Ripon Live Music
Dan Webster and Emily Lawler plus Band
Dan Webster has been described as ‘one of the U.K’s best kept musical secrets and one not to miss!’, ‘Achingly lovely, like sun breaking on a rain swept highway…’ RnR and an ‘An insightful lyricist with a great voice’ Acoustic Magazine. According to Americana UK - ‘He is the missing link, the joining point, where folk fuses with country – as good as you’ll hear on any record out of Austin or Nashville - beautiful – he is Anglicana’. Dan is a road-seasoned English singer-songwriter and guitarist, his music is influenced by the sounds and storytelling traditions of Americana, which he uniquely melds with an honest Northern English perspective in his songwriting. His sound is unashamedly influenced by the US - his heart remains a Yorkshireman’s.
Dan like his band is a formidable live performer - inspiring attention; pulling you into his work with finely crafted melodies and lyrics - delivered with a powerful and honest vocal...fantastic solo, duo, or with his band. They’ll have laughing, dancing and crying.
The press is unanimous!
Dan Webster’s subtle exploration of the human heart resonated with me after each spin of his fine new record... which draws assuredly on folk and country roots from across the Atlantic but remains assertively northern English. RnR ****
Webster proves to be a master story teller and fine entertainer County Music Magazine ****
Dan Webster played an impressive set at Maverick… performing under his name a permanent band… well-honed violin of Emily Lawler and cello of Rachel Brown weaving interesting lines and counter melodies… incorporates folk and bluegrass but also draws on Springsteen… Country Music People Magazine
“Mixing folk, country and even a little rock ‘n’ roll, all delivered with a clear, distinctive voice, some great playing and an immaculate sound, it stopped me in my tracks.” Folk Radio UK
‘There’s a real exuberance to the performance, the audience were soon having a hoe down as the band’s energy became infectious, the crowd were enthralled.’ Kendal Calling review by 3 Songs and Out
‘He is the missing link, the joining point, where folk fuses with country – as good as you’ll hear on any record out of Austin or Nashville - and Alt rock.’ Americana UK 9/10
“His delivery is passionate, this album boasts a big, big heart.” Folk Radio UK
As well as a recording artist, Dan is a skilled producer working with several rising stars of the roots scene including The Magpies, Bella Gaffney, Polly Bolton, Joshua Burnell, Fran Wyburn and Rachel Croft.
For more information and lots of live videos go to-:
www.danwebstermusic.com
This will be a seated event
Fully stocked bar available from 7pm.
Concert hall 7.30
Music at 8pm
Hilarity Bites
Hilarity Bites returns to Ripon Arts Hub, featuring the always popular Tom Houghton, Ecuador’s number one comedian El Purnell, a newer act in the middle, and host for the night is the returning Elaine Robertson.
Ripon Live Music
SONS OF TOWN HALL
Welcome to the mythic world of Sons of Town Hall, the international, waterborne duo of George "Ulysses" Brown (UK) and Josiah "Chester" Jones (US). The pair transcends time and space, dressed in threadbare Victorian outfits, they meditate about the ocean, and sing songs that beg you to sing along. Their songs are masterful in their own right, poetic turns of phrases sung with voices so perfectly matched it is impossible to tell them apart, harmonies so sublime they will seem the work of witchcraft, and intricately finger-picked guitar parts worthy of Apollo himself. But it is Sons of Town Hall's presentation that sets them apart from every other guitar-slinging songwriting team out there.
The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater and unlike anything most have ever experienced. George and Josiah's between-song repartee is unique and absolutely hilarious, as they share their tales of traveling the world on the water and roaming the frontier looking for work. The affection they feel for each other is contagious, and audiences leave in love with both of them, with each other, and with life in general.
You will laugh. You will cry. You will be transfixed and transformed, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
Highly, highly recommended.
"Seamless vocal harmonies...stories of sea voyages, betrayal and desolation... a more coherent concept you’ll be pushed to find" The Observer
"It’s part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool. … Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here." Philadelphia Inquirer
https://sonsoftownhall.com/
instagram.com/sonsoftownhall
https://www.youtube.com/@SonsOfTownHall
This will be a seated event in an itimate venue
Fully stocked bar available from 7pm.
Concert hall 7.30
Music at 8pm
Dare to Dream
Join Ripon Youth Theatre for an enchanting journey through the magic of Disney as we present Dare to Dream. This spectacular musical celebration brings together beloved stories of courage, adventure, and following your heart, featuring iconic moments and unforgettable songs from Disney's most treasured tales.
