Audrey Hepburn. All she really wanted was to be loved and to find love. She was, and continues to be, an inspiration. A beautiful, modest actress, and Ambassador of UNICEF living a seemingly idyllic life. Audrey proved to be one of those rare people who truly deserved ‘fashion icon’ status, but what made her into …
Hilarity Bites returns to Ripon Arts Hub with a special show for Ripon Theatre Festival, featuring two stars of Live at the Apollo, QI, and Have I Got News For You – Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ignacio Lopez. Welsh comedian Kiri is a multi-award winning comedian, satirist and writer. She regularly co-hosts Loose Ends, guest …
International cabaret siren Amber Topaz brings you a brand new, classy, sassy, fabulous musical revue, celebrating redheaded musical theatre stars of stage and screen. A delicious cocktail of Old Hollywood glamour, West End and Broadway classics. Full to the brim with iconic show-stopping numbers, honouring these formidable flame-haired trailblazers that have shaped musical theatre herstory. …
Have you got a wild side? Batty has, she dreams of running barefoot, wild swimming, of talking trees, strange animals and the scent of the seasons turning. In fact she’s starting to wonder if she might be a witch… Join Batty and her companion Wildthing for gossip, gay abandon, exquisite tenderness and raucous stories (with …
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre. Although his works are nearly 200 years old, Poe’s stories have stood the test of time and have inspired a countless number of horror writers. Using Poe’s original text from the 1840s, award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith faithfully …
One woman, a radio, and the largest earthquake in US History. Anchorage, Alaska. 1964. A part-time radio reporter, her teenage intern, a general on leave, and a local hobbyist find themselves at the centre of a remarkable relief effort. Genie Chance, live on air, must take unimaginable risks to save her community and family from …
How will history remember you? As the person you are, or as the person you want to be? A funny and poignant story of an Irish nurse and poet, based on the true stories from World War II. It’s 1939 and Philomena McGuinness, an Irish nurse and poet, has been newly recruited for the British …
An evening of song and sketches and some surprises, all performed by talented puppets with help from local community performers and Puppet Power North. Join the Festival Team, friends and volunteers for a fun finish to Festival week. Puppet Power North (PPN) is led by Mark Edwards who has honed his puppetry skills over the …
