A gripping half-hour from some of Upstage Academy’s prize-winning drama students. These young people take their theatre seriously and regularly sweep the board at competitions with their intense monologues and dynamic two-handers. Upstage Academy in Ripon offers classes to children aged 6-18years in all disciplines of performance. Age guide 14+ Pay What You Can (PWYC)
A man is seeing his life ebb away from him, and as it does so his mind fills with past memories as they weave in an out of his consciousness, gradually fragmenting the closer he gets to death. With a nod to both T.S.Eliot and Samuel Beckett, Crash is an examination of memory and time, …
A mini marvel of a show for a mini audience. Put on your headphones and become immersed in the tale of Arnold, whose walk quickly becomes an adventure. A soundtrack is played on earphones for each audience member, creating a little world to share. Each performance by renowned mask and puppet company Strangeface lasts for …
Scratch the surface of all the tales we have heard since childhood and we find they are dark, nasty and full of dubious intention… A slight twist reveals the terrible, the silly and the downright incredible ’truths’ hidden in plain sight. Gav Cross: Storyteller, Show Off and Chief Idiocy Wrangler vividly brings these old fables …
Hazelsong Theatre present The House that Jack Built - a high energy puppet show for children and families. Come and watch the two bungling performers try to control their wayward puppets popping up in all the wrong places. They are going to need help to stop everything falling apart… Age guide 3+ Pay What You …
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Based upon Steve’s much-loved book of the same name, Stumbling Over Eden is a one-hour show that combines story and song to celebrate the adventurer, explorer and vagabond within us all. From the notion of freedom and the beauty of the trail to the joy of travelling companions and the meaning of home. Not just …
A relaxed and friendly one-hour beginners' session led by Vanessa Matthews from Flamenco de Leeds. Since 2015 Flamenco de Leeds has been providing regular workshops, events and performers across Leeds and further afield. The ethos of Flamenco de Leeds is very much focused on enthusiasm and ensuring everybody feels welcome to participate in any way …
Do you love to see traditional Morris sides dancing in public spaces over the summer months? Have you thought about joining in? It's a great way to keep fit and keep a vibrant tradition going for the future. Rehearsals usually (always?) end in the pub, so it's very sociable activity and a great way of …
Join writers featured in the newly-published anthology of Ripon Poets, This Here, This Now. "Cross the market square in Ripon to find a poet. Perhaps, the barista serving coffee or the care worker returning from a late shift. Poetry sounds in the footsteps. If poetry is life, life lived, then here is life lived in …
If you’ve got a heartbeat you’ve got rhythm! Learn to tap your natural human potential in this relaxed and friendly one-hour beginners' session led by Alison Lyon from Drums Agogo. Alison has been teaching drumming for twenty-one years, and her fun (and sometimes rather silly) style has made her classes and workshops a hit with adult …
Short & Sweet Yorkshire is an annual festival of 10 minute new writing with previous finalists showcased here at Ripon Theatre Festival. In a FREE taster of what is to come in the evening performance at Ripon Arts Hub, we present 3 of the best short pieces from up-and-coming writers. Featuring homegrown talent from across …
Join writers featured in the newly-published anthology of Ripon Poets, This Here, This Now. "Cross the market square in Ripon to find a poet. Perhaps, the barista serving coffee or the care worker returning from a late shift. Poetry sounds in the footsteps. If poetry is life, life lived, then here is life lived in …
