Category: Arts

Everyone has heard of the Brontë sisters – they lived at Haworth, died young, had a drunken brother and wrote novels. Clever Charlotte wrote ‘Jane Eyre’ and eccentric Emily wrote ‘Wuthering Heights’. And then there was the other one. Anne.

Hull-based theatre company The Herd are opening a pop-up play space in Princes Quay Shopping Centre. The Herd Shop will be an exciting new play centre for children aged 0-5 and their families.

Barnsley Civic is delighted to announce that Hull-based Concrete Youth, a pioneering charity dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) through cultural provision, is joining them as an associate company.

A brand-new production from Hull-based Silent Uproar, Dead Girls Rising is an angry, joyous, punk protest that doesn’t pull any punches. Written by Maureen Lennon, with music and lyrics from Anya Pearson (international punk artist featured on BBC Radio 6 Introducing), Dead Girls Rising is an explosive exploration of what it takes to live and survive within a violent patriarchy.  

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, shares his thoughts on Little Shop of Horrors at Hull Truck Theatre.

Hull Truck Theatre are excited to welcome audiences to their brand-new production of Little Shop of Horrors (Wednesday 22 May – Saturday 8 June). Presented in partnership with New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and Octagon Theatre Bolton.

Hull Truck Theatre warmly invites audiences to come and enjoy the latest production co-created by Act III, the theatre making group for retired adults. Sense & Sustainability is a witty, thought-provoking, and uplifting comedy with community at its heart.

Hull Truck Theatre is excited to announce that the programme for Grow Festival is now on sale. Supporting artists and local talent development, the festival is making a welcome live return, with a packed programme of free and paid-for performances, sharing workshops and networking opportunities.

Hull Truck Theatre presents an exciting programme of work in May, including the highly anticipated, devilishly delicious sci-fi smash hit musical Little Shop of Horrors from Wednesday 22 May – Saturday 8 June. Presented in co-production with New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and Octagon Theatre Bolton, this popular ’80s cult classic will leave audiences laughing, screaming and vowing to give up gardening for life!

The critically acclaimed 4-piece Hull band, bdrmm, hailed last year by NME as one of “Britain’s best kept musical secrets,” will headline the Main Stage at Humber Street this year.

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, shares his thoughts on Middle Child’s Baby, He Loves You.

Hull’s biggest music festival, Humber Street Sesh, is set to widen its artistic programme by introducing some exciting new elements at this year’s event. 

This September will see Motown legends The Four Tops and The Temptations with Tavares come together to tour six UK cities, including Hull’s Connexin Live on 5 September.

This May, Humber Street Gallery invites you to explore the bizarre and magical side of Hull with an immersive exhibition by artist Jack Pell – Byland’s Super Saga.

Hull Truck Theatre invites you this summer to feed the need for musical hilarity with the devilishly delicious sci-fi smash hit musical that is Little Shop of Horrors, the show that has devoured the hearts of audiences around the globe and now comes to Hull. Presented in partnership with New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and Octagon Theatre Bolton.

The multi award-winning musical CHICAGO will be at Hull New Theatre from 30 June – 5 July 2025 as part of a UK tour by David Ian in association with Barry and Fran Weissler. 

Tickets have gone on sale for a fundraising music night at an East Yorkshire brewery.

The Viewfinder Photographic Society (VPS) will be returning to The Ferguson Fawsitt in Walkington during the early May Bank Holiday weekend with an exhibition of stunning East Yorkshire photographs dedicated to local resident and dementia campaigner, Wendy Mitchell.

Middle Child have announced the six writers commissioned for Fresh Ink, a new annual playwriting festival coming to Hull’s Fruit Market in July.

How well do we know those who love us the most? Bride-to-be Jodie is enjoying a rollercoaster of engagement parties and hen dos as her big day approaches. But when skeletons begin to tumble out of the closet, she must finally question what it means to love your family, no matter what.

