Monoliths - Thursday
2024-07-04 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
Three women. Three voices. Three stories.
An immersive, digital theatre experience, which interweaves three northern UK landscapes – a moor, a city and a coast – with sweeping soundscapes and poetic monologues. Written by Hannah Davies, Carmen Marcus and Asma Elbadawi, the stories are an arresting testament to the inextricable link between person and place.
Three stories open the world of the English northern landscape in virtual reality, what it means to come from it, live in it and belong to it.
Monoliths has been shown at several international film festivals including Melbourne International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Sheffield Doc Fest.
https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/monoliths_trailer_draft-1080p-new-logos.mp4

Directed by Lucy Hammond.
Four screenings per hour between 1.30 and 3.30pm.
Each performance lasts 11 minutes and can be experienced by 3 visitors at a time, wearing XR headsets.
Age guide 11+
Presented by Pilot Theatre and One to One Development Trust
Tickets £5

Stand Up Stories
2024-07-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Storehouse Bar & Eatery, The Warehouse, Blossomgate, Ripon, HG4 2AJ, United Kingdom
*SOLD OUT*
Join our Storyteller in Residence, Ilaria Passeri, for funny stories with a glass of wine.The product of a bold Scottish mother, an errant Italian father and a little sister with the vocabulary of a truck driver, Ilaria has found herself in more than a few scrapes, situations and silly scenes. In this quirky twilight hour of hilarious tales, she brings in her family, friends, a wide range of pets, and one very peculiar clown, to entertain and flummox in equal measure.
A whistle-stop tour through the confusing comedy of errors that is her life.
Age guide 16+
Tickets £12 include a glass of Prosecco/sparkling soft drink

Ripon Ghost Walk
2024-07-04 19:15 - 21:00 | Ripon Marketplace, Market Place, Ripon, HG41BP, United Kingdom
Explore the darker side on Ripon’s history from the macabre to the mysterious. Discover ancient burial sites, curious bone finds and characters who lived and died hundreds of years ago, but who some say still linger… With such a long history, it’s no wonder the streets of Ripon are filled with stories.
Led by Ripon Museum Trust Guides.
All proceeds to Ripon Museum Trust
Meet at 7.15pm by the red telephone boxes in the Market Place. The walk will last around 1 hour 30 minutes, finishing back at the Market Square in time to see the Ripon Hornblower at 9pm.
Ticket Price: £4 – £6

Shakespeare's Royals
2024-07-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
Join Barrie Rutter OBE, plus special guest, to celebrate the Bard’s Kings & Queens – their achievements, conquests and foibles – with anecdotes and memories from a career of playing and directing Shakespeare’s Royals, with Northern Broadsides and beyond, all over the world.
“A formidable, inspiring frontman, never afraid to be outspoken, the irrepressible Yorkshireman has lost none of his fervour to have a good time with audiences.” Charles Hutch Press
Tickets £18 (£16)

Storytime with RTF Storyteller in Residence
2024-07-05 10:30 - 11:00 | Ripon Library, The Arcade, Ripon, HG4 1AG, United Kingdom
Storytime for pre-schoolers and those they bring with them.Can you help Derek the Dragon? Will you cheer on Rita the mouse in her skateboarding competition? And is your bedroom as messy as Brian the chickens?
Age guide ​2-5
A Pay What ​You Can event. Recommended price £4 per ​child.

Short Story Writing Workshop
2024-07-05 11:30 - 13:00 | Ripon Library, The Arcade, Ripon, HG4 1AG, United Kingdom
A fun, practical and creative session for adults. How to turn your real-life experiences and memories into material for imaginative short stories. Bring a pen and notepad.
Led by Ilaria Passeri, RTF Storyteller in Residence. “Ilaria Passeri has a knack for finding the bizarre in the mundane and weaving it into funny and touching stories. Her voice is original and engaging.” Micheál Jacob, script consultant and former BBC TV comedy executive.

