11 minute read
children’s theatre
by Bedfringe
PIGS AND BEARS DON’T COME IN PAIRS!
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Straw, wood, brick?
Porridge, chairs, beds?
Two trios to tantalise and tickle your senses in this DOUBLE BILL of Furry Tails, where Goldilocks may even be more scary that the Big Bad Wolf!
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then book your place now for these well loved stories, retold with puppets, original music and a perfectly petite pop up set
£5/£7 50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 3yrs+
Saturday July 22 – 11.00am
Stone Soup
Having survived the ravages of sea, and a ship full of marauding, our storyteller finds himself without money, without food, and worse still without a new story to tell!
Can a simple pebble picked off the beach be the answer?
And can he outwit
Wafflesweat – the troll-like chef who cooks in the castle?
£5/£7.50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
The Princess And The Pea
Is she or isn’t she a real princess mmm! I wonder
“Pile up the mattresses, nice and high
Tell her it’s for comfort if she asks why
If she says it’s bumpy, a Princess she must be For only a Princess would notice a pea
But if she sleeps as snug as a bug in a rug
She cannot be a Princess, she can only be a THUG!
For tickets visit: www bedfringe com
40mins
A romantic tale of Princesses, Princes and Mushy Peas
£5/£7 50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 3yrs+
Friday July 28 – 11.00am
TRICKY TEDDY’S FAMILY MAGIC SHOW
Tricky Teddy’s Family Magic Show features mind boggling magic, ventriloquism, illusion, music, singing, great fun and audience interaction
With so much variety wrapped up in one show there really is something for the whole family to enjoy!
Award winning Krisgar and sidekick
Tricky Teddy return to the Bedford Quarry Theatre for their 6th year with an afternoon of magic this summer
Produced by KE Productions, tickets have always sold fast so don’t miss out!
£10.00 (£8 concessions) £32 Family Ticket
THE QUARRY THEATRE MAIN AUDITORIUM
40mins
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 5-9yrs
Monday July 24 – 11.00am
40mins
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 4yrs+
Saturday July 29 – 12.00noon
40mins
ALEXIS DUBUS: 3-STAR SHOW (WIP)
After 20 years on the circuit, Alexis Dubus, easily one of the comedians of his generation, is ready to deliver the greatest 3-star comedy experience ever staged.
Don’t miss this explosively average show from a multiaward-nominated performer truly at the middle of his game. Featuring jokes, tales, songs and poems, this is a show you’ll be talking about for minutes to come
As seen as a waiter in Derek (C4), an idiot in Nathan Barley (C4) and ‘3 Of 63’ in Red Dwarf XI (Dave)
“Can write some strong lines sometimes excellent amusing”
★★★ CHORTLE
“Too clever” ★★★ THE LIST
“Puts the audience almost too much at ease begins well”
BROADWAYBABY
£5/£7 50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Saturday July 22 – 6.30pm 60mins
AVITAL ASH WORKSHOPS HER SUICIDE NOTE (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Ever since she was a baby and her mother took her own life, Avital has felt summoned to the other side, aka the vast nothingness
But she’d hate to be labelled a copycat, plus, who wants to turn into their mother?
