Bedfringe 2014

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Welcome to Bedfringe Bite Sized 2014

It’s summer time and another Bedfringe festival comes to Bedford.

We have scaled things down this year with just short of 20 exciting and varied events.

What is a Fringe Festival? I like to define it as a platform for new and exciting work covering as many genres of the performing arts as possible. This year we see returning acts such as the newly-named Simply Soweto Encha (all the way from South Africa), The Ouse Valley Singles Club and my good friend Patrick Monahan.

Take a chance and see something you would never see… that’s what it’s all about.

Remember… good things do come in small packages!

James Pharaoh – Director

2014 Sponsors

Director ............................James Pharaoh Co-Director ..........................Fiona Fowler Technician.............................Dan Nickolls Video Blogger .......................James Mann Comedy Promoter ....................Paul Revill Additional thanks to: Susan & Harry Fowler, Jacquie Manners, Erica Roffe, Mark Steinhardt and to all our venue managers, front-of-house and technical teams.

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Woodfines Solicitors

Woodfines Solicitors are proud to be based in Bedford and provide a full range of legal services to both businesses and individuals. Woodfines offers its clients practical advice and creative solutions to legal problems, and our refreshingly approachable lawyers are amongst the most experienced and capable in the region.

We also have offices in Sandy, Milton Keynes and Cambridge. For further information, please visit our website www.woodfines.co.uk We are excited to be supporting Bedfringe again in 2014.

Portas Pilot Bedford

Bedford Portas Town Team consists of local businesses and community groups who were awarded £51,000 to help make Bedford better.

The money has been used carefully to support events and activities, give start-up and pop-up grants and offer free training for town centre businesses.

The Bedford Town Team believes that Bedfringe is a great way to promote Bedford far and wide and so bring new people into the town centre.

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Brighton Fringe: 4 May – 2 June

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Buying Tickets

The Ent Shed, The Gordon Arms 118 Castle Road, Bedford MK40 3QY Tel: Gordon Arms: 01234 348668 Tel: Castle Comedy events: 07736 060541

Take a punt: First things first… have a look through our brochure and see what takes your fancy. Remember, Bedfringe is all about discovering new experiences and new work. Every year we see many of our artists go onto big things, so be the first to see them here!

Bedford Theatre, Bedford School De Parys Avenue, Bedford MK40 2TT Tel: (Admin): 01234 362269 www.bedfordtheatre.co.uk

Age suitability: The age ratings are there to try and help you gauge appeal. It’s not a legal restriction. All events are self rated. Bedfringe is not liable for any incorrect rating.

The Place Theatre Bradgate Road, Bedford MK40 3DE www.theplacebedford.org.uk

Where to buy tickets: Number 13 and Bedford Tourist Information Centre sell tickets for selected Bedfringe events.

Alternatively you can buy tickets direct from the venue (see adjacent panel) or by going online at Bedfringe.com

South Bank Arts Centre, Bedford College Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AH Tel: 01234 291000 www.southbankarts.com Aysha Academy Trust 123 Midland Road, Bedford MK40 1DE Tel: 01234 589176 www.ayshaacademy.org.uk Gibraltar Fringe: 15 May – 18 May

All venues have wheelchair access and some have parking for wheelchair users.

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bedfringe.com Friday 4th July 7.30pm & 9.00pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

The Ghost Hunter

Theatre of The Damned ‘Do you know what they are, ghost stories? They’re a place to put things you’re too scared to look at any more.’

Dick runs a ghost tour, and he’s got a great story to tell. It’s the one they all go home talking about. The headliner. It’s about a Ragged School in old York. About something terrible buried beneath the cobbles. It’s about the past. It’s about ghosts. And it’s about to catch up with him.

Theatre of the Damned present a darkly comic one-man show by the team behind 2012 sell-out smash ‘The Horror! The Horror!’

“It’s a tribute to Stewart Pringle’s talent as a writer and thinker that I came out of Ghost Hunter both impressed and troubled, with my mind racing” ★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE “A building, creeping tale of dread, expertly crafted and chillingly told” ★★★★ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE “Jeffrey Mayhew’s direction is faultless...Theatre of the Damned make sure they keep you on the edge of your seat right up to the final line” THE STAGE Age Guidance: 14yrs+

£8 Length: 60mins

Perform in style with professional theatre space for hire Trinity Arts & Leisure’s spacious and fully professional theatre makes for the ideal space to host dramatic productions and film screenings.

