m Only In It For The ParkingMonday 25 March, 7.30pm

Following the unprecedented success of his appearance on the final of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star and writer of BBC Radio 4’s comedy series, Ability, Lee Ridley (aka Lost Voice Guy) is setting out on a tour of the UK. He may not be able to talk but he definitely has something to say and his comedy will leave you speechless.

Lee is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid and made his first stand-up appearance in February 2012. He has performed in some of the UK’s most popular comedy venues as well as in solo shows at festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brighton Fringe, Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival, Nottingham Comedy Festival and Liverpool Comedy Festival.

TV and Radio credits include The One Show (BBC One), Voice Of The People (BBC Three) and Ability, the Radio 4 series that Lee stars in and co-wrote with Katherine Jakeways, has just been recommissioned for a second series.

“Savagely funny… he’s a bloody good comedian.”

THE WEE REVIEW

“Entertaining and thought-provoking”

THREE WEEKS

“Incredibly talented” SIMON COWELL

“Bloody brilliant” AMANDA HOLDEN

“Such a naughty sense of humour…genius” ALESHA DIXON

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Bedford School Speech and Drama present

An Evening of Speech & DramaWednesday 27 March, 7.00pm





Join us for an evening celebrating Speech and Drama at Bedford School.

With highlights from the Prep and Upper pupils, prize winners from the Bedfordshire Festival and the best of our LAMDA entries.

i-Show Theatre School presents

More Than MusicalsSaturday 30 March,1.00pm & 5.30pm



Running time 1.00pm show 90 minutes, 5.30pm show 120 minutes


i-show theatre school presents its annual medley of musicals, with all the usual show-stopping numbers from the likes of Matilda, Blood Brothers, Mamma Mia and The Greatest Showman.

This year students have been exploring some of the hard-hitting messages behind the musicals, threading fun with a deeper meaning of various issues affecting young people.

Look out for anti-bullying modern dance pieces, and the themes of equality and freedom in excerpts from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

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TFH and Pleasance in association with Something for the Weekend and PBJ Management present

Flanders & SwannFriday 5 April, 7.30pm

Tim, Duncan and the Hippo are celebrating the much-loved words and music of Flanders and Swann, those internationally acclaimed musical comedy legends of the 1950s and 60s. With their own unique style and humour, the boys present Flanders and Swann’s classic songs and traditions interspersed with a few of their hidden and yet ever-sparkling gems. Fans and the uninitiated alike will ‘wallow’ in this unique take on the work of two of Britain’s most iconic comedy songsmiths. Songs include: The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud), The Gas Man Cometh, The Gnu Song, Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights), and Madeira M’Dear.

Tim FitzHigham is a Perrier Award-Nominated, multi award-winning comedian who has performed on BBC Radio 1, 2, 4 and 5, toured lots and appeared frequently on TV and in films in the UK and Europe. He starred in his own CBBC show Superhuman Challenge and was recently the star of two seasons of BBC Radio 4’s The Gambler.

Duncan Walsh Atkins is a stalwart of BBC Radio 4, runs a busy London music studio and has also toured lots. As well as providing the music for BBC TV’s Fast and Loose he opened his first musical, The Tailor Made Man, at London’s Arts Theatre and is the musical director for the Olivier Award-Winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016).

“A delectable hour for fans old and new”

BROADWAY BABY

“You’ll love this show”

THREE WEEKS

“Such energy and relish…caught the period remarkably well…well worth seeing”

THE INDEPENDENT

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Running time TBC


NT LIVE: Hold The DateThursday 11 April, 7.00pm

Make a date in your diary for the latest NT Live theatre screening.

Full details will be announced on The Quarry Theatre website as soon as they are available.

quarrytheatre.org.uk

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RSC Live: As You Like ItWednesday 17 April, 7.00pm


Ticket price £14.50 (£12.50 concessions)Running time TBC

Age suitability 12A

Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.

Director Kimberley Sykes (Dido, Queen of Carthage) presents a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and her head. With her cousin by her side, she journeys to a world of exile where barriers are broken down and all can discover their deeper selves.

