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Jazz musician plays village show
KENNY Ball and His Jazzmen are set to return to a Bedfordshire village for the second time in 18 months.
Soulful singers come to Bedford
WHEN you hear the name The Three Degrees you immediately think of their most famous song When Will I See You Again.
Double bill of shows
After its successful Christmas show George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dumbstruck! Productions return to The Place Theatre with a double bill of one-man shows. This double bill of old fashioned Americana aims to explore 1950s America, with its conflicting values, competing drives and remarkable achievements.
Louie Spence to star in Milton Keynes Theatre’s next panto
Milton Keynes Theatre has announce today that everyone’s favourite TV personality Louie Spence (ITV’s Dancing on Ice, Sky TV’s Pineapple Dance Studio and Louie Spence’s Showbusiness) has been confirmed as the star of this year’s pantomime. Louie wowed audiences at Manchester Opera House last year by performing the role of Dandini in the pantomime Cinderella, breaking box office records and receiving outstanding reviews:
Stand-up duo come to Bedford
TWO of the UK’s most sought after stand-up comedians have teamed up to present a unique double-headline show.
Nutcracker is plum treat for families
MATTHEW Bourne’s sensational Nutcracker! returns to Milton Keynes Theatre next week after another hugely successful Christmas season at London’s Sadler’s Wells,
REVIEW: Essex – it’s the only way to enjoy the Fun Fair!
A snap shot of the 1970s is superbly recreated at Milton Keynes Theatre this week with the production of All the Fun of the Fair which highlights the trials and tribulations of travelling fairground folk.
Laughter galore in a fast-paced farce
A FAST, furious and frantic farce set in a French hotel will put you in mind of popular television programme, Fawlty Towers.
Save The Last Dance for 1960s homage
THERE’S gold in nostalgia as one of the country’s top writng duos have discovered. Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran have been responsible for some of the biggest comedy hits on radio and TV over the past 35 years with the likes of Bird of a Feather, Shine On Harvey Moon, The New Statesman and Goodnight Sweetheart.
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Rock On with David Essex in All The Fun of The Fair
I RECEIVED hate mail from fans around the world the last time I dared to criticise pop legend David Essex for a performance but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with his portrayal of a loving father and carnival boss in his smash hit show All The Fun Of The Fair which returns to Milton Keynes Theatre next week.
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Weather for Bedford
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 9 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: South west
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Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
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