The 45th Bedford Park Festival: June 11-26 2011
How to book tickets for Festival events
Tickets are on sale at the door for most events - and you can also buy tickets for future events there.
Advance booking is advisable for popular events: Advance Booking Forms are also available in St Michael & All Angels Church and Puff'n'Stuff opposite the Church. Tickets for most events are available on the door, unless sold out. Discounts marked with an asterisk are for children, students and the unemployed. Box Office information from 020 8995 3285 or e-mail: Helen@may.be
To print your own Advance Booking Form, click here.
Programme of Events 2011
This year's programme of Festival events is the most varied ever, with events featuring Chiswick's world-famous Rambert Dance Company (right); West End musicals star Rosie Ashe (Phantom, Les Miserables, Mary Poppins); comedy from Dudley Sutton (Tinker in Lovejoy); Opera Novella's Mikado, with Fr Kevin Morris in the title role (below right); poetry with writer Blake Morrison; the London Tango Quintet; a Champagne Recital with Covent Garden tenor; a history of Punch & Judy; the Bedford Park Film Festival, including the film competition judged by Colin Firth - and all the regular exhibitions, gardens, house concerts and so on.
To see this year's full Festival programme, click here - and then 'Open' .
Friday 10 June 6.30-9pm
Art Exhibition Preview
Reception with wine and music. The preview party gets the Festival off to a flying start. A delightful opportunity to buy pictures, meet friends and listen to music.
Exhibition sponsored by Savills. Admission free, catalogue £1.
St Michael & All Angels Church. Refreshments and soft drinks on sale.
Saturday 11 June and Sunday 12 June - Green Days Fete & Craft Fair
Two days of fun on the Green, opposite St Michael's Church and Turnham Green tube
Saturday 11 June to Friday 17 June
The Bedford Park Summer Exhibition
An exhibition of works by local artists of all ages. All works are for sale and 30% of the proceeds go to the Festival causes. The sculpture for the poster, 'Ali Cat' (right) is by Kit Line. The original will be raffled - tickets on sale at exhibition.
Opening times: 12 Noon-7pm daily, except Sunday 12 June: 11.30am-6pm.
NB: Last viewing day Friday 17 June. Exhibition sponsored by Savills
St Michael & All Angels Church. Admission free, catalogue £1.
Saturday 11 June
Carolin Widmann: House Concert
An intimate concert in a beautiful Bedford Park house, followed by refreshments. International concert violinist Carolin Widmann performs J.S. Bach Partita in B minor BWV 1002; Lili Boulanger Nocturne; E. Ysaye Sonata N. 2 'Obsession'; Lili Boulanger Cortège; L. Berio Sequenza VIII. Accompanied by Barry Jobling (Piano).
Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
8pm. 15 Priory Avenue. Tickets £12
Sunday 12 June
The Magic of Musicals
West End diva Rosie Ashe, right (the original ‘Carlotta’ in Phantom of the Opera, ‘Felicia Gabriel’ in The Witches of Eastwick and ‘Madame Thenardier’ in Les Miserables) presents songs from the world's greatest musicals. Accompanied by pianist Jonathan Cohen (Play Away, MusicTime). “From the opening number…the smile rarely leaves your face” The Stage.
'Tabard Theatre Festival Weekend' sponsored by
Hamptons
7.30pm. Tabard Theatre £12 Please use Advance Booking Form. Refreshments in pub!
Monday 13 June
Duo Nuevo: Inspired by Dance
Ruth Corney (Flute) and Sam Cave (Guitar/Composer) perform a virtuosic programme of dance-inspired music from around the world, from pavane to tango.
Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP.
7.30pm for 8pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £12, £9*
Monday 13 June
Dudley Sutton: Old Enough To Know Better
Acute and personal political insights, vulgar verse and torrid prose fromthe misspent life of actor Dudley Sutton (Tinker in Lovejoy, Norman in Skins, Cockneys v Zombies). 'Genius...': his agent.' 'Idiot...': his Dad. Contains strong language, not suitable for children. 'Tabard Theatre Festival Weekend' sponsored by
Hamptons
8pm. Tabard Theatre £12 Please use Advance Booking Form. Refreshments in pub
Wednesday 15 June
Strictly Rambert
Mark Baldwin, Artistic Director of Rambert Dance Company - celebrating its 85th anniversary this month - talks about the world-famous company, based in Chiswick, and his own award-winning career as dancer and choreographer, in conversation with the BBC’s Torin Douglas. With archive footage, questions from the audience and a chance to become a member of Rambert’s Chiswick Friends.
