The highly esteemed Riding Lights Theatre Company (based in York) is putting on two travelling Christmas productions over the coming weeks:
GIVE IT BACK, MAK!
written by Paul Burbridge
It’s the coldest of nights and snow lies thick on the ground. It’s chill and bitter under a sky glittering with twinkling stars. The lights in the town are also gleaming brightly and the houses look warm and inviting. But the shepherds have to stay out on the hills and watch their flocks at winter lambing time – who knows what nasty predator might be about!
In the town, the Lamb Chop Inn is heaving. Not only do they have nothing to eat for Sunday lunch but they’ve no spare rooms for guests. The landlord, Mak, has put up two signs. The top one says, “NO VACANCIES AT ALL” and below it another says, “NOT EVEN THE TEENSIEST ONE”.
But wait, a young couple’s car has got stuck in the snow. Where shall they stay? Despite the signs, they know on the door of the Lamb Chop Inn . . .
“Give It Back, Mak!” is a brand new, rollicking, warm-hearted, fun-filled Christmas play for all the family – with tales of desperate deeds, people that glow in the dark and sheep in prams. And out in the potting shed, something quite extraordinary is happening that will change everyone and everything for the better.
“Give It Back, Mak!” has puppetry and amazing story-telling and provides a hilarious evening’s entertainment.
Suitable for age five upwards. Approximately one hour long.
Nearly The Goat
written by Nigel Forde
“Nearly” is a goat with a difference – he’s an amazing actor and impersonator, so definitely not your run of the mill goat, no kidding!
Nearly uses his remarkable skills and butts in (exactly when needed) to save the day. What’s more, in the process, he helps in the telling of a thoroughly enchanting Christmas tale.
On the way he has to use his home-made travelling machine to get to Bethlehem before the wolf and help the kings of Persia get home without their camel. And these are the only disasters that come raining down from the heavens that Nearly has to deal with.
First staged in 2009 (to widespread acclaim) this production involves marvellous puppetry and tells the Christmas story in a new and unforgettable way.
Suitable for age five upwards. Approximately one hour long.
You can find out more about Riding Lights on their website here, and can view their Christmas schedule in Yorkshire below:
Bedale
Give It Back, Mak!
3 December 7pm
Bedale High School, Fitzalan Road, Bedale DL8 2EQ
Box office: 01765 698 363
Tickets: adults £5, concessions £3
Willerby
Give It Back, Mak!
10 December 2.00pm
Willerby Methodist Church, Carr Lane, Willerby, Hull HU10 6JP
Box office: 01482 653 245
Tickets: £6 adults, £3 children
Easingwold
Give It Back, Mak!
17 December 1.30pm
Galtres Centre, Market Place, Easingwold, York YO61 3AD
Box Office: 01347 822 472
Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions
Horsforth
Give It Back, Mak!
19 December 2pm & 7pm
St Margaret’s Hall, Church Road, Horsforth LS18 5LQ
Box office: 0113 258 2448
giveitbackmak@hotmail.co.uk
Tickets: adults £6, concessions £4, family £15
York
Nearly the Goat
22 & 23 December 2pm & 7pm
Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9SL
Box office: 01904 613 000
Tickets: £6 adults, £4 concessions
Burniston
Give It Back, Mak!
24 December 1.00pm
Burniston Village Hall, High Street, Burniston, Scarborough YO13 0HH
Box office: 07912 789 408
Tickets: adults £2.50, concessions £1.50
For holiday accommodation over the Christmas period, check out the York bed and breakfasts and Scarborough hotels on Hello Yorkshire.
And for other Christmas productions and pantos across Yorkshire, see here:
Christmas panto in North Yorkshire
Christmas panto in East Yorkshire
Christmas panto in West Yorkshire
Christmas panto in South Yorkshire