What's On
Keep up to date with the events that are happening throughout the year in Ripon and the surrounding area. We welcome you to add your own event to the Ripon Internet diary.
Wonderful Women: Costumes for Royalty, Writers and Rebels
Explore the lives of some of the great women of the last 450 years, from royalty to writers and rebels, through an evocative showcase of costumes featured in blockbuster films at Harrogate’s Royal Pump Room Museum this autumn.
Costumes on show include an outfit worn by Helena Bonham Carter in the film The King’s Speech (2010), and a cerise pink silk taffeta evening worn by Madonna playing Eva Peron in Evita (1988).
Image shows Renee Zellwegger as Beatrix Potter in the 2006 film 'Miss Potter' - credit: Everett/REX Shutterstock.
Wonderful Women runs until 31 December 2015. Normal museum entrance prices apply, for more info visit www.harrogate.gov.uk/royalpumproommuseum or call 01423 556188.
Sonia Lawson: Paintings, Passions and Alarms
Paintings, Passions and Alarms is a major retrospective exhibition celebrating the creative work of painter Sonia Lawson RA. This ambitious show brings together paintings from the 1960’s to the present, including her homage to the Brontë family, inspired by a visit to Haworth Parsonage.
Sonia Lawson was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1982 and remains the only Academician to come from the Yorkshire Dales.
Paintings, Passions and Alarms is at the Mercer Gallery from 14 November 2015 to 7 February 2016. Opening times are 10am – 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday and 2 – 4pm on Sundays. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays.
The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA www.harrogate.gov.uk/mercerartgallery
Salaam. Sonia Sabri Company
Salaam literally meaning 'peace' is Sonia Sabri Company's latest double programme with a stunning presentation of solo Tabla and Kathak dance. This stunning production features world-renowned maestro Sarvar Sabri's intricate finger-work and rhythmic compositions that leaves audiences spell bound. The second half sees internationally acclaimed Sonia's exhilarating Kathak dance experience, of precise footwork, eloquent gesture, rapid turns and intricate, heart-pounding rhythms.
Location: Masham Town Hall, Market Pl, Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DY Start time: 19.30 Cost: £10 each or £6 each for under 18's
Contact Sophie Backhouse for more information on this event at sophie@ruralarts.org
Christmas at the Workhouse
Take a step back in time to discover more about a traditional Workhouse Christmas in the 1890’s. Saturday 21 NOVEMBER 2015, 11am - 4pm Create Victorian inspired decorations for your festive tree, make scented pomanders to take home and find out more about the festive feast that the Workhouse inmates would have enjoyed. Entry £2.50 with under 5’s admitted for free. Ripon Workhouse Museum, Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE Visit www.riponmuseums.co.uk
Lightwater Valley Theme Park opens for the 2015 season
Our theme park re-opens for the 2015 season, and with mini, mega and ultimate adventures there is something for everyone. We’re also home to the UK’s largest Angry Bird Activity Park, with over 30,000 square feet of interactive and imaginative play. Gates open at 10am, rides and attractions open at 10.30am. Please check our website before you visit as opening and closing dates and times do vary. Book online for great discounts on tickets. www.lightwatervalley.co.uk
Jurassic Adventure Golf
Our new Jurassic Adventure Golf course is scheduled to open at May Half Term 2015. New for 2015 - join us for the ultimate golfing adventure at Lightwater Valley*. Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by sixty-five million years of evolution, have suddenly been thrown back into the mix together. Fierce Raptors, giant Triceratops and the mighty T-Rex all roam this hostile section of the theme park and golfing with dinosaurs has never been so much fun. With just a club and a small white ball for protection, swap your birdies for Pterodactyls and rise to the challenge of making Jurassic pars as you navigate your way through 18 holes of dense North Yorkshire undergrowth and water hazards inhabited by terrifying predators (the dinosaurs, not your playing partners). Whether you happen to be an expert golfer or have never held a putter before, try not to be distracted by the Stegosaurus in the crowd as months of gloating could be yours by sinking that winning putt on the 18th green. *An additional charge applies to play our new Jurassic Adventure Golf Course. This activity is not included with your theme park admission ticket. Lightwater Valley Theme Park, North Stainley, Ripon, North Yorkshire. HG4 3HT. W: www.lightwatervalley.co.uk T: 01765 635321 E: leisure@lightwatervalley.co.uk
Frightwater Valley
Join us for the sixth renewal of our annual Halloween spooktacular as a cloak of supernatural delight shrouds the theme park. All manner of creepy ghouls and beasties lurk within the Valley, so tread scarefully as we celebrate shocktober in style with mini, mega and ultimate scares for the whole family. BE WARNED – the darker the night, the scarier the fright!! Standard entry prices apply.
Lightwater Valley Theme Park, North Stainley, Ripon, North Yorkshire. HG4 3HT. W: www.lightwatervalley.co.uk T: 01765 635321 E: leisure@lightwatervalley.co.uk