Eight-time Tony and four-time Olivier Award-winning musical smash hit Hairspray spreads its toe-tapping magic across the UK once more during a hotly anticipated regional tour in 2024! Based on the 1988 feature film, the effervescent production first wowed audiences in Seattle in the early 2000s, with acclaimed Broadway and West End runs following soon after. 

Hairspray

Grand Opera House York

Following a smash-hit debut tour in 2021, Fairytale of New York returns for 2023, offering another opportunity to indulge in an all-out, all-Irish Christmas extravaganza! Expect to hear some of the season's best-loved songs, including of course, the iconic Fairy Tale of New York, alongside some of the Emerald Isle's biggest hits, such as Galway Girl, The Irish Rover, Wagon Wheel, Danny Boy, Dirty Old Town and many more.

Fairytale of New York

York RI Golden Rail Band celebrate their 40th anniversary with this special concert showcasing their versatility and creativity. The popular York-based brass band are situated next to York Station, and the programme pays tribute to their railway connections, as well as telling an environmental themed original story through narration and music.

GOLDEN RAIL BAND 40th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

National Centre for Early Music

The ‘Golden Age’ of the Spanish Renaissance with its gorgeous sonorities and sumptuous polyphony is one of the great glories of the choral repertoire. The works of Francisco Guerrero continue to be a revelation for their exquisite sound worlds, and his wonderful Missa de la Batalla Escoutez is a particularly expressive example. This music flourished throughout Spain and even reached the Papal Court in Rome so we present the Guerrero alongside motets by Cristóbal de Morales, Juan Esquivel, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Ybc: Splendours Of Spain

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_ZQW5C2pw&amp;t=2s

The Artelize Podcast Presenting Will Shutes: 'Bring it down out of the clouds to human being level'

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Internationally acclaimed CALAN emerge with a new, captivating narrative. Ancient tales of Welsh mythology are meticulously brought to life, transcending the pages of folklore to resonate through the enchanting melodies of harp, guitar, fiddle, accordion, and song. ‘Nefydd’ tells stories of murderous princes, thieving highwaymen and the triumphant resurgence of the heart of Welsh folklore.

CALAN

D/deaf children, their siblings and Children of D/deaf Adults (CODAs) are welcome.
Parents of children aged 0-4yrs must stay for the session. Parents of children aged 5+ are welcome (but not obliged) to stay for the session.

I Can Play!

Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as “a tradition in himself.” Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 50-year career. From Sweeney’s Men in the mid 60s, to the enormous success of Planxty in the 70s, his duo with Paul Brady in the later 70s and then from Patrick Street to Mozaik, LAPD and Usher’s Island, Andy has been a world music pioneer and an icon for traditional music and musicians.

Andy Irvine

The NCEM is delighted to be able to welcome back participants for Cuppa and a Chorus! Led by experienced community musician Chris Bartram, sessions will give you the chance to sing some of the songs you know and love and explore new ones from around the world. You don’t need to have sung before or consider yourself musical, just enjoy taking part and singing with other like-minded people.

Cuppa And A Chorus

Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released five acclaimed studio albums, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for anyone to seek it. The tape was found in 2023 and the album will be released, exactly as it sounds from the earth, this year along with its world premiere of the completed score.

Erland Cooper

Refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra. Budapest Café Orchestra bring you folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.

Budapest Cafe Orchestra

Olivier Award-winner Sally Cookson (A Monster Calls) directs the critically acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production of Wonder Boy by Ross Willis, a heart-warming and inspiring story about the power of communication.

Wonder Boy

York Theatre Royal

One of York’s newest stage companies York Actors Collective make their debut at York Theatre Royal in the Studio with a revival of the J M Barrie drama Mary Rose from 30 October to 2 November.

Mary Rose

Join children’s TV superstar Andy Day and bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton for a fun-filled show to celebrate their new Dino Dad series and the second exciting instalment Dino Dad: Ice Age, published by Puffin Books. With music, quizzes and a live draw-along, the Dino Dad show is a must for any dino-lover.

Meet Dino Dad! With Andy Day & Steven Lenton

Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.

Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. This multi-award-winning production features a string of pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and You’re So Vain.

Pride and Prejudice* 

A fun and friendly introduction to dancing led by York Dance Space! Explore moving together using a variety of dance styles, stories, creative play and imagination. You will need to wear comfy clothes to move in, bring a water bottle, we encourage people to dance in bare feet although socks are fine too but may be slippy.

Leaps and Bounds

Crafty Tales is a weekly craft and storytelling session run by professional theatre makers, Cassie and Janet of Story Craft Theatre. Each session starts with big hellos, warm-up games and songs, followed by crafting altogether and then into the interactive storytelling. Watch your little one’s confidence, language and social skills grow, week by week, as they discover a wider world through story.

Crafty Tales Autumn 2024

Showcasing and celebrating dance in schools and community settings across Yorkshire. A chance for young people to shine and share their creativity with a live audience and immerse themselves in all things dance. Created by Dance Space Projects in partnership with Children’s and Young People’s Dance Network North , York Dance Space, Yorkshire Dance and Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Everybody Dance Festival

Charles Ignatius Sancho – born on a slave ship on the Atlantic Ocean in 1729, he became a writer, composer, shopkeeper and respected ‘man of letters’ in 18th century London – the first man of African Heritage to vote in Britain.

Sancho & Me is an unmissable storytelling by Paterson Joseph, accompanied by co-creator and musical director Ben Park and delivered directly to the audience and built around Paterson’s recent novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.

Sancho & Me

Everyone is flocking north, every ale house is packed with the great and the bad. Yorkshire is the place to be; a region drunk on making money, social climbing, gambling and gin, but with wealth in abundance, the temptation is great.

The Highwayman is a thrilling theatrical adventure coming from the region where Turpin was caught and Nevison made his great leap! Godber’s Highwayman is visceral, venal and very funny. History has never felt so modern, theft never more attractive. The Highwayman’s creed is simple; look after number one and to hell with the hangman!

The Highwayman

Once you have bought your ticket, you will be emailed the full details of how to access the livestream in the week leading up to the event.

Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 at the age of 32. He was killed at the Battle of Bosworth  (22 August 1485). He was the last King of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth was the penultimate battle in the Wars of the Roses and ushered in the Tudor dynasty.

Events in York

Hairspray

Grand Opera House York

Fairytale of New York

Grand Opera House York

GOLDEN RAIL BAND 40th ANN...

National Centre for Early Music

Ybc: Splendours Of Spain

National Centre for Early Music

The Artelize Podcast Pres...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast: 'Am...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast and ...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast - A ...

Artelize

CALAN

National Centre for Early Music

I Can Play!

National Centre for Early Music

Andy Irvine

National Centre for Early Music

Cuppa And A Chorus

National Centre for Early Music

Erland Cooper

National Centre for Early Music

Budapest Cafe Orchestra

National Centre for Early Music

Wonder Boy

York Theatre Royal

Mary Rose

York Theatre Royal

Meet Dino Dad! With Andy ...

York Theatre Royal

Pride and Prejudice*

York Theatre Royal

Leaps and Bounds

York Theatre Royal

Crafty Tales Autumn 2024

York Theatre Royal

Everybody Dance Festival

York Theatre Royal

Sancho & Me

York Theatre Royal

The Highwayman

York Theatre Royal

A Voice for King Richard ...

York Theatre Royal