Monoliths - Friday
2024-07-05 13:30 - 15:30 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom

Mr Owen's Pocketbook
2024-07-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
*SOLD OUT*
Wilfred Owen lived his last summer in Ripon. He spent his last birthday in the Cathedral which now provides a fitting backdrop for Rupert Mason’s one-man performance.An officer travels from Allied HQ to the Western Front one week before the Armistice and discovers the pocket book of a young lieutenant killed that day.
The show movingly explores Wilfred Owen’s experience of war through his own and the poetry of his contemporaries.
Written and directed by award-winning writer Justin Butcher.
Age guide 14+
Running time 55mins
Tickets £10 (£8)

Trunk Tales
2024-07-05 17:30 - 18:30 | The Ripon Inn, Park Street, Ripon, HG4 2BU
A well-travelled lady arrives with her trunk of tales that tell of boastful toads, magical fish and fearsome beasts. Using only the contents of her magical luggage, she creates Arabic seas, epic mountains, fields of turnips and the tallest trees. Interactive stories from around the world. Imagination is the only passport you’ll need.The perfect tea-time treat for families.
Age guide ​4+
Presented by Tell Tale Hearts
​Performance takes place in ​The Ripon Inn Garden Marquee
Tickets £6 per child (accompanying grown-ups go free)

Looking For Me Friend - the Music of Victoria Wood
2024-07-05 20:00 - 21:30 | Ripon Arts Hub, 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, HG4 1LQ, United Kingdom
*SOLD OUT*
“The most feel-good show in town”⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (The Daily Mail) has spread nostalgia and laughter throughout the UK and has the seal of approval from Victoria’s very own schoolchums and colleagues.
Featuring the star of BBC1’s ‘All Together Now’, Paulus The Cabaret Geek “King of Cabaret” (The Stage) with Michael Roulston (Fascinating Aïda) on piano, it is an hour of pure joy filled with Victoria’s best-loved songs, including the iconic ‘Ballad of Barry & Freda’ (Let’s Do It) and the classic ‘It Would Never Have Worked’.

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This show is for fans of Victoria and for those yet to discover her, to come together and relish her breathtaking wizardry with words.
In telling Victoria’s story, Paulus unfolds his own. A relatable story of a 1970s childhood and what it really means to find your tribe.
So, pair your stilettos with an oven glove, zip up your cocktail slacks and get booking!
“Vic would have loved this” Sue Devaney, dinnerladies.
“We loved it!” Fascinating Aïda
Ticket price: £16 (£14)

Tales from Honeypot Village
2024-07-06 09:30 - 10:15 | The Unicorn Hotel, 2 Market Place East, Ripon, HG41BP, United Kingdom
Join our Storyteller in Residence, Ilaria, for a breakfast-time adventure. Funny and interactive stories featuring loveable characters Rita the Mouse and The Tidy Trolls.
Age guide ​4+
A Pay What ​You Can event. Recommended price £4 per ​child.

Saturday Pop-Up Events
2024-07-06 09:30 - 18:00 | Ripon City Centre
We love our Pop-Up Events! Surprising events in surprising places. Puppets, storytelling, music, heritage tales, poetry, music and theatre. Venues large and small, across our beautiful city. Professional performances alongside community groups plus events from our Storyteller-in Residence and shows with links to the history of Ripon.
Please note: some of these events are ticketed – check each event listing for full details.
Printable running orders for Saturday 6 July are available here.

Time
Venue

Tales from Honeypot Village
9.30-10.15am
The Unicorn Hotel (Wetherspoons)

