Past Productions


Mayhem

Saturday 26th January 7.30pm at Grand Opera House York
MayhemYork Stage Musicals celebrate the New Year with a brand new concert featuring songs from all of the great shows currently wowing audiences on Broadway and in the West End: Matilda, Ghost, Rock of Ages, Book Of Mormon, Sister Act, Newsies, Once,  A Chorus Line and many more…  Mayhem@The Grand... View Production


Miss Saigon School Edition

Feb 22nd March 2nd 2013 at Joseph Rowntree Theatre
Miss Saigon School EditionThis production has now been cast.  Rehearsals are now in full flow in anticipation of opening night in February.
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr
 
 
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Singin' In The Rain

17th - 22nd Sept 2012 at Grand Opera House
SinginSingin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.
Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollywood in the waning days of the... View Production


Brassed Off

16th - 19th May 2012 at Grand Opera House
Brassed Off‘Live brass band music is a sound like no other, rousing yet haunting - theatrical magic’
Charles Hutchinson, York Press

Brassed Off is a spirited comedy-drama set in 1992, a time of uncertainty for the miners of Grimley Colliery in South Yorkshire. Their pit is under threat... View Production


David Copperfield

21st 25th Feb 2012 at Joseph Rowntree
David CopperfieldAll the tradition of a Dicken's classic but with much much more, York Stage Musicals are celebrating Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday with a new stage adaptation of his favourite novel David Copperfield - a story filled with adventure, excitement and wonder.

Charles Dickens said of all his heroes: "I... View Production


The Flint Street Nativity

16th-19th November 2011 at Joseph Rowntree
The Flint Street NativityWritten by Tim Firth
The Flint Street Nativity was originally a TV comedy produced for Yorkshire Television and aired during Christmas 1999. Tim Firth (Calendar Girls~Our House~Kinky... View Production


The Producers

Monday 12 Saturday 17 September 2011 at Grand Opera House
The ProducersMEL BROOKS' OUTRAGEOUSLY, HILARIOUS MUSICAL COMEDY

Based on the 1968 Mel Brooks cult film, THE PRODUCERS, chronicles the hilarious adventures of struggling theatrical impresario, Max Bialystock, and his mild-mannered accountant, Leo Bloom, as they scheme to get rich quick by producing the most notorious flop in the history of... View Production


Jesus Christ Superstar

18-23 April 2011 at Grand Opera House
Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar was the first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage. The show opened on 12th October 1971 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York with the London production opening on 9th August 1972 with Paul Nicholas (Jesus), Stephen Tate... View Production


Billy Liar

23rd-26th Feb 2011 at Joseph Rowntree
Billy LiarA Guy. Three Girls. One Ring.
The ‘50s for Billy Fisher are far from hip. He’s still living at home in Leeds and doing a dull job at the local undertakers. But Billy has his dreams, and they’re not just of becoming a movie star or winning the pools – he’s... View Production


Spring Awakening

Nov 17th-20th 2010 at Vaudeville Theatre
Spring AwakeningWINNER 8 TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! 
SPRING AWAKENING explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion you will never forget. The landmark musical SPRING AWAKENING is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical... View Production


Sondheim@80: Celebration Concert

29th-31st October 2010 at Joseph Rowntree
Sondheim@80: Celebration ConcertJoin us as we celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday with performances of his brilliant music and lyrics, including rarely heard material.
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (eight, more... View Production


Footloose

6th - 11th September 2010 at Grand Opera House
FootlooseYork Stage Musicals are proud to announce our September show for 2010, Footloose!
The first meeting will be held on Sunday May 16th, 7pm at the Vaudeville Theatre, New Joseph Rowntree School, York.
The second meeting will be held on Sunday May 23rd, 7pm at the Vaudeville Theatre, New Joseph Rowntree School, York.
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Billy Elliot

Mon 7 - Sat 12 June 2010 at Grand Opera House
Billy ElliotYork Stage Youth are proud to announce that we have been successful in securing the rights to perform the Billy Youth Theatre production Billy Elliot The Musical next June! To celebrate five successful years of Billy Elliot The Musical in the West End, Billy Youth Theatre have released the rights... View Production


Bad Girls The Musical - UK Amateur Premiere!

