Our first workshop of 2023! Join improv king, Paul Birch, and explore short-form improvisation, familiar to anyone who has watched an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway. Taking the techniques of improvisation teachers such as Spolin, Johnson and Close, discover ways to create characters and build comic scenes without ever worrying if they are funny...
Building on her previous workshops with YSCP, director and writer, Bridget Foreman, will guide you through the process of directing a short 30 minute play by a contemporary playwright. Participants will be asked to think in advance about approaches to staging and conceptualising a really exciting and challenging text - key skills for a director,...
“Exclusive rights isn't love, it's colonisation.” Tom Stoppard’s brilliant, award-winning play of surprise and wit has beguiled audiences for decades. Henry is married to Charlotte. Max is married to Annie. Henry – possibly the sharpest playwright of his generation – has written a play about a couple whose marriage is on the brink of collapse....
We’re delighted to announce that The Direct Approach is back for 2023! This time around we will be performing Natalie Roe’s Leaves, which will be directed by Josie Connor in the Black Swan pub in York. Roles Ellen/Allan - late 30s, jaded, capable, sarcastic Joe/Jo - early 20s, enthusiastic, loves poetry Bryony/Bryan - 30s/40s, caring,...
Calling all actors, musicians, singers, performers! We are delighted to announce our Autumn 2023 production at Theatre@41, Monkgate will be Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol in a version by David Harrower, directed by Alan Park. The play is a true ensemble piece with roles of all sizes for at least 12 performers, possibly more. This...
By Natalie Roe Directed by Josie Connor ‘The settlers won’t accept anything less than perfect. It has to be just as they remember it. Do it again.’ The not too distant future. Humanity has had to vacate Earth and start again on a less hospitable planet. A team is tasked with trying to recreate the...
Do you fancy a go at improvisation with the opportunity to join our fledgling improv group, Unsettled? Jump start your improv skills in our upcoming workshop, led by by local expert Paul Birch. Paul is a playwright, practitioner and performer. He has made work with and for Audible, Birmingham Rep, Bristol Old Vic, City Varieties,...
You're invited to the forthcoming York Settlement Community Players Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held on Tuesday 26 September 2023, 7.30pm in the upstairs room of The Royal Oak (18 Goodramgate, York, YO1 7LG). Members of the general public may attend the meeting, if you wished to bring a friend with you, but...
By Nikolai Gogol in a version by David Harrower Directed by Alan Park “It’s not good, gentlemen. That’s why I’ve gathered you all here. An Inspector is coming…a Government Inspector!” News of the imminent arrival of a government inspector from St Petersburg sends the bumbling bureaucrats of a small provincial town into a panicked frenzy,...
7-17 February 2024 (10 performances) York Theatre Royal Studio Directed by Helen Wilson About the play Written in 1954, Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan are two linked one-act plays set in a shabby hotel on the south coast of England. Miss Cooper, the owner, looks after several rather mature permanent residents, as well as more...