Venue: Main House
Date: Wed 31 Dec
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Thu 02 May 2013
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Tue 26 Mar 2013
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Thu 14 Mar 2013
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Thu 07 Mar 2013
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Tue 22 Jan 2013
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Tue 22 Jan 2013
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Mon 21 Jan 2013
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Mon 14 Jan 2013
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Mon 07 Jan 2013
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York’s famous De Grey Rooms ballroom will host a unique event on New Year’s Day and the opportunity for fans of Northern Soul and Tamla Motown music from the 1960s and 1970s to dust off those polished leather soled shoes and dance non- stop from 2pm until midnight, with the knowledge all profits will be going to charity.
Mon 24 Dec 2012
The beautiful De Grey Rooms have won the People's Choice York Design Awards.
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Tue 11 Dec 2012
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Mon 24 Sep 2012
Due to the extraordinary demand for places on this terms adult acting classes, we've opened a special Friday class for those who'd like to come along to a specific subject or on a more week by week basis. So if you are 18+ and fancy enhancing your skills in a relaxed atmosphere then join us for the beginning of the new term this Friday 28th September.
Thu 23 Aug 2012
City of York Council and York-based film company Parashoots are looking for 2 female actors for a specially commissioned short film.
Tue 21 Aug 2012
One of the shows produced as part of the Play in a Week youth sessions is going to the Galtres Festival this weekend.
Fri 27 Jul 2012
A new season of exciting and different work is now on sale at York Theatre Royal.
Tue 17 Jul 2012
York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company presents a new production at the Yorkshire Museum - and it's free!
Fri 01 Jun 2012
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Tue 22 May 2012
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Thu 17 May 2012
The Arts Council have today announced that York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre are two of 173 organisations who have been successful in their bid for Catalyst funds. Catalyst is a capacity building and match funding scheme which will enable arts organisations to build their fundraising capacity.
Tue 15 May 2012
This May York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company (YAC) is holding auditions for their latest production, a commissioned piece for The Yorkshire Museum.
Thu 19 Apr 2012
There is an exciting opportunity for young people to be involved in a one-off project at York Theatre Royal as part of our Playhouse project.
Wed 11 Apr 2012
You may know that York Theatre Royal runs one of the largest Youth Theatre programmes in the country, however you may not know that we also run classes for adults as well.
Fri 09 Mar 2012
York Theatre Royal supports Access for All, and are committed to making our performances as accessible as possible. Audio Describer, Ted Kendall, outlines the what it means to provide this essential service to the theatre community.
Thu 23 Feb 2012
Tickets for this years brand new pantomime, Robin Hood and his Merry Mam!, go on sale at 9 am Thu 1 March. Tickets are only available in person at the box office on Thu 1 March. The queues start very early (with some people camping out over night to make sure they get their favourite seats), so book early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are available over the phone and online from 10 am on Fri 2 Mar.
Wed 15 Feb 2012
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Wed 18 Jan 2012
The TakeOver artistic team will be producing Shakespeare's 'As You like It' at this year's festival, which returns for the 4th year this May.
Fri 25 Nov 2011
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Tue 22 Nov 2011
York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company (YAC) is holding auditions for their latest production of 'How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found' by Fin Kennedy. The production will take place in the Studio 21st – 24th March.
Thu 17 Nov 2011
Angela Breffit and her husband took up our challenge and booked to see every show in our Ensemble Season. She wins a pair of tickets to a York Theatre Royal production. Angela was also so kind as to provide reviews of all the shows she saw in the season.
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Joe Williams, who plays Jarvis in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Henry Raby, who plays Crabtree in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to John Askew, who plays Wrigglesworth in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Nik Fenwick, who plays Lord in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Tom Jackson, who plays Charteris in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Wed 14 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Matthew Williams, who plays Rumbold in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Tue 13 Sep 2011
The lights are positioned and focused, the paints dried, the grass is laid and the satellite dish is up…meaning we are raring to go! There are lots of little limbo states during production week, periods where you’re waiting for the next event to happen. I’m currently limbo-ing before the company arrives at 4.30 for our tech part 1, which we continue tomorrow at 10. The tech for those not ‘in the know’ is the setting of the technical elements, principally the lights and sound into the piece more formulaically, getting the levels right and the length of the transitions from state to state.
Wed 07 Sep 2011
YTR talk to Phil Grainger, who plays Tredgold in our upcoming production of Alan Bennets 'Forty Years On'
Thu 25 Aug 2011
We are one scene away from completing the play, that sounds very grand and final but it means we are just one scene away from having gone through every scene in the play. Perhaps nothing to shout about after 4 weeks of a 6 week rehearsal period, but it’s a significant marker nevertheless.
Wed 17 Aug 2011
I had intended to update the blog last week, in response to the terrible scenes we saw in Londonand subsequent other cities. I had in mind a title something like ‘The positive side of youth’, although hopefully I would have thought up something a little pithier than that.
Mon 01 Aug 2011
First day of rehearsals completed, which to be honest is always a bit of a relief. A director feels the trepidation at least as equally as the actors.
Tue 12 Jul 2011
We have finally completed the casting for the Young Actors Company’s production of Little Angels.
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