York Mystery Plays


York's Mystery Plays are to return to their spiritual home, the Museum Gardens, in 2012.


Coronation Street villain to play Satan in York’s Mystery Plays

Graeme Hawley

9:37am Tuesday 29th May 2012

WHAT the devil? The actor who played one of Coronation Street’s most infamous villains is to play Satan in York’s Mystery Plays this summer.

Meet God - and Jesus Christ

Ferdinand Kingsley, who will play the roles of God and Jesus Christ in York's Mystery Plays

12:10am Thursday 24th May 2012

Ferdinand Kingsley, the son of Scarborough-born stage and screen star Ben Kingsley, will play both roles in this summer’s York Mystery Plays.

York students to design Three Kings costumes for Mystery Plays

York Mystery Plays’ costume designer Anna Gooch, right,           talks to students about the design brief

8:10am Thursday 19th April 2012

STUDENTS at York College are to design costumes for the Three Kings in this summer’s York Mystery Plays, while others will be applying actors’ make-up throughout the month-long spectacular.

Mystery Plays cast perform read-through of script

Actors  Luke Hobson and Maddie Drury, who play Adam and Eve in the York Mystery Plays, on stage at York Theatre Royal with some of the cast of 600

9:06am Monday 16th April 2012

YORK Theatre Royal was filled yesterday, not with an audience but with the cast of this year’s Mystery Plays.

Choir and band lined up for Mystery Plays

A brass band and a choir are being formed to add to the spectacle of this summer’s Mystery Plays in York

7:41am Wednesday 21st March 2012

A SPECIAL brass band and choir is to be created for the York Mystery Plays this summer, as organisers seek to create a musical as well as a theatrical spectacular.

Same actor to play roles of God and Jesus in York Mystery Plays

9:24am Friday 16th March 2012

THE roles of God and Jesus in the York Mystery Plays 2012 will be played by the same actor, although the identity of the professional performer charged with that challenge remains a mystery.

Mystery Plays will break with tradition

Dame Judi Dench, second right, plays an angel in the York Mystery Plays in 1951

9:06am Wednesday 14th March 2012

THE 2012 York Mystery Plays in the York Museum Gardens will be costumed in 1940s and 1950s clothing.

Young actors chosen to play Adam and Eve in Mystery Plays

Harry Lee and Laura Soper who are to play the roles of Adam and Eve in the York Mystery Plays

9:15am Tuesday 13th March 2012

TWO budding actors have spoken of their excitement after being chosen to play Adam and Eve in this summer’s York Mystery Plays.

Mystery Plays funding boost to bring education packs to schools

Liz Wilson

8:11am Tuesday 28th February 2012

SCHOOLCHILDREN across York are set to be taught about the Mystery Plays after organisers received a major funding boost.

Actor reunited with Mystery Plays co-star of 32 years ago

Christopher Timothy back at St Mary’s Abbey where he played Christ in the Mystery Plays in 1980 with Eilidh Newton, who as a six-year-old took part in the production

9:42am Friday 24th February 2012

THIRTY-TWO years after starring as Jesus in the York Mystery Plays, actor Christopher Timothy has returned to the Museum Gardens to be reunited with a former co-star.

Mystery plays to be shown live on internet

9:35am Thursday 23rd February 2012

PEOPLE around the world will be able to watch the York Mystery Plays as they are streamed live on the internet this summer.

Costume quest for York Mystery Plays

Modelling the type of costume needed for this year’s Mystery Plays are, from left, Henry Raby, Fiona Martin, Abbi Wright, Emily Sponer, Rosanna Johnson and Thomas Feeney

9:57am Wednesday 15th February 2012

THE team behind kitting out the cast of this summer’s revival of the York Mystery Plays are on the lookout for suitable clothing.

Mystery Plays volunteers hope to get in on the act

Liam Evans-Ford with some of the hopefuls auditioning for the York Mystery Plays

9:22am Tuesday 17th January 2012

AUDITIONS have continued for York Mystery Plays with thousands keen to get involved in the 2012 showcase.

York College holds Have A Go weekend to support Mystery Plays

Media make-up tutor Dan Tuck puts the finishing touches to “wounds” on student Lois Lawton at York College

9:33am Thursday 12th January 2012

York College is holding a Have A Go weekend in support of this year’s Mystery Plays.


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