Festival programme - week 4
.. Week 4 in Detail plus Special Features.
FESTIVAL ALL-AGE HALF TERM FUN
Sunday 24 May at 12.30 pm for 1 pm (FREE with a 2.15 pm concert ticket)
St Peter’s Church, De Parys Avenue, Bedford
BIG SING4KIDZ ~ an hour of singing with Adrian Boynton and Richard Heyes
A ’big fun warm up’ rehearsal for the Finale of the next event!
FREE to the first 250 children to buy tickets for the . . .
Sunday 24 May at 2.15 pm - Erskine May Hall, Bedford Prep School
De Parys Avenue, Bedford (next door to St Peter’s Church)
Sunday 24 May 7.30 pm £18.00* / £12.00 unwaged*
CANCELLED due to insufficient ticket sales
Erskine May Hall - Bedford Preparatory School
De Parys Avenue, Bedford next door to St Peter’s Church
FESTIVAL PROM
Compere : Malcolm Singer
Artistic Director : Paul Burrett
Stage Manager : Lee Stanley
Up-Stage Festival Tech Team
Supported by
Bedfordshire Music
Malcolm Singer introduces a
traditional ‘Last Night’ with
Ian Smith, Tim Grant Jones & Bedford Choral Society. Add more of the greatest Bedfordshire musicians and international tenor,
MARK LE BROCQ
under the artistic direction of
Paul Burrett and - WOW!
Prepare to enjoy Irene Grant-Jones, Elaine Huckle, Paul Edwards,
Rebecca and Simeon Grant Jones, The Hit Squad, Cristian Grajner Desa and Jonathan Burrett and Northamptonshire's celebrated pianist, Ian Clarke
Supporting the Utange Orphanage
www.thesurefoundation.org.uk
Charity CD £8.50 Irene Grant-Jones sings all the favourites on her ‘Handle With Care’ CD including Ave Maria, Memory, Pie Jesu, From a distance. Irene is kindly giving 100% of the proceeds of the CDs to Utange Orphanage Project orphans. To order a copy please visit www.grant-jones.co.uk and click on charity CD. The ideal gift!
www.youtube.com/SopranoIGJ
Sponsored by the
ST GEORGE’S DAY CHARITY
Tuesday 26 May - Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
CELEBRATION OF AMDRAM
JENNY MEETS JERSEY—AND JOHN OLIVER!
Stewartby Village Hall - free parking!
Director for the night : Jenny Curzon
One of Bedford's most accomplished directors ~ Carousel at the Corn Exchange this week!
Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
6 pm—8.45 pm £5.00*
Jersey Amateur Dramatic Company fly in to present A David Tristram double bill
Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
6 pm “The Last Panto in St Martin”
Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
7.30 pm “The Fat Lady Sings in St Martin”. Jersey Eisteddfod Platinum winners 2008
This crowd play to packed audiences in Jersey! Come on down and give them a big welcome!
Stewartby Operatic are thanked for assisting with Props!
Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
9 pm—11 pm £5*
Bedford Pantomime Company ~Bedford Marionettes
Stewartby Village Hall - Bar and Food
9.30 pm Tribute to John Oliver with Barry Thompson & Richard Hardwick
Jenny, Richard Hardwick and Barry Thompson share their memories of former Bedford schoolboy, actor and comic Showbiz Patron, John Oliver
Book Stewartby Village Hall events HERE
Wednesday 27 May at 8 pm ~ Addison Centre, Kempston
BEDFORD ELECTRONIC ORGAN SOCIETY
presents DANIEL WATT- international organist extraordinaire
Tickets on door: £3.40 members/ £4.00 non members
* TICKETS FROM BEDFORD CENTRAL BOX OFFICE 01234 269519
* ONLINE www.bedfordcornexchange.co.uk/events/whats-on
Bedford Jersey Arts festival
1 May – 5 July 2009 in Bedfordshire UK
Celebrating 70 years of friendship 1939—2009
“Victoria College, Jersey children evacuated to Bedford School during the Nazi Occupation of Jersey in WWII”
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