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
Wed 28 May - Thu 23 Oct 2025
What's On at the Grand Opera House, York
Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
Wednesday 28 May - 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 ...
Tim Rice - My Life in Musicals: I Knew Him So Well
Thursday 29 May 2025
Sir Tim Rice, the multi-award winning, internationally renowned lyricist, will return to theatre stages across the UK in 2024 with a very special live musical theatre event - My Life In Musicals - I Know Him So Well. The show will see Tim...
Murder, She Didn't Write
Friday 30 May 2025
Don your deerstalker, grab your magnifying glass and get your 'finger of suspicion' at the ready because Edinburgh Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error, are bringing back their multiple sell-out show for your sleuthing pleasure. They'll crea...
The Last Laugh
Tuesday 10 - Saturday 14 June 2025
Direct from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Last Laugh is a brand-new laugh-a-minute play which re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes - Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse. F...
The Dinosaur That Pooped
Sunday 15 June 2025
When Danny and Dino's favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets. But with a villainous band manager lurking, nothing goes to plan. Will the band perform? Will Danny rock out? Or ...
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story
Tuesday 17 June 2025
After phenomenal sell out tours, Walk Right Back is... BACK! From the Producers of That'll be the Day, the show tells the story of the most successful duo of all time - The Everly Brothers. Featuring hits such as Bye Bye Love, All I Have To...
The Bon Jovi Experience
Wednesday 18 June 2025
The Bon Jovi Experience are the world's first and unquestionably finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi. They are the only tribute to have been featured on the band's official website, not to mention being the only tribute to have been reques...
Flowers & Friendship Bracelets
Sunday 22 June 2025
Come and join us for the ultimate pop concert and celebrate the biggest hits from the hottest artistes of the moment. Let?s ?Shake it Off? to our very own Taylor Swift; sing along to ?Flowers? with Miley Cyrus; dust off all our best dance ...
Dear Evan Hansen
Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 June 2025
"The most vital and important musical of a generation" (Daily Mail) with "a raw, relevant and exhilarating score" (BBC Radio London) from the songwriters of The Greatest Showman and La La Land. A letter that was never meant to be seen, a li...
Reverend Richard Coles
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Reverend Richard Coles is the only British vicar to have had a number-one hit single and to have appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and since the first leg of this tour, he's charmed his way to the final of ITV's 'I'm A Celeb...
The ELO Experience - Tribute to Electric Light Orchestra
Wednesday 9 July 2025
The ELO Experience have been bringing the music of Jeff Lynne and The Electric Light orchestra to the live stage since 2006. The legacy left by Jeff Lynne & The Electric Light Orchestra barely needs any introduction - suffice to say that be...
York Stage School - Showcase
Saturday 12 July 2025
The award winning York Stage School presents, for the first time ever, their end-of-year showcase at the Grand Opera House....
Wicked Sing-Along (PG)
Sunday 20 July 2025
You're the one the Wizard has been waiting for! So gather your fellow witches of Oz for a special sing-along screening of Wicked, with lyrics on screen to ensure not a single magical moment is missed. Wicked, the untold story of the witches...
MANIA - The ABBA Tribute
Friday 25 July 2025
Formed in 1999 - as ABBA Mania - and following an eighteen week run in London's West End in 2002, MANIA is accepted as the world's number one ABBA tribute show. A special concert which celebrates the music of ABBA in a respectful and enjoya...
Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live
Saturday 26 July 2025
Ever since they were first identified in the 1800s, dinosaurs have sparked the imagination of kids and adults alike and for the first time ever, the world-renowned Natural History Museum has teamed up with Mark Thompson Productions to take ...
A Man for All Seasons
Tuesday 29 July - Saturday 2 August 2025
The greatest, most powerful and dangerous figures who shaped English history are brought vividly to life in Robert Bolt's award-winning play, directed by Jonathan Church. Martin Shaw stars as Sir Thomas More - scholar, ambassador, Lord ...
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...
Uncanny - Fear of the Dark
Sunday 5 - Monday 6 October 2025
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Slava's Snow Show
Wednesday 19 - Sunday 23 November 2025
ON SALE SOON - JOIN OUR FREE MAILING LIST TO RECEIVE A REMINDER!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 internationa...
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!...
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 ...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Grand Opera House, York
Mon 30 Mar - Sat 4 Apr 2026
Wed 28 May - Thu 23 Oct 2025
