WHAT'S ON AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, YORK
What's On at the Grand Opera House, York
Most Popular Shows and Events at Grand Opera House, York
Mon 30 Mar - Sat 4 Apr 2026
What's On at the Grand Opera House, York
The Music of Fleetwood Mac by Candlelight
Thursday 4 September 2025
Featuring a cast of West End singers and a live band, this 'landslide' concert is jam packed with Fleetwood Mac hits as you have never heard them before! This incredible show will feature best loved songs including 'Little Lies', 'The Chain...
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Friday 5 - Saturday 6 September 2025
The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as seen in the West End every week since 2022, and heard on BBC Radio 4, comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For one delightful evening only, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilariou...
80s Live
Sunday 7 September 2025
Feel shiny and new as yout travel back in time to one of the most iconic eras of music for the night - put your hands together and get into the groove as the live band, Electric Dreams, perform over two dozen chart topping anthems from arti...
York Stage - The Wizard of Oz
Friday 12 - Saturday 20 September 2025
Get ready to skip down the Yellow Brick Road with York Stage as they bring The Wizard of Oz to life in a dazzling musical adventure! Join Dorothy, Toto, and her friends-the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion-as they journey to the ma...
Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts
Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 September 2025
Starring Tom Chambers (Father Brown, Strictly Come Dancing) as Inspector Morse, in the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective. ITV's long-running Inspector Morse, hailed by Radio Times as 'The greatest British crime series of a...
Mercury - The Ultimate Queen Tribute
Sunday 28 September 2025
Mercury, having celebrated their 23rd anniversary, has established itself as one of the world's most authentic tribute bands to Freddie Mercury and Queen. Including performances of the most popular Queen hits, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Rad...
Northern Live - Do I Love You
Monday 29 September 2025
Keeping the faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect ...
Friends! The Musical Parody
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Friends! The Musical Parody is an hilarious good-hearted romp through our favourite moments from the hit TV show in an uncensored, hilarious, fast-paced, music-filled production. Ross, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel, haven't gone...
Once upon the Grand
Friday 3 October 2025
Calling All Mini Stars (and Their Grown-Ups!) Get ready for 60 minutes of magical make-believe, where little imaginations shine big!...
Uncanny - Fear of the Dark
Sunday 5 October 2025 - Monday 16 March 2026
The first Uncanny live stage show "I Know What I Saw" was one of the best-selling paranormal shows in theatre history. Now, Danny Robins and his team of experts are back with a brand-new show for 2025, with thrillingly new and terrifying re...
Grayson Perry
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Chelmsford-born Turner Prize-winning acclaimed cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry CBE is as well known for his colourful pottery and tapestries as he is for his books, TV shows and social commentary. Using all these different media, he ...
Nina Conti
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Wednesday 8 October 2025
The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner is back on tour with a new show, Whose Face is it Anyway? London-born Nina Conti (and Monkey) has regularly sold out shows all over the world with her widely acclaim...
The Wittering Whitehalls
Thursday 9 October 2025
Join Michael and Hilary Whitehall for Barely Alive, an exclusive show as they bring their hit podcast to the stage. Take a comfy (-ish) seat and garner their thoughts on everything from workouts to weddings, seaside towns to social media an...
Alan Davies
Friday 10 October 2025
He thinks he's Marty McFly but he's older than Doc Brown. He spends more time in the pharmacy than the gym. Subject to relentless eye rolls from his kids. What is he? A late middle-aged stand up on tour for the first time in a decade. Funni...
Joanne McNally
Saturday 11 October 2025
After the success of her record-breaking tour The Prosecco Express, Joanne McNally returns with her hotly anticipated new stand-up show Pinotphile. Hailed by Variety as One to Watch, McNally has been keeping herself busy by ruining men's...
Babatunde Aleshe
Sunday 12 October 2025
Join the multi award winning star of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! & Celebrity Googlebox, Babatunde Aleshe on his second hilarious new stand up tour, High Expectations, as he guides us through family life, his new found fame...
Six
Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 October 2025
The international smash hit musical SIX is back! Multi award-winning with a spectacularly successful studio album adored on playlists across the globe, this sell-out Tudor take-off has 'an incredibly strong and powerful message. Boundary-pu...
