• Logy on Fire

    Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Juggling danger and excitement, this show is raw, rock ‘n’ roll and full of danger. Playing with fire and risking lacerations and climaxing in a perilous display of equilibrium and custom-made razor-sharp unique object juggling like you have never seen before! Logy is a Belfast-based bearded multi manipulator and performer. Performing since 2001, he has …

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  • Arcade

    Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with the childlike joy of play. Watch the fun unfold or get stuck in with our friendly team of dancers, led by The Gamesmaster. Six unique …

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  • Sedan Chair Stories

    Ripon City Centre

    Hail down the ultimate in Georgian era transport and be carried above the hoi polloi, hear scurrilous tales from Ripon’s scandalous past as your footmen pass on their knowledge and deposit you at your destination of choice. From the dastardly deeds of Eugene Arum to the insider trading of Chancellor Aislabie, each Sedan Chair Story …

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  • Snakes and Ladders at The Workhouse

    Workhouse Museum Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Join the Master and Matron of the Workhouse on the entrance front green for an interactive game of Snakes and Ladders. Learn how life then, as now, is as precarious as a shake of the dice - slither down the snake to a shaven head and de-fumigation or ascend to a life out the ashes. …

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  • Workhouse Walkabouts

    Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    FREE EVENT 11am-12noon Minster Gardens 1.15-2pm Minster Gardens

  • The Tea Cosies

    Ripon City Centre

    Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show when these ladies are about… “One lump or two?”… A fun, family-friendly walkabout act with dance, stories and jokes. There are also a few interactive …

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  • Stone Soup

    Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

    A wandering stranger holds the secret to making delicious soup, fit for the finest folk in the land. But can they really make soup with just a stone? Performed from a travelling cart and including elements of storytelling, music and comical puppet characters. Eye of Newt’s re-telling of this traditional folk tale invites audiences young and …

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  • Theatre for One

    Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Street theatre with a difference. 3 short performances lasting 3 minutes. Each performed to only one person at a time, (plus curious onlookers!) A most intriguing, and then exclusive, theatre experience! “A simple idea, the best ones often are, created with such loving care and attention to detail that you just have to smile. Sometimes …

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  • The Bachelors of Paradise

    Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

    The most beautiful birds to grace the streets of Ripon this season. Check out their glorious wingspans and gorgeous tailfeathers. Stilt walkers from Full Stilt. FREE EVENT Market Place 11-11.30am Cathedral Forecourt 12.30pm Kirkgate 2 -2.30pm

  • Medieval Maniax

    Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Death by Laughter. Giggle and guffaw as the fatal fools amuse and bemuse you. These award-winning street-performers perform all over the world and are ready to make you laugh with their historical hysterics. A spectacular show full of music, jokes and illusions. The Maniax are great crowd pleasers and repeatedly star at ‘The Robin Hood …

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  • Arcade

    Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Casson & Friends has a passion for bringing dance to people in new and unusual ways. Set to a bouncing electronic soundtrack, ARCADE’s interactive dance games will connect you with the childlike joy of play. Watch the fun unfold or get stuck in with our friendly team of dancers, led by The Gamesmaster. Six unique …

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  • The Tea Cosies

    Ripon City Centre

    Meet Dorothy Dunker, Tippy Teapot and Barbara Bourbon. Come and have a natter with our colourful crochet trolley dollies! There’s always a warm brew and plate of goodies on show when these ladies are about… “One lump or two?”… A fun, family-friendly walkabout act with dance, stories and jokes. There are also a few interactive …

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