The Riding Lights 30th Anniversary Fundraising 'Electrostatic' Ball
"RIDING LIGHTS THEATRE COMPANY HAS PROVIDED VIBRANT PROFESSIONAL THEATRE FOR YORK AND FAR BEYOND FOR 30 YEARS.
IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANIES IN THE UK"
Our 30th anniversary year has included a national tour from York Theatre Royal to London’s West End of African Snow, marking 200 years since the abolition of the Slave Trade. We have also produced another significant new play Salaam Bethlehem and a further co-production with the Theatre Royal, the classic comic novel Three Men in a Boat. Our education department has pioneered Time Change, a digital story-telling collaboration between a local secondary school and a retirement home. Our Youth Theatres have been major contributors to the York Youth Mysteries project.
"What we're raising money for"
Riding Lights is a registered charity (No. 1070142) and this year’s Ball aims to raise a significant amount of money to ensure that the range of the company’s work and its positive impact on people’s lives continues to grow. Every year this is what Riding Lights Theatre Company does:
- Creates and tours up to 6 new and classic plays
- Performs to a live audience of around 150,000 people
- Gives over 250 full performances, many free of charge
- Visits over 300 schools, teaching and performing
- Runs workshops and performs in up to 50 prisons
- Welcomes 100 people to our Summer Theatre School
- Runs three Youth Theatre groups for 100+ young people
- Provides performance space for other groups
- Develops the facilities of Friargate Theatre in York, where we can create more shows and welcome the wider community to experience theatre and to work with us on a range of cultural and educational projects.
"COME TO THE BALL AND HELP US TO DO EVEN MORE!"
… You’re in for another unforgettable evening – partying, live music, comic performances by Riding Lights, dining, dancing and fundraising through raffles, games and the grand prize draw.
The Ball Programme
TOMORROW’S WORLD RECEPTION : 7.30pm
Sip into a sparkling future with your friends
Conduct experiments with the Science Mistress
GOURMET DINNER : 8.45pm
Delectable delights to keep you stayin’ alive
OFFICIAL WALKOUT : 1.45am
The small white dot at the end of the evening
…AND FOR YOUR MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT
May the force be with you on the dancefloor with the majestic
‘SOUL FINGERS’
Strut your finest stuff at the 'Saturday Night Believer' disco
SPACE INVASION AT YOUR TABLE
Magical moments of theatre
GOLDEN GAMES FROM THE SEVENTIES
Retro thrills and skills in our ‘ethical casino’
SEMINARS WITH SUPERMAN
Looking Good in Lycra
GET RHAPSODIED
The full Bohemian experience
LANDING ON MARS
Starsky and Hutch take you higher
JUBILEE STREET PARTY
Be the Dancing Queen for the day