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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

in other words

Friday 21st March, 7.30pm

They call it ‘the incident’ now. What happened when they first met. He always said it was part of his ‘romantic plan’, but they both know that’s rubbish.

Connected by the music of Frank Sinatra, this intimate, humorous and deeply moving love story explores the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and the transformative power of music to help us remember the past, connect with the present and hope for the future.

”Outstanding” ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN

“Powerful” ★★★★ THE SUNDAY TIMES

”heart-breaking” ★★★★ THE STAGE

the worst princess

Saturday 5th April, 11.30am & 2pm

A delightful dragontastic show for pop princesses and naughty knights.

Full House Theatre’s new family show is about to explode into a theatre near you bringing this bestselling picture book to life on stage. The whole family will enjoy laugh-out-loud comedy, cool puppets, sing along pop anthems and a dazzling larger-than-life dragon.

Feisty Sue is not your everyday fairy tale superstar, in fact she’s The Worst Princess. After being rescued by her twit of a prince she’s ready to start her happy end. But first she’ll have to make friends with a dragon, escape from a tower and set the Prince’s pants on fire with her new fire-breathing bestie. Will Sue find her happily ever after?

shark in the park

Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th April, times vary

Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, is that a Shark, in the Park!? From the creative team behind ‘The Hairy Maclary show’ and ‘You Choose’ - see all 3 of Nick Sharratt’s ‘Shark in the Park’ books live on Stage!

Featuring all 3 of the ‘Shark in the Park’ Series – Shark in the Park, Shark in the Dark and Shark in the Park on a Windy Day – this fin-tastic, family musical follows Timothy Pope (and his telescope!) on 3 exciting adven-tures…

“Nick Sharratt's clever and simple keyhole books for early years have had a triumphant makeover for the stage.” THE STAGE

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“Beautiful building, lovely garden, large bar, fantastic theatre and really friendly staff.”

 

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