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Bath Fringe: 23 May – 8 June

Trinity Arts & Leisure Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2BS

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bedfringe.com Wednesday 9th July 8.00pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Co.

Earth’s funniest footwear return with a brand new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence.

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are “The Abbott & Costello of the sock world” (TIME OUT) or “Filthy Wee Tykes” (THE SCOTSMAN). They’ve been called “the unparalleled pinnacle of comedy puppetry” (★★★★ VENUE MAGAZINE 2013), and now you’ll see why.

After six sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe and international tours from Aberdeen to Adelaide (Pick Of The Fringe 2012), Manchester to Malta, Belfast to Birmingham and all points in-between, the Socks are bringing their new show, and the best of their favourite stuff once again to Bedfringe.

“For sheer energy and laughs per hour, these comic stockings are the biz – denier miss it” ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN “Had every single audience member laughing until they cried” ★★★★★ EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Age Guidance: 14yrs+

£8 Length: 60mins

Thursday 10th July 8.15pm (Doors open 7.30pm)

Venue: The Ent Shed

Castle Comedy Bedfringe Special Bedford’s No.1 Comedy Club.

Castle Comedy brings its brilliant club night to Bedfringe.

Featuring a packed line up of five top comedians, it will be the ultimate comedy night out! Headlining the show is Katherine Ryan. Katherine is a sassy Canadian stand up, writer and actress. You will probably recognise her and that is hardly surprising - over the past few years she has enjoyed appearances on ‘Mock the Week’, ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, ‘Episodes’ and recently she stormed ‘Live at the Apollo’!

“Tiny, pretty...with quite a dark, savage wit” THE LONDONIST “A compelling act” THE LIST “Warped wit...striking presence...killer lines...calm confidence” THE SCOTSMAN Joining Katherine on the night will be a host of stand-up talent including Jimmy James Jones (“My new favourite comedian” TONY LAW) and Castle Comedy’s regular host Paul Revill (“Steals the show” ★★★★ THREE WEEKS) Age Guidance: 14yrs+ Prague Fringe: 23 May – 31 May

£9 Length: 120mins + intervals

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bedfringe.com Friday 11th July 5.30pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

Songs from Soweto: An A Cappella Journey

Simply Soweto Encha A fascinating documentary charting the remarkable journey of five a cappella singers from one of South Africa’s most notorious townships to the famous Edinburgh Fringe.

Simply Soweto Encha share experiences of post-apartheid generations of Soweto where old shack misery meets new opportunities, prosperity and hope. Sponsored by the British High Commission, Pretoria.

The screening of the film (co-produced and co-directed by Just Festival Edinburgh and Simply Soweto Encha) will be followed by a Q&A session with the group members as well as a ‘bite sized’ performance from their touring show which can be seen in its entirety during this year’s festival.

With support from Bedford Film Festival

£5 Length: 65mins

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Oxford Fringe: 24 May – 8 June

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bedfringe.com Friday 11th July 8.00pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

The Dark Room

BEDFRINGE DIRECTOR’S CHOICE The Dark Room is the world’s only LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME. It’s the audience vs The Evil Floating Head in a test of skill, wit and cunning. Imagine a choose-your-own-adventure mixed with a pantomime and performed by a Commodore 64. It’s strange and insane and addictive there’s a £50 grand prize if you can beat the game and escape…

THE DARK ROOM. Performed by stand-up John Robertson, this is a surreal, incredible show for anyone who’s ever touched a video game, seen a video game, or has done neither of these things and is willing to be thoroughly disturbed.

With fans including Ian Livingstone (creator of Fighting Fantasy), cult comic Brendon Burns, Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim) and Ron Gilbert (creator of Monkey Island), this is a cult classic in the making. ★★★★★ THE SKINNY ★★★★★ BROADWAY BABY ★★★★ STEVE BENNETT, CHORTLE ★★★★ THE LIST “Watching people tackle the challenge and fail is one of the funniest sights around. Don’t miss it.”

