[IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT, UPDATED 6 JUNE 8PM: Weather forecasts for Sat June 7 are looking good, but these things can change. More worrisome may be the wildfire smoke that has been blowing over Toronto. We will not stop the show for a light drizzle, nor for moderate smoke; heavier or more persistent rain or smoke may cause us to pause the show and bump some or all of the remaining plays to our rain date, Sun June 8, all at the discretion of our Production Stage Manager. All attendees at York 2025 are responsible for making their own decisions about attending and remaining: because there are no tickets sold, nor is there any pressure to stay longer than you wish, come and go at your discretion. Bring an umbrella if you wish (for shade or for rain), a mask if you prefer, and check back here for updates before and during the shows.]

[IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!: On June 7, most of the streets immediately surrounding our event will be closed to traffic for a 10K run from 7:30am to 10:30am — if you plan to drive, consult the 10K run’s online maps and plan accordingly.]

[IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!: Subway service on Line 2 between Woodbine and Broadview stations will be replaced by shuttle buses on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8 for planned track work. Chester station will be closed.]

Imagine the medieval York Corpus Christi Plays: fifty short play scripts, each one based on a different Bible story (or on medieval “fanfic” of the Bible), each one produced and performed by a different craft guild (or other group), all on one day. Nearly every year, from 1376 to 1569, the playmakers of York put their plays on wagon stages and pulled them across the whole city, with each of the fifty plays repeating at each of twelve different stations, from sunrise well into the night. Their massive biblical drama focuses primarily on the lives of Jesus and his mother Mary, but the story extends all the way back to God’s creation of the universe, and continues forward to the Last Judgment.

On Saturday, June 7, 2025 (rain date Sunday, June 8), starting at 6:00am — and likely continuing past midnight — seventeen performance groups from across North America, organized and hosted by PLS and the CRRS, will converge on Toronto to present all of the York Plays in medieval style, building from new editions of the text by Christina M. Fitzgerald. We will repeat each play on replica wagon stages, across three performance stations, outdoors (no chairs!), at:

BURWASH QUAD
AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
89-93 CHARLES STREET WEST
TORONTO, ON, CANADA M5S 1K6

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(BEFORE ATTENDING, CLICK HERE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION)
PERFORMANCES SATURDAY JUNE 7, 2025, 6:00AM TO PAST MIDNIGHT, OUTDOORS*

WITH ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS, TALKS, AND DISCUSSION (FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY)
ON SUNDAY JUNE 8, 2025, 10AM TO 6PM, INDOORS

*Depending on weather, we may switch our Sat and Sun schedules with little notice.
If weather shuts down both available days, the event may be cancelled without notice.
Plan accordingly and check here for updates; contact us with any questions.