All performances will be at Millennium House, Shortmead Street, Biggleswade on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June.

Doors open at 8pm and tickets (which will be available on the door) cost £4.00, including cheese and wine.  Hope you can come along and support the group!

UPDATE 03/07/08: Photos can be found online in the BATS Gallery.

There’s two evening performances, on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th January - the curtain goes up at 7:45pm.  There’s also a matinee on Saturday 19th at 2:30pm.  All three performances are at Stratton School, Biggleswade.
Tickets are available from Thomas Morris Estate Agents in Biggleswade Market Square.

For more information, please use the contact form or phone Caroline on (01480) 352683.

July 6th & 7th at Stratton Upper School, Biggleswade
Performance Starts 7:45pm
Tickets from Thomas Morris Estate Agents, Biggleswade

It’s time to fasten your safety belts, return your tray tables to the upright position and prepare to blast off for BATS’ production of Bob Carlton’s rock and roll musical “Return To The Forbidden Planet”.

The story so far… the starship Albatross, captained by the heroic Captain Tempest, on a routine scientific survey flight is hit by an asteroid storm. Amidst the panic the ship’s mysterious science officer abandons the Albatross as the ship is drawn to the planet D’Illyria by a strange force. There they encounter the evil Doctor Prospero and the crew are left at the mercy of his lifes’ work - a new form of science by the name of ‘Telegenesis’!

Will the crew of the Albatross survive? Will they find their missing science officer? Is Doctor Prospero really all he seems? There’s only one way to find out - come and be a passenger on this voyage through interstellar space!

Featuring great 50s/60s rock and roll, including: Good Vibrations, Born to be Wild, Great Balls of Fire, Yeh Yeh and Shake, Rattle and Roll!

For more information, please use this link to contact BATS or phone Caroline on 01480 352683.

Directed and Produced by: Sue Jordan

Cast

• Dancers
• Singers
• Chorus Members
• Set Construction/Painting
• Costumes
• Props
• General backstage/pre-production work

If anyone feels they can lend a hand, Sue (director) has organised a meeting at the Methodist Hall at 8pm on Monday 23rd April. Alternatively please drop an email to Sue.

The cast under the direction of BATS veteran Michael Darvell have been rehearsing hard since January and are just putting the finishing touches to the performance. The immensely complicated(!) set has been constructed and props and wardrobe are all in place. Providing nobody’s tongues get tripped by Shakespearean prose it should all be just fine!

BATS will be at the festival on the evening of Saturday 21st April. We’ll be setting up at 7:15pm with the curtain going up at 7:30pm. For more information please see the festival website!

• Evening performance on Friday 19th January 2007 - the curtain goes up at 7:45 PM.
• Two performances on Saturday 20th January 2007 - matinee at 2:30 PM, evening performance at 7:45 PM.
• All performances will be in the main hall at Stratton Upper School, Biggleswade.
• Adult tickets are £7.00 each.
• Concessionary tickets are £5.00 each.
• Tickets will be available from Thomas Morris Estate Agents in Biggleswade Market Square from the beginning of December.

For information on group bookings please email Caroline or call 01480 352683.

October 2006

• Rehearsals start for the Panto 2007 - Robin Hood is to be staged in January.

November/December 2006

• Finalise scripts for main 2007 musical production and Youth Festival entry.

January 2007

• 19/20 January - Robin Hood - The Panto.
• Late January - Start rehearsing Adult Theatre Festival entry - Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”.

February 2007

• Rehearsals start for Youth Theatre Festivals entry - script to be finalised.
• Rehearsals start for main 2007 production - Musical.

March 2007

• Rehearsals continue.

April 2007

• 16 -21 April - Both Festival plays staged at the Bedfordshire Drama Festival.
• 23 - 28 April - Both Festival plays staged at the Cambridge Drama Festival.

May 2007

• Rehearsals for Musical continue.
• Youth Festival Play staged at Welwyn Youth Drama Festival.

June 2007

• 2 - 6 June (approx) - Adult festival Play staged at Welwyn Drama Festival.
• Late June - AGM, including discussion of future programme.

July 2007

• Musical staged at Stratton Upper School.

August 2007

• General housekeeping, tidying, thinking about the next Panto and other productions.

September 2007

• See August!

October 2007

• Rehearsals start for Panto 2008.

We also intend to prepare a “Touring Cabaret” to perform at various venues during the year to help organisations trying to raise money.
No confirmed dates yet.

We will also arrange a number of social events during the year - to be decided.

This isn’t the end though!  We’re hoping to get some extra features in over the coming months including a discussion forum for BATS members old and new, present and past and possibly some members-only content!  Stay tuned for regular updates.

Lastly if you’ve got any issues regarding the new website, please contact the committee using the “Contact” link at the top of the page.

Thanks,
Jon (Webmaster).

We’re looking for members of any kind, so even if you don’t want to tread the boards, we are always looking for people to work building sets and helping out behind the scenes. With the scale of some of our productions, such as the annual pantomime, there are always jobs to be done!

So come along - there’ll hopefully be some refreshements too - and see what you think!