The Mystery Plays return to the Cityon 3 & 4 July this year in Residents’ Gardens, Dean’s Park., York. This is a joint, outdoor, production between the Trust, York Festival Trust and York Minster. It will be staged on two pageant wagons. There are 3 performances on each date – 11am, 2pm and 4pm. Each…
DetailsAudition Brief: ‘A Resurrection for York’ A Joint Partnership Production Director: Philip Parr Performances: May 29 and May 31, 2021 Deadline for receipt of audition material: midnight Monday 5 April 2021. Venue – outdoors, using two wagons as stages, in the grounds of the Minster School on Deangate, outside York Minster. There will be…
DetailsMissing the Mysteries? The Performing Arts, as have all areas of our lives, taken a battering this year. Community productions have been shelved and there is a pent up demand amongst audiences and performers alike for live theatre. The Mystery Plays community in York is no less keen to see our City streets alive again…
DetailsGuest Blog: The Coopers’ Play – The Fall of Man – Guest Blog from Sajan Devshi from Learndojo
What’s this play about?
The fall of man is the fifth play by the Coopers and looks to explain why sin and misery exists in today’s world. The play tells the story of Adam and Eve, the first humans to be on this world, and our ancestors, and their fall from God’s grace and expulsion from the garden of Eden through Satan’s influence. The story also lays the foundations for man’s salvation through his son Jesus Christ.
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Our public lectures give the medieval context to the York Mystery Plays. Aimed at the general public, our academics will explore the sounds, crafts, audiences and makers of the Mysteries. “The Soundscapes of the York Mystery Plays” Mariana Lopez (University of York) 7pm, Wednesday 18th July K/133, King’s Manor The ‘sound’ of the…
DetailsThe Glovers Play – The Sacrifice of Cain and Abel – Guest Blog from Sajan Devshi from Learndojo What’s this play about? The play is the 7th play out of the 48 York Mystery Plays and was originally produced by the Glovers guild. This production tells the story of Cain and Abel, the sons…
DetailsWe have been joined by the talented British art and cultural historian and TV presenter, Nina Ramirez who is getting involved in this year’s York Mystery Plays. We decided to ask her a few questions about why she is getting involved and the connections she has with both the city of York and the Plays…here’s what we learned!
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Pocklington School, Ravens Morris and the York Mystery Plays Alan Heaven, director Judgement Day Through Pocklington School I have been involved with the plays for 12 years, and have thoroughly enjoyed the remarkable opportunity it has given us to perform York’s own plays in front of thousands. The School’s connection began in 2006 when…
DetailsOn what dates will the Plays be performed? This year the York Mystery Plays are being performed on two consecutive Sundays, Sunday 19th June and Sunday 26th June and there will also be an evening performances on 22nd and 23rd June in Shambles Market using a selection of the Plays chosen for the 2022 cycle. Will…
DetailsOn Sunday 10th June a ceremony dating back to the 15th century marked the official start for the Guilds, Companies and Groups of York to prepare in earnest for the quadrennial York Mystery Plays. The ceremony of the Presentation of the Billets to the Masters of the ancient Guilds and Companies ordered them to ‘bring…
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