Sponsored by Savills and
Ballet4Life
7.30pm for 8pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £12, £9*
Photo of Mark Baldwin with Rambert dancers: Carl Fox
Thursday 16 June
Lunch Recital: Faure, Finzi, Britten & Schumann
Alice Grattan (Soprano), Steven Irwin (Tenor) and Cecily Lock (Piano) perform songs by Gabriel Faure; Gerald Finzi's settings of Thomas Hardy poems; Benjamin Britten's song cycle 'On This Island' and duets by Robert Schumann. Refreshments available. Bring a picnic to have afterwards in the garden. Sponsored by
Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
1pm. The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Tickets £12, in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762
Thursday 16 June
Punch and Judy: That's the way to do it!
After 350 years, Mr Punch is still fighting his nagging wife, the police, and a sausage-fixated crocodile. Through some of the puppets themselves, Alix Booth (right) presents an entertaining History of Punch & Judy, challenging the popular opinion that Punch is a sadist with a stick. Not suitable for children.
7.30pm for 8pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £12, 9*
Friday 17 June
The Mikado
Opera Novella Productions presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s much-loved operetta, featuring singers from the D'Oyly Carte and St Michael's very own Father Kevin Morris in the title role.With a live chamber orchestra, this comic and musical masterpiece includes all the favourites: A Wandering Minstrel, I've Got A Little List, Three Little Maids From School, and The Sun Whose Rays. ‘Sally-Ann Shepherdson’s Yum-Yum was exemplary’ The Independent.
7pm for 7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Church. Tickets £20, 10*
Friday 17 June – Sunday 19 June
Artists at Home 2011
67 artists and craft-workers in Chiswick, Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush open their home-based studios. artistsathome.net
Friday 6-9pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am-6pm. Free
Saturday 18 June
Children’s Book Festival
10am: Get creative and help Kate Slater to decorate Magnus Magpie with sparkly treasure, using the collage technique she uses in her beautiful book, Magpie Treasure
11.15 am: Enjoy book readings, illustration and craft activities with Chris Wormell, author of One Smart Fish and
Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice
From
10am. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Admission free. Donations welcome
Saturday 18 June
Justin Lavender: Champagne Recital
Operatic and concert tenor Justin Lavender has sung leading roles at Covent Garden, La Scala and Sydney Opera House. He’ll perform Schumann’s Dichterliebe song cycle and opera arias. Hear Justin singing at justinlavender.co.uk. Champagne and canapés in a beautiful Bedford Park house and garden. By kind permission of Jane and Kenny McKenzie.
7.30pm for 8pm. 22 Woodstock Road. Tickets £30
Sunday 19 June
Parish Eucharist
10am. St Michael & All Angels Church. All welcome. Refreshments afterwards
Sunday 19 June
Bach Cantata No 21 and Façade
Giles Ridley leads the West London and Players and Singers with soloists Alice Grattan (Soprano) Tom Cragg (Tenor) and Jim Wills (Bass). Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary; JS Bach Cantata No 21 - Ich hatte viel Bekëmmernis. Façade, an entertainment with poems by Edith Sitwell and music by William Walton, is played by a Festival Consort of Instrumentalists and Reciters.
Sponsor: Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Church. Retiring collection
Monday 20 June
Tantalising Tango: The London Tango Quintet.....
Five of the UK's leading musicians take us on an exhilarating journey through the sumptuous Tango music of Astor Piazzolla. Brilliant accordionist Milos Milivojevic (right) , violinist David Juritz, Grammy-nominated guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden, pianist extraordinaire Tim Carey and outstanding bass player Richard Pryce are the London Tango Quintet. Sponsor:
Winkworth in Chiswick
Tickets for concert £12, £9*. Tickets for concert and supper £25, £20*
.....Followed by Supper!
After the performance, supper will be served in the Michael Room upstairs, where the entertainment will continue. Places limited, so book early. Sponsor:
Winkworth in Chiswick (8994 7096)
7pm for 7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Church.
Tickets for concert £12, £9*. Tickets for concert and supper £25, £20*
Wednesday 22 June and Thursday 23 June
Art: Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School
Vibrant works of art from pupils aged 4 to 11 at Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School.