Dare to Dream
Join Ripon Youth Theatre for an enchanting journey through the magic of Disney as we present Dare to Dream. This spectacular musical celebration brings together beloved stories of courage, adventure, and following your heart, featuring iconic moments and unforgettable songs from Disney's most treasured tales.
Dare to Dream
Join Ripon Youth Theatre for an enchanting journey through the magic of Disney as we present Dare to Dream. This spectacular musical celebration brings together beloved stories of courage, adventure, and following your heart, featuring iconic moments and unforgettable songs from Disney's most treasured tales.
Dare to Dream
Join Ripon Youth Theatre for an enchanting journey through the magic of Disney as we present Dare to Dream. This spectacular musical celebration brings together beloved stories of courage, adventure, and following your heart, featuring iconic moments and unforgettable songs from Disney's most treasured tales.
Dare to Dream
Join Ripon Youth Theatre for an enchanting journey through the magic of Disney as we present Dare to Dream. This spectacular musical celebration brings together beloved stories of courage, adventure, and following your heart, featuring iconic moments and unforgettable songs from Disney's most treasured tales.
Outcast
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival
Please note – this theatre experience starts at The Leper Chapel and ends at Ripon Arts Hub – details below.
Join writers Paul Mills and Andy Croft in the atmospheric surroundings of the Leper Chapel to tune in to a little-known period of the Middle Ages – The Anarchy. They will share the context and history underpinning their new play examining the lives of individuals living with leprosy. Set in Medieval Ripon, Outcast explores a range of political and social themes that still resonate in the present including poverty, control and environmental collapse.
Following the writers’ introduction, selected scenes will brought to life in a workshop performance at the Arts Hub. A small group of professional actors will have been working intensively with Director Kate Veysey for just a few hours on selected scenes from the play.
Staging will be minimal; the emotions and issues raised will not! Your response and reflections will help the writers to shape the future direction of the piece.
Writers, Andy and Paul were instrumental in the establishment and development of Ripon Poetry Festival. Both are well known for their poetry and work in the theatre.
Out of Character Theatre Company, an innovative York-based charity and theatre ensemble comprised of artists and performers who have lived experience of mental ill health, will provide the cast for the workshop performance. Founded in 2009, the company uses theatre to challenge mental health stigma, promote social inclusion, and provide creative pathways for recovery.
Age Guide 12+
The Essence of Audrey
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival.
Audrey Hepburn. All she really wanted was to be loved and to find love. She was, and continues to be, an inspiration. A beautiful, modest actress, and Ambassador of UNICEF living a seemingly idyllic life.
Audrey proved to be one of those rare people who truly deserved ‘fashion icon’ status, but what made her into the star we think we know?
Writer and performer Helen Anker shares Audrey’s successes and failures, her triumphs and disappointments, confronting her anxieties and fears and finding the truth she’s never been able to voice before.
Helen Anker has been treading the boards since the age of 9, playing roles in West End productions, on Broadway, and in numerous regional productions. She has recently toured internationally as Tanya in Mamma Mia! and as Cynthia Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen.
“Fascinating, interesting, wonderful. Don’t miss it!” Maureen Lipman
Sponsored by Ripon Rowels Rotary Club
Hilarity Bites
Hilarity Bites returns to Ripon Arts Hub with a special show for Ripon Theatre Festival, featuring two starts of Live at the Apollo, QI, and Have I Got News For You – Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ignacio Lopez.
Red
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Fesitval
International cabaret siren Amber Topaz brings you a brand new, classy, sassy, fabulous musical revue, celebrating redheaded musical theatre stars of stage and screen. A delicious cocktail of Old Hollywood glamour, West End and Broadway classics.
Full to the brim with iconic show-stopping numbers, honouring these formidable flame-haired trailblazers that have shaped musical theatre herstory.
From the golden era of Hollywood to the bright lights of Vegas. Embodying legendary artists such as Rita Hayworth, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Shirley MacLaine, Gwen Verdon and many more.
Amber has worked her unique magic across the globe, delivering a triple treat of song, dance, and comedy. As a teenager, she left her Yorkshire roots behind to move to London and enter the world of cabaret and burlesque. Whether frivolous or thought-provoking, Amber is always, unmistakably, fabulous.
“Amber Topaz is an explosion of charisma and stage presence unmatched between music and song, comedy and seduction.” GQ
“Cabaret Icon” The List
Age Guide 10+
Batty!
