Welcome to the quarry theatre | BedforD
Located on St. Peter's Street, in the heart of Bedford, we are a performing arts facility for Bedford School and the town.
Contacting us: The best method of contact is by email (boxoffice@quarrytheatre.org.uk). If you wish to contact us via phone, please do this during an event (check our website for all event listings) as staff will be present to take the call.
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Quarry Theatre Highlights
much ado about nothing
Thursday 17th July, 7pm
Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues across the UK.
Join the troupe at The Quarry Theatre for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ like you’ve never seen before. In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.
the gruffalo’s child
3rd - 4th October, times vary
Saturday 2.30pm show - SOLD OUT
Adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s award-winning picture book
The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo shouldEver set foot in the deep dark wood...
Follow the Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories’ enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She follows snowy tracks and encounters mysterious creatures – but the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist... does he?
ian stone is “looking for the wow”
Saturday 6th June, 2026, 7.30pm
Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane and the routine before the inevitable slide to disease, decay and death. Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing and maybe a smidge of wonderful?
A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista would be enchanting for some but my ancestors wandered in the desert for forty years, I think we’ve been outdoors enough. Others get their fix from the spiritual but I’ve been harbouring a grudge against God since my mother stopped me going to Arsenal after my Barmitzvah. Forty nine years ago. ’God will be watching’ she said. Well, at least he got to see the game.
The point is, life could be so much better so I’m on the lookout. Come and join me on the hunt.
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