Rock Choir
10.15-10.45am
Ripon Cathedral

Ayla’s Dream (with workshop)
10.30-11.15am
Ripon Library

Theatre for One
10.45-11.30am
Ripon Cathedral

Snakes and Ladders at the Workhouse
11am-12.30pm
Workhouse Museum

Yorkshire Voices
11.30am-12 noon
Ripon Cathedral

Tales from Honeypot Village
11.30am-12.15am
Little Ripon Bookshop

Ayla’s Dream
12-12.30pm
Ripon Cathedral

U3A Folk Group
12.30-1pm
Ripon Cathedral

Snakes and Ladders at the Workhouse
1-3pm
Workhouse Museum

Theatre for One
1.30-2.30pm
Kirkgate

The Trial of John Sinkler
2-3pm
Courthouse Museum

Theatre for One
3-4pm
Kirkgate

Kirkgate Street Party
3-6pm
Kirkgate

Arcade
2024-07-06 10:00 - 10:30 | Ripon Marketplace, Market Place, Ripon, HG41BP, 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 games in each set – some mesmerising & fun to watch,
others invite gentle playful participation.
Casson & Friends are known best for World Record Breaking
international hit, ‘The Dance WE Made’.
“Absolute genius – whether you watch or participate, it can’t fail to make you smile” Bradley Hemmings – Artistic Director, Festival.org
FREE EVENT
Market Place 10 – 10.30am
Cathedral Forecourt 11.30 – 12 noon
Market Place 1 – 1.30pm
Market Place 3 – 3.30pm

Medusa
2024-07-06 10:00 - 10:30 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
Medusa Gothic Morris are a women’s dance group, we are based in Knaresborough and practice on Thursday evenings. We dress in black and purple, and regularly dance at local events. We would welcome new dancers (no experience necessary) and musicians to join us, contact Sally on 01423 868753 or email spolem@hotmail.com
FREE EVENT
10-10.30am Ripon Cathedral forecourt
1.30-2pm Ripon Cathedral forecourt

The Tea Cosies
2024-07-06 10:00 - 10:30 | 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 games which may involve biscuits!
FREE EVENT
10 – 10.30am City Centre streets
11.30 – 12 noon City Centre streets
1.30 – 2pm City Centre streets
3pm – 3.30pm City Centre streets

Saturday Street Entertainment
2024-07-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Ripon City Centre
Walkabout acts, crazy characters, circus and clowning bring the streets and open spaces of Ripon to life throughout the day.
Professional acts come together with community performers including Ripon City Morris Dancers, the Rock Choir and Ripon Youth Theatre.
Performances will be staged at Ripon Market Place, Minster Gardens (in front of the Courthouse Museum), on Ripon Cathedral Forecourt and on Kirkgate. Watch out for fire-juggling, giant birds of paradise, interactive dance, barmy tea-ladies and don’t forget to catch a ride for a Sedan Chair story!
All events are FREE.
Printable running orders for Saturday 6 July area available here.

Arcade

Medusa

Rock Choir

Logy on Fire

Ripon City Morris

Bachelors of Paradise

Sedan Chair Stories

Ripon Youth Theatre

The Tea Cosies

Medieval Maniax

The Wakeman Mummers

400 Roses and Thorns

Stone Soup

Workhouse Walkabouts

Rock Choir
2024-07-06 10:15 - 10:45 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
The UK’s original award-winning, local, contemporary choir.
Local leader Flo Glen says “If you love to sing, you’ll love Rock Choir! No auditions and no musical knowledge needed. We meet every Thursday in Ripon at Harrogate Road Methodist Church 10am-11:30am. Harewood Rd, Ripon HG4 1TG
You can book a taster session https://www.rockchoir.com/join/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Rock.Choir.Flo.Glen/
FREE EVENT
10.15-10.45am Ripon Cathedral
12.30-1pm Market Place

Ayla's Dream
2024-07-06 10:30 - 11:15 | Ripon Library, The Arcade, Ripon, HG4 1AG, United Kingdom
Another magical miniature suitcase show from expert puppeteers, Eye of Newt. A captivating tale of night skies, light and counting sheep. Puppet workshop making beautiful moths accompanies the library performance.
Age guide ​3-10
A Pay What ​You Can event. Recommended price £4 per ​child.
Performance is also repeated every ten minutes in Ripon Cathedral from 12noon-12.30pm

