Babies, Books & Biscotti

Little Ripon Bookshop 12-13 Westgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Start your morning with a sociable coffee, then pop next door for a gentle sensory storytelling session with your baby.  Meet other parents and share baby book ideas. Calm, connection, and creativity led by Stories with Liv. Pop in to Valentino’s from 9am onwards, storytelling session starts in Little Ripon Bookshop (just next door) at …

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£7

Pirate Princess

Holy Trinity Church Kirkby Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

** Timings for this event have changed - see below** Pirate Princess is a heart warming story of hope against adversity told with physical theatre, clowning and circus. This brand new solo show by circus performer and professional idiot Gemma Bond tells the tale of poor shipwrecked Princess Poppy. Can she overcome a big dress, …

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£8

Spy Movie: The Play!

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Agent Blonde has 24 hours to save the world. The only things standing in her way are dastardly villains, an outrageous plot, and... a lack of funding. When Hollywood rejects her script, a frustrated screenwriter invites you, an audience of producers, to a one-night-only presentation of The Greatest Spy Movie (n)Ever Made! From two of …

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£14

Tooti Fruity

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Meet Tooti and Fruity – a ‘pear’ of fruit obsessed, eccentric players! After spending at least 40 years working in a fruit packing factory together they have embarked upon an adventure to bring toots and fruits to the masses! Having been the supervisor of fruit squeezing at the factory, Tooti now utilises her skills in …

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Saturday Street Entertainment

Ripon City Centre

Walkabout acts, crazy characters, circus and clowning bring the streets and open spaces of Ripon to life throughout the day. Spend the day in Ripon soaking up the atmosphere - the best in street theatre, circus, dance, magic and fun. Professional acts come together with community performers. Performances will be staged at Ripon Market Place, …

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Calamity Dames

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us...." Introducing 'CALAMITY DAMES' these Rootin Tootin Cowgirls will give any Cowboy a run for their money! In a male dominated Rodeo arena, these horse ridin', gun slingin', whip crackin' gals are now calling the shots! A comedy dance theatre 'hoedown' inspired by famous Western films, …

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Lula on the Loose

Cathedral Forecourt Minster Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

Meet Lula Hoopa -our dynamic hula hoop circus act roaming the streets of Ripon. FREE EVENT - this is a walkabout performance - catch her if you can! 10.30-11.00am Cathedral Forecourt (12.45 - 1.15pm Market Place - static performance) 2-2.30pm Kirkgate    

Scrumptious!

Ripon Library The Arcade, Ripon, United Kingdom

All is well at Sylvie’s Scrumptious Sweet Shop, PC Lee can’t resist the fruit cake, Stanley the Horse loves peppermint creams, and the Talkative Twins only cause a crumb of chaos. That is until a stranger arrives, and their irresistible ice cream threatens to spoil everything. A magical show about friendship and ice cream, with …

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£6

Cloudscapes

Cathedral Forecourt Minster Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

Visit the Cloud Museum Trailer and relax on a giant beanbag to enjoy the fabulous Cloudscapes, part-installation and part performance by Gobbledegook Theatre. As you like back to watch the clouds, you’ll listen on headphones to a story all about the clouds, the sky and Lorna’s journey of a lifetime with her father. Take some …

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The Dame Judy & Mr Punchinello Show!

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

Classic seaside mayhem with a family friendly modern twist! Dame Judy (not that Dame Judi) has finally taken over! About time too! The show was getting far too rambunctious for it’s own good. But will Mr Punchinello agree to the new rules? It seems highly unlikely! All the puppet show favourites are here in a …

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Books!

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

Books! is a high energy show featuring acrobatics, fire-juggling, eccentric absurdity, terrible puns and, of course, books. Four bedraggled book enthusiasts travel from town to town – forced between the margins – on a mission to protect literature. The libraries keep closing, their beloved books are being forced out into the streets, where the rain …

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The Knighty Knights

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

The king has sent forth two brave and fearless knights on a quest to travel the land and bring joy and laughter to all his subjects. Of course, great deeds will need to be accomplished: dragons tamed, princes rescued, and tea and crumpets saved. Oh and don't forget the grand tournament where the two knights …

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