Childrens events listing

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1st-2nd June: Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Date(s): Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd June
Time(s): 7.30pm

Description: Following their successful production of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in November, the Masqueraders are proud to present the outrageous hit sci-fi musical Little Shop of Horrors. An affectionate spoof of 1950s horror and science fiction movies, Little Shop was created by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and based on a low budget cult 1960 black comedy film directed by Roger Corman. We follow the adventures of Seymour, a meek shop assistant from a skid row flower shop, as he becomes an overnight sensation after discovering an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. As he tries to keep the ever-growing plant content, our hero exasperates his boss, meets a sweet girl, and encounters a deranged dentist. Will any of them survive? Come along and find out!
Tickets: £8.50; Conc: £7.50 (June: £10)
Performed by: Leighton Masqueraders.

6th June: We Bought a Zoo (PG)

We Bought a Zoo (PG)

Date(s): Wednesday 6th June
Time(s): 2.00pm & 8.00pm

Description: A true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic work force, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo and the family unit to its former wonder and glory.
Duration: 124 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Cameron Crowe.
Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Hayden Church.
View Trailer/Website: We Bought a Zoo Film Trailer.

7th June: Hunger Games (12A)

Hunger Games (12A)

Date(s): Thursday 7th & Wednesday 20th June
Time(s): 7th: 2.00pm & 8.00pm; 20th: 8.00pm

Description: Taken from Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel. Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. This televised event sees “Tributes” pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena.
Duration: 122 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
View Trailer/Website: Hunger Games Film Trailer.

20th June: Hunger Games (12A)

Hunger Games (12A)

Date(s): Wednesday 20th June
Time(s): 8.00pm

7th July: Flame of Hope Inspiring Music

Flame of Hope Inspiring Music

Date(s): Saturday 7th July
Time: 7.00pm

Description: Come celebrate the spirit of the Olympics with performances inspired by sport and world culture. A collection of the county’s best young talent and alumni from Inspiring Music, Central Bedfordshire’s music service, invite you to join them as they mark the historic arrival of the Olympic torch in Central Bedfordshire. Expect stirring performances with a mixed programme of brass, strings, vocal and piano featuring soloists and ensembles.
Tickets: £6; Concs:£4

12-14th July: The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Date(s): Thursday 12th, Friday 13th & Saturday 14th July
Time(s): 8.00pm

Description: L.B.D.G. proudly present Oscar Wilde’s timelessly humorous and most famous play. Of it he wrote: “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy ...that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” A great night awaits from one of the foremost theatre groups in town!
Tickets: £9.50; Conc: £8.50 (12th - buy 4 tickets get the cheapest free)
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Drama Group.

21st July: Oliver Bland and the Magical Movie Menance

Oliver Bland and the Magical Movie of Menace

Date(s): Saturday 21st July
Time(s): 7.30pm

Description: When Oliver Bland gets tickets for the premier of the year he thought he was in for the best night. Little did he know the disasters that were going to befall him (not to mention the rest of the country). A huge fan of the movies, Oliver is the perfect person to defend the country, with a little help from his Gran! With dastardly villains, plenty of action and adventure, and some romance. This promises to be a thrilling ride!
Tickets: £8; Conc: £5
Performed by: Sparx Theatre Company.

24-25th July: Moonrise Kingdom (12A)

Moonrise Kingdom (12A)

Date(s): Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th July
Time(s): 8.00pm

Description: Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down, which might not be such a bad thing.
Duration: 94 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Wes Anderson.
Starring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward and Bruce Willis.
View Trailer/Website: Moonrise Kingdom Film Trailer.

25-26th July: Pirates! (U)

Pirates In the Adventure with Scientists! (U)

Date(s): Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th July
Time(s): 2.00pm

Description: Pirates! is Aardman’s fifth feature-length project. It is based on the first two books in the Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe, and follows a pirate captain called the Pirate Captain who is determined to win a Pirate of the Year Award, in the face of some stiff competition from his swaggering rivals, Peg Leg Hastings, Cutlass Liz and Black Bellamy.
Duration: 88 mins
Country: UK
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven.
View Trailer/Website: Pirates In the Adventure with Scientists Film Trailer.

27th July: Leighton Buzzard Childrens Theatre

Leighton Buzzard Childrens Theatre

Date(s): Friday 27th July
Time(s): 1.00pm & 4.00pm

Description: Another show is coming soon, we just cant reveal it quite yet! Please check back and we will share the details as soon as the show has been confirmed.
Tickets: £5; Conc: £4
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Childrens Theatre.

28th July: Singin' in the Rain (U) - Classic Screening

Singin' in the Rain (U) - Classic Screening

Date(s): Saturday 28th July
Time(s): 8.00pm

Description: Singin’ in the Rain is one of the most celebrated film musicals of all time that mirrors the transition from silent films to the talkies. Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. When Don and Lina’s latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs, however Lina, even with a diction coach, has her voice dubbed over. Kathy Selden arrives, an aspiring actress that can sing. While she is working on the movie Don falls in love with her.
Duration: 103 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly.
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds.
View Trailer/Website: Singin' in the Rain Film Trailer.