Category: Events

Members of the local community have been rehearsing A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Saturday 2 – Saturday 9 July) at weekends and on evenings during the week to accommodate the working hours of many of the performers.

A public art event which makes puffins the stars of stories of conservation, global warming and green energy has taken off with the installation of the first sculptures in a trail stretching along the coast of East Yorkshire.

Stage-ed has been running holiday schools in Hull for the past ten years and this year to celebrate its 10th anniversary they will be back for a fun-filled week at Middleton Hall on the University of Hull campus.

A stunning opera production celebrating music from around the world is heading to Hull’s Stage @TheDock to kick-start a spectacular summer seasons of shows, events and performances.

Hull Truck Theatre continues to celebrate its exciting 50th anniversary programme with a production performed by local members of the community. Prepare for a magical experience that will transport audiences to an enchanted forest near Athens for a night of magic and mayhem.

Opulent operatics, beautiful ballet, and cracking comedy are all on the way to Hull Theatres.

A film exploring the characteristic of Yorkshire folk has won a series of International Film awards ahead of its regional launch in July.

This summer, an inflatable structure will invite visitors to explore a labyrinth of light and colour.

This summer, the puffins are flying south! Look out for them along the East Yorkshire coast and around the East Riding of Yorkshire, as they find new and often unlikely habitats. These are no ordinary puffins, but beautiful, artist decorated sculptures, standing proudly 1.5m tall, colourful beacons in the landscape.

Hull Truck Theatre is pleased to announce an exciting programme of musical experiences, inviting audiences to celebrate the joy of coming together.

Grab your family, friends and imagination, and get ready to gather once again in Malarkey Park to enter a world beyond the stories.

The world’s largest showcase of British puppetry in Beverley this July is bringing classic fairy tales to life to wow families and kids in popular venues around the East Yorkshire town.

An event celebrating speculative fiction in all its forms is to return to Beverley on Sunday 24th July.

Stunning Christmas films, a ‘supreme’ story, and stand-up comedy are all set to light up the stage at Hull City Hall.

Back by popular demand after sell-out runs in 2015 and 2018, She Productions returns to East Riding Theatre with Beverley Does Broadway. Think West End showbiz, delicious harmonies, and bags of talent in this brand new 2022 version running from 1-9 July.

This month Hull Truck Theatre and the Albemarle Music Centre will open their doors for a free event full of activities and fun for the whole family.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Teechers Leavers ’22 at Hull Truck Theatre.

Have you been to a Back to Ours Shindig? They’re the hottest ticket in town for over 55s – a party afternoon packed with food, drinks, singing, dancing and loads of entertainment.

Work on converting a former radio studio into high-end office space and apartments has been placed on hold after the arrival in the building of a colony of puffins.

More than 40 puppet theatre companies will be descending on East Yorkshire at this year’s Beverley Puppet Festival, which runs from Friday 15 to Sunday July 17 in indoor and outdoor venues across the town.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Middle Child’s There Should Be Unicorns.

Humber Street Sesh, the multi award-winning music festival, will return to its spiritual home on Hull Marina on Saturday 13 August, with early bird tickets on sale now.

From a successful business owner in Hull, specialising in graphic design procured through the traditional craft of screen-printing, to later graduating from the prestigious Gray’s School of Art in Scotland, Martin Nelson has followed a precision of calculated form. 

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on The Hound of the Baskervilles at East Riding Theatre.

John Godber talks about Teechers Leavers ’22, which runs at Hull Truck Theatre from Thursday 19 to Saturday 11 June.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on The Three Musketeers at Hull Truck Theatre.

Hull Truck Theatre continues to raise the bar with its exciting 50th anniversary programme with a world premiere from playwright John Godber OBE, who has reimagined his critically acclaimed ‘Teechers’, originally performed in 1987, for the leavers of 2022.

About Us, a spectacular, free open-air event that combines live performances and multimedia installations to celebrate the entire history of the universe from Big Bang to the present day arrives in Hull on 30 April 2022 for one week only as the finale of its five-stop UK tour.

Hull Truck Theatre is pleased to announce that its Grow Season makes a welcome live return, supporting artists and developing local talent with a packed programme of performances, sharing workshops and networking opportunities. New and contemporary theatre will inspire audiences and artists, with the final two events in August delivered in partnership with Freedom Festival.

Augment represents the best in collaboration, combining child-like investigation and digital world-building software to bring something really special to Princes Avenue.

Hull City Hall will become the focus for a wealth of up-and-coming talent on Sunday 24 April, as award-winning musical Les Misérables holds auditions in the city.

Back to Ours are teaming up with circus partners Lost in Translation Circus to bring the Marybelle Big Top to Heartlands Park, Bransholme, over May half-term.

The award-winning Beverley Puppet Festival has now opened its volunteer positions for this July’s festival, the first ‘in-puppet’ festival since 2018.

This July, Hull Truck Theatre will present a community production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream where audiences will be transported to an enchanted forest near Athens for a night of magic and mayhem.

Our theatre reviewer, Hannah Hobson, shares her thoughts on Private Peaceful at Hull Truck Theatre.

‘In the cherry blossom’s shade there is no such thing as a stranger.’  — Kobayashi Issa   Japanese poet.

After a difficult two years due to the temporary closures and restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Northern Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) is now resuming its annual big production. This year’s show will be Singin’ in the Rain, which promises to make a splash on Hull Truck Theatre’s main stage this month.

Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s multi-award winning film PARALLEL MOTHERS, starring Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit, opens Hull Independent Cinema’s new season of film on Tuesday 5 April at Vue Cinema Hull Princes Quay.

A Q&A with the creators of The Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure, which visits Hull Truck Theatre this April.

Beverley Puppet Festival will be back bigger and better than ever this summer, Friday 15th July to Sunday 17th July, as giant, fantastical creatures roam Beverley’s historic streets, and tiny, magical worlds are revealed to unsuspecting audiences.

Children in Hull are invited to dress up as unicorns and superheroes and head to Stage @TheDock for a new hip hop musical from Middle Child and Beats Bus in May.

Hull Truck Theatre will be welcoming The Nottingham Playhouse Production Private Peaceful, adapted by Simon Reade and presented by Jonathan Church Theatre Productions (Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 April).

A cosmic interpretation of found objects from a chimney sweep’s brushes to the lid off a garden well have combined to create the first exhibition for nearly three years at the University of Hull Art Gallery.

After their 2017 show Dracula: The Bloody Truth was published and licensed worldwide, with sell-out runs in the USA and Canada, the award-winning Le Navet Bete are at Hull Truck Theatre this April with their smash-hit show The Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure.

Following the hit success of dance and fitness workshops at Unity in Community, Hull-based dance company, Tamar & Jo will be hosting We Move, which includes 4 weekly sessions for anyone living in Hull.

Since retiring from a career at Hull School of Art & Design, Malcolm and Mandy have started a new life in Devon, returning to the city to present this inspiring exhibition of ceramics and paintings at Studio Eleven on Humber Street. 

A new play about northern soul is to debut with a ‘scratch’ performance at Humber Street Gallery this month.

This March Hull Truck Theatre is hosting a series of Creative Coffee Mornings to welcome communities back to the theatre who may have been most isolated during the pandemic.

An exhibition of photos of Hull Arts Centre, Humberside Theatre and Hull Truck Theatre productions from the early 70s now on display at Hull Truck Theatre.