Music theatre suitable for all ages.
Funny and poignant in equal doses, this is a tale of a 40-something who has always dreamed of being a Spice Girl and longs to liberate her dreams. It is told through music, theatre and movement, and examines the joys and pains of hope, ambition, freedom and friendship
Tickets cost £10
To book please call York Theatre Royal box office (01904) 623568 or online at www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.
Between 1757 and 1795, The Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, a guidebook to London’s ‘light girls’ was the essential piece of kit for a man about town.
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A look at how the sexuality and gender was expressed and repressed during the First World War through nationalism, authoritarianism and experience.
With Philip Newton who is the Volunteer Coordinator at York Museums Trust
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Bridget Morris’s talk will evaluate the different attitudes towards the war of key members of the famous Rowntree family of York, and work done in support of the workforce at the Rowntree & Co factory in response to the war.
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Puccini’s last and possibly greatest opera – Turandot – including famous tenor aria “Nessun Dorma” – official World Cup song 1990
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Come and join in a debate about the role of Britain in the First and Second World Wars
With Mike Towers a history tutor with the WEA with a special interest in the both World Wars.
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From 18 November, the festival will be returning to the historic city of York for the second year running.
After the success of 2015 we’ve expanded our northern weekend to include over 20 speakers across two beautiful venues.
Our venues this year are the Yorkshire Museum, one of the city’s premier history attractions, and the stunning 14th-century Hospitium building nearby.