Avital Ash’s Fringe debut explores growing up a Hasidic Jew, depression, queer identity, and generational Holocaust trauma, all while being hilarious
The results are an irreverent show where Avital expertly bounces from black humour to jokes so silly you almost miss the gospel in them
£8.00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Friday July 28 – 9.30pm 60mins
ALFIE MOORE: TOUR WARMUP SHOW
Join cop turned comedian Alfie Moore, star of BBC Radio 4 hit show ‘It’s A Fair Cop’ For a new work in progress show ahead of his 2023 tour Mixed in with terrifyingly entertaining flashbacks from policing the frontline will be observations about aging, his take on the culture wars, not to mention action from his faithful colleague Zeus “ thoroughly engaging, endlessly funny His charisma shines through as bright and colourful as a twirling blue light” MATURE TIMES
“Brilliantly funny genuinely hilarious” DAVID MITCHELL
£12 50
THE QUARRY THEATRE MAIN AUDITORIUM
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Saturday July 22 – 7.30pm 60mins
For tickets visit: www bedfringe com
BELLA HULL: WORK IN PROGRESS
Bella Hull is a Londonbased stand-up comedian and writer and one of the UK’s most exciting young comedians
She made her debut at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival to sell-out crowds, and has had TV appearances on Stand Up for Live Comedy (BBC) and the Stand-Up Sketch Show (ITV)
A former member of the Cambridge Footlights, Bella begun finding success on the competition circuit, winning the Yellow Comedy Young Comedian of the Year 2019
“A barrel of laughs”
ONE4REVIEW
“Will have you belly laughing throughout I could not recommend the show enough”
THE STUDENT
£10 00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Sunday July 30 – 8.00pm 60mins
CHELSEA BIRKBY: SILLY SAUSAGE (PAIN) (WIP)
Chelsea Birkby follows up on her award-winning debut with this work-in-progress “A hugely promising and already accomplished stand-up, surely destined for greater things.”
THE SCOTSMAN.
Expect: one liners, sincerity, heart, her Mum, your Mum?!’
2022 winner: Amused Moose
Best Debut Show
2022 nominee: Comedian’s Choice Best Show
Finalist: So You Think You’re Funn
“There’s a sharp mind behind the sweet exterior As her writing credits on Mock the Week suggest, she knows how to craft a well-made oneliner”
THE TELEGRAPH
“A seriously promising show – deceptively smart, tightly structured, and delivered with chatty charm Sharply serious – but still somehow silly”
FEST
£8.00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Monday July 24 – 9.00pm 50mins
CASTLE COMEDY (BEST OF)
Three UK comedy favourites take the stage for the ultimate comedy show
JOHN ROBINS – Comedian, digital DJ, author, podcast host and all round vibe-magnet John Robins is an Edinburgh Comedy Award and Gold Aria Award Winner. He cohosts a radio 5 Live show with Elis James and has appeared on numerous television shows including: Mock The Week, Live At
The Apollo and Russell Howard’s Good News
“One of the most naturally gifted comedians I’ve seen”
THE TELEGRAPH
CALLY BEATON - She is a natural storyteller and one of the UK’s most sought-after acts Cally’s TV appearances include being a regular panellist on BBC’s QI and starring in the Live at the Apollo Christmas Special
MARK SIMMONS - is an exceptional one-liner comedian He was voted the UK’s Comic’s Comic Best Act in 2022 and regularly features in Dave’s Top 10 Jokes of The Edinburgh Fringe He has appeared on Mock The Week
£18 00 (no concessions)
THE QUARRY THEATRE MAIN AUDITORIUM
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 18yrs+
Sunday July 30 – 8.00pm 120mins
DAVE BIBBY: BABY DINOSAUR
Dave Bibby “madcap musical-character-sketch comedy pioneer”
BROADWAY WORLD is back with a show about parenthood and dinosaurs
Packed with songs, sketches and *ahem* multiaward-winning stand up
As seen on Channel 4, Netflix, Comedy Central, HBO, Hulu
A comedy show 65 million years in the making “Could develop cult status”
BROADWAY BABY
WINNER: New Online Comedian of the Year
WINNER: Musical Comedy Awards Audience Favourite
WINNER: SOLO Festival Best Male Act
FINALIST: British Comedy Guide Pro Comedian
FINALIST: Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!
£5/£7.50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Saturday July 22 – 9.30pm 60mins
For tickets visit: www bedfringe com
DON BISWAS: THE REVOLUTIONS WILL BE DISORGANIZED (DYSPRAXIA AND POLITICS)
Politically-charged gag merchant Don Biswas returns to the fringe to take on the status quo
A unique comic voice, Don looks at politics through the lens of Dyspraxia and Autism
The show takes a passionate –if uncoordinated – stab at the big issues: from the cost-ofliving crisis to conspiracy theories.
