diary of arts events in the area
Please check the diary of events below to see what's on in the area of North Bedfordshire or available online. You will find details of our own lectures and events and those of other organisations that may be of interest. You can use the arrow at the bottom of the list to see more events.
If you are involved with an arts event in the area and would like us to add it to our diary, please contact us.
Arts in the Area
Produced By: Swan Theatre Company Read Poets: 5 Oct - Light at the End of the Tunnel / 2 Nov - Witchcraft and Wizardry / 7 December - Eighth Midwinter Chill
By Dr Barnaby Wright : Bedford School Art department presents. Five radical Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from The Courtauld Gallery
St Andrew's Church Hall
'A Queer Inheritance - Alternative Histories In the National Trust.
Produced By: Lamphouse: This new comedy take on Jules Verne’s classic novel will be one epic night out, full of belly laughs, brand new music.
Venue to be announced
A family-friendly show to enjoy in the run-up to the festive season.
The Annunciation in Art. Inspiration for some of the most beautiful images in Western Art.
A family-friendly show to enjoy in the run-up to the festive season.
Venue to be announced. Generously Sponsored by Eagle Travel
Nunkie Theatre Company: Two ghost stories by M R James. Performed by R M Lloyd Parry
Produced By: Swan Theatre Company Read Poets: 5 Oct - Light at the End of the Tunnel / 2 Nov - Witchcraft and Wizardry / 7 December - Eighth Midwinter Chill
Produced By: The Pantaloons: Join utter legends Robin, Marian and the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest for a hilariously adventurous take on the timeless tales of everyone's favourite archer.
Dare to believe in magic as the UK's #1 magic show returns with a completely new and uplifting production for 2025.
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ fantastical festive fable.
Natalie Doig, from the award winning podcast 'Weird in the Wade', on The Milton Ernest Witches - Mary and Mother Sutto. Venue to be announced.
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ fantastical festive fable.
The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ fantastical festive fable.
Produced By: The Pantaloons: Join utter legends Robin, Marian and the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest for a hilariously adventurous take on the timeless tales of everyone's favourite archer.
Imelda Staunton joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Imelda Staunton joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Lecturer: Simon Whitehouse. Click here to book.
The illusionist who hid Tempsford Airfield. Venue tba.
Lecturer: Jane Gardiner
Perry Straker on Norman Hartnell
Venue tba.
Lecturer: Anna Warrilow
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Venue tbc.
Lecturer - Isabelle Kent. Three Lectures covering : (1) Diego Velázquez (2) Murillo and Baroque Seville (3) The Obsession for Spanish art in Britain.
Coffee from 10.15am. Lunch included. Full details to follow. Booking from October.
Flabbergast’s Macbeth fuses a rigorous and respectful approach to text and storytelling to bring a magical, lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy to life. Puppetry, clown, ensemble, physical theatre, and exhilarating live music, combine in a powerful and provocative interpretation.
Flabbergast’s Macbeth fuses a rigorous and respectful approach to text and storytelling to bring a magical, lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy to life. Puppetry, clown, ensemble, physical theatre, and exhilarating live music, combine in a powerful and provocative interpretation.
Lecturer: Meri Arichi
Venue tbc
Full details to follow. Bookings taken from January. Click here to register interest.
Aard-winning Dyad Productions and Company Gavin Robertson are joining forces!
Every hospital, medical-based, Doctors-and-Nurses cliche-ridden drama onstage in a comedy mash-up spoof! It'll have you in stitches!
Including anatomy, aeronautics, cartography and engineering. Lecturer: Guy Rooker
Lecturer: Alice White. Her perspective on art from 17th to 21st centuries
Sumptuous and opulent jewellery, from 1890 to 1929. Lecturer: Andrew Prince.
History of the River Ouse with tea on the boat. Full details to follow. Click here to register interest.
Lecturer: Mark Hill
Grinling Gibbons and his carvings in wood. Lecturer: Justin Reay
A journey into the heavenly realm through angelic words and music. Lecturer: Patrick Craig
The photo at the top of this page shows work produced during a Young Arts project and is used by kind permission of Hilary Birkett.