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
Sat 6 Dec 2025 - Sun 4 Jan 2026
Tue 29 Apr - Sat 3 May 2025
What's On at the Grand Opera House, York
The Smartest Giant In Town
Wednesday 5 - Thursday 6 February 2025
George wishes he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the smartest giant in town . ....
Nina Conti
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Friday 7 February 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...
Massaoke - Sing The Musicals: The Live Band Sing-along Party
Saturday 8 February 2025
Direct from London's West End, the first national tour of the greatest musicals ofall time performed by Massaoke, a sensational live band and character singers, with a giant screen displaying sing along lyrics. Expect to hear songs from Mam...
Dominic Halpin & the Hurricanes - A Country Night in Nashville
Sunday 9 February 2025
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...
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Direct from a week long run in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, a sold out Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back!Using huge projection photos and original film footage, th...
Pop Princesses
Thursday 13 February 2025
This is the children's pop concert with a big difference. A musical spectacular starring four fabulous Fairy tale Princesses who just love to sing! It's the perfect mix. Featuring a soundtrack of top pop hits from artists such as Little Mix...
Some Guys Have All the Luck - The Rod Stewart Story
Friday 14 February 2025
Endorsed by Rod's own family, Some Guys Have All The Luck - The Rod Stewart Story is back in theatres in 2023 with its hotly anticipated new production. Direct from the West End, the show brings to the stage an incredible live concert celeb...
David O'Doherty
Saturday 15 February 2025
The dishevelled Irish prince of €10 eBay keyboards, tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair, Tiny Piano Man. It's gonna be a big one. Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Count...
Cruel Intentions
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 February 2025
Packed with 90s pop classics including the songs of Britney Spears, Boyz II Men, Christina Aguilera, TLC, R.E.M., Ace of Base, Natalie Imbruglia, The Verve, *NSYNC and many more, the brand new smash hit musical Cruel Intentions is based on ...
York Brass Against Cancer
Sunday 23 February 2025
York Brass Against Cancer returns to The Grand Opera House in York for its 4th instalment featuring the fantastic Hammonds Band, one of the finest bands in the country founded back in 1855 by Sir Titus Salt, and The Shepherd Group Brass Ban...
Dickens Theatre Company - Macbeth
Monday 24 - Wednesday 26 February 2025
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...
Dickens Theatre Company - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Tuesday 25 - Wednesday 26 February 2025
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...
Lions and Tigers and Bears with Gordon Buchanan
Thursday 27 February 2025
Join Gordon as he recounts thrilling encounters with pandas, grizzlies, tigers, jaguars and more. Learn about the heart-stopping moments, the mud, sweat, and tears, and the tender interactions that have shaped his extraordinary career. Gord...
Ellen Kent's La Bohème
Friday 28 February 2025
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent Production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv, with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. Directed by Ellen Kent, this brand new pro...
Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly
Saturday 1 March 2025
Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent and the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv production, with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-w...
Myra's Story
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Direct from London's West End, where every performance received a huge standing ovation and the smash hit of four Edinburgh fringes. The incredible story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic, Myra McLaughlin living rough on the streets of Dubl...
Queenz - Drag Me To The Disco
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Queenz are back with a brand new show! Join the gals for an electrifying, live vocal, drag-stravaganza, where Dancing Queenz and Disco Dreams collide for the party of a lifetime. After two trailblazing years of touring the country, a run ...
Jon Culshaw
Sunday 9 March 2025
The star of BBC Radio 4's Dead Ringers, BBC One's The Impressions Show and Channel 4's Partygate takes his brand new show on the road following a completely sold out and critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival. Join Jon ...
Candace Bushnell - True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and The City
Tuesday 11 March 2025
In her new one-woman show, New York icon Candace Bushnell, the international best-selling novelist and creator of Sex and the City takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of New York City, from Studio 54 to the Lipstick Jungle and beyond, sh...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Mad, Bad & Dangerous
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Spend an evening in the extraordinary company of Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE - 'the world's greatest living explorer' - as he goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth. Sir Ranulph has circumnavigated the s...
Horrible Histories - Awful Egyptians
Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 March 2025
So it's time to prepare yourselves for an amazing show with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and eve...
Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors
Thursday 13 - Saturday 15 March 2025
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it's time to prepare yourselves for Terrible Tudors live on stage! From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about t...