As seen/heard on the BBC Asian Network, Rosie Jones’s Box Ticker, and in his Radio 4 comedy special Neurotypical
“By the quality of his jokes alone, including a choice one about a corporate gig for the DWP, Biswas is the show’s star turn” THE GUARDIAN
£5/£7.50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Friday July 21 – 9.30pm 60mins
FRANK LAVENDER: BE FUNNY
More character comedy from Gareth Joyner, the brain (and legs) behind Myra DuBois
Hailing from the same smokey concert halls as Myra herself, Yorkshire’s #1 funnyman (citation needed) is a club comic trying earnestly to make his way through comedy in modernity
With his trusty laugh-tally, he makes his audience one promise; a laugh a minute or their money back
The pressure is on!
WINNER OF no MAJOR COMEDY
AWARDS, never SEEN ON MOCK THE WEEK and unlikely to be booked for LIVE AT THE APOLLO
“Pin-sharp material woven from the audience, not banter, much classier and finer ” THE SCOTSMAN
£7.00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Wednesday July 26 – 9.30pm 60min
ED PATRICK: CATCH YOUR BREATH (WORK IN PROGRESS)
NHS anaesthetist, comedian and author Ed Patrick injects Bedfringe with a gut-punch hilarious show about becoming a junior doctor, the NHS, the pitfalls of modern medicine and the power of questioning it There’s plenty of laughing gas to go round
As seen on Channel 4 and heard on BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4
“Brilliantly funny” MATT LUCAS
“Had the audience in fits of laughter” THE SCOTSMAN
“Extremely funny” TELEGRAPH
“Masterful, playfully provocative writing” CHORTLE.CO.UK
“Packed with funny anecdotes” THE GUARDIAN
£5/£7 50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Saturday July 29 – 8pm 60mins
GINNY HOGAN: REGRESSION (WIP)
Viral Twitter sensation, comedian and data scientist Ginny Hogan has an idea of what her life should look like by the time she’s 30. She believes if she uses the right data to analyse her choices, she can’t go wrong
With detours into Silicon Valley, her childhood bedroom, AA meetings, too many doctors’ offices, and just the right number of beds, Ginny tries to literally chart her way to conventional success
She finds herself somewhere else, of course, and so she must ask –was her data off, or did she miscalculate something else entirely?
£8.00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Sunday July 30 – 5.00pm 60mins
For tickets visit: www bedfringe com
How To Be A World Class Poet
Perrier award nominee
Glenn Moore works up a new hour of “gag-driven comedy at its funniest’’ (Chortle). It’ll be him sat on a stool, reading jokes out and getting your feedback on each one – it’s fun, he promises
As seen on Mock The Week, and as heard on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz and The Now Show. Proud owner of a House Of Games tankard and a Pointless Celebrities trophy.
CHORTLE
MAIL ON SUNDAY
GUARDIAN
EVENING STANDARD
£10 00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Monday July 24 – 9.30pm 60mins
HUGE DAVIES: WHODUNNIT (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Edinburgh Newcomer Award nominee Huge Davies (Cats
Does Countdown and Roast Battle), comes to Bedfringe with his highly anticipated second show about murder
Wearable keyboard? Check!
Deadpan delivery? Check!
Jokes about murder? Read the first sentence
No 1 show in Time Out
London Creator and star of Channel 4 sitcom The Artists
As seen on Hypothetical, Jonathan Ross, Live At the Comedy Store, Harry Hill and Jools Holland (yes, really)
“Best Shows To See” GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH
“A masterful craftsman of comedy” ★★★★ CHORTLE CO UK
“Like staring into the abyss go see it” ★★★★ THREEWEEKS
“This is what Edinburgh’s all about” THE SCOTSMAN
£10.00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Sunday July 23 – 6.30pm 60mins
How to be a world class poet in one hour – The UK’s number one poetry teacher delivers a masterclass of his unorthodox techniques, taking the audience from novice to laureate level in just sixty minutes
Expect some hilarity and vulgarity from a man considered to be sincere but deluded in poetry circles
Strong language and adult themes
Nominated: Best Comedy Performer at Buxton Fringe 2021
“Andy Gilbert is the Pam Ayres for the dirty minded His poems are accessible, fun and entertaining But filthy An entertaining hour of smut, word play and not-so-subtle innuendo Great fun”
BUXTON FRINGE REVIEW 2022
£5/£7 50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 18yrs+
Friday July 28 – 6.30pm 60mins
ILLUSIONATI – A MAGICAL CONSPIRACY
The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old school theatrical performer
Baldini is a Magic Circle member and award-winning member of Bristol Society of Magic and Wessex
Magical Association Baldini is also the head of the shadowy and sinister ILLUSIONATI – a group of elite magicians influencing the world through the use of magical dark arts.
