An interactive, audience-led immersive theatre experience set in Viking-age Eoforwic, where the story follows Ubbe Ragnarson in a medieval longhouse.
Jorvik Immersive Theatre returns to Barley Hall on Thursday 27 August, the final date of its 2026 run. It's an interactive, audience-led show set in Viking-age Eoforwic — the city that would become York — in the years following the Great Army's victory in AD 866. You're placed inside a longhouse where the feasting hall is alive with celebration, and the story follows Ubbe Ragnarson, son of the legendary Ragnar Lothbrok, as he grapples with power, legacy and a fateful encounter with Odin himself.
Live combat, storytelling and music drive the piece, and the cast involves the room so directly that no two performances are ever the same; what happens on any given night depends on who's in it. It's written and performed by Charlie Blanshard, with Oliver Strong. The whole thing is billed as an adults' evening out, and every previous performance at the hall has sold out.
It's staged in Barley Hall, a genuine medieval townhouse in the heart of York. The show takes place in the Great Hall, which has a high table, a central fireplace and a high roof — the venue's events manager Richard Jones calls it wonderfully atmospheric. The hall's at 2 Coffee Yard, York YO1 8AR.
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There are two performances on the night, at 6:00pm and 7:30pm, and each one lasts about an hour. This is the last of four dates this summer — the others were 18 June, 2 July and 6 August — so it's the final chance to catch it this season.
