ARTISTIC EVENTS AT BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL

Modern
Arts
ARTISTIC EVENTS AT BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL
2015/16
Booking
Information
Tickets for most, but not all, events and performances listed in this brochure
are available by contacting our Box Office on:
01234 332664
Tickets for Junior School events are available by telephoning 01234 332513.
Please check listings for details. You may need to obtain a ticket even for free
events - if in doubt please get in touch.
Students involved in productions are entitled to claim two complimentary tickets
for the majority of events.
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Tickets for concerts and plays at Bedford Modern School are subsidised
by the School, allowing us to keep prices low. Please do not overbook
for events as this can prevent others from claiming tickets. If you do
find yourself with spare tickets please notify the Box Office as soon as
possible as we may be able to re-sell them.
For more information about the Arts at Bedford Modern School please take a
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Welcome
Welcome to the 2015-16 season of artistic events at Bedford
Modern School. The months ahead bring a packed programme of
music, drama, dance, film and exhibitions featuring students from
Years 3 to 13.
This Autumn’s exciting programme includes such perennial favourites
as the House Drama Competition, the traditional Christmas Concert
and the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Theatre In Transit, our
Year 12 and 13 Theatre Company, present a new production of The
Revenger’s Tragedy this November, while our youngest students will
be displaying their musical skills in the Junior School Concert and
their acting abilities in the annual Christmas Production. The School is
delighted to be hosting, and performing in, ACT! - a brand new drama
festival featuring schools from across the county.
Open Mic Night, Dance! and Speech and Drama Showcases return in
February followed by a spectacular staging of Little Shop Of Horrors.
This production, showing over five nights, features students from Years
11 to 13 and promises to sell out fast so be sure to book early! Finally
Film Night highlights the work of our Sixth Form Film Studies students.
The Summer Term sees the School Choir and orchestral musicians
perform in the Classical Showcase whilst students from Years 7 to 10
present their production of the Wild West classic Calamity Jane in May.
Finally, to finish the year, don’t miss the Summer Concert or the Art
Exhibitions from our GCSE and A Level students.
We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your continued support.
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For the benefit of our patrons and for child protection reasons we no longer allow
the taking of photographs or the use of video equipment by audience members
at the majority of our events. Official photographs and video recordings may
be available.
Laura Coltman (Director of Performance Arts)
John Mower (Director of Music)
Sian Milton (Head of Art, Design and Information Technology Faculty)
John Sanders (Head of Film Studies)
All year round
School Site
ART
Thursday 15 October 2015
Howard Hall
7.00pm
All Tickets £3
Wednesday 04 November Saturday 07 November 2015
The Place Theatre, Bradgate Road, Bedford
7.30pm
Adults £8 / Concessions £6
THEATRE IN TRANSIT PRESENTS
THe REVENGEr's TrAGEDY
Theatre In Transit return to The Place
with Thomas Middleton/Cyril Tourneur’s
The Revenger’s Tragedy.
Vindice, incensed by the deaths of
both his fiancée and father, vows to
take revenge on the members of the
seemingly infallible ruling class. These
actions begin a chain of events that lead
him towards his own, dark fate...
Exploring the corrupt world of British
and European renaissance courts, whilst
drawing modern parallels, The Revenger’s
Tragedy features adult content that may
be unsuitable for younger audiences.
Tickets can also be purchased online at
www.theplacebedford.org.uk
Tuesday 10 November 2015
Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes
7.00pm
ROMEO &
JULIET
An exhibition of A Level and GCSE work
can be viewed in school throughout the
year.
A House event involving Senior School
students performing six one act plays.
The majority of the material is original
and the plays are directed solely by the
students themselves. A guest adjudicator
will judge the performances. A battle to
be the best...
BMS perform an abridged version of
Shakespeare’s tragic love story as part of
the 2015 Shakespeare Schools Festival.
For tickets call 01908 324466 or visit
www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk
Monday 16 November and Tuesday 17 November 2015
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
ACT!'15
Gothic HoRror
Friday 20 November 2015
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
Junior School
Concert
Monday 23 November Tuesday 24 November 2015
7.00pm
Howard Hall
Free Admission
GCSE
DRAMA
PRACTICALS
Bedford Modern School hosts Bedford’s brand new Drama Festival. Schools from
across the county come together to perform two tense, spellbinding evenings of
nineteenth century horror stories.
Tuesday 17 November 2015
M1 - Music School
4.30pm
Free Admission
Tea Time Concert
An opportunity for both the Junior and
Senior School students to perform in an
informal environment.
An opportunity to hear ensembles and
soloists from the Junior School perform
in a formal setting.
GCSE Drama students perform devised
pieces for the final assessed practical
exam of their course. These pieces may
contain strong language and may be
unsuitable for younger audiences.
