Modern Mysteries from Riding Lights
This month the Youth Theatre at Riding Lights are putting on a set of Plays as a part of the York Mystery Plays. Here we hear from Abi Oscroft, the Youth Theatre Director.
*** CALL FOR DIRECTOR ***
YORK MYSTERY PLAYS 2018- THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST The Guild of Waifs and Strays are looking for a director for their production of The Temptation of Christ. This is a short play (c. 20 minutes) for four characters, taken from the historic York Mystery Plays cycle. We are looking for a keen director to cast…
Who’s behind the York Mystery Plays?
This month we look at the people who make the York Mystery Plays happen. Outside of the core team of Pageant Master, Project Administrator and Chair of the Trust, there are hundreds of individuals from across York and further afield who direct, perform, create and otherwise make the plays happen!
The original York Mystery Plays return for the 20th year in 2018
In September 2018, the York Mystery Plays will load the waggons and take to the streets to recreate the spectacle of these traditional medieval festivities for their 20th anniversary. So, what exactly are the Mystery Plays? The Plays are among the earliest formally developed plays which date back to as early as the…
Thoughts from the Pageant Master…
The York Mystery Plays begin again… It’s the last few days before 2018. Everywhere are little nativity scenes, which always remind me of the waggon plays- a little stage on which we see the Nativity story, rolled out each year before disappearing off into attics and storage boxes. In nine months, the groups and guilds…