Take a look at what’s going on in York this week.
This week comedian Rob Beckett is at York Barbican, see the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy as it comes to York on tour, don’t miss dance spectacular Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell at York Theatre Royal, and new exhibition Visions, Voices, Vocations is celebrating women at York Minster.
Take a look at our full guide below.
What’s on in York this week: Sunday 1 – Friday 6 June
All week
Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company return to York Theatre Royal with The Midnight Bell. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound streets of Soho and Fitzrovia. Step inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart; bitter comedies of longing, frustration, betrayal and redemption.
- York Theatre Royal, St. Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD
- Wed 4 – Sat 7 Jun
- Multiple times
- More info
Visions, Voices, Vocations: Celebrating Women in York Minster
Step inside the medieval Chapter House and meet the women who shape life at York Minster today through a new portrait exhibition in collaboration with award-winning photographer Olivia Hemingway.
The exhibition features high-definition screens that display the specially commissioned photographs. The emotive installation captures just some of the inspirational women who contribute to the life and mission of the Minster today, ranging from its police force and musicians to stonemasons and conservators.
- York Minster, Deangate, York, YO1 7HH
- Thu 5 Jun – Sun 16 Nov
- York Minster opening times
- More info
Sunday
Trophy on Tour
See the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy as it stops in York on tour! The trophy will be on display on Parliament Street for visitors and residents to get a glimpse of it ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup later this year.
- Parliament Street, York
- Sun 1 – Mon 2 Jun
- 10:30am – 5pm (Sun), 10am – 3pm (Mon)
- More info
Monday
Michael Morpurgo – My Heart was a Tree
Renowned children’s author Michael Morpurgo and his wife and fellow author Clare Morpurgo, together with Carol Hughes, who was married to poet Ted Hughes for the last 28 years of his life, share their favourite poems as they celebrate the wonder of nature.
Their poignant readings are interspersed with music by Elgar, Haydn, Max Richter and Vaughan Williams, performed by the Iddesleigh String Quartet.
- York Theatre Royal, St. Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD
- Mon 2 Jun
- 6pm
- More info
Wednesday
Rob Beckett: Giraffe
Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in my way. From Bromley to Brisbane, my new show Giraffe is going worldwide.
Expectations on me: put on 3 stone from takeaways and post-show drinking. Expectations of you: leave the gig happier than when you arrived. What else is there to do? Sit next to your partner on the sofa scrolling TikTok in silence again? You did that the last three nights. See you there!
- York Barbican, Paragon St, York, YO10 4AH
- Wed 4 – Thu 5 Jun
- 8pm
- More info
Thursday
The Wind in the Willows
Pop Yer Clogs Theatre return to Theatre@41 with a fresh, high-energy reimagining of Kenneth Grahame’s beloved classic. Join Mole, Ratty, Badger, and the ever-chaotic Mr Toad as they bring the riverbank and Wild Wood to life in a whirlwind of mischief and adventure.
- Theatre@41, 41 Monkgate, York, YO31 7PB
- Thu 5 – Sat 7 Jun
- 7pm (2:30pm Sat matinee)
- More info
York Centre for Writing Reading Series: Kimberly Campanello and Hasib Hourani
This is a rare opportunity to hear poetry and discussion from two extraordinary poets working at the intersection between poetry and prose. Kimberly Campanello, author of An Interesting Detail (Bloomsbury, 2025), will be in person. Hasib Hourani, author of rock flight (Prototype, 2024), will join remotely. The event will be chaired by Caleb Klaces from York Centre for Writing.
There will be readings and discussion, including the opportunity to ask questions.
- The Recital Room, CC/201, York St John Creative Centre, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk York YO31 7EX
- Thu 5 Jun
- 1pm
- More info
It’s Britney B*tches! – MoveFit Mamas
Celebrating the very BEST of Britney Spears. With six routines on the cards, we’ll be getting down to absolute bangers like ‘Oops I Did It Again’, ‘Slave 4 U’ and ‘Toxic!’ Trust me gals, we’re going to be giving ultimate 00’s music video FANTASTY!
- The Mount School, Dalton Terrace, York YO24 4DD
- Thu 5 Jun
- 6pm
- More info
Friday
York Pride Kick Off with York RI Templars Rugby
Join the York RI Templars on Friday evening June 6th as we bring the heat, the fierce, and the fabulous to the pitch. Watch gay/bi/trans rugby players from across the north go head to head then come with us for drinks into the evening!
- York RI RUFC, New Lane, Acomb, York YO24 4NT
- Fri 6 Jun
- 7pm
- More info