Proving it’s more than a weekend, in 2021 Freedom Festival will present two internationally renowned performances prior to its annual September festival, with an uplifting […]
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Every time we look into Graham Graham Beck’s eyes it’s Christmas
In this podcast HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham chats to theatrical musician Graham Graham Beck. Graham tells us how a 2020 calendar clear of […]
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Middle Child announces Pattie Breadcake: Into the Pantoverse, a free animated Christmas show
This year’s long-awaited Middle Child Christmas show has been revealed – and for the first time ever it will be animated and free to watch […]
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Treemendous – Community Christmas tree trail to spread cheer across the city
On Saturday 5 December, some 140 trees in 85 locations across the city (and a little beyond) will be decorated with handmade creations by hundreds […]
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Christmas Trees 4 Ever
In this podcast episode Miranda van Rossum, creative co-ordinator and leader of We Made This Hull crafting group, tells HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham […]
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Musical grandad releases ‘Santa’s Still in Lockdown’ single to raise Christmas spirits
An East Yorkshire musician has come out of retirement to write and record a lockdown-themed Christmas song to generate some light-hearted festive fun. Grandad John […]
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Middle Child theatre company announce nine associate writers
Middle Child are delighted to announce the nine playwrights who will join the company as its new associate writers. Deborah Acheampong, Natasha Brown, Gillian Greer, […]
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Lost and Found, Streets Apart – double bill from Hull collective Women of Words
An online double-billing of films by Hull’s spoken word collective Women of Words, is to be screened on December 2nd. Lost and Found is a […]
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Inclusive theatre experience set to delight audiences
The weather outside may be frightful, but a new multi-sensory theatre project from Concrete Youth and Hull New Theatre is quite delightful. Winter Wonderland, a […]
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Phil’s Forty, 30: Hitting the high notes
Record Business rang me at home just a couple of weeks before I was due to join the Hull Daily Mail in 1980. They offered […]
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