In this issue
Hull Dance Youth Company selected for Fresh 2018
Saturday 24 March - 7.30pm
York Theatre Royal
Hull Dance Youth Company have been selected to perform at Fresh 2018 at York Theatre Royal on Saturday 24 March.
“Me. You. Us.” is a display of youth: getting rid of inhibitions and having the most fun possible on stage. The piece has emerged through an autobiographical themed process and through nonsense and play, the dancers frolic between a mixture of live improvisation scores and set material to challenge the more common expectation of youth dance performances. Fresh 2018 is a breathtaking celebration of the achievements of our regions young dancers. Experience an amazing range of dance styles from the very finest youth dance companies from across Yorkshire.
A panel of judges will select a group to represent Yorkshire at U.Dance 2018 in Suffolk
Tickets: £6-£8
For more information and to book tickets visit their website
Hull Dance supports Adult Contemporary Dance Class
A weekly class suitable for beginners with adaptations made for more experienced dancers. Teachers: Jo Ashbridge & Tamar Draper.
"Every week I get to move for ninety minutes in a way that feels good; physically; mentally; creatively." Rachel, class participant
Hull College, Horncastle Building, Tuesdays 6.30-8pm, £5/£3 students
Contact: Jo Ashbridge 07736287666 / Tamar Draper 07712446145
Check out their facebook site for more information.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster Forever
Humber Street Gallery, 16 March - 27 May, free
Internationally acclaimed artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster present three works from their prolific back catalogue. With a punk aesthetic, the artists combine form and anti-form to bring about the unexpected, creating new modes of portraiture and playing with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with meaning.
Check out their website for more information.
Mermarella Cinderella of the Sea
Saturday 10 March 2pm (Doors
Open 1.00pm - please aim to arrive by 1.45pm) Duration: 40 mins £5 - £8
Indigo Moon Studio Theatre, Scrapstore Studios, Dairycoates
Avenue, Hull , HU3 5DB
Puppetry and shadow theatre for thinking families and the
young at heart of all ages.
Tickets available online or tel: Hull Box Office: 01482 221113
Hulljazz present The Matthew Smith Quartet
Wednesday 14 March, 8.30pm
The Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU5 4AT
£5/£3 concessions for NUS and unemployed. Children welcome. Under 18s free if accompanied by a paying adult.
Highly regarded local saxophonist Matthew Smith plays an eclectic mix of re-vitalized standards from the Great American Songbook and beyond. Accompanied by Sean Miller - keyboards; George Beastall - bass & Chris Sykes - drums.
Check out their website for more information
Heads Up Festival
Until 17 March, £3-£15
Venues: Hull Minster, Hull Central Library, Kardomah94,
Wincolmlee Industrial Estate
Heads Up Festival is produced by E52 in partnership with
the groundbreaking Battersea Arts Centre.
Visit the Heads Up website for full information and to book tickets
Nick Harper at Kardomah94
Saturday 17 March, 8pm
Advance tickets £12 from Kardomah94, plus booking fee
from Hull Box Office and £14 on the door
Kardomah94, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AN
Visit Hull Box office for tickets
LIL the PLAY returns
20 -24 March 7:30pm, matinee on 24 March 2:30pm, £15.00
Jubilee Central, 62 King Edward Street, Hull, HU1 3SQ
Buy tickets online or in person at Gough & Davy, Hull (Under the City
Hall). Suitability 12+
For further information visit the luvull website
Brighton Rock
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 March
Hull Truck Theatre
For full details visit the Hull
Truck website
Sinfonia Viva Classic Classics with Benedict Holland
Thursday 22 March , 7:30pm
Adults £15, Children £13, all children under 14 free with
full paying adult, additional children £5
Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, HU17 9AA
Conductor: Alice Farnham, Soloist: Benedict Holland
Box office: Arts Development tel 01482 395320
Or visit the East Riding Council website for further
information
Amy Rigby (USA)
Sunday 26 March, 7.30pm, £10
O'Rileys, 83 Beverley Road, Hull, HU3 1XR
The Old Guys, Amy Rigby's first solo album in a dozen years, measures the weight of heroes, home; family, friends and time. Philip Roth and Bob Dylan, CD/cassette players, touring, the wisdom of age and Walter White, groupies, Robert Altman, egg creams and mentors are paid tribute. Twelve songs written unmistakably by Amy and recorded by Wreckless Eric in upstate New York, The Old Guys is the sound of a good girl grown up, never giving up.
For these UK shows Amy will be joined by Eric Goulden (Wreckless Eric) on bass and guitar and Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, Death in Vegas) on drums.
Also Urban Rain and DJ Doodlebug Nuggets
A Freetownway Presentation
Check out their facebook site for more information.
Book a ticket with Hull Box Office
Julie Felix in concert
Wednesday 28 March, 8pm
New Adelphil Club, De Grey Street, Hull
£11 in advance, £12 OTD
American 60s folk icon returns to Hull for this concert, with support from Dez Allenby, Adrian Welham & Friends (from 60s Psyche Folk Band, Forest).
