2025 events

Join us for an unforgottable evening as Syncretism presents a mesmirising concert with spectacular lighting, immersive projections, captivating dance performances and epic music.

Take a journey through the magical forest to the Fairy Queen's party at a delightful family concert by OAE TOTS

Find out how researchers study the sounds of the past with Mariana López of the University of York's School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Join us to celebrate the passion and creativity of the filmmakers of the future at the LUMA Film Festival. Hosted by University of York students from the School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Enjoy a rich soundscape across a lake near the Ron Cooke Hub which uses a robotic piano, machine learning and ambisonic surround sound to explore the fragile nature of human relationships.

Join us at the Interactive Media Showcase and enjoy the phenomenal work created by students from the University of York's School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Axel Chemla-Romeu-Santos discussing: Experimental & divergent approaches to audio neural synthesis for creation

Enjoy watching a concert-style musical and learn more about the innovative Bioscience research being carried out at the University of York

Explore the power of musical touch through performance and a hands-on workshop with pianist Catherine Laws, theatre practitioner Teresa Brayshaw and psychologist Natalie Bowling.

Limelight Festival Presents: Nora: A Doll’s House by Stef Smith

Discover the benefits of community singing and acting at an event combining speaking/singing performance, documentary footage of singing groups and live analysis of vocal recordings.

Limelight Festival Presents: The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble.

Limelight Festival Presents: Stockholm by Bryony Lavery.

What sort of music did diarist Jane Ewbank hear and perform as a well-to-do young woman living in early 19th-century York? Join musicologist Rachel Cowgill for a new take on Georgian York.

Join YFI for a creative workshop and find out about Common Ground, a University of York funded initiative providing music workshops for the refugee and asylum seeker community.

Limelight Festival Presents: 1972: The Future of Sex, devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble.

Limelight Festival Presents: Two by Jim Cartwright

Join Limelight Festival for an exciting Post Show Discussion with Stef Smith

Limelight Festival Presents: Nora: A Doll’s House by Stef Smith

Join Limelight Festival for an exciting Directing Panel with Juliet Forster

Limelight Festival Presents: The Sugar Syndrome by Lucy Prebble.

Limelight Festival presents: Movement workshop with George Lamb

Limelight Festival Presents: Stockholm by Bryony Lavery.

Limelight Festival Presents: 1972: The Future of Sex, devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble.

Discover the next generation of playwrights at our New Writing Showcase, featuring brand-new plays written by third-year Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance students.

Limelight Festival Presents: Two by Jim Cartwright

Join us for the 3rd year Theatre, Writing, Directing, Performance Theatre Festival!

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People are delighted to come to York University, to give an opportunity for students to meet Hearing Dogs and their handlers, and learn more about the charity. Hopefully this will also bring light relief from revision and exams!

Fancy the chance to be part of Vamos Theatre’s Elevate 2025 FREE four-day training residency in mask and physical theatre?Vamos Theatre’s Elevate programme is designed to train and inspire Early Career Artists from diverse communities across the UK

For this week's ACT Research Seminar, please join Dr Pete Dale discussing TeachDJ!: A funding bid submitted to the AHRC Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research in early May 2025.

Join us for the 2nd year Theatre, Writing, Directing, Performance Political Theatre productions!

Join us for the 2nd year Theatre, Writing, Directing, Performance Political Theatre productions!

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Barbara Lüneburg discussing: 'How becoming a performer researcher turned me into a performer composer'

For this week's Research Seminar, please join Prof. Ben Walmsley from the University of Leeds discussing his research on bullying leaders in the CCIs.

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Dr Morag Galloway discussing - Modelling my Practice Research Praxis: how embodied improvisatory researching supports performative creative practice.

After receiving over 3000 5 star reviews for their events and selling out hundreds of shows around the UK. The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show back to the families of York.

Join University of York alumna and casting associate Lily Caisley for a Q&A covering all things casting

Samuel Rees and Gabriele Uboldi’s play brings the most significant protest of a generation to life through the voices of those who lived it. Lessons On Revolution is a “compelling and galvanising” (James Graham) journey to 1968.

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we will hear two PhD presentations from Fin O’Hare Speech and Danny Saleeb

Platform Scratch Night is back!

For this week's Research Seminar, please join Prof. David Hesmondhalgh from the University of Leeds as he discusses his research on digital platforms and the music industries.

Join students, early-career techies, and media and motion picture engineering pros... all in one space.

For this week's contemporary music research collection seminar we welcome Gaia Blandina & Bryony Aitchison

For this week's ACT Research Seminar, please join creative practitioner and avid culturalist Dr. Zachary McKendrick

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Dr Mark Hutchinson

Join us for an evening of unforgettable music with Eedris Abdulkareem. Featuring Yetty Tabai and The Goos3bumpz.

For this week's Research Seminar, please join postgraduate research students for presentations on their ongoing work.

ACT staff and students - join us for a theatre alumni event!

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Dr Liam Maloney.

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar we welcome Christopher Fox and Kate Ledger, discussing their collaborative album Unmeasured to be released in May 2025.

For this week's Research Seminar, please join Dr Karen Quigley, Dr Mark Love-Smith, Dr Katherine Graham and Professor Tom Cantrell for a discussion on Research & Development in contemporary theatre-making.

On Wednesday 26th February 2025, Director/Producer Harry Richards will present a screening of his 10-minute British Film Institute (BFI)-selected short film, Santi, followed by a talk exploring the intersection of globalisation and filmmaking.

For this week's contemporary music research collective seminar, we welcome composer David Dies to discuss Federico García Lorca’s El Diván del Tamarit.

For this week’s contemporary music research collective seminar, we welcome Alex Ho and SunKeting (Rockey), the co-directors of Tangram, an artist collective specialising in multidisciplinaryand cross-cultural productions.

For this week's Research Seminar, please join Prof. Ben Poore and Dr Rebecca Benzie in conversation on their book(s) launch.

Join us for a night with Mike Cordner who will be building on the Shakespeare’s Rivals research project in a lecture-cum-performance.