Regeneration specialist Wykeland Group is working with leading arts organisations to bring unforgettable performances to Hull’s distinctive Stage @TheDock outdoor venue.

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, shares his thoughts on Animal Farm at Hull Truck Theatre.

A new pub with music in its name has become the latest addition to the venues which have come together to present another round of Trinity Festival Rebooted.

Beverley Puppet Festival is back this summer, bringing ‘our best-ever’ line up of UK and international shows to East Yorkshire from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 July.

A free music event which has become a big favourite in Hull’s live entertainment scene returns for the fifth year this week, presenting top local talent in a party atmosphere at Trinity Indoor Market.

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, popped down to a rehearsal of Crazy For You, which Hessle Theatre brings to Hull New Theatre from Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 March.

Hull Truck Theatre recently announced the continued development of local artists or theatre companies by offering three bursaries once again through their Be Our Guest residency in connection with Grow Festival 2024.

Arts organisations Absolutely Cultured and Artlink have joined forces to work with communities and deliver creative workshops in Hull.

On Thursday 28 March 2024, the newly-formed Humber St Piano Sessions will host a day of free events and performances celebrating the piano and the people who play it.

East Yorkshire native and Live from the Yard first day headliner Calum Scott will perform alongside some of the UK’s hottest live emerging musical talent as the event reveals the full line-up for its grand opening show on Thursday 8 August.

The hunt is now on for bands, musicians and DJs to play at Bridlington’s seafront venue, The Old Floral Pavilion.

Hull Truck Theatre invites you to experience the compelling drama that is Animal Farm, where George Orwell’s story on the corruption of power will be brought vividly to life on stage. Presented in partnership with Octagon Theatre Bolton & Derby Theatre.

Hit show The Book of Mormon visits Hull New Theatre for the first time next year.

Returning to Hull Truck Theatre is the outstanding vocalist James Hudson, a rising star in UK jazz who was born and bred in East Yorkshire.

Hull New Theatre announces three new shows on sale now, with a variety of shows for everyone when magical mayhem, mysterious ghosts, and a motley crew of vampires all head into town.

Hull theatre fans are invited to dig out their favourite wedding outfits as the latest Middle Child show takes over Stage@TheDock in April.

After selling out all 32 nights during last year’s ‘30 Years of Dreaming’ tour, Gabrielle now announces an even bigger run of shows for 2025.

The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 4, Danny Beard, has a brand-new tour for 2024. The show, ‘Straight Expectations’, will see Danny and their full live band perform a night of killer vocals, snappy comedy, put downs and pick-me-ups.

The casting team of Dear Evan Hansen, in collaboration with TikTok, are searching for the next generation of talent to star in the first ever UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning musical, which heads to Hull New Theatre from 22-26 April 2025.

Stage4Beverley will soon be upon us, bringing some top music, dance and poetry to Beverley to brighten up the dark winter months with leading national performers as well as the best of emerging artists. 

You and Me in HU3 is a new, building-wide exhibition coming to Humber Street Gallery in February. The show will be the gallery’s biggest photography exhibition since 2017’s Hull, Portrait of a City by Olivia Arthur and Martin Parr. It presents the HU3 area of Hull through the lens of two photographers – and friends – George Norris and Russell Boyce.

The Magpie Arc is a cross-Border band out of Sheffield, Arran and Edinburgh featuring the multi-award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Tom Wright, Alex Hunter and UK folk legend, guitarist Martin Simpson.

‘Outliers’ is the new self-titled album from Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine.

A street which only had one bar 18 months ago is staking its claim as the city centre’s newest party destination by providing three venues for the next round of HullBID’s free live music festival.

The show, which promises ‘where Musical Theatre Meets Circus’, visits for a matinee show on Saturday 19 October.

Aiming to spread positivity and uplift the community during these final dark months of winter and these challenging times, Trees of Hope is a citywide community project decorating trees across Hull with symbols and messages of hope and resilience. Hope will then be turned into action; for every tree decorated, they will plant a new tree.

