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.
Bedford School & Bedford Preparatory School events click here.
Visit the Bedford Festival Fringe 2026 programme click here.
Quarry Theatre Highlights
Ian stone is “looking for the wow”
Saturday 6th June, 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.
matt forde: defying calamity
Friday 10th July, 7.30pm
In his biggest live tour to date leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politics and his own health.
“The most topically incisive impersonator on the block… It’s laugh-a-minute stuff, underpinned by the kind of wisdom and natural resilience our leaders could learn from. He was always impressive, but he deserves his inevitable standing-ovation as never before” ★★★★★ DAILY TELEGRAPH
bedfringe 2026
Wednesday 22nd - Sunday 26th July
From Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th July, Bedford will host the 19th International Bedford Festival Fringe bringing to the town a carefully selected programme of comedy, theatre, live music, film, dance & physical theatre, spoken word and poetry to your doorstep.
This year, events will be held at The Quarry Theatre and The Place Theatre. Expect to see 100+ events in 5 days across 5 venues! Hopefully there will be something for everyone.
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“Beautiful building, lovely garden, large bar, fantastic theatre and really friendly staff.”
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