Miles Jupp
Monday 20 October 2025
A tale about surprise, fear, luck, love and qualified medical practitioners. Since comedian and fabulous star of The News Quiz Miles Jupp's last tour finished at The London Palladium in 2017, he's been in The Full Monty on Disney Plus, The ...
Strange, but True Crime with Jennifer Rees
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Join us for a stranger than fiction night of true crime with ex-forensics lecturer Jennifer Rees who explores the world's most shocking and unbelievable cases. Jennifer's previous theatre tour, The Psychology of Serial Killers, was a huge h...
Dead Ringers
Wednesday 22 October 2025
To mark its 25th anniversary, BBC Radio 4's legendary, multi-award-winning topical satire show takes to the road with a full UK tour for the first time. Starring long-standing cast members Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, and Dun...
Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
Thursday 23 October 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...
Taylormania - Taylor Swift Tribute Show
Friday 24 October 2025
An award winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis is a self-confessed 'Swiftie' with an incredible live band and dancers, and promises to deliver the most authentic...
An Audience with Stuart Broad
Saturday 25 October 2025
Renowned for his colourful personality both on and off the field, Stuart will take to the stage to discuss unforgettable moments - from Ashes glory and winning the T20 World Cup to joining the elite club of bowlers to take over 600 wickets....
Rory Bremner - Making an Impression
Saturday 25 October 2025
For four decades, Rory Bremner has been the voice of our times - quite literally. Now, in this intimate new show, the master mimic & satirist combines his signature stand-up with candid conversation, accompanied by a rotating cast of specia...
Pick Me Up Theatre presents Bugsy Malone
Friday 31 October - Saturday 8 November 2025
Get your splurge gun at the ready as Alan Parker?s world-famous Bugsy Malone comes to York with Pick Me Up Theatre following last year's sell-out NATIVITY! The Musical....
Sunny Afternoon
Tuesday 11 - Saturday 15 November 2025
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...
Fastlove - A Tribute to George Michael
Sunday 16 November 2025
Few shows have reached the dizzy heights of Fastlove, touring worldwide, selling over 500,000 tickets. Join us for one very special night as we celebrate the late great George Michael. Make new memories whilst reliving old classics - this o...
Gareth Malone - Sing-along-a-Gareth
Monday 17 November 2025
It's time to lift our voices once more as Gareth Malone, together with his band and a group of stellar singers, guides us through an evening of song. Featuring the tunes he's performed over the last 15 years on television, this feel-good c...
Slava's Snow Show
Wednesday 19 - Sunday 23 November 2025
Slava's Snowshow promises a breath-taking multisensory delight in a joyous dream-like world which will touch both your heart and funny bone!The multi award-winning international sensation returns by popular demand. This truly unique theatri...
A Fairytale for Christmas
Monday 24 - Tuesday 25 November 2025
'Tis the season to be jolly as the ultimate Irish Christmas concert is back. After four back-to-back sell-out tours (as Fairytale of New York), and successful runs in the USA and Europe, A Fairytale for Christmas has gained thousands of ...
Ross Noble
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Roll up, roll up! Or use a more conventional form of transport to get to the show. It's entirely your choice. Unless you accidentally become trapped in a barrel*. Should that happen, then just find an incline and start rolling to see the on...
The Rat Pack - A Swingin' Christmas at the Sands
Thursday 27 November 2025
The stars of ?The Rat Pack - Swingin? at the Sands? will be bringing the ultimate Christmas party to the UK this festive season following a sold-out show at the West Ends? Adelphi Theatre last December....
Steve Steinman's Anything For Love - The Meat Loaf Story
Friday 28 November 2025
Steve Steinman's Anything For Love - The Meat Loaf Story - It's all About the Music! 30th Anniversary Tour. Following his 2022 sell-out tour the highly acclaimed and No.1 recording artist, Steve Steinman, brings you his brand-new production...
The Amy Winehouse Band
Saturday 29 November 2025
In this stunning retrospective show, Amy's original band fronted by the exceptional young vocalist Bronte Shand, celebrate her era defining music and live performances. This is the only completely authentic re-imagining of the Amy Wineh...
