This December, The Quarry Theatre at the Alamo Quarry Market in San Antonio, TX, offers an incredible lineup of events sure to captivate audiences with a rich tapestry of storytelling, music, and magic. From chilling ghostly tales like "A Pleasing Terror" to the heartwarming "A Christmas Carol," and the exhilarating Big Band sounds of "Five Star Swing At Christmas," there's something for everyone. Join us as we explore the dazzling array of performances that promise to entertain, thrill, and enchant audiences of all ages.

An Enchanting December at The Quarry Theatre: From Ghostly Tales to Festive Melodies

The Upbeat Beatles are second to none - powerhouse vocals, precision harmonies and tight musicianship.

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The Upbeat Beatles

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Get ready. The most exciting, brand new, enigmatic magic show from the magician most infamous for jamming the BBC switchboard after he correctly predicted the lottery.

James Phelan: The Dreamer

The lights soften, the mood settles. An audience waits for that first moment of sound. The Big Band is poised, relaxed, but with eyes anxious for the lead. And then, as if giving body to an echo, the murmured notes of ‘Moonlight Serenade’…and the night, it seems, is suddenly full and timeless.

The Glenn Miller & Rat Pack Era

A young boy can’t believe his eyes one winter’s night when a snowman comes to life and an unforgettable adventure begins…

The Snowman

‘Third Class’ revives the true story of a young English man, Edward Dorking, who was packed off on the Titanic, destined to be corrected by his American relatives.

Third Class A Titanic Story

Hauntings is a spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories, E.F. Benson and M.R. James.

Hauntings

"Superb - they swing like crazy!” says Sheila Tracy, BBC.  As seen at Dame Vera Lynn’s Charity Ball & Blackpool Tower Ballroom. “Swing and Song of the highest order” – Telegraph. Featuring Simone from the Ivy Benson Orchestra, and Chris Smith (Jnr) composer and arranger for the BBC Radio Big Band, Herb Miller Big Band (Glenn’s brother)!

Five Star Swing At Christmas

Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, veteran of many smash hit solo works such as Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm and Shylock, now brings us Dickens' classic festive fable. Famed for bringing multiple characters to vivid life, Masterson recreates Scrooge, Marley, the Fezziwigs, Tiny Tim et al in an enchanting, performance that will dazzle and linger long in the memory. Guaranteed to get you into the Christmas Spirit - in many more ways than one!

A Christmas Carol

Following performances in USA, UK and recently, Australia, Gavin Robertson focuses his attention on the fortune-hunter movie phenomenon encompassing everything from ‘Indiana Jones’ to ‘National Treasure’ via ‘Romancing The Stone’ - in his latest physical cartoon style adventure - spoofing the characters adored by millions, and exploding every cliché… solo!

Is That A Whip In Your Hand?

Over a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one man show retells two of the earliest and eeriest.

A Pleasing Terror

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space, sees comedy’s ‘angriest optimist’ return for a hilarious, honest, and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel. In his new hour, Garrett examines his totally insignificant place in the universe and how little we actually know about anything.

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets Spaghetti Western in this multi-award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents, and accents.

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

Rob Newman's epic stand-up show goes from cave paintings to car-free cities, by way of Imperial Rome's chariot ban, Rapper’s Remorse, and the dance steps of Homo Ergaster.

Rob Newman: Where The Wild Things Were

Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. It’s strange, insane and addictive – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure, so choose it!

The Dark Room

Just like that old school disco, you will be singing the night way in proper 80s fashion, remembering the music from a decade that brought us the birth of MTV, chunky mobile phones, and the Rubik’s cube, plus blockbuster movies like ET and Dirty Dancing.

Sounds Like The 80s

After a year of performing worldwide, award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is back on tour, with his biggest one to date. Join him as he talks about this wild world, and his journey to make sense of it, in The Aurator!

Aurie Styla: The Aurator Tour

Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits! It's just like a normal comedy club, but it's on in the day, kids are allowed in, costume extravaganzas are highly encouraged, and thus there is a higher than usual chance of the entire audience being zombies, werewolves, witches, vampires and g-g-g-g-ghosts!

Comedy Club 4 Kids Halloween Special

An anarchic musical murder mystery with a twist: one actor investigates the crime, whilst the other plays all the suspects! And they both play the piano throughout!.

Murder for Two

Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with a severe social-anxiety disorder, whose letter to himself that was not meant to be seen by others lands wrongly in the hands of a classmate who commits suicide.

Film Screening: Dear Evan Hansen

An interactive workshop for preschoolers with family favourites Full House Theatre. They’ll be joined by award winning children’s author Julia Jarman as she reads from her book Big Red Bath.

Big Red Bath with Full House Theatre

Coming to the Quarry Theatre Bedford......In a show that has been described as “absolutely amazing” and “truly authentic”, take a trip down memory lane as you re-live the story lines of both classic films and all the fantastic music of The Commitments and The Blues Brothers in a full live-band experience.

