Category: Events

This autumn, Absolutely Cultured presents FloodLights, a newly-commissioned public project featuring captivating projections and soundscapes, brand new for Hull in 2021.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff at Hull Truck Theatre.

Adopted by his blacksmith mother as a baby, Merlin has spent years wondering where his powers came from and what he should do with them. With a great battle between warring kingdoms about to cause untold devastation, only Merlin can end the conflict.

87 Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 87 Princes Avenue. They support artists to explore, make and show new work, and are passionate advocates of creative expression and visual culture.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on East Riding Theatre’s production of The Dumb Waiter.

Katharine Kavanagh talks to star circus director Shana Carroll about their hit show Passagers, which will be performed at Hull New Theatre on Tuesday 28 September.

Strictly Come Dancing star Joanne Clifton is set to swap the sequins and ball gowns for a more gothic look when she plays the role of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family at Hull New Theatre next spring – because as the character says, “Black is such a happy colour”.

Turn and Face the Strange returns to Hull Truck Theatre with a 2021 Special Edition featuring new songs and stories along with all the stunning multi-media elements that have wowed audiences over the past few years.

The trip of a lifetime full of death-defying feats, awe-inspiring acrobatics and breath-taking physical theatre awaits when The 7 Fingers circus stars take over Hull New Theatre later this month.

Due to popular demand an extra performance of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has been added to the dazzling show’s run at Hull New Theatre.

Call for people to send in poems inspired by food of the Wolds and the culinary history of Sewerby Hall & Gardens.

Celebrated crime fiction festival Hull Noir is joining forces with the city’s Waterstones book shop in the first of the festival’s autumn events.

It’s a bumper Dean Wilson month, with Back to Ours co-commissioning two new events from the self-confessed fourth best poet in Hull alongside Freedom Festival Arts Trust.

This autumn, Northern Ballet’s Merlin – an epic adventure of heartache, hope and spellbinding magic – will take to the stage at Hull New Theatre.

An international opera singer is heading home to East Yorkshire to perform for a life-saving charity in an exclusive, hidden gem of a venue.

Hull Truck Theatre has announced an autumn/winter programme packed with drama, comedy, music and more, with a season of shows which celebrate the people and stories of Hull.

Frank Turner is to perform at Hull’s Bonus Arena on Friday 3 September.

Oh Yes It Has! Hull New Theatre’s beloved panto is set to return with a stellar cast lined-up for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starring Faye Brookes and Neil Hurst along with legendary panto Dame Nigel Ellacott.

Hull Dance Company Tamar & Jo return with a brand new set of dances to delight audiences on their doorsteps, this time completely free of charge.

A new exhibition celebrating Hull’s LGBTQ+ history opens at Ferens Art Gallery this Saturday (14 August).

Anniversary celebrations and the career of one of Hull’s most accomplished conductors will be honoured during the triumphant return of the Hull City Hall Classics series.

A trio of shows including a rescheduled performance by singer songwriter Eliza Carthy MBE have been announced by Hull Truck Theatre ahead of its autumn programme, kicking off on Friday 27 August.

Hull Jazz Festival is delighted to introduce the artists, composers and producers commissioned to create new work as part of the Festival’s Kickstart Commissions series.

Hannah Hobson interviewed projection artist and fire performer Ed Grimoldby about his new digital poi project, Find Your Flow.

Following the success of June’s sell-out Big Malarkey Festival, where 4,300 people experienced the fun of Hull’s family festival and accompanying schools’ programme, Hull Libraries summer programme has launched this week with over 140 free activities.

Fire-breathing serpents, colossal creatures and magnificent monsters are set to swoop into Hull New Theatre when the fantastical Dragons and Mythical Beasts descend next week.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Hull Truck Theatre’s production of Romeo & Juliet at Stage@TheDock.

The Ferens Open Exhibition is back. The exhibition, which celebrates some of the best artistic talent in the region, opens at Ferens Art Gallery on Saturday 24 July at 12noon.

Hull New Theatre is delighted to announce rescheduled dates for SIX – The Musical. The Queens will be back on the block next spring from Tuesday 5 – Sunday 10 April 2022.

Marking the BBC’s 100 Novels that Shaped Our World, Hull Libraries will be celebrating the amazing impact of comic novels with a host of workshops, talks and story times next month.

Folk in Hull, the charity behind the popular Hull Folk and Maritime Festival, has announced it is staging a day of free music and activities in and around Trinity Square this summer.

Hull city centre is set to come alive this weekend with an array of activities which promise to deliver family fun in a variety of socially-distanced settings.

KCOM has joined forces with Absolutely Cultured to get people from across Hull talking this weekend.

In conversation with Apphia Campbell ahead of Woke, Saturday 24 July as part of Hull Jazz Festival.

For a quarter of a century Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance has been dazzling audiences across the globe with its unique combination of high-energy Irish dancing, original music, storytelling and sensuality.

Concrete Youth is delighted to announce The ASMR Project – a ground-breaking new project, taking place in August, to explore the benefits and effects of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) on audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

Back to Ours is excited to announce a new partnership today, with Hull’s Concrete Youth joining them as an Associate Theatre Company.

Eighteen months after their last live performance, Middle Child will return to the stage this month with a brand-new cabaret, performed outdoors in Queen’s Gardens.

Collabro – The World’s Most Successful Musical Theatre Group – have today announced local choirs from each town and city will be joining them on their massive 23-date Greatest Hits tour this autumn.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Hull & High Water at Hull Truck Theatre.

In conversation with John Middleton ahead of Hull & High Water at Hull Truck Theatre, which runs until Saturday 10 July.

Sophie Hunter’s Hull, But Not As You Know It celebrates an intense love of our city.

Street theatre, performances and live music will take place in Hull next week as part of an exciting programme celebrating the city’s rich history.

TIDAL (1 July – 21 August) features new paintings of the River Hull by Susan Beaulau and Ceramic Moon Jars by Miray Mehmet Fontanelli.

Hull-based cultural development organisation Absolutely Cultured announces programme for Creative Hull, a weekend-long celebration of Hull’s creativity, taking place from 16-18 July.

Freedom Festival is back for its 14th year in 2021 with an extended programme spanning sixteen days.

Running until Sunday 27 June at 66-68 Humber Street, Grey Matter focuses on concepts of “isness” and “whyness”.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Everything I Own at Hull Truck Theatre.

Pocklington Arts Centre (PAC) has announced it will reopen to the public on Tuesday 20 July, with film screenings recommencing on Friday 23 July – a total of 491 days since the venue’s last performance.

In conversation with Gabriel Paul and Amanda Huxtable ahead of Everything I Own, opening Thursday 17th June.

Documentary photographer Jason Shipley has been commissioned by Back to Ours to capture the pictures and stories of people local to Bransholme in stunning new exhibition We Are Bransholme, opening this week.