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH “One of Australia's Top Ten Young Comics” ZOO MAGAZINE “Ridiculously entertaining” Kate Copstick, THE SCOTSMAN

£8 Age Guidance: 14yrs+ Pulse Fringe: 29 May – 7 June

Length: 60mins

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bedfringe.com Saturday 12th July 2.30pm, 8.00pm

Sunday 13th July 2.30pm

Simply Soweto Encha

Venue: Bedford Theatre

Simply Soweto Encha

Simply Soweto Encha, formerly known as African Entsha, is a five-piece a cappella group that sing gospel, soul, jazz, and R’n’B both in African and popular styles. In their shows, Simply Soweto Encha celebrate South African oral and dance traditions by performing Zulu, Xhosa, and Tswana songs, full of rhythm and harmonies.

Described as ‘very creative in combining the physical with the music,’ ‘nonstop joyous irrepressible harmonies and rhythms’ and ‘a sound sensation that uplifts and inspires,’ their performances have been awarded with numerous titles, including the Spirit of Edinburgh, Buxton Fringe, Brighton Fringe Best Performance Trigon Jazz Festival Best Vocal Group, Ethno Jazz Festival Best Performers, Festival of Stone Best Performers and many more.

“A sound sensation that uplifts and inspires” THE SCOTSMAN “These singers from Soweto bring humour, emotion and spirit to the stage.

Their smiles are so infectious; not only do they have a great time, they make sure the audience has an amazing time too” THREE WEEKS “Soweto Encha deliver a spine-tingling cover of Adele’s Rolling in the Deep, effectively wiping the floor with the original” THE LIST

£10 (£8 concessions) Length: 60mins

Wednesday 16th July 7.30pm

Thursday 17th July 7.30pm

The Canterbury Tales & Other Travelling Tales

Venue: South Bank Arts Centre

Kempston Community Theatre An original adaptation of (some of) the Canterbury Tales by Kempston Community Theatre. The performance, using masks and storytelling, involves real journeys across Bedford and takes place in two locations – one of which is in the open air. The theme of journeys, the performance will give the audience a unique experience and introduction to tales based on real life stories.

www.facebook.com/kempstoncommunitytheatre @kemcomtheatre

£9 (£7 concessions) Age Guidance: 16yrs+

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Hollywood Fringe: 12 June – 29 June

Length: 90mins

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bedfringe.com Wednesday 16th July 7.30pm

Thursday 17th July 7.15pm

Her Big Chance

Venue: Bedford Theatre

by Alan Bennett Blackout Theatre Company Meet Lesley, she’s an actress. She has just completed a film (‘targeted chiefly on West Germany’) in which she plays Travis, a career girl who enjoys life, spends a remarkable amount of time topless and shoots a man with a harpoon gun.

She tells all, blind to the sinister undertones of her story as well as to her own self-delusions and gullibility.

Alan Bennett’s superbly funny monologue, originally performed by Julie Walters as part of the ‘Talking Heads’ series on BBC, features local actor Natalie Castka as Lesley and was part of the 2013 British Invasion Festival of UK Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Castka was relaxed, precise and charming… It’s a crisp bit of writing, performed with style by Castka” ROBERT TRUSSELL - KANSAS CITY STAR

£8 Age Guidance: 14yrs+

Grassington Fringe: 13 June – 28 June

Length: 60mins

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bedfringe.com Thursday 17th July 8.15pm (Doors open 7.30pm)

Venue: The Ent Shed

Marcel Lucont & James Acaster Marcel Lucont: Is A modern man’s majestic musings on mortality, morality, masculinity and, moreover, Marcel Lucont, multi-award-deserving maverick. A multimedia mélange of magnificence. As seen on Sky Atlantic’s ‘Set List’, BBC3’s ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ and ‘Live At The Electric’.

WINNER: FRINGEWORLD AWARD - BEST COMEDY SHOW 2013.

WINNER: AMUSED MOOSE AWARD 2012.

“Fresh, accessible, hilarious” THE GUARDIAN “Gag after consistent gag… The quality doesn’t dip once… As smooth and consistent as a fine silky brie” ★★★★ THE LIST James Acaster: Recognise James Acaster has something he’s been meaning to tell you. He’s been putting it off for some time. You might want to sit down. Expect whimsical rabbiting on and awkward physicality throughout from the star of ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ and ‘The Josh Widdicombe Show’ (XFM Radio) FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD BEST SHOW NOMINEE 2012 & 2013 “Beautifully constructed ‘art of stand-up’ stuff” THE SUNDAY TIMES “Curious, original and immensely enjoyable” THE TELEGRAPH “One of the sharpest comic minds to have emerged in recent years” THE GUARDIAN