23-28 February 2010 at Joseph Rowntree
Bad Girls The Musical - UK Amateur Premiere!Bad Girls - The Musical takes as it's starting point the original core characters from the first three series of Bad Girls on TV. Set in the fictional HMP Larkhall, it's... View Production


The Full Monty (YSM 2009)

25-28th Nov 2009 at Grand Opera House
The Full Monty (YSM 2009)In these tough times how far would you go? Six men with nothing to lose...except their pants.
York Stage Musicals return with their stunning UK Premiere production of THE FULL MONTY. Don’t miss this fantastic show adapted from  the award-winning  film starring Mark Addy & Robert Carlisle. Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy... View Production


Oliver! The Musical

Sept 7-12th 2009 at Grand Opera House
Oliver! The MusicalOliver! is one of the most beloved British musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens’ timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. The sensational score is full of Lionel Bart’s irresistible songs including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, You've Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two, I'd... View Production


The History Boys

28th April to 2nd May at Joseph Rowntree
The History Boys Written by Alan Bennett

HISTORY. IT'S JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

'smart, funny, fresh & original'

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd... View Production


Company

24-28th February 2009 at Joseph Rowntree
Company

Set firmly in, and often about, New York, COMPANY follows five married, once married, or soon to be married couples and their mutual friend, Robert, a 35 year old bachelor who has been unable to connect in a long-term relationship. The relationships are presented in a series of... View Production


The Wiz

20-22nd November 2008 at Grand Opera House
The WizEase on down the Yellow Brick Road this November with York Stage Youth.
The Wizard of Oz goes retro in this funky retelling of the famous story.
Ruby slippers, Wicked Witches, Flying Monkeys, Sexy Poppies, Street-Wise Munchkins and Wizard Spells abound in the grooviest musical ever.

With music by Charlie... View Production


The Who's TOMMY

Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 September 2008 at Grand Opera House
The WhoThe Who's spectacular rock opera comes to York for the first time! Come with us on the amazing journey...PINBALL WIZARD I'M FREE SENSATION...meet Cousin Kevin, Uncle Ernie, Sally Simpson, The Acid Queen, TOMMY aged 6, TOMMY aged 12, TOMMY aged 20...ever since I was a young boy I played the... View Production


Saturday Night Sunday Morning The Concert

Wednesday 4 - Saturday 7 June 2008 at Joseph Rowntree
Saturday Night Sunday Morning The ConcertA new concert featuring songs from 35 different musicals, including Hairspray, Blood Brothers, Avenue Q, Legally Blonde, Bat Boy, Tell Me On A Sunday, Sweet Charity, The Secret Garden, Parade, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown & Wild Party.
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Sweeney Todd

Feb 5 - 9 2008 at Joseph Rowntree
Sweeney ToddThis thrilling operatic musical, a dark and absorbing tale of love, murder and obsession set in the harsh underworld of Victorian London will be our fi rst show for 2008. Having spent 15 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, Todd returns to London to seek revenge. He... View Production


Brassed Off

MON 22 - SAT 27 OCT 2007 at Joseph Rowntree
Brassed OffDon’t let the b******s get you down! Grimley, South Yorkshire has been mining coal for over 100 years, but as the mine faces closure so does the much loved and much needed Grimley Colliery Band. Life for the miners and band members looks bleak. Band leader Danny urges them to... View Production


How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

5-9 June 2007 at Joseph Rowntree
How To Succeed In Business Without Really TryingThe tightly scripted piece follows the travails of J. Pierrepont Finch, a young man weaselling his way up the corporate ladder through flattery and perfect timing. The show has pace, comedy and some wonderful music, ‘The Company Way’, ‘A secretary is not a toy’, ‘Brotherhood of Man’ and the hit... View Production


We Will Rock You

10th-15th Sept 2007 at Grand Opera House
We Will Rock YouQueen, the legendary band fronted by the dynamic Freddie Mercury before his death in 1991, have been making music together since the 70s and have now joined forces with writer Ben Elton to bring their unique sound to theatreland. The action takes place in a futuristic world where rock music... View Production


South Pacific

2-10th Feb 2007 at Joseph Rowntree
South PacificAdapted from two short stories by James Michener, South Pacific chronicles two love affairs. The first involves Lt. Joe Cable and a young Polynesian girl.
The second revolves around Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse from Little Rock, and Emile de Becque, a French planter with whom she falls in love one... View Production


