A scratch night performance event featuring 8 brand-new LGBTQ+ performances created by actors, poets, and writers, exploring the experiences of coming out.
The York Shakespeare Project's piratical production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, featuring mistaken identity and slapstick comedy.
An evening of poetry, music and comedy featuring the artists behind the York-based spoken word collective Say Owt, presented in a cabaret-style setting.
Family-friendly, Victorian-themed performances by History Riot on Kirkgate during October Half-Term, exploring Yorkshire traditions around All Hallow's Eve.
A theatre murder mystery based on Mark Haddon's novel, following Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old maths genius with Asperger's Syndrome, as he investigates the death of a neighbour's dog.
A live stage adaptation of the podcast 'Joe Marler Will See You Now', featuring Joe Marler and Jake Bhardwaj with a celebrity guest each night.
A theatrical production of the play 'The Strongbox', a three-hander exploring themes of domestic servitude and power dynamics, presented by the York Actors Collective.
A new play for York Ghost Week 2026 where the spirits of Margaret Clitherow and Guy Fawkes share their stories, accompanied by haunting folk music.
Immersive live theatre experience where you step into the shadowy hideout of the infamous 16th-century prophetess Mother Shipton.
A hilarious and off-beat comedy by Black Treacle Theatre about wealth, sacrifice and the cost of doing good.
An immersive historical storytelling experience exploring the real history behind Bonfire Night, set in the historic Bar Convent.
An autobiographical play by Elli Mackenzie exploring the joys and challenges of motherhood while running a family business.
A theatrical production exploring the relationship behind the public image of the late Queen Elizabeth II, focusing on the team responsible for her iconic wardrobe.
Amateur theatre production of the ghost story play 2:22 A Ghost Story at Theatre@41.
A medieval folk play by Skald Theatre Group, set in the aftermath of a hunting party, performed at Bedern Hall.
Immersive one-man show of A Christmas Carol with Ebenezer Scrooge on Kirkgate, the museum's recreated Victorian street, with performances throughout the day.
A chilling ghost story performance by Clap Trap Theatre, written by Tom Needham, with Natasha Jones, Florrie Stockbridge and Cal Stockbridge.
A theatrical performance by Lost Dog that subverts the classic Shakespearean tragedy, exploring the lives of Juliet and Romeo in their 40s dealing with a mid-life crisis.
A one-man show bringing to life two chilling ghost stories by M R James, part of Nunkie's M R James Project.
Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson presents his acclaimed one-man performance of Dickens' classic festive fable at Theatre@41.
A one-man theatrical performance of the classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, performed by Mat Jones using the original text.
An atmospheric, candlelit procession and carol service for all the family, based on the traditional Swedish Lucia celebration.
A new comedy by Godber following two backstage workers who decide to stage their own dramatic adventure to save their crumbling local theatre.
The national tour of Craig Warner's stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's psychological thriller arrives at the Grand Opera House.
A new production of Arthur Miller's 1949 masterpiece, directed by Dominic Hill, exploring the tragic consequences of the American Dream.
The world stage play premiere of the iconic psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs, based on Thomas Harris's novel.
Spoken word performance by Hollie McNish featuring poems, stories, and chat from her collection 'Virgin' and other works.
Immersive courtroom experience where the audience becomes the jury in a gripping true-crime mystery based on a real-life case.
A visceral and playful theatrical production of the classic legend, adapted and directed by Emma Rice.
A dark live immersive theatre experience where the audience makes real-time choices that change the story, exploring the Seven Deadly Sins.
The 75th-anniversary UK tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, starring Nicholas Bailey and Susan Penhaligon.
A stage adaptation of the long-running ITV detective drama, following DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Gavin Troy as they investigate the death of Emily Simpson in the village of Badger's Drift.
A diverse season of live entertainment at the Grand Opera House York, featuring West End musicals, plays, comedy, and family shows.
Theatrical performance of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, a feminist reimagining of Homer's Odyssey, presented at York Theatre Royal.
Amateur theatre production by York Settlement Community Players, an irreverent retelling of the Brontë sisters' lives focusing on Anne Brontë.