In “Dirty Tricks” he reveals (and demonstrates) how the ILLUSIONATI sell their magical services to the highest bidder, laundering money, rigging elections and supporting both the KGB and the CIA in nefarious activities. The next wholly (im)plausible (magical) conspiracy theory for the Internet
“Imagine Tommy Cooper meets Blofeld ”
“Incredible” FRONT ROW, BBC RADIO 4
“Wonderful, a joy” PICK OF THE WEEK, BBC RADIO 4
“Charming, engaging and charismatic A pleasure ” FRINGEREVIEW
£12.50
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 8yrs+
Sunday July 30 – 4.00pm 50mins
IVO GRAHAM: ORGANISED FUN (WORK IN PROGRESS)
After dismantling a barge (Taskmaster), doxxing himself in the Doubletree (Off Menu), and blanking on the 1992 Ipswich Town crest (University Challenge), Ivo ropes his audience into more chaos against the clock
‘Humiliation’s your thing, right?’ His brother asked him at Christmas, and with the full existential ramifications of that still being processed, he’s lining up a show with more risk than ever before (NB: previous shows have broadly been quite low risk)
Expect quizzes, tangents and fluster
Best Show/Joke nominee 2019
“Motormouthed finesse” ★★★★ THE TIMES
“I could watch him natter all day” THE TELEGRAPH
THE GUARDIAN
£12 50
THE QUARRY THEATRE MAIN AUDITORIUM
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Thursday July 20 – 6.00pm 60mins
JESSICA ASZKENASY AND KATIE NORRIS: HOOTERS!!!
A smoking hot split bill of stand up from Jessica Aszkenasy and Katie Norris
After a sold-out run at London’s VAULT festival, Jessica is making a name for herself as one of the most exciting up-and-comers on the London comedy circuit Over the past four and a half years she’s become a regular at top comedy clubs around the UK Zero accolades to her name !!!, 100% originality is her game
Katie is a stand up comedian, actress, singer and podcaster, best known for her work as one-half of the critically-acclaimed double act Norris & Parker and a regular voice on The Now Show and Newsjack (BBC RADIO 4). Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023
“Norris channels Julie Walters”
CHORTLE
“Fine, funny writing and skilful comedy performance”
THE GUARDIAN
£5/£7.50/£10 Pay what you can
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Saturday July 29 – 5.00pm 60mins
JJ WHITEHEAD: WHITE NOISE
The LA-based comedian (The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central) comes to Bedford slinging jokes in the country that he used to call home
White Noise promises to be another fun show filled with self-deprecation and the skewering of social norms
“Blistering, hysterical... the audience lap up every word” ★★★★ METRO
★★★★ THE LIST
★★★★ TORONTO SUN
★★★★ EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN
£8 00
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 16yrs+
Thursday July 27 – 9.30pm 60mins
JON COURTENAY: MENTAL FLAVOUR (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Turns out being on telly ain’t all red carpets and glamour. Especially during Covid and lockdown
It’s enough to drive you crazy, or dare we say mental?
Music and comedy has been Jon’s therapy through it all and now he brings it to Bedford in this brand new show.
Join the Britain’s Got Talent winner for an hour of unflinching honesty, comedy and music as he lays back on the couch of Bedford and tries to keep his sanity intact for your entertainment pleasure
“A show stopping comedy performance” THE SUN
£12.50
THE QUARRY THEATRE STUDIO
THE QUARRY THEATRE, BEDFORD 14yrs+
Thursday July 20 – 9.15pm 60mins
