The Plays return to the city streets on Sunday 28th June and Sunday 5th July 2026.

There will be two twilight performances in the Market on Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July 2026

The Plays

Forty-eight scripts make up the existing York Mystery Plays. For 2026, we are aiming for eleven core plays plus further extracts to tell the story from the Fall of Lucifer to the Last Judgement.

The Fall of Lucifer

Creation to the Fifth Day

The York Guild of Building.

The Creation of Mankind & the Fall

The Nativity (extract)

The Shepherds (TBC)

The Temptation of Christ (TBC)

The Massacre of the Innocents

Judas goes to Pilate (extract)

The Crucifixion

The Journey to Calvary

The Sepulchre: Resurrection (TBC)

Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (extract)

The Appeal for Mother Mary (fragment)

The Last Judgement

The Guild of Merchant Adventurers