The Bachelors of Paradise

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, 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

Medieval Maniax

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, 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 …

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The Trial of John Sinkler

Courthouse Museum Minster Road, Ripon, United Kingdom

Step inside a Magistrates Court room virtually unchanged since first being built and experience justice 1871 style in Ripon Courthouse as members of the Workhouse Theatre group invite you to the trial of John Sinkler for Poaching and Threatening to shoot a watcher. Ensure Justice is seen to be done as audience members or perhaps …

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£4

Arcade

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, 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 …

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The Tea Cosies

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 …

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Stone Soup

Minster Gardens Minster Road,, Ripon, United Kingdom

A wandering stranger holds the secret to making delicious soup, fit for the finest folk in the land. But can they really make soup with just a stone? Performed from a travelling cart and including elements of storytelling, music and comical puppet characters. Eye of Newt’s re-telling of this traditional folk tale invites audiences young and …

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Theatre for One

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, 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 …

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Kirkgate Street Party

Kirkgate Kirkgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

The fun continues on Kirkgate with buskers, bands and more. Enjoy a meal in one of the restaurants, or have drink before taking in more theatre. FREE EVENT - just turn up!  3 – 6pm Kirkgate

Ripon City Morris & 400 Roses and Thorns

Ripon Marketplace Market Place, Ripon, United Kingdom

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 …

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The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle

Newby Hall and Gardens Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon, United Kingdom

Doctor Dolittle leads a simple life as the village doctor in sleepy Puddleby-On-The-Marsh. He often undercharges his patients, or even treats them for free, so he is terribly poor. But one day, with the help of his wise old parrot Polynesia, he makes an extraordinary discovery: that he can talk to animals. As news of …

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£11 – £17

We’re Not Going Back

Ripon Arts Hub 49 Allhallowgate, Ripon, United Kingdom

75 Mines. 3 Sisters. 1 Cause. (And a six-pack of Babycham) 2024 is the fortieth anniversary of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, a dispute that still resonates today. But the strike wasn’t just about pickets vs police – in this thought-provoking musical comedy, there are no miners and no cops. Instead, we follow the fortunes of …

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£12 – £14