£9 Age Guidance: 14yrs+

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Bedfringe: 4 July – 27 July

Length: 120mins + intervals

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bedfringe.com Wednesday 23rd July 7.30pm

Venue: The Place Theatre

Dalloway

Dyad Productions From the creators of The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe, Female Gothic I, Elizabeth and Austen’s Women…

1923: The War is over. While Clarissa Dalloway prepares a party in Westminster, Septimus Smith is diagnosed with shell-shock, and their memories and dreams magically intertwine with those of 15 other disparate souls, this hot blue day in June. Conjuring the hopes and regrets of middle- and upper-class London, this adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s celebrated map of hearts, minds and memories offers a compellingly feminine response to the First World War. Written and directed by Elton Townend Jones (The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe). Performed

by Rebecca Vaughan (Female Gothic, I, Elizabeth, Austen’s Women).

“Truly extraordinary…Rebecca Vaughan is one of the most exciting young performers on the British stage” ★★★★★ BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE (on Austen’s Women) “Simply stunning” ★★★★★ EDINBURGH REPORTER (on The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe) “A masterpiece” ★★★★★ THREE WEEKS (on Female Gothic)

£10 (£8 concessions) Length: 60mins

Wednesday 23rd July 8.00pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

Patrick Monahan: Adventures in Monahan Land

Vivienne Smith A brand new stand-up show from Monahan who engages on tales from his youth up to this year which started with an appearance on ITV’s Splash TV show, donning a pair of speedos and no knowledge of diving he jumped off the 10m board with 1.5 somersaults into the homes across Britain on a Saturday night.

Also seen on ITV’s ‘Fake Reaction’ panel show, BBC’s ‘Let’s Dance’ and winner of ITV’s ‘Show Me The Funny’ and for Fox TV’s ‘Man Up’.

“Hilarious without being outrageous” ★★★★★ THREE WEEKS “There isn’t a comic quite like him, his hugs alone are worth the price of admission” ★★★★★ NEW CURRENT “Supremely engaging, adored by audiences” THE SCOTSMAN “This gifted livewire commands the stage with a mix of wit and force of personality” LONDON EVENING STANDARD Age Guidance: 14yrs+ Buxton Fringe: 9 July – 27 July

£8 Length: 60mins

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bedfringe.com Thursday 24th July 7.00pm

Elvis Comes To Bedford

Venue: 123 Create (123 Midland Road)

Aysha Academy Trust Pete Webb is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after Elvis impersonators. He has delighted audiences performing his Elvis tribute shows in a multitude of venues. Providing a complete evening of entertainment covering songs from all periods of Elvis’s career.

Enjoy an evening with an Indian Buffet and lots of Dancing and Cheering!

£10 Length: 120mins

Thursday 24th July 7.30pm

Venue: The Place Theatre

Anthem for a Doomed Youth In commemoration of the Great War, Guy Masterson, (‘Under Milk Wood’, ‘Animal Farm’) has compiled 60 minutes of the finest WWI poetry and accounts from both sides of No-Man’s Land. Including works from Wilfred Owen (‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’, ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’) Siegfried Sassoon (‘The Rank Stench’, ‘A Mystic As Soldier’) Isaac Rosenberg (‘The Immortals’, ‘Spring 1916’, ‘Break of Day’) together with hitherto unknown German poets and moving stories such as Erich Maria Remarque’s ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ and the legendary ‘Christmas Truce’, life in the trenches is brought vividly to life.

£8 (£5 concessions) Age Guidance: 11yrs+

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Camden Fringe: 29 July – 24 August

Length: 60mins

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bedfringe.com Thursday 24th July 8.15pm (Doors open 7.30pm)

Venue: The Ent Shed

Brand new shows from Lucy Porter & Tom Toal

Castle Comedy: Bedford’s No.1 Comedy Club.

Lucy Porter: Me Time Lucy Porter is one of the most loveable comics in the country and a fringe favourite! She comes to Bedford to preview her 2014 show, Me Time. She has made numerous appearances on the most popular television shows including ‘Have I Got News For You’ and ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’.

Perhaps her greatest television achievement was winning ‘Celebrity Mastermind’!