Thursday 26 November 2015
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
Wednesday 09 December 2015
Howard Hall
7.30pm
Adults £5 / Concessions £3
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Concert
SPEECH &
DRAMA
SHOWCASE
An opportunity for our Speech and
Drama students from Years 7 and 8 to
showcase their work in progress.
Sunday 13 December 2015
St Paul’s Church, Bedford
6.30pm
Free Admission
Service of
Nine Lessons
& Carols
Thursday 03 December 2015
4.30pm
Friday 04 December 2015
2.15pm and 7.00pm
Howard Hall
Adults £4 / Concessions £2
Thursday 14 January 2016
Christopher Fry Hall
4.30pm
Free Admission
JUNIOR SPEECH
& DRAMA
SHOWCASE
An opportunity for our Speech and Drama
students from Years 3 to 6 to showcase
their work in progress in an informal tea
time environment.
JUNIOR SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS
PRODUCTIONh
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Music School
During the school day
Free Admission
MUSIC PRIZES
SENIOR SCHOOL YEARS 7 -13
Every pupil from the Junior School will
take part in this evening of song, dance
and enchanting story telling.
Call 01234 332513 for tickets.
The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
is set in the beautiful surroundings of St
Paul’s Church.
An opportunity to sing carols and enjoy a
selection of Christmas music performed
by the School’s orchestra, choirs, bands
and other ensembles.
The traditional readings are interspersed
with performances from the School Choir
and carols for everyone.
A chance for students to compete with
their peers to win prizes in performance
specific to their year or instrument.
Friday 29 January 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
Thursday 04 February Friday 05 February 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
All Tickets £4
Open Dance!
Mic
NIGHT
Thursday 11 February 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
SPEECH &
DRAMA
SHOWCASE
An opportunity for our Speech and
Drama students from Years 9 to 13 to
showcase their work in progress.
Students will perform poems, prose,
extracts from plays and pieces of musical
theatre as they work towards their
LAMDA qualifications.
Thursday 11 February 2016
Christopher Fry Hall
All day
Free Admission
A House event in which Junior School
pupils battle it out to become House
Music champions!
Saturday 05 March Saturday 12 March 2016
Bedford Corn Exchange /Times Vary
Fee payable on door
Visit the Howard Hall as it is transformed
into Bedford’s premiere Rock venue for
one night only!
A two day extravaganza of dance and
entertainment.
Student bands and soloists from across
the School get the opportunity to make a
lot of noise and rock the house.
A chance to see our talented dancers
and singers from Years 3 to 13 perform
accompanied by a live band!
BEDFORDSHIRE
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC,
SPEECH & DRAMA
Students taking Speech and Drama
lessons at BMS get the opportunity to
perform their pieces before a panel of
adjudicators.
Monday 07 March - Tuesday 08 March
Thursday 10 March - Saturday 12 March 2016
Howard Hall
7.30pm
Adults £8 / Concessions £6
Little Shop of HORRORS
Down-and-out shop worker Seymour
becomes an overnight sensation when
he raises a plant that feeds on fresh
blood. Soon the plant is taking over
the world and offering Seymour fame
and fortune in exchange for feeding its
growing appetite. Will Seymour give in to
the plant’s demands and will he win the
heart of kooky shop assistant Audrey?
With a mixture of popular music styles
– including rock ’n’ roll, doowap and
Motown – Little Shop of Horrors is a
charming and funny boy-meets-girl,
plant-eats-world musical that never fails
to entertain. But remember… don’t feed
the plants!
Book & lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN
Music by ALAN MENKEN
Based on the film by Roger Corman
Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City, by
the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the
Shubert Organisation.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF
WEINBERGER LTD. on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW
YORK.
Tuesday 15 March 2016
M1 - Music School
4.30pm
Free Admission
Tea Time Chamber
Music Concert
An opportunity for both the Junior and
Senior School students to perform in an
informal environment.
Thursday 17 March 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
FILM NIGHT
AS and A2 Level Film Studies students
present the work that they have produced
during their courses on the big screen!
These pieces may contain strong language
and adult themes and may therefore be
unsuitable for younger audiences.
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
AS LeVEL
PRACTICALS
AS Level Theatre Studies students perform
extracts from scripted plays.
These pieces may contain strong language and
may be unsuitable for younger audiences.
Thursday 21 April 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
band
night
A vibrant evening of music from
the Senior School’s wind, brass and
percussion ensembles.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Free Admission
Saturday 07 May 2016
School Site
Times and venues vary
PRACTICALS
YEARS 11 -13
A LeVEL
A Level Theatre Studies students perform
devised pieces for the final assessed
practical exam of their course.
These pieces may contain strong
language and may be unsuitable for
younger audiences.
