Discover the York Mystery Plays at Holy Trinity Goodramgate
Holy Trinity (Goodramgate) Church, York
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Fridays through June at 1430, discover all you ever wanted to know about the York Mystery Plays. Full details of the programme of plays which will be taking place in York this summer are available here.
Tickets for the talks are free, but you can reserve a space via the ticket link. There will be a collection towards the restoration of the Goodramgate gate.
5 June 2026: Dr Mike Tyler takes us "From Creation to Doomsday: Origins, Guilds and Theology of Medieval Performance"
12 June 2026: Dr Jeremy Goldberg, University of York examines "The York Corpus Christi Play: Popular Devotion, Civic Usurpation, State Surpression - The History of the Pageant Cycle"
19 June 2026: Dr Alan Heaven, Pageant Master, York Mystery Plays Festival 2026 will look at "Reimagining the Sacred: Staging the plays today"
26 June 2026: Paul Toy, Pageant Master 2010 highlights "Music in the Mysteries, from original to modern"
Restoration of the Goodramgate Gate
There will be a collection at the Talks towards the Keep the Gate Open Appeal. If you are not able to attend, but would still like to give or if you would like further details of the fundraising, please click here.
Access
Seating will be in the historic box pews. The pews are fixed and sightlines vary. Seating will be allocated on arrival and you may be required to share a pew with others. Wrap up warmly - in true medieval fashion, there is no heating inside the venue and temperature is always colder than outside the building. Blankets are available on request. There is a toilet on site, but this is primarily for staff use and will only be made available in an emergency.
Light levels are low and floors uneven throughout the building. Holy Trinity Goodramgate is wheelchair accessible except for the Sunken Chapel and St James' Chapel (you will not require access to either of these areas to enjoy this event). There are three steps up to access the toilet or flat access via an external route which may need to be unlocked.
If you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before attending, please contact york@thecct.org.uk.