Wed: 9.15-11.45am & 1-6pm; Thu: 11am-3pm. St Michael & All Angels Church.
Wednesday 22 June
Some Beautiful Morning: the Poetry of Daybreak
Bring a favourite “morning” poem to read (max. 25 lines) - your own, or one by a well-known poet - or sit back & enjoy those of others. Special guest Blake Morrison, author of autobiography, fiction and poetry (right), will select poems that have moved and engaged him. Hosted by local poets Anne-Marie Fyfe & Cahal Dallat. Refreshments available. Books on display at Waterstone's.
7.30pm for 8pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £7.50
Thursday 23 June
Lunch Recital: Schubert, Franck & Gershwin
Lana Trotovsek (Violin) and Yoko Misumi (Piano) are members of the international award winning ‘The Greenwich Trio’. thegreenwichtrio.com. Refreshments available. Bring a picnic to have in the garden afterwards. Sponsored by Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP
1pm. The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road.
Tickets £12 in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762
Thursday 23 June
Corpus Christi Mass
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor;
Bairstow: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
8pm. St Michael & All Angels Church. All welcome
Friday 24 June – Sunday 26 June
Bedford Park Photographic Exhibition
and Competition ##
For photographers of all ages - see website for entry details, including Royal Wedding Day entries. Raffle tickets on sale for a sitting and portrait by Vibeke Dahl (right) . Sponsored by Snappy Snaps
Preview Party: Friday 6.30-8.30pm.
Refreshments available.
General Opening: Saturday 10am-4.45pm##,
Sunday 11.30am-5.30pm.
Prize Giving: Sunday 5.30pm (voting closes 5pm).
St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £1, 50p*
## Because of the large number of entries for BPFShorts, the screening and prizegiving for entrants, friends and families will be held from 6pm to 7pm. This means the Photographic Exhibition will close at 4.45pm. We apologise for any inconvenience.
The winning films will be shown again from 7.30pm in the Bedford Park Film Festival.
Saturday 25 June
The Bedford Park Film Festival## - SOLD OUT !!!!!!
From early Green Days to Nuns On The Run, Bedford Park is preserved forever on film. Torin Douglas presents some nostalgic and hilarious clips that form part of our social history. Plus the winning films in the new BPF Shorts competition for 12-18s, judged by Chiswick Oscar-winner Colin Firth (entry details: bpfshorts.co.uk)##. With fish & chips in the interval. Film processing by Adaptatech (020 8987 6161). BPFShorts sponsor: ChiswickLife.TV. Evening sponsored by: Savills.
7pm for 7.30pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £15, 12*
Sunday 26 June
Festival Mass
Solemn Sung Eucharist: The Bedford Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus.
Mozart: Waisenhausmesse. Conductor Jonathan Dods.
10am. St Michael & All Angels Church.
All welcome
Festival Mass Lunch
Lunch in the Vicarage Garden after Mass.
From 12.30pm. Vicarage Garden. Tickets £7.50, £3*
Bedford Park Open Gardens
Visit around a dozen of the most beautiful private gardens in Bedford Park. Entry by ticket (and map) from St Michael’s Parish Hall, where cream teas are on sale. Sponsor: Andrew Nunn & Associates
2-6pm. St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall. Tickets £6, children free
The Bedford Park Walk
A tour of the key architectural and literary features of Bedford Park led by architect John Scott and lecturer Dr Pamela Bickley. Cream teas on sale afterwards.
Sponsor: Andrew Nunn & Associates
3-5pm. Meet 3pm in St Michael & All Angels Church. Tickets £7.50
Rosalind Leney’s Pupils’ Concert
Piano solos, 18th & 19th Century music and children’s pieces. Refreshments available.
6pm. The Studio, 2a Blenheim Road. Tickets £5, in advance only from Rosalind Leney 020 8994 0762
Booking information
Tickets for most events are available on the door, unless sold out. Some events require advance booking because places are limited. Discounts marked with an asterisk are for children, students and the unemployed. Advance Booking Forms are now available in St Michael & All Angels Church (porch and inside) and Puff'n'Stuff. To print your own Advance Booking Form, click here. There is a new 10 per cent discount if you buy any 10 tickets to Festival events (with a couple of exceptions).
Box Office information from 020 8995 3285 or e-mail: Helen@may.be
Classical Music events
Dance events
Comedy events
Gardens and architecture
Tabard Theatre events
Pop music events
Talks
Children's events