Bedford Festival Fringe

The 14th Annual Bedford Festival Fringe

From Thursday 22nd July to Sunday 1st August, Bedford will host the 14th International Bedford Festival Fringe bringing to the town a carefully selected programme of comedy, theatre, live music, fi lm, dance & physical theatre, spoken word and poetry. This year, events will be held at The Quarry Theatre. Expect to see 150+ events in 11 days across 3 venues!

Here are a few of our top picks!

Alfi e Moore: It’s A Fair Cop – Comedy

22 July Quarry Theatre (13yrs+) Join Humberside police sergeant-turnedcomedian Alfi e Moore for a live version of his critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy show ‘IT’S A FAIR COP’.

Silent Adventures – Music

24 July Quarry Theatre Fourecourt (All Ages) Join the Silent Adventures Team as we lead you in song and dance around the streets & squares of Bedford for our famous one hour guided adventure.

The Dark Room (For Kids!)

24 July Quarry Theatre (11yrs+) John Robertson returns to Bedfringe with his terrifying, live-action videogame ‘The Dark Room’, now in Family Friendly fl avour!

Juliette Burton: ReDefined - Comedy

31 July Quarry Theatre (14yrs+) Juliette’s original show was all about what happened when everything steadfast in her life back in 2018 vanished leading her to redefine her love, life and labels... herself. Now she’s back to explore how recent times have Redefined EVERYTHING.

Max Fulham & Matt Daniel-Baker in ‘An Extraordinary Evening’ - Comedy

29 July Quarry Theatre (All Ages) A superb evening of Comedy & Mind Reading. TWO sensational talents perform their extraordinary skills for ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq - Music

30 July Quarry Theatre Garden (14yrs+) Bedford’s own viral star returns to Bedfringe. With over 140,000 subscribers and over 8 million views of his notorious, sweary classic ‘I’ve No More .... To Give’ on YouTube alone, Thomas will be bringing his banjolele for a mix of (radio friendly versions of) his original satirical songs and sing-a-long classics.

‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night - Poetry & Spoken Word

31 July Quarry Theatre (12yrs+) Bedfringe regular, and twice a ‘Bedfringe Sellout’, Mark Steinhardt is back for the eighth time in the last eleven years.

Pip Utton: Einstein - Theatre

1 August Quarry Theatre (13yrs+) ‘Einstein’ is Pip’s latest work. Probably the most famous scientist of all time, Albert Einstein is the image of a crazy scientist, a mad professor. Pip brings to life not only the scientist but a musician, politician, human rights campaigner and a ‘deeply religious Jew who doesn’t believe in God’. For the full line up and tickets visit WWW.BEDFRINGE.COM

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