Stepping Out

Oct 25-28th 2006 at Joseph Rowntree
Stepping Out9 women, 1 man - tap dancing has never been so much fun...
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West Side Story

Sep 13-16th 2006 at Grand Opera House
West Side StoryWest Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
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Jekyll & Hyde

May 30th - Jun 3rd 2006 at Joseph Rowntree
Jekyll & HydeJekyll & Hyde is a Broadway musical based on the novel, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and View Production


Night Of A Thousand Stars

Feb4-5th 2006 at Joseph Rowntree
Night Of A Thousand StarsA concert
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HONK! 2005

Sep 15-17th 2005 at Grand Opera House
HONK! 2005Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling
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The Full Monty (Shipton Theatre Company)

July 2005 at Rowntree Theatre
The Full Monty (Shipton Theatre Company)The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek.
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Little Shop Of Horrors (Rowntree Youth)

June 2005 at Rowntree Theatre
Little Shop Of Horrors (Rowntree Youth)Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood.
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Chess (Shipton Theatre Company)

March 2005 at Rowntree Theatre
Chess (Shipton Theatre Company)Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA.
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I Love Music

Jan 2005 at Rowntree Theatre
I Love MusicA musical revew celebrating the last 50 years of number 1 singels.  
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Return To The Forbidden Planet

Sept 13th 2004 at Joseph Rowntree
Return To The Forbidden PlanetReturn to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by director Bob Carlton based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1950s science fiction film
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Fame

Jun 15-19th 2004 at Joseph Rowntree
FameFame – The Musical (based on the 1980 movie by Alan Parker) conceived and
developed by David De Silva is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez
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Pippin

Mar 9-13th 2004 at Joseph Rowntree
PippinPippin is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
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Bring On Tomorrow

March 2004 at Rowntree Theatre
Bring On TomorrowMusical review.
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Snoopy

Jan 2004 at Rowntree Theatre
Snoopy

 

Snoopy!!! The Musical is a musical comedy by Larry Grossman and Hal Hackady that was based on the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts.
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42nd Street

Sep 2003 at Rowntree Theatre
42nd Street42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit, and the show was produced in London in 1984 (winning the... View Production


Singing In The Rain

June 2003 at Rowntree Theatre
Singing In The RainSingin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.
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The Wiz (2003) Shipton Theatre Company

Mar 2003 at Rowntree Theatre
The Wiz (2003) Shipton Theatre CompanyThis production of The Wiz was performed as Shipton Theatre Company and was performed again in the Grand Opera House York as York Stage Musicals in 2008.
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Christmas Starts Here

Dec 2002 at Rowntree Theatre
Christmas Starts HereA musical review
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Annie Get Your Gun

Sep 2002 at Rowntree Theatre
Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields.
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Assassins (Rowntree Youth)

June 2002 at Rowntree Theatre
Assassins (Rowntree Youth)Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. It uses the premise of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue-style portrayal... View Production


HONK! (2002) Shipton Theatre Company

March 2002 at Rowntree Theatre
HONK! (2002) Shipton Theatre CompanyPerformed by Shipton Theatre Company first in 2002 and then in 2005 by York Stage Musicals at the Grand Opera House YORK.
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Gypsy (Rowntree Youth)

Jan 2002 at Rowntree Theatre
Gypsy (Rowntree Youth)Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is usually referred to as simply Gypsy. Gypsy is based on the 1957... View Production


Guys & Dolls (Rowntree Youth)

June 2001 at Rowntree Theatre
Guys & Dolls (Rowntree Youth)Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah... View Production


Bye Bye Birdie (Shipton Theatre Company)

March 2001 at Rowntree Theatre
Bye Bye Birdie (Shipton Theatre Company)Bye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his... View Production


Pickwick (Rowntree Youth)

Jan 2001 at Rowntree Theatre
Pickwick (Rowntree Youth)Pickwick was a musical, based on Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, which opened on July 4, 1963.
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Sugar (Some Like It Hot)

Sep 2000 at Rowntree Theatre
Sugar (Some Like It Hot)Sugar is a 1972 Broadway musical based on the screenplay for the film Some Like it Hot, which was written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond and based on a story by Robert Thoeren. The script was written by Peter Stone, the music was by Jule Styne, and the lyrics... View Production