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival
Have you got a wild side?
Batty has, she dreams of running barefoot, wild swimming, of talking trees, strange animals and the scent of the seasons turning.
In fact she’s starting to wonder if she might be a witch…
Join Batty and her companion Wildthing for gossip, gay abandon, exquisite tenderness and raucous stories (with a side order of ranting), as they explore the magic and power of ageing.
This new production from Victoria Firth & Company explores the wildness – as opposed to madness – of women, and how our feral side can reconnect us to ourselves and our environment.
The show will be followed by an audience Q&A with the company.
Victoria Firth & Company is a contemporary dance theatre company led by choreographer and director Victoria Firth. Based in the UK, the company creates visually striking and emotionally resonant performance work that blends contemporary dance, physical theatre, and storytelling.
“Sincere, frequently funny and a reminder that there is much more to mid-life than hot flushes.” The Scotsman
Sponsored by Dr Frances Cole & Dr Judith Hooper
Age Guide 14+
One Man Poe
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival.
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre. Although his works are nearly 200 years old, Poe’s stories have stood the test of time and have inspired a countless number of horror writers. Using Poe’s original text from the 1840s, award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith faithfully brings to life four timeless tales live on stage:
The Tell-Tale Heart is an insight into the mind of a madman, convincing us he is sane.
The Pit and the Pendulum follows a prisoner of the dreaded Spanish Inquisition, undergoing various mental and physical tortures.
The Black Cat documents an alcoholic confessing his heinous crimes on the eve of his death.
The Raven is the poem that made Poe famous – a mysterious midnight visit from an ominous talking raven.
Winner of The Derek Award for ‘Best Overall Show’ at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, One Man Poe is produced by four-time OFFIE Award-winning theatre company Threedumb Theatre, bringing Poe’s work to life as never before.
Praise for this production:
“Captivating… I could not have been more wowed by this ‘marathon of the macabre’” ★★★★★ The National Scot
“Powerfully moving… This show quite literally took my breath away… Unmissable!” ★★★★★ Everything Theatre
“A compelling and repelling experience” ★★★★★ MyTheatreMates
“Edgar Allan Poe himself would love this powerful performance” ★★★★★ The Derek Awards
“Awe-inspiring… An incredibly gripping and enthralling evening” ★★★★★ North West End
“The definitive Fringe interpretation of these already much-loved works” ★★★★★ The Wee Review
“A captivating night of terror, guilt, grief and murder most foul… A must-see” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
Age Guide 12+
Down to Chance
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival.
One woman, a radio, and the largest earthquake in US History.
Anchorage, Alaska. 1964. A part-time radio reporter, her teenage intern, a general on leave, and a local hobbyist find themselves at the centre of a remarkable relief effort. Genie Chance, live on air, must take unimaginable risks to save her community and family from chaos.
Based on the incredible true story of the Great Alaskan Earthquake, Down to Chance is a heart-warming portrait of a community in crisis with the whole world listening in.
Straight from selling out the Edinburgh Fringe, this 5-star, ‘deftly staged thriller’ (The Stage) lands in Ripon this Summer.
Maybe You Like It’s madcap new show promises frenetic action, frantic multi-roling, and immersive live sound in this ‘love letter to the golden age of radio’ (The Scotsman).
Down to Chance was developed with support from Theatre Royal Plymouth and The Pleasance for The Edinburgh National Partnerships Programme.
“Simply the best show I’ve seen this year.” UK Theatre Web
“Deftly staged thriller” (The Stage)
Age Guide 12+
The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuiness
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival.
How will history remember you? As the person you are, or as the person you want to be?
A funny and poignant story of an Irish nurse and poet, based on the true stories from World War II.
It’s 1939 and Philomena McGuinness, an Irish nurse and poet, has been newly recruited for the British war effort. But can one live a life true to the poetry inside them when they are constantly being defined by their role in the war?
Moon Rabbit is an innovative, two-person theatre company specialising in historical one-woman plays. Based in Edinburgh, they have performed their historical one-person shows all across the UK, and onboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Queen Anne. The company was founded by Joshua King (playwright and fiction writer) and performer and voice actor, Jasmin Gleeson. Joshua is also co-founder of and writer for theatre company Say It Again, Sorry?
“If you leave this play feeling anything other than touched and inspired, then you are probably not breathing.” Broadway Baby
Sponsored by Specsavers Ripon
Age Guide 12+
No Strings Attached – A Puppet Cabaret
Presented as part of Ripon Theatre Festival.
An evening of song and sketches and some surprises, all performed by talented puppets with help from local community performers and Puppet Power North.
Join the Festival Team, friends and volunteers for a fun finish to Festival week.
Puppet Power North (PPN) is led by Mark Edwards who has honed his puppetry skills over the last decade working with amateur societies, schools and youth groups. Mark has been in education for over 35 years and has used puppets throughout his time as an educator. After being inspired through a Noda summer school course he has for the last 10 years developed puppet workshops for young people and adults. For the last 20 years he has directed musicals for a number of local amateur operatic societies. 2024 saw him direct a production of Avenue Q.
Age Guide 10+
Come From Away
RAOS Musical Theatre Company presents Come From Away, the hit musical based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world.
What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travellers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Come From Away
RAOS Musical Theatre Company presents Come From Away, the hit musical based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world.
What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travellers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Come From Away
RAOS Musical Theatre Company presents Come From Away, the hit musical based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world.
What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travellers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Come From Away
RAOS Musical Theatre Company presents Come From Away, the hit musical based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world.
What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travellers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Come From Away
RAOS Musical Theatre Company presents Come From Away, the hit musical based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world.
What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001.
Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travellers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Hilarity Bites
Hilarity Bites returns to Ripon Arts Hub, featuring award-winning musical comedian Christian Reilly. Joining Christian is highly-rated Welsh comedian Kelly Rickard, a newer act in the middle, and host for the night is the returning Chris Lumb.
Talking Spirits
The Ripon performance promises an intimate evening of exceptional musicianship in the welcoming setting of the Ripon Arts Hub.
World Music Ensemble Talking Spirits to Perform at Ripon Arts Hub – 22 April 2026
Ripon, North Yorkshire – Internationally acclaimed world music ensemble Talking Spirits, led by renowned musician James Lascelles, will perform live at Ripon Arts Hub on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
Bringing together a collective of world-class musicians who have performed and recorded alongside some of the world’s leading artists, Talking Spirits creates a powerful and uplifting musical journey that transcends borders. Drawing on global musical traditions and contemporary influences, the group blends rich textures, intricate rhythms and soaring melodies into an unforgettable live experience.
Talking Spirits have supported, enhanced and collaborated with Frank Zappa, L Shankar, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Joan Armatrading, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Joss Stone, Mick Taylor, Bob Marley, Shusha, Incognito, Paul Buckmaster, Anette Peacock, Cymande, the Bauls of Bengal among others.
Under the direction of James Lascelles – an acclaimed composer, performer and collaborator – Talking Spirits has earned a reputation for performances that are both musically virtuosic and deeply atmospheric. Each concert offers audiences a dynamic fusion of sound, spirit and storytelling.
The Ripon performance promises an intimate evening of exceptional musicianship in the welcoming setting of the Ripon Arts Hub. Audiences can expect a vibrant celebration of world music that is both soulful and exhilarating.
Marriage
In 19th century St Petersburg, chronically indecisive Podkolyosin engages a marriage-broker to find him a wife. She alights on young Agatha Tikhonova, living with an aunt and seeking a husband. A string of suitors follows, each more grotesque than the last. Director Marie Henderson’s free adaptation of Gogol’s satire adds a modern twist to what equates to speed-dating in Imperial Russia.
Red Wall is a Yorkshire-based community theatre group founded in 2023. It aims to bring new or lesser-known drama, with popular appeal and a social ‘edge,’ to a wider audience.
9 to 5
RAOS Musical Theatre Company – the team that brought you Calendar Girls and Sister Act, present 9 to 5 The Musical – with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, it is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?!
This is a high-energy show with a jubilant score and easily relatable characters.
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
9 to 5
RAOS Musical Theatre Company – the team that brought you Calendar Girls and Sister Act, present 9 to 5 The Musical – with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, it is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?!
This is a high-energy show with a jubilant score and easily relatable characters.
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
9 to 5
RAOS Musical Theatre Company – the team that brought you Calendar Girls and Sister Act, present 9 to 5 The Musical – with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, it is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?!
This is a high-energy show with a jubilant score and easily relatable characters.
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
9 to 5
RAOS Musical Theatre Company – the team that brought you Calendar Girls and Sister Act, present 9 to 5 The Musical – with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, it is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?!
This is a high-energy show with a jubilant score and easily relatable characters.
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
9 to 5
RAOS Musical Theatre Company – the team that brought you Calendar Girls and Sister Act, present 9 to 5 The Musical – with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, it is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?!
This is a high-energy show with a jubilant score and easily relatable characters.
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
Ripon Live Music
JOHN KIRKPATRICK & SUE HARRIS
With BENJI KIRKPATRICK
John & Sue met in 1970, married in 1971, and began making music together as a duo on the English Folk Scene and beyond. In 1973 they moved to Shropshire, and went on to produce four sons (Benji is Number Two), five LPs, and two Morris Teams, and spent time in Dingle’s Chillybom Band, The Albion Country Band, Umps & Dumps, and The Richard Thompson Band. They provided music, song, and dance for numerous plays in the theatre and on radio, but gradually worked together less and less, until a final appearance in 1992.
Thirty-two years later they have joined forces again for the occasional gig, usually with Benji, who has been striding out in his own right as a soloist and as a member of Bellowhead, Faustus, and The Seth Lakeman Band.
You’ll hear large chunks of their old repertoire, along with a few new compositions and arrangements, solo spots from Benji, and several numbers with all three playing together.
The Arts Hub well stocked bar will be open at 7.00pm, hall at 7.20 and music at 7.45.
This will be an all seated event in this intimate venue.
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Fixing
When Matt was little, their dad bought a classic car. A 1952 Sunbeam Talbot Mark II. Dad had ideas that he and Matt would do it up, repair, rebuild together. They never did, and the car festered in a garage.
I mean, Dad had just been through a divorce.
Now in their 30’s, Matt would like to learn how to fix a car engine. They’d like to learn a bit more about Dad, and that time, when Dad and Mum split up. The time when Matt and Dad were closest.
Matt can’t do this alone, which is tricky for a solo show. That’s where Matt’s drag alter-ego Natalie Spanner comes in. She knows all about things that girls like Natalie know about. Like how to build an engine. About maintenance, care and repair.
Together, Matt and Natalie will try to ask, in an increasingly broken world, how might we repair ourselves, together?
A drag show about family break ups, car breakdowns, and how to get over them.
“Delightful . . . a novel collision between queer culture and mechanics” – The Guardian
“Charming and often very funny look at fractured family life” – The Stage
Presented to launch the 2026 Ripon Theatre Festival. Tickets include a glass of bubbly, information about forthcoming festival events and refreshments courtesy of Valentino’s.
Friday 27 March. Doors and refreshments from 7pm, event starts 7.30pm.
Grave Condition
The Dark Musical Comedy 💀
✨ World Premiere coming 12th-14th March 2026 ✨
Grave Condition
The Dark Musical Comedy 💀
✨ World Premiere coming 12th-14th March 2026 ✨
Grave Condition
The Dark Musical Comedy 💀
✨ World Premiere coming 12th-14th March 2026 ✨
Hilarity Bites
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Brennan Reece, Catherine Young, and host Roger Monkhouse
Hilarity Bites
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Mick Ferry, Sean Moran, and host Elaine Robertson
Sister Act the Musical
A divine musical comedy! When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior – featuring unforgettable, uplifting songs including ‘take me to heaven’, ‘fabulous baby’ and ‘Raise your voice’
This is a community production presented by RAOS Musical Theatre Company.
Matilda the Musical RYT
Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical inspired by the beloved book by the incomparable Roald Dahl.
With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda The Musical is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.
Winner of over 100 international awards, including 24 for Best Musical, Matilda has been delighting audiences in London’s West End for over a decade.
We are super excited to be bringing this production to you from RYT -get your tickets here.
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Eddy Brimson, Don Biswas, and host Cal Halbert
Join us for another month of Hilarity Bites at Ripon Arts Hub, kicking off January 2024 in style with Hosy Cal Halbert, and featuring Eddy Brimson and Don Biswas!
Timings:
Doors open: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8pm
Tickets for this show are £10 per person, with doors opening at 7:30pm and the show starting at 8pm. Tickets can be bought from the link below, See Tickets, TicketMaster, Skiddle, or contact the venue directly.
Little Ripon Cinema
Love Actually - Cinema Screening
Join us for this family festive favourite as we head into the season with some magic and romance!
This show starts at 7.30pm, but the bar will be open for refreshments from 7pm. There will be an interval and popcorn, ice cream and more are available!
Little Ripon Cinema
ELF cinema screening.
Join us for this family festive fun film at the Ripon Arts Hub on Sunday 17th December!
The bar will be open for refreshment, popcorn and ice cream. This is a family friendly event and there will be an interval.
For tickets click here.