Thursday 05 May 2016
Howard Hall
7.30pm
Adults £5 / Concessions £3
LAMDA EXAMS
Speech and Drama students perform in
front of examiners from LAMDA.
Wednesday 18 May Saturday 21 May 2016
Howard Hall
7.30pm
Adults £8 / Concessions £6
CALAMITY
CLASSICAL (JANE)
SHOWCASE
Calamity Jane can outrun and outshoot
any man in Deadwood. Hard, boastful
and desperate to impress, she travels to
Chicago on the Deadwood Stage to recruit
a star, Adelaid Adams. But things don’t go
too smoothly for Calamity, as everyone in
town favours the new girl and she struggles
to keep her jealousy and pride in check.
It takes her long standing enemy Wild Bill
Hickok to make her see sense, and realise
her Secret Love…
A concert programme giving our Senior School musicians the experience of performing
works from the orchestral and choral repertoire.
With an Oscar nominated score that
includes The Black Hills of Dakota, The
Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), Just
Blew in from the Windy City and the Award
winning song Secret Love, don’t miss this
new production that blows into BMS for one
week only.
June 2016
Dates and venue to be confirmed
Free Admission
June 2016
Dates and venue to be confirmed
Free Admission
June 2016
Dates and venue to be confirmed
Free Admission
GCSE ART
AS LEVEL ART
A LEVEL ART MUSIC PRIZES
EXHIBITION EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
Thursday 09 June 2016
Music School
During the school day
Free Admission
JUNIOR SCHOOL YEARS 3 - 6
Prize entries are welcomed from all
students whether they have lessons in
or out of school.
Thursday 16 June 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Adults £4 / Concessions £2
Summer
=
C o n c ert
The final chance for Art students to
exhibit the very best of their year’s A
Level work.
Wednesday 08 June 2016
M1 - Music School
4.30pm
Free Admission
Students
from
Year
11
present
coursework produced over their two year
course and an exam piece created during
a 10 hour examination.
An exhibition of work taken from AS Level
students’ portfolios. Featuring disciplines
as varied as photography, printmaking,
ceramics and painting. This exhibition
displays the best art works produced
over the one year course.
Junior School
Tea Time Concert
An opportunity for Junior School students
to perform in an informal environment.
An evening of music performed by
various ensembles from the Junior and
Senior Schools.
Thursday 23 June Friday 24 June 2016
Howard Hall / 7.00pm
Adults £4 / Concessions £2
Junior School
Production
A smaller scale production to enable the
most dedicated performers from Years 5
and 6 to display their talents.
At a glance
SEPTEMBER
MARCH
03 September - Term Starts
05 - 12 March - Bedfordshire
Festival Of Music, Speech and Drama
07 - 10 March - Little Shop of Horrors
15 March - Tea Time Chamber Music
Concert
17 March - Film Night
18 March - Term Ends
OCTOBER
15 October - House Drama
19 October - Half Term (Two Weeks)
NOVEMBER
Saturday 25 June 2016
School Site
Times and venues vary
LAMDA EXAMS
YEARS 3 - 10
Speech and Drama students perform in
front of examiners from LAMDA.
Friday 01 July 2016
Howard Hall
7.00pm
Invitation Only
Artistic
Achievement
Awards 2016
An
evening
celebrating
students’
achievements in the Arts. Prizes are
interspersed with performances from
productions, concerts and practical
examinations that have taken place
since September.
02 November - Term Resumes
04 - 07 November - The Revenger’s
Tragedy
10 November - Romeo and Juliet
16 - 17 November - Act!15
17 November - Tea Time Concert
20 November - Junior School Concert
23 - 24 November - GCSE Drama Practicals
26 November - Speech and Drama Showcase
DECEMBER
03 - 04 December - Junior School
Christmas Production
09 December - Christmas Concert
11 December - Term Ends
13 December - Nine Lessons and Carols
JANUARY
05
14
26
29
January
January
January
January
-
Term Starts
Speech and Drama Showcase
Music Prizes (Years 7-13)
Open Mic Night
FEBRUARY
04
11
11
15
- 05 February - Dance!
February - Speech and Drama Showcase
February - Junior House Music
- 19 February - Half Term
APRIL
12
19
21
26
April
April
April
April
-
Term Starts
AS Level Practicals
Band Night
A Level Practicals
MAY
05
07
18
30
May - Classical Showcase
May - LAMDA Exams (Years 11-13)
- 21 May - Calamity Jane
May - 03 June - Half Term
JUNE
08 June - Junior School Tea Time Concert
09 June - Music Prizes (Years 3 - 6)
17 June - Summer Concert
23 - 24 June - Junior School Production
25 June - LAMDA Exams (Years 3-10)
Date TBC - GCSE, AS and A Level Art
Exhibitions
JULY
01 July - Artistic Achievement Awards
08 July - Term Ends
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