Logy on Fire
2024-07-06 10:30 - 11:15 | Ripon Marketplace, Market Place, Ripon, HG41BP, 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 performed all over the world as a successful street entertainer and stage performer.
FREE EVENT
Market Place 10.30am – 11.15am
Minster Gardens 12.30 – 1.15pm

Ripon City Morris & 400 Roses and Thorns
2024-07-06 10:30 - 11:15
We are a North West Morris Dancing team from Ripon. We practice most Monday evenings from 7.45pm in Bishop Monkton Village Hall, which is between Ripon and Harrogate. In the summer months we dance at various pubs in the area on Monday evenings and at Festivals, weekends of dance and at many other events. We are instantly recognisable by our patriotic kit and fresh flowered hats.
We are joined by the incredible 400 Roses and Thorns
FREE EVENT
10.30-11.15 Ripon Cathedral forecourt
12-12.30pm Market Place
2-2.30pm Ripon Cathedral forecourt
3.30-4pm Market Place

Monoliths - Saturday morning
2024-07-06 10:30 - 13:30 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
Three women. Three voices. Three stories.
An immersive, digital theatre experience, which interweaves three northern UK landscapes – a moor, a city and a coast – with sweeping soundscapes and poetic monologues. Written by Hannah Davies, Carmen Marcus and Asma Elbadawi, the stories are an arresting testament to the inextricable link between person and place.
Three stories open the world of the English northern landscape in virtual reality, what it means to come from it, live in it and belong to it.
Monoliths has been shown at several international film festivals including Melbourne International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Sheffield Doc Fest.
https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/monoliths_trailer_draft-1080p-new-logos.mp4

Directed by Lucy Hammond.
Four screenings per hour between 10.30 and 1.30pm.
Each performance lasts 11 minutes and can be experienced by 3 visitors at a time, wearing XR headsets.
Age guide 11+
Presented by Pilot Theatre and One to One Development Trust
Tickets £5

Theatre for One
2024-07-06 10:45 - 11:30 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, 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 three minutes is all that’s needed!” Dorothy Max Prior, Animations Online (UK)
Join Lempen Puppet Theatre for The Belly Bug and Dr Frankenstein.
Have a look down the “Belescope” and see the habitat and habits of the belly bug. Enjoy the dance of life!
Come and join Dr Frankenstein at his work table and watch him at work. Unsurprisingly he’s creating a new life!
FREE EVENT – just turn up!
Theatre for One is also running from 1.30 – 2.30pm and from 3-4pm on Kirkgate.

The Bachelors of Paradise
2024-07-06 11:00 - 11:30 | Ripon Marketplace, Market Place, Ripon, HG41BP, 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

Workhouse Walkabouts
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Minster Gardens, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
FREE EVENT
11am-12noon Minster Gardens
1.15-2pm Minster Gardens

Snakes and Ladders at The Workhouse
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:30 | Workhouse Museum, Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon, HG4 1LE, 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.
FREE EVENT – just turn up and play as long as you like
This event will also run from 1 – 3pm

Sedan Chair Stories
2024-07-06 11:00 - 12:30 | 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 is complimentary with carriage.
FREE EVENT
Carriage operating on Minster Gardens and Kirkgate between 11am to 12.30 and 1pm till 2pm

The Wakeman Mummers
2024-07-06 11:15 - 11:30 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
FREE EVENT
11.15-11.30am Ripon Cathedral forecourt
1.15-1.30pm Ripon Cathedral forecourt

Medieval Maniax
2024-07-06 11:15 - 12:00 | Ripon Marketplace, Market Place, Ripon, HG41BP, 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 Festival Sherwood Forest’, The Medieval Pageant’ Nottingham Castle and many other historic events.
FREE EVENT
11.15 – 12 noon Market Place
2 – 2.45pm Market Place

Yorkshire Voices
2024-07-06 11:30 - 12:00 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
FREE EVENT
11.30am-12 noon Ripon Cathedral

Arcade
2024-07-06 11:30 - 12:00 | Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road,, Ripon, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom
