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wagon Plays

This year the Mystery Plays, presented by the York Guilds and Companies, will be performed on Wagons in York on Sunday 13th and 20th July 2014.

Volunteers are needed to help sell programmes and see people to their seats.

The plays start at noon and are in two halves therefore a volunteer may work one half only or the full afternoon.

There is also a Music Festival from 17 to 19 July in the City Centre Churches where volunteers are needed to steward for about 2 hours.

If you are interested, contact 01904 481992 or e mail juneparker142@hotmail.com

Responsibility for producing the 12 individual Plays was allocated by the Lord Mayor of York earlier today

  1. Creation of the World to the Fifth Day – The Guild of Building
  2. The Fall of Man – The Gild of Freemen in partnership with Canon Lee School
  3. The Shepherds – The Guild of Scriveners
  4. Slaughter of the Innocents – Heslington Church
  5. The Baptism – A group under the directorship of Laura Rice
  6. The Woman taken in Adultery and The Raising of Lazarus combined into one play – York St John University
  7. Entry into Jerusalem – York Mystery Plays Supporter’s Trust.
  8. Christ before Annas and Caiaphas – The Company of Cordwainersin partnership with York Settlement Community Players
  9. The Crucifixion and The Death of Christ combined as one play – The Company of Butchers in partnership with Parish Church of St Chad on the Knavesmire
  10. The Harrowing of Hell – Parish Church of St Luke the Evangelist
  11. The Resurrection – The Company of Merchant Taylors who will put together a cast under the direction of Lindsay Ibbotson
  12. The Last Judgement – The Company of Merchant Adventurers in partnership with Pocklington School

 

Outdoor theatre show inspired by everyday stories of cycling to tour Yorkshire this summer

 Bike Story

Yorkshire theatre company 509 Arts has announced the premier in York and tour dates for its free performances of Bike Story, a brand new outdoor theatre production based on stories from the public about cycling.

The show, commissioned by Yorkshire Festival 2014 and presented in association with City of York Council, will tour festivals and town centres throughout Yorkshire. During the run up to this year’s Grand Départ, it will be staged in venues including Rowntree Park in York, Hull, Doncaster, Leeds, Grassington, Saltaire, Ilkley, Harrogate, Halifax and Hebden Bridge and is free to the public.

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Celebrate with the Fête du Tour!

York is encouraging a weekend of activities called Fête du Tour

Cyclists and yellow flowers York is taking up the challenge issued to all communities in England and France on the route of the 2014 Tour de France, to celebrate the city’s involvement by encouraging a weekend of activities called Fête du Tour (festival of the Tour). Communities, groups and individuals are being asked to think French, yellow and cycling – and the chance to give this French tradition an English twist. This will be the first time the UK has been engaged with the Fête so it’s a great opportunity to be a part of history. (more…)