Beverley’s East Riding Theatre opened in December 2014 delivering high quality drama, music and entertainment. It is a community effort, run largely by over one hundred local volunteers.
Dame Judi Dench is Patron, and international film and television actor (and Beverley resident) Vincent Regan is Creative Director and an original founder of the theatre.
The ERT receives no public funding, relying on ticket sales and corporate sponsors to sustain its overheads. Its productions to date include: ‘Hamlet’, ‘As We Forgive Them’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘A Steady Rain’ and ‘Sparrow.’ The ERT café bar is open Tuesday to Saturday 10.30 – 16.00
Beverley can already justifiably claim to be the festivals capital of East Yorkshire; now a new three-day event has been launched with the aim of drawing visitors to the town in winter.
Sets are being built, an intense rehearsal schedule is underway and excitement mounts as Beverley’s East Riding Theatre prepares to present its inaugural Shakespeare production
One of Britain’s most highly-regarded vocalists is to appear in a unique show at East Riding Theatre, Beverley, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the man widely
Thousands of people flocked to Beverley at the weekend for the tourism award winning Beverley Puppet Festival.
She Productions, the all-female, Beverley based theatre company, is back by popular demand with a new original summer family show, following the sell-out success last year at the East Riding Theatre.
Velo Club Beverley rider Rich Cutsforth says that racing round the streets of Beverley is something special and it is the highlight of their year.
After a sell-out performance in 2015, Beverley’s East Riding Theatre is bringing back the popular Québec band Le Vent du Nord as a part of its musical programme for July.
It’s 1974 and eight-year old Jo is snuggled up on the settee idly glancing at the telly when there, on the screen, is a woman unlike anyone Jo has ever seen on TV
A world premiere for a new play – in Beverley! That’s the mouth-watering prospect for The Empty Nesters’ Club, written and directed by John Godber
Another great season of music is being lined up by the innovative East Riding Theatre in Beverley, with a few shocks and surprises in store, including an evening of “lost knitting songs”
Beverley’s East Riding Theatre presents a play with a difference next week (Saturday, May 14). Part play, part rave, “With a Little Bit of Luck” comes to the town
Beverley’s much loved, award winning Puppet Festival returns this summer with a line up featuring giant puppets, creepy clowns, barmy birds
Eminent local actor, Richard Avery, will make a special guest appearance as narrator in the Shakespeare celebration at the East Riding Theatre on Sunday 10 April as part of the New Paths Music Festival.
There’s been a great response to a new season of comedy at East Riding Theatre in Beverley, with a stellar line-up coming to the town over the next four months.
Firms across Hull and East Yorkshire are showing their support for Hull UK City of Culture 2017 by signing up to its Business Club partnership tier.
Massed choir of 180 singers fill Beverley Minster with glorious performance of Fauré’s Requiem in memory of Alan Spedding MBE
With the nationwide release this week of the much anticipated movie ‘Dad’s Army’, all eyes are on Bridlington and other parts of the East Riding including Beverley
Beverley’s new Flemingate development is throwing itself into the wartime spirit with the release of the Dad’s Army film.