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Night Owl Shows present

The Carole King & James Taylor StorySaturday 20 April, 7.45pm

Following critically acclaimed sell-out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Carole King & James Taylor Story comes to The Quarry Theatre to take you on an incredible journey through the career of six-time Grammy Award winner and 20-time platinum hit-maker Carole King and five-time Grammy Award winner and American folk legend, James Taylor.

This new show-umentary format gives a fascinating insight into the lives behind the music. Featuring passionate renditions of Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James, I Feel the Earth Move, Natural Woman, You’ve Got a Friend and many more, this astonishing back catalogue is realised with authenticity by Phoebe Katis and Dan Clews, both well-established artists in their own right.

“both guitar and voice took these fans back to The Troubadour in 1970”

BROADWAY BABY

“performance was immaculate”

THREE WEEKS

“Wow, what an experience” BBC KENT

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Berk’s Nest in association with Ebdon Management present

Tom Neenan: It’s Always InfinityFriday 26 April, 7.30pm

Quarry Theatre Director’s Edinburgh Fringe 2018 pick! Highly recommended.

Tom’s girlfriend has vanished… So he has done what any right-minded man (and “theatre-maker”) would do in this situation, and turned his search for her into an “important” piece of “art”. Come “witness” it. (Nobody went missing in the creation of this show.)

It’s Always Infinity is a narrative-driven character comedy show about toxic masculinity and the questionable role of the male creator, presented by a version of Tom who sees himself as ‘one of the good guys’ but is anything but. It combines projection, storytelling and character comedy to tell a story where ‘Tom’ reveals what an awful person he is.

Tom Neenan is the writer of The Mash Report, A Girl’s Guide to TV, Mock The Week (BBC2), The Last Leg (Channel 4), Spotlight Tonight, The News Quiz, The Now Show (BBC Radio 4). He’s also the writer & star of Tom Neenan’s The Hauntening (BBC Radio 4)

“Clever, elegantly constructed, and builds to a twist that you really won’t see coming”

TELEGRAPH

“A sharply-scripted character study… an elegant show that builds to a wonderful comic twist”

CHORTLE

“A razor-sharp hour of character comedy”

THE LIST

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Where Studio Theatre

Ticket price £5.00



Bedford School Modern Languages Department Presents

YermaFriday 26th & Saturday 27 April, 7.30pm

Spanish language with live translation

Performed by students of Bedford School & Bedford Girls’ School

Young couples have everything to look forward to.

A few years enjoying each other’s company before finally bringing a new life into the world. This is all that Yerma desires. But she has not been blessed with a child and, as years of childless marriage turn into decades, her obsession with motherhood grows.

Federico García Lorca’s most famous work Yerma explores the plight of a young wife desperate to conceive, and the bitterness that mounts when desires are thwarted and dreams are slowly crushed by the passing of time.

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Summer SEASON 2019 On sale now on the website

RADIO ACTIVESaturday 25 May, 7.30pm

Angus Deayton (Have I Got News For You, One Foot In The Grave, Nighty Night), Helen Atkinson Wood (Blackadder, The Young Ones, QI), Michael Fenton Stevens (Benidorm, My Family) and Philip Pope (Who Dares Wins, Chelmsford 123, Only Fools and Horses) reunite to take classic scripts from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show on the road following a sell-out and critically-acclaimed run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Among other classic characters, expect to catch up with long-suffering radio host Mike Channel, original foodie Anna Daptor, and the accident-prone Martin Brown, as well as the cast’s original musical creations, responsible for such parody bands as The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Status Quid.

ASHLEY BLAKER AND IMRAN YUSUF: PROPHET SHARINGWednesday 29 May, 7.30pm

Two great religions. Two great comedians. The descendants of Abraham may have gone their separate ways but now stand-up comedian friends Ashley Blaker and Imran Yusuf – both stars of their own BBC shows – are joining forces in the most unlikely double act since Kermit and Miss Piggy (who neither Ashley and Imran can eat!) Originally brought together by a passion for the same football team, the pair are travelling the UK uniting people of every faith and none for an evening of laughter.