“Impeccably punchlined anecdotes of the everyday. Genuinely delightful” THE TELEGRAPH “Porter is one of the most talented comics on the circuit…brilliantly crafted jokes. This is get happy comedy at its very best” ★★★★★ TIME OUT Tom Toal: Prequel A frolicsome and poignant stand-up show from hotly-tipped lovely lad Tom Toal! He has appeared on Channel 4’s ‘Eye Spy’ and was runner up in the LOADED LAFTA Ssearch for a star 2011.

“Funny and Touching” THREE WEEKS Age Guidance: 16yrs+

£9 Length: 120mins + intervals

Thursday 24th July 9.00pm

Bill Clinton Hercules

Venue: The Place Theatre

by Rachel Mariner with Bob Paisley TTI-Theatre Tours International – Guy Masterson Come and meet the 42nd President as he cuts loose and shoots straight from the hip in his own fantasy TED talk! From the Trojan War to the future of democracy, his dreams, regrets, hopes and passions, Occupy, Hillary and Monica… Beloved stained icon and reviled Slick Willy. A life epic in its own right, but what will be Bubba’s final act? Can the Comeback Kid come back? Kansas City’s Bob Paisley (last seen at Bedfringe in ‘The Event’ in 2010) plays Bill Clinton in the ultimate tell-all

by Rachel Mariner.

£8 (£5 concessions) Age Guidance: 11yrs+ Edinburgh Fringe: 1 August – 25 August

Length: 70mins

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bedfringe.com Friday 25th July 8.00pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

The Ouse Valley Singles Club

After three packed out shows “local legends� The OVSC are back at Bedfringe! Once again you are invited to partake in their unconventional singles club offering old favourites and new songs that will help you find love on your allotment, offer an alternative bucket list and let you know how they feel about ‘selfies’.

Comprising of Tim Barron on Lead Vocals and Tenor Ukulele, Miss Amy Martell on Hofner Bass and Uncle Sam on Washboard, the OVSC never fail to put on a show of the highest order. Their roots lie heavily amongst the sounds and traditions of 1950s Skiffle but they then combine this with the energy of Punk, the swing of Rock and Roll and layer this with saucy postcard humorous folk-like story telling.

What The Ouse Valley Singles Club have done is create a truly original and likeable sound, New Wave Skiffle if you like, where George Formby meets The Clash and Vaudevillian Music Hall and Working Men’s club values come together. Their songs give a hilarious insight into single life and every day tales of woe as well as some razor sharp observational commentary. www.theousevalleysinglesclub.com

Age Guidance: 16yrs+

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bedfringe.com Sunday 27th July 2.30pm

Bec & Tom’s Awesome Laundry

Bec & Tom A funny family show with feeling...

Adventures can be found in the most boring places if you just use your imagination. Down to their last pair of pants, Tom literally has to drag Bec to the laundrette, but she will do anything to avoid her chores: storytelling, games, paper puppetry – you name it! Even Tom can’t help but be swept up by her infectious enthusiasm (when he’s not trying to show off how clever he is). But beneath the mischief, Bec hides a secret. Will Tom be hung out to dry, or will it all come out in the wash? Packed full of silly sketches and fun facts, this innovative, energetic show is fifty five minutes of good clean fun. “...the hour simply flies by as these exceptional comedians perform.” ★★★★★ EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS “If you like hilarious, fun-packed comedy sketches, then you’ll love Bec and Tom’s Awesome Laundry. It’s not just for kids, adults will find it funny too.” ★★★★★ FEST www.facebook.com/BecandTom Age Guidance: 6yrs+

Venue: Bedford Theatre

£8 (£6 concessions) Length: 55mins

Sunday 27th July 7.30pm

Venue: The Ent Shed

The Closing Party

Bedfringe Come on down to The Ent Shed and join the Bedfringe team for a chilled out evening to close this year’s festival. We have music from Tony Phillips & Jazzhouse who will be swinging through the sounds of Sinatra and Dean Martin plus other styles such as Funk, Soul and Latin.

Tony has worked in various aspects of the entertainment industry. He began his career in the rocking 50’s as a vocalist with rock and roll groups. In the swinging 60’s he fronted the likes of the legendary jazz/rock combo The Fabulous Flintstones plus The Wild Angels and harmony group The Symbols.

During this period he appeared at the famous Star Club in Hamburg, Germany alongside Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley & The Comets and The Searchers amongst many others.

£6 Age Guidance: 16yrs+ Ventnor Fringe: 12 August – 17 August

Length: 120mins

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