The Ultimate Commitments & Blues Brothers Experience

Rise of the Empress takes audiences on a captivating journey through the mind of its creator and co-writer, offering insights into the thought process behind the play’s powerful narrative. The story explores themes of empowerment, identity, and societal transformation, with key excerpts from the play highlighting its emotional and intellectual depth. Through these extracts, audiences will have the chance to engage in meaningful discussions on the themes presented, examining how we can shift the narrative toward more inclusive and progressive perspectives.

Rise of The Empress

Drawing on conversations with his father (only revealed when his parents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary) – and his service records – he charts his progress as a young man in one of the most dangerous theatres of war and contrasts all this with his personal relationship with the man he is proud to call “Dad”. 

Mettle

The Rolling Stones Now is a celebration of all that has made the The Rolling Stones legendary. In full costumes, recreating the Stones live shows of the late 60’s - 90’s, Mick’s pout, Keith’s riffs and Bill’s stony face are all on show as the band play some of the greatest songs ever written including ‘It’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll’, ‘Jumpin Jack Flash’, ‘Paint it Black, ‘Midnight Rambler, ‘Gimme Shelter’ and ‘Sympathy for the Devil’.

The Rolling Stones Now

Charity film screening in aid of The Hope Foundation (HOPE). Organised by the Bedford Volunteer Group, the event will include a fundraising raffle, special guests and entertainment.

Film Screening: What's Love Got To Do With It?

Fearlessly hilarious delivery combined with honesty and sincerity. Kane Brown is 19 years in the game, has performed around the world, has opened for Guz Khan on his UK Tour, can be seen on

Kane Brown: Don’t Listen To Me

Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. An entirely new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot - with live musical accompaniment! Accio tickets for this award-winning adult Potter parody.

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

Flabbergast’s Macbeth fuses a rigorous and respectful approach to text and storytelling to bring a magical, lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy to life.

Macbeth

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

Live UK theatre show 'Born to Swing' celebrates the original and modern day crooners!  Keeping alive the great sounds of the big band era with fabulous vocal performances from the UK's most successful crooner Andrew Bourn.  Following a run of sold out shows and touring the globe, Andrew will perform a great mix of classic songs from Sinatra and co, to modern crooners Michael Buble and Robbie Williams plus special arrangements of well known classic songs from the Bee Gees, Queen and The Rolling Stones to name a few!  This live show is fun, and energetic and will have you dancing in the aisles and singing along!  Featuring a fabulous band of top big band musicians!

Born To Swing

Join us at the theatre to help us launch our 2024 Spring programme.During your visit you can enjoy discounts at the bar, a flash sale on selected events, a presentation about how the theatre came to be and explore areas of the theatre that most people don’t get to see!

The Quarry Theatre Spring Launch 2025

Join the UK’s hardest swinging band Down for the Count All-Stars for “one hellova celebration of vintage music” (TimeOut London) – it’s time to Swing That Music! This mini big band recreate the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and more – but this is no mere nostalgia trip, as the band perform each song in their own unmistakeable style, breathing new life into the best vintage music.

Swing That Music with Down for the Count All-Stars

Journey through an awe-inspiring story, brought to life in a dazzling display of soap and water. Immerse yourself in this spectacular adventure as the creator breathes life into: light, water, plants, animals, stars, and the essence of human nature itself.

Creation - The Bubble Show

Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories’ fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Room on the Broom

The critically acclaimed production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show created by Jonathan Rockefeller features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets. The production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear - now celebrating 50 years - has sold more than 18.2 million copies.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club return to The Quarry Theatre with a stunning new collection of music, narration and projected archive images and footage, celebrating Ronnie Scott’s ‘Soho Songbook’.

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club present: ‘The Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook’

Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, is that a Shark, in the Park!? From the creative team behind ‘The Hairy Maclary show’ and ‘You Choose’ - see all 3 of Nick Sharratt’s ‘Shark in the Park’ books live on Stage!

Shark in the Park

Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, the award-winning Dyad Productions (A Christmas Carol, Lady Susan, A Room of One’s Own, Christmas Gothic, Austen’s Women, Female Gothic) return to the Elizabethan era.To the famous and fabulous Elizabethan explorer, sailor, dandy, and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh.  Elizabeth I’s favourite and James I’s knave. 

That Knave, Raleigh

It sometimes felt as though time had stood still down on the farm - the old Fordson tractor quietly rusting away at the back of the barn, Grandpa tending his chickens - that is, until the summer his grandson came to stay, and the old man started telling stories of what it had been like when he was a boy.

Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

After a phenomenal, sold-out, international tour. Plus, a second round of supporting Milton Jones. The man who asked us, “Do you ski?” is turning everything upside down and asking, “Do you scuba?”

The Quarry Theatre

Jan 11, 2025

The Quarry Theatre Spring Launch 2025

Feb 1, 2025

Swing That Music with Down for the Count All-Stars

Feb 8, 2025

Creation - The Bubble Show

15 - 16 Feb, 2025

Room on the Broom

22 - 23 Feb, 2025

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

Dec 21, 2024

The Upbeat Beatles

Dec 20, 2024

James Phelan: The Dreamer

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