Go Your Own Way - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
Sunday 16 March 2025
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock n roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians ...
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 March 2025
Celebrating 40 years of iconic and chart-topping compilation albums, this brand-new musical comedy has an unbeatable 80s soundtrack and show-stopping direction and choreography by Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood. This is an even...
An Audience with Mark & Lard
Sunday 23 March 2025
The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the 'Mark and Lard Show' come to an end with a resounding: 'STOP...!' Now fully twenty-one years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: '... CARRY ...
Murder on the Orient Express
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 March 2025
Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. One murderer. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on-board, can the world's most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, c...
Tom Holland - The Lives of the Caesars
Sunday 30 March 2025
Tom Holland is a storyteller whose range and erudition seem to be as unbounded as history himself. Already a wildly acclaimed bestselling author when his chart-topping podcast The Rest is History made global superstars of Tom and his co-hos...
Blood Brothers
Tuesday 1 - Saturday 5 April 2025
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. The superb score includes ...
Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of the Dubliners
Sunday 6 April 2025
Direct from the West End, the show brings to life the music of Ireland's favourite sons 'The Dubliners'. Telling the story of a career spanning 50 years and evoking the spirit of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Jim McCann, Ciaran B...
Menopause The Musical 2
Sunday 13 April 2025
The hysterical sequel to the smash-hit show Menopause the Musical®, Cruising Through Menopause! Starring Mary Byrne (X Factor), Jessica Martin (Copycats), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty) and Susie Fenwick (West End Star), we present Menopause ...
Showaddywaddy
Thursday 17 April 2025
'The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World' is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy has lived up to that title for the last 4 decades! Formed in the 1970s in Leicester from several local bands, they have sold more than 20 million records ...
Some Enchanted Evening
Sunday 20 April 2025
Experience the grandeur of Broadway as the EMTO serenades you with unforgettable showtunes in Some Enchanted Evening - the critically acclaimed 2024 Manchester hit. Featuring iconic songs like I Could Have Danced All Night , People Will Say...
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage, sacrifice, and the power of love. ...
Q The Music - James Bond Concert Spectacular
Sunday 27 April 2025
Celebrating 20+ years as the original pioneering Bond concert, known for stirring emotional and adrenaline-fueled performances, mixed with superb musicianship and flair. Indeed, every fan club around the world recognises them as the finest ...
Calamity Jane
Tuesday 29 April - Saturday 3 May 2025
Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin' musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin' on over the plains to a theatre near you. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday 6 - Sunday 11 May 2025
York Stage and the Grand Opera House York unveil an enchanting collaboration, presenting a fresh interpretation of William Shakespeare?s A Midsummer Night?s Dream....
Harry Hill
Sunday 18 May 2025
The Badger Parade is back on! Join Harry Hill on his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low level disruption! Marvel! As he offers new insights into the hot topics of the day such as the d...
Nikita Kuzmin - Midnight Dancer
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Ukrainian-Italian dance star Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show to the stage. Rising star of Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show, Midnight Dancer to the stage on his first ever solo U...
That'll Be The Day
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Celebrate the golden age of Rock 'n' Roll and Pop from the '50s right the way through to the '80s from Trevor Payne and an exceptional cast of who combine hilarious comedy sketches and impersonations with brilliant vocals and superb musicia...
Julian Clary
Sunday 25 May 2025
Julian Clary, renowned homosexual and national trinket, is fixing to saddle up and head on out for his 2024 UK tour. "Yes, it has a Western theme," the old buckaroo confirms, sipping Bourbon from a pint tankard. "It was only a matter of tim...
Wonders of Our Universe
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Join us as we delve into the mysteries of stars, planets, galaxies, and black holes, and embark on the quest to find life beyond Earth. Experience the profound 'Power of Smallness' and a truly inspirational segment for our younger audience,...
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow
Wednesday 28 May 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 Know Him so Well
Thursday 29 May 2025
The show will see Tim Rice reflect on his illustrious career at the heart of musical theatre, sharing anecdotes behind the songs ? the hits and the misses along with stories of his life and live performances from the wonderful catalogue of ...
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...
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...
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Most Popular Shows and Events at Grand Opera House, York
Sat 6 Dec 2025 - Sun 4 Jan 2026
Tue 29 Apr - Sat 3 May 2025
