York Settlement Community Players and York Shakespeare Project invite you to their annual Christmas Extravaganza! Join us at St Lawrence Church Hall, Lawrence Street on Saturday 16 December at 7.30pm. The idea is for a convivial get together over mulled wine and a mince pie with the evening’s entertainment coming from those among us who...
We're thrilled to be hosting a play reading of local writer Jacqueline Everett's play, Got To Hide Your Love Away, which was long listed for The Bush script reading scheme. The play reading will take place in the upstairs room of the Black Swan Inn in York at 7.30pm on Tuesday 9 January 2024. We're...
By Terence Rattigan Directed by Helen Wilson TWO TALES OF LOVE AND LOSS BY ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST CELEBRATED PLAYWRIGHTS Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables is set in a shabby Bournemouth hotel in the 1950s, where guests, both permanent and transient, sit on separate tables, a formality which underlines the loneliness of these characters. It has been said...
We’re delighted to announce that Direct Approach is back for 2024! This time around we will be performing Sally Mitcham's It's Complicated, which will be directed by Simon Copper in the Black Swan pub in York. Roles Cora (F) - recently divorced mother, stressed John (M) - dad, joker, a good chap Waitress/waiter - written...
Monday 20 May, 7.30pm, The Royal Oak Upstairs Room, Free We can’t wait to get started on our Autumn production, Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin. Ahead of our audition call going out, YSCP would like to welcome you to an informal intro evening, where those interested in being part of the production,...
We’re delighted to open casting for our Autumn 2024 production at Theatre@41. Natalie Roe will be directing Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin). The play is an ensemble piece with roles of all sizes for at least 10 performers (role breakdowns below). We’ll be holding auditions at Southlands Methodist...
By Sally Mitcham Directed by Simon Copper “I don’t normally off-load on strangers. It’s just been a really bad morning.” In a children’s soft play that has seen better days, two strangers strike up conversation. Cora and John have a lot in common – young kids, relationships that have ended messily, a love of The Shawshank...
By Steve Martin Directed by Natalie Roe Paris. 1904. Wine o'clock. On a not-so ordinary evening at the Lapin Agile, Montmartre’s iconic cabaret bar favoured by struggling artists, anarchists and intellectuals alike, two soon-to-be legends find themselves sitting next to each other. It turns out Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, with egos as big as...
By Joe Orton Directed by Katie Leckey “Has anybody ever hidden money in a coffin?” York Settlement Community Players are proud to present Joe Orton’s Loot. A masterfully scandalous, free-wheeling and ferocious farce about life’s ultimate taboo…death. Content guidance Joe Orton wrote Loot in 1965, and the script is deliberately controversial and thought-provoking – tackling...
Hey you! Don’t watch that, watch this! It’s the heavy-heavy-monster sound and a new play, brought to you by the YSCP! Steve and Kerry have been married a long time. Steve’s vinyl collection may tear them apart. Luckily they’ve got a counsellor…. And Steve’s friend Boring Ryan on hand to help them out. It must...