It’s a new year at Hull Theatres with a sensational season brimming with captivating performances and timeless tales.

“People have been telling this story forever,” says author David Almond about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. “It’s one of the oldest stories ever told. There are endless versions of it, in cinema, on stage, in books and poetry and songs. I knew, at some point, I was going to write my version of it.”

Performance art platform Diasporas Now announces the next stop of their 2023-2024 UK tour at Humber Street Gallery in Hull from 6pm-11pm on Saturday 27 January.

2024 promises to be an exciting year for Hull Museums and gallery as the year’s exhibition programme is today revealed.

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, shares his thoughts on Red Riding Hood, Middle Child’s panto at Social on Humber Street.

From Bowie to Billy Pearce, Sinatra to Steff Todd and the dance stars of tomorrow, there’s something for everyone in the latest 2024 shows unveiled at Hull Theatres.

Raymond Gubbay Limited is pleased to announce that Varna International Ballet and Orchestra will return to the UK after a hugely successful debut in 2023. This season they will bring much-loved classical ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty to Hull New Theatre from 29 -31 January 2024.

Just in time for Christmas, Hull City Hall announces a ‘magnificent seven’ with everything from comedy and music to West End favourites and a ghost or two.

A new exhibition celebrating disability will open at Ferens Art Gallery in February 2024.

Tickets are selling fast for the latest Middle Child panto, which opens at Social on Thursday 21 December, with a story chosen by last year’s audience.

Cut price early bird tickets will go on sale online for the region’s biggest music festival, Humber Street Sesh, which will take place on Hull Marina on Saturday 3 August 2024.

What We Do is an exhibition that shows the outcomes of the creative programme at Artlink Hull and 87 Gallery. Work by artists and participants are brought together in celebration of work created within and outside of the gallery.

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds is back with a monumental new 17-date (19 shows) UK and Ireland arena tour, arriving just in time to celebrate 130 years since the publication of H.G. Wells’ dark Victorian tale.

Our theatre reviewer, Sam Sims, shares his thoughts on Pinocchio at Hull Truck Theatre. Christmas can’t be here already can it? It seems like only yesterday I […]

Have you ever wondered what happened to Toad when he left prison!? Well this Christmas, let East Riding Theatre take you into the world of Toad, Mole and Badger as they venture into East Riding in the brand new play, Toad on the Wolds, proudly sponsored by Lairgate Financial, written by Gordon Meredith and directed by Richard Avery.

This Christmas celebrate the warmth, fun and joy that friendship can bring with a brand-new production at Hull Truck Theatre.

A new exhibition, created by a group of young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in Hull and inspired by their experience of using public transport, will open at the Streetlife Museum on Monday 27 November.

Wands are at the ready as the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra prepares for a dazzling performance of film and festive favourites.

A free festival which attracted fans of live music into city centre pubs when it was launched in September promises to deliver more of the same when it returns for a second run this weekend.

There’s more than Ten Good Reasons to celebrate as Australian icon Jason Donavan brings his fantastic show to Hull City Hall next year.

Pulses will be racing, toes a-tapping and funny bones tickled as Hull City Hall welcomes beautiful burlesque and brazen brass next year.

A new theatre festival showcasing plays by local writers is coming to Hull next summer.

Pocklington Arts Centre is proud to announce its very first in-house theatre production. The Elves & the Shoemaker: Save Christmas is an original adaptation of the familiar traditional tale.

Hull Truck Theatre are teaming up with The Octagon Theatre Bolton and Derby Theatre to present a compelling new retelling of George Orwell’s timeless fable – Animal Farm (Wednesday 27 March – Saturday 13 April).

Hull Truck Theatre will soon welcome audiences – including families, schools and groups – to celebrate the festive season as they present their Christmas production of Pinocchio from Friday 24 November – Sunday 31 December.