• Songs from Shakespeare

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    A recital of Shakespeare songs and arias including works by Verdi, Gounod and Cole Porter, finishing with Brush Up Your Shakespeare! Performed by soprano Louise Wayman, accompanied by Tim Harper. Louise, originally from Dorset, studied at the Wales International Academy of Voice with Dennis O’Neill and Nuccia Focile. Previously she studied at Birmingham Conservatoire with …

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    Free
  • The Wanderer

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Come and follow the footsteps of countless pilgrims down into the ancient crypt of Saint Wilfrid. Lit only by the guttering flame of candlelight, meet the Wanderer. An exile who has journeyed north from the stormy south coast of Manhood End. Hear his service and be warmed by his words as you take your own …

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    Free
  • Beached

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    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 …

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    PWYC
  • Monoliths – Tuesday

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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. …

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    £5
  • Monoliths – Wednesday

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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. …

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    £5
  • Thursday Lunchtime Concert

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

    Ripon Cathedral is delighted to host wonderful performers in the stunning setting of the medieval quire for its free lunchtime concerts which take place most Thursdays throughout the summer season. Linking with Ripon Theatre Festival 2024,  this week's recital from tenor Joseph Spratt is sure to feature a song or two with a theatrical nod. …

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    Free
  • Monoliths – Thursday

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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. …

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    £5
  • Shakespeare’s Royals

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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 …

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    £16 – £18
  • Monoliths – Friday

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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. …

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    £5
  • Mr Owen’s Pocketbook

    Ripon Cathedral Minster Road,, Ripon, 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. …

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    £8 – £10