Reference
E/CU4/6/1
Title
File on Bedford Theatre Project including the following:
Date free text
1976 - 1989
Production date
From: 1976 To: 1989
Scope and Content
- Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of Bedford Theatre Trust Limited;
- final notices from Companies Registration Office demanding annual return for 1975;
- Balance Sheet and Accounts for 1974-76; 1980-82; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987
- underwriting by the Trust of performances in various venues, including Bedford School Theatre, to insure the venues against financial loss - performances (those of which asterisked are described in promotional literature) include the following: The Decameron by Paines Plough [1981]*; Macbeth by Theatre Exchange [1982]; A Little Like Drowning by C.V.One Theatre Company [1982]; The Famous Miss Burney by Karin Fernald [1982]; Cider with Rosie by Jill Freud & Co. [1982]; short term community arts project in Queens Park [1984]; workshops by Mantis Dance Troup [1984]; John Bunyan - Prisoner of Conscience [1984]; Tom Sawyer by SNAP People’s Theatre Trust [1985]; Mick Wall, community mime artist [1985]; "Pride of Pakistan" musical evening [1985]; Nola Rae and John Mowat, mime artists [1986]; exhibitions at Cecil Higgins Art Gallery [1985]; The Living Memory Play by Special Adult Learning Programme and Adult Education Service [1986]*; Rabindranath Tagore Festival by National Association for Multicultural Education and Asian Cultural Society of Bedford [1986]; Waiting for Godot by Not the National Theatre Company [1986]*; Macbeth by Compass Theatre Company [1986]*; Bedford Lazy Sunday event by Bedford Unemployed Workers Centre [1987]*; Daisy Hungarian Dance Company [1987]; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Metro Theatre Company [1987]; Son et Lumiere Company [1987]; An Evening with Queen Victoria by Prunella Scales at Ouse Valley Arts Festival [1988]; Black Tom Community Play [1989]*;
- article in Bedfordshire on Sunday criticising the Bedford Theatre Project for not finding a suitable building in Bedford to serve as a theatre; with the Trust’s response [1983];
- letter from Community Arts Bedford detailing workshops for the coming month [1984];
- Bedford School Theatre newsletter highlighting forthcoming events including Mick Wall, clown mime artist and "Hanging Around" by Trestle Theatre Company [1984];
- invitation to Bedfordshire County Council Chief Education Officer to become a member or director of the Trust [1989].
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