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KEYRestricted view*

Suitable for wheel chair users*

*please call to book

Film Screen

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Box office opening timesThe Box Office is open on show nights only (usually one hour before curtain up until 20 minutes after curtain up). If you would like to take a look around the theatre outside of these times please do get in contact with us.

PaymentsCash: The theatre box office takes payments of cash on the door (during performances).

Cards: We accept Credit and Debit card payments at the theatre box office and bar.

ReservationsWe are happy to reserve tickets for you. These will be held for five working days, or until 15 minutes before the performance. Unpaid reservations may be cancelled without prior notice after this time.

Returns, Exchanges & RefundsTickets once purchased are non-refundable or exchangeable. Only in the event of a show being cancelled or rescheduled will we refund your ticket.

ConcessionsConcessionary tickets are available to students (NUS or similar ID required), under 18s, unemployed, disabled, senior citizens and for some selected shows, employees of Bedford School.

Late ArrivalsIf you arrive late to a performance you may not be able to enter the auditorium until the interval or a convenient break in the performance. With some shows, a performance relay will be set up on the bar TV.

PhotographyThe unauthorised use of cameras/video photography or any other sort of recording equipment is strictly forbidden.

Disabled AccessThe Quarry Theatre aims to make all its facilities accessible to all members of the community. Both the main auditorium and studio theatre have wheel chair access. The main auditorium is also installed with an induction loop. The theatre forecourt has provision for disabled parking. We advise you call ahead of your visit to book a space.

Restricted view

Suitable for wheel chair users Please call to book

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KEYRestricted view*

Suitable for wheel chair users*

*please call to book

Film Screen

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JanuaryTue 15 NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard II £14.50 (£12.50 concessions) 04

Fri 18 2019 Open Evening and Season Launch Free (ticketed) 04

Mon 21 Blue Monday £7.00 05

Fri 25 Bedford Writing Competition Presentation Evening Free (non-ticketed) 05

Mon 28 The Ephebe Chorus of Ancient Greek Theatres Free (non-ticketed) 06

Thu 31 NT Live: I'm Not Running £14.50 (£12.50 concessions) 06

FebruaryFri 1 LOL (Ladies of Laughter) with Noreen Khan £15.00 07

Tue 5 Good Dog £14.00 (£12.00 concessions) 08

Thu 7 Luke Jermay: Intuition £14.00 (£12.00 concessions) 09

Sun 10 Reverie: The Life & Loves of Claude Debussy £25.00 09

Fri 15 - Sat 16 Robin Hood and the Revolting Peasants £17.00 (£15.50 concessions, Under 12s £11.00) 10

Wed 20 Rotary Young Musician of The Year 2019 Free (ticketed) 11

Fri 22 The Jive Aces: Big Beat Revue £18.00 12

Tue 26 The Oresteia £14.00 (£12.00 concessions) 13

MarchSun 3 The Giant Jam Sandwich

£10.00 (£8.00 concessions), Family ticket £32.00 (max two adults)

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Fri 8 SK Shlomo: ‘Surrender’ Album Tour £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) 15

Mon 11 - Tue 12 Kite £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) 16

Thu 21 - Sat 23 Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist £7.00 (£5.00 concessions) 17

Mon 25 Lost Voice Guy: I’m Only In It For The Parking £16.00 (£14.00 concessions) 18

Wed 27 An Evening of Speech & Drama Free (ticketed) 19

Sat 30 More Than Musicals £14.00 (£12.00 concessions) 19

AprilFri 5 Flanders & Swann £16.50 (£14.50 concessions) 20

Thu 11 NT Live: Hold the Date £14.50 (£12.50 concessions) 21

Wed 17 RSC Live: As You Like It £14.50 (£12.50 concessions) 22

Sat 20 The Carole King & James Taylor Story £17.00 (£15.00 concessions) 23

Fri 26 Tom Neenan: It’s Always Infinity £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) 24

Fri 26 - Sat 27 Yerma £5.00 25

SPRING 2019

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