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Conor Lovett, Gare St Lazare Players photo by Dylan Vaughan

Performances

A variety of musical and theatrical performances are taking place throughout the Festival.

Samuel Beckett is one of the inspirations for this year’s Festival. Beckett’s dark humour speaks with special power to the uncertainties of our global world. We are delighted to welcome the world-renowned Gare St Lazare Players who will be performing Beckett's First Love and The End.

Enjoy A Mad World, My Masters, Thomas Middleton’s brilliant comedy of conmen and sexual intrigues, or join us at York Theatre Royal to explore the relationship between community and belief at Anthony Minghella’s touching and funny play, Two Planks and a Passion.

Previous performances

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Saturday 16 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Friday 15 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Thursday 14 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Monday 11 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Sunday 10 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Henry Purcell, King Arthur

Sunday 10 July 2011

Purcell's re-working of the Arthurian semi-opera with pre-concert talk.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Saturday 9 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Friday 8 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Thursday 7 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Monday 4 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Sunday 3 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Saturday 2 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella

Friday 1 July 2011

Two Planks and a Passion is a wonderfully funny and tender play about the people and history of York.

A Mad World, My Masters, by Thomas Middleton

Saturday 25 June 2011

One of the greatest comedies from 'our other Shakespeare'.

Gare St Lazare Players: The End

Friday 24 June 2011

Ireland's most travelled theatre company, the Gare St Lazare Players, perform an arresting stage adaptation of Samuel Beckett's short story: The End.

A Mad World, My Masters, by Thomas Middleton

Friday 24 June 2011

One of the greatest comedies from 'our other Shakespeare'.

A Mad World, My Masters, by Thomas Middleton

Thursday 23 June 2011

One of the greatest comedies from 'our other Shakespeare'.

Gare St Lazare Players: First Love

Wednesday 22 June 2011

Ireland's most travelled theatre company, the Gare St Lazare Players, perform an arresting stage adaptation of Samuel Beckett's short story: First Love.

The Greatest Story Ever Told?

Friday 17 June 2011

Central to the heritage of York, the idea of a public entertainment which was written by the people is revived in a new, twenty-first century format, incorporating digital imaging and audio.