Cinderella (Pantomime)
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
You shall go to the ball with next year?s sparkling pantomime, Cinderella!...
Girl Power Experience
Saturday 10 January 2026
The ultimate singalong concert celebrating the music of iconic female artists from The Spice Girls to Beyonc? and Madonna + many more!...
Bowie Experience - David Bowie Tribute
Sunday 11 January 2026
Bowie Experience is a spectacular concert celebrating the sound and vision of David Bowie. A must see for all Bowie fans, the latest production features all the hits from A to Ziggy. Bowie Experience continues to amaze audiences with an ast...
The Woman in Black
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 January 2026
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. The formula delivers an evening of unremitting drama, transporting the ...
Sue Perkins
Sunday 18 January 2026
You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy - but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight. W...
Dickens Theatre Company - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Monday 26 January 2026
Dickens Theatre Company present an exciting new stage adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Victorian gothic masterpiece as part of their Revision on Tour programme, which comprises unique stage adaptations of compulsory GCSE texts tou...
Dickens Theatre Company - Macbeth
Monday 26 January 2026
Dickens Theatre Company present the Bard's bloodiest tragedy as part of their Revision on Tour programme, which comprises unique stage adaptations of compulsory GCSE texts touring theatres nationwide. This unique adaptation of the 'Scottish...
Carlos Acosta's Nutcracker in Havana
Wednesday 28 - Saturday 31 January 2026
A Cuban take on the favourite festive classic, Carlos Acosta's brand-new production Nutcracker in Havana explodes onto the stage, featuring new choreography by Carlos Acosta CBE performed by more than 20 dancers from his Cuban company, Acos...
Single White Female
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 February 2026
Based on the iconic 90's psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stilett...
Michael Starring Ben - The Magic of Michael Jackson
Sunday 8 February 2026
Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson - the man, the music and the magic. MichaelⓇ Starring Ben is a hit theatre production starring the UK's ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star, Ben Bowman. Not only does he look and...
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Tuesday 10 - Sunday 15 February 2026
Happiness is only a heartbeat away with HERE & NOW, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon, Steps. Don't miss this sparkling celebration of love and friendship when it emba...
Prima Facie
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 February 2026
Jodie Comer's (Killing Eve) Olivier, Evening Standard, Whatsonstage and Tony award-winning performance in Suzie Miller's gripping one-woman Olivier award-winning play returns to theatres in a unique and limited national tour. Tessa is a you...
Barnum
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 February 2026
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Death on the Nile
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 March 2026
Bitter Rivals. Buried Secrets. A love to die for. On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple's idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally r...
Bridget Christie
Thursday 12 March 2026
Described by The Independent as "One of the brightest and best around," Bridget Christie hits the road again with a brand new show, Jacket Potato Pizza. A kidney stone. A stray cat. An eye-themed fetish. The Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose D'...
Garth Marenghi
Friday 13 - Saturday 28 March 2026
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi - Channel 4's spoof pulp horror author created by English comedians Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade - author of Sunday Times Bestselling Garth Marenghi's T...
Dominic Halpin & the Hurricanes - A Country Night in Nashville
Sunday 15 March 2026
Direct from The Royal Albert Hall, A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing honky tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be trans...
An Audience with Michael Portillo
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Secretary of State. Traveller. TV superstar. The inimitable Michael Portillo joins us live on stage to share funny, insightful, and poignant stories from his extraordinarily rich and varied life. The son of a refugee who rose to become one ...
Bluey's Big Play
Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 March 2026
When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag. Bluey's Big Play is a brand-new thea...
Killer Couples featuring Emma Kenny
Sunday 29 March 2026
Killer Couples is not just another true crime show; it's a riveting exploration of romance gone horrifically awry. Emma unravels the complex psychology of couples who commit the unthinkable, transforming their intimate bond into a pact of d...
2:22 A Ghost Story
Monday 30 March - Saturday 4 April 2026
Winner of BEST NEW PLAY at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Chicago) and Stacey Dooley (TV presenter and Strictly winner) star as fictional couple Sam and Jenny in this edge-of-...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Grand Opera House, York
Mon 30 Mar - Sat 4 Apr 2026
