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What's On At
Friargate Theatre

Welcome to our Spring season of events and shows coming to our studio at Friargate Theatre. Scroll down for all dates and tickets.

The Ultimate Bubble Show

Ray Bubbles, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, is on a mission to master the art of bubble-making and create the ultimate square bubble!

1 March 2025

12:00 & 14:00

Make Space: Writing Sketch Comedy (Online)

Riding Lights Theatre Company have been creating sketch shows for nearly 50 years. Join us for this fun five-week crash course in writing sketch comedy.

5 March 2025

18.00

Make Space: Writing Sketch Comedy

Riding Lights Theatre Company have been creating sketch shows for nearly 50 years. Join us for this fun five-week crash course in writing sketch comedy.

5 March 2025

20.00

Right Here Right Now

York's own comedy improv night with its own brand of sensational silliness. It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along!

7 March 2025

19.30

Get Up Stand Up!

Friargate's own comedy club is back for 2025! Featuring the best comedians from across the circuit! Hosted by our own Tony Vino! This month: Jo Enright, Rob Rouse.

20 March 2025

20:00

I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die

Dan is cool, clever and smart, a “lovely boy” with a passion for helping others and the underdog. Everyone loves talented, creative Dan and at 16, he has plans - just losing his life isn’t one of them.

21 March 2025

14:00 & 19:30

I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die

Dan is cool, clever and smart, a “lovely boy” with a passion for helping others and the underdog. Everyone loves talented, creative Dan and at 16, he has plans - just losing his life isn’t one of them.

22 March 2025

14:00 & 19:30

Punch Porteous - Lost in Time!

Punch Porteous is a man in a predicament - he's lost in time in York! Dazed, confused, he's catapulted into different eras of York's past while the city shapeshifts around him. Join us for this imaginative journey in words, music, film and sound!

27 March 2025

19.00

Punch Porteous - Lost in Time!

Punch Porteous is a man in a predicament - he's lost in time in York! Dazed, confused, he's catapulted into different eras of York's past while the city shapeshifts around him. Join us for this imaginative journey in words, music, film and sound!

28 March 2025

19.00

Punch Porteous - Lost in Time!

Punch Porteous is a man in a predicament - he's lost in time in York! Dazed, confused, he's catapulted into different eras of York's past while the city shapeshifts around him. Join us for this imaginative journey in words, music, film and sound!

29 March 2025

14.00 & 19.00

The Actor's Forge: The Meisner Technique Intensive

Curated for those wanting to sharpen their acting tools and hone their technique, The Actor's Forge presents an intensive workshop that will focus on the teachings of Sanford Meisner and his pioneering exercises, notably the famous "repetition exercise".

30 March 2025

10.00

Right Here Right Now

York's own comedy improv night with its own brand of sensational silliness. It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along!

4 April 2025

19.30

Ben Okafor

The music of Ben Okafor moves effortlessly between the best of African Reggae with its rich lyrical heritage, classic folk protest songs in the vein of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song and driving reggae beats betraying the early influence of Peter Tosh, the Wailers, and Marley himself.

5 April 2025

19.30

The Princess and the Frog

Let's All Dance Ballet Company is delighted to present this beautiful, classical ballet to charm audiences young and old.

9 April 2025

13:00 & 15:00

Get Up Stand Up!

Friargate's own comedy club is back for 2025! Featuring the best comedians from across the circuit! Hosted by our own Tony Vino! This month: Harriet Dyer, Daliso Chaponda.

24 April 2025

20:00

The Truth About Jack the Ripper

Join crime historian Adam Wood to hear the truth behind the Whitechapel murders and the victims’ stories.

25 April 2025

19.30

Right Here Right Now

York's own comedy improv night with its own brand of sensational silliness. It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along!

2 May 2025

19.30

The Flood

Honest and touching with a dash of Northern humour, The Flood is a love letter to a town that refused to give in to the volatility of nature.

9 May 2025

19.30

The Flood

Honest and touching with a dash of Northern humour, The Flood is a love letter to a town that refused to give in to the volatility of nature.

10 May 2025

19.30

How To Be A Kid

A touching and funny story of family, friends and fitting in, Sarah McDonald-Hughes' play is ideal for seven to eleven year olds and their grown ups, who never want to let go of the magic of being a kid.

17 May 2025

12.00 & 15.00

Get Up Stand Up!

Friargate's own comedy club is back for 2025! Featuring the best comedians from across the circuit! Hosted by our own Tony Vino! This month: Mitch Benn, Paul Tonkinson.

29 May 2025

20.00

Paddy Blinders

Come and celebrate all things Irish at the Friargate Theatre as Paddy reads from his grandfather’s journal and takes us through the stories that inspired some of Ireland's best loved songs.

31 May 2025

19.30

Right Here Right Now

York's own comedy improv night with its own brand of sensational silliness. It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along!

6 June 2025

19.30

Dan Nicholas' Birthday Party

Award-winning comedian Daniel Nicholas (est 1991) is having a birthday party to celebrate all birthdays everywhere. Including yours.

21 June 2025

14.00

Art To Die For

Join award-winning comedian Daniel Nicholas in this interactive murder mystery show where YOU compete in games to find the clues and solve the murder.

21 June 2025

19.30

24k Magic

Join top magician Danny Lee Grew in his brand new mind boggling one man show featuring magic, illusion, laughs, gasps and stunning sleight of hand sorcery.

27 June 2025

19.30

Chaos

Out of Character Theatre Company presents Chaos by Laura Lomas—a poignant and poetic exploration of life’s messiness.

2 July 2025

19.00

Chaos

Out of Character Theatre Company presents Chaos by Laura Lomas—a poignant and poetic exploration of life’s messiness.

3 July 2025

19.00

Right Here Right Now

York's own comedy improv night with its own brand of sensational silliness. It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along!

4 July 2025

19.30

Chaos

Out of Character Theatre Company presents Chaos by Laura Lomas—a poignant and poetic exploration of life’s messiness.

5 July 2025

14.00 & 19.00

Are You Ready?

From London’s O2 to the middle of the Mediterranean, Charles Michael Duke has played Sir Elton John all over the world. Join him as he takes you on a journey through the life and music of the living legend!

12 July 2025

19.30

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