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Tales from the Scriptorium

Swanley Grange at National Trust Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Fountains Abbey, Fountains Lane, Ripon, United Kingdom

Brother Aidan returns to the Festival, bringing heritage crafts, history and storytelling to his new home at Fountains Abbey. Witness the process of creating an Anglo Saxon book whilst he weaves talks of his life as a monk. On hand - a huge range of replica artefacts.  Demonstration includes parchment and ink making, leatherwork, bookbinding …

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£15

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

Tales from the Scriptorium

Swanley Grange at National Trust Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Fountains Abbey, Fountains Lane, Ripon, United Kingdom

Brother Aidan returns to the Festival, bringing heritage crafts, history and storytelling to his new home at Fountains Abbey. Witness the process of creating an Anglo Saxon book whilst he weaves talks of his life as a monk. On hand - a huge range of replica artefacts.  Demonstration includes parchment and ink making, leatherwork, bookbinding …

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£15

Hilarity Bites Festival Special

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club x Ripon Theatre Festival feat. Tarot, Black Liver, Joe Kent-Walters, and host Lee Kyle Tonight’s extra special comedy collaboration has a twist of theatre and a dash of music with a good dollop of improv squirted on the top. Tarot Born from the loins of multi-award winning sketch powerhouses Gein's Family …

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£10

A Spoonful of Julie

Holy Trinity Church Kirkby Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!Who loves Julie Andrews? A practically perfect and truly memorable one-woman tribute. Full of charming stories of Julie’s life with songs, sing-a-longs and medleys from all her best-known shows. A lunchtime delight to entertain and transport you to a world of favourite things. Performed by Nicola Mills with Pianist Maria King Suitable for all …

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£8

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

Look After Your Knees

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

Look After Your Knees is a new solo work by theatre maker, performer and physical comedian Natalie Bellingham. It is about the pain and beauty of growing older, of connecting and unravelling, of taking hold and letting go. This new solo performance uses comedy, storytelling, movement and interaction to uncover some of the things in …

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£10 – £12

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

Stand Up Stories

Storehouse Bar & Eatery The Warehouse, Blossomgate, Ripon, 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 …

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£12

Ripon Ghost Walk

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, 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 …

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£4 – £6

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