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Garth Marenghi

Garth Marenghi

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Grand Opera House York
Fri 13 Mar 2026
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Garth Marenghi This Bursted Earth Book Tour

Grand Opera House York

Fri 13 Mar 2026
Cumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
Fri at 19:30
Age guidance: 14+
For group bookings of 10 or more:
Submit a request online
Or call 020 7206 1174

Horror author Nick Steen is having visions… A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel… Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler - yes, they are).

Garth Marenghi

For Nick Steen’s imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford.

“So dense with brilliant jokes that it cannot safely be read while drinking hot liquid”
- Inews.co.uk
“puts the ‘boo’ into book tour"
- The Guardian
“had the crowd hooting and hanging, insatiably, on every line.”
- The Telegraph

Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless? And will there ultimately be a grand finale to this three-book series (aka a trilogy) or a more open-ended conclusion in order to leave potential room for further sequels? (That, btw, will ultimately be Garth’s decision.)

From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction’s Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi, author of Sunday Times-Bestselling Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat, come three freshly rancid tales of…

…THIS BURSTED EARTH…*

Hardback copies of This Bursted Earth will be available for purchase on the day. Be warned: signings are strictly time-limited. You’ll get no more than one minute with the world’s greatest Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage (plus Man-Shee) before you’re moved on and/or manhandled.

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Grand Opera House York

Cumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
York Station
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing. See 'What's On' section for performance times
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Bar - Pre-show & interval drinks and snacks
Ambassador Lounge - Pre-show & interval table service (Charge applies)
Membership Benefits - 25% off pre-show drinks (30mins prior)

Not originally intended to be a theatre, the buildings that comprise the Grand Opera House York officially opened in 1902 with Little Red Riding Hood starring Florrie Ford. Since then it has been owned by FJ Butterworth, the Shepherd of Shambles and the India Pru Co. Ltd who spent £4,000,000 restoring the theatre to its former glory in 1987.

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Grand Opera House York

Fri 13 Mar 2026
Cumberland Street, York YO1 9SW
Fri at 19:30
Age guidance: 14+
For group bookings of 10 or more:
Submit a request online
Or call 020 7206 1174
Join ATG+, the UK's best live entertainment membership to enjoy these benefits and much more across 35+ venues:
Priority booking and ringfenced seats
Ticket offers and no transaction fees
Flexible tickets
Join today