Buy tickets online via Hull Box Office
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival - tickets on sale now
Thursday 24
– Tuesday 27 May.
For further information
and tickets visit the NCEM website www.ncem.co.uk/bemf or telephone 01904 632220 or 01904 658338
Creating Movement for Dance, Circus & Theatre
Wednesday 21 March & Thursday 22 March - 10am - 4pm
Bridlington Spa
This workshop will look at ways of creating material using themes and tasks from current projects. Ella Robson Guilfoyle works with text, voice and movement with the aim of communicating ideas.
Suitable for professional dancers, or circus artists and actors with good movement ability.
Ella choreographs movement for dance, circus, theatre and fashion, for live performance and film. Her background is in contemporary dance and she trained at London Contemporary Dance School and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Ella’s work seeks to explore our relationships with each other and our environment. Her workshops aim to bring artists together to share ideas and play, providing a nurturing space to discuss and challenge how we approach the creation process.
Cost: £30
Check out the Yorkshire Dance website for more information.
Registration for Yorkshire Schools Dance Festival 2018 is now open
Primary, secondary, specialist schools and wider dance groups from across the region are invited to take part.
The event will take place across two weekends - 17/18 and 24/25 November at the University of York.
The 2018 theme is ‘Changes’ and all ages, abilities and dance styles welcomed.
Visit their website for more information.
Argentine Tango Beginners Workshop
Sunday 25 March, 2-4pm
Dance Dynamic Studio, City Limits Club, 23 Witham, Hull, HU9 1BY
£15 per person or £25.00 per couple
This workshop is perfect for anyone wanting to start dancing Argentine Tango for the first time. Geared towards the complete beginner, no dance experience is needed!
Once you try Argentine Tango you will discover one of the dance world‘s best kept secrets - that it is actually a very simple dance. So simple in fact that by the end of this workshop you will be leading/following proper chest led Argentine Tango to music!
You don’t need experience; just bring your dance shoes (or shoes without a rubber sole) and a smile. We’ll provide straight forward, easy to understand instruction at a pace you‘ll be comfortable with.
Email address: jill@dance-dynamic.co.uk
Check out their website for more information
'Saturday afternoon at the pictures' featuring 'The First of the Few' plus newsreels and cartoons
Saturday 17 March, 12pm
Kardomah94, HU1 2AN
£5 in advance; £6 on the door
Enjoy an old fashioned afternoon at the pictures with cartoons, a wartime newsreel and feature film 'The First of the Few', starring Leslie Howard and David Niven. Released in 1942, this film tells the story of the design and development of the spitfire and culminating in its defence of the skies in the Battle of Britain. It is preceded by 'The Long Years', a gazetteer of newsreels from the years 1942 to 1944. All profits from the event will go to helping the National Civilian WW2 Memorial Trust to preserve the remains of the bombed National Picture Theatre on Beverley Road Hull as a tribute to the experience of civilians on the Home Front in World War 2.
Box office: HullBoxOffice
Hull Independent Cinema
Check out the full line up and latest screenings via their website
Coming up in March Phantom Thread and Ladybird.
Hull Woolly Zoo Exhibition
Until 7 April, Free
Hull History Centre, Hull, HU2 8BG
Join us at Hull History Centre to see our arcade
transformed into a fantastic zoo made entirely from wool. Explore the history
of the 19th century Spring Bank Zoological Gardens, as illustrated through
public and staff created exhibits.
Call 01482 317500 or visit the History Centre website for
more information
Comedy Warehouse - Fruit
For programme and ticket information visit Fruit Space
Creative Voice: Music - Rhythm Pixies Easter taster session
Thursday 29 March, 1-3pm, Kingston Youth Centre
Open to young people aged 13 yrs to 19 yrs. Just pop in.
There will be a variety of musical instruments and activities to try.
From Turntable skills such as scratching, beat matching and using samplers.
Guitars, Ukuleles, variety of hand drums and percussion from around the world.
There will be opportunities for singing and experimenting with the voice using loop pedals.
Culminating in a fun jam using all the musical equipment together.
Check out the new sounds from Rhythm Pixies.
Also meet every Monday , 4.30-6.30pm, Kingston Youth Centre.
Hull Truck Youth Theatre join forces with a trio of exciting Hull theatre companies
Friday 9 – Saturday 10 March and Thursday 5 – Saturday 7 April
Tickets £8, concessions £5
Following the sell-out productions of Our Mutual Friend and Defiance, Hull Truck Youth Theatre’s 16+ groups are joining forces for the first time with three of Hull Truck Theatre’s Supported Companies, some of the most exciting independent theatre companies in Hull, fresh from their own success in the city and beyond.
Bellow Theatre, The Roaring Girls and Silent Uproar are working with around 15 Youth Theatre members each to create unique productions based on the young peoples’ ideas, which will be performed by the Youth Theatre members themselves.
Each theatre company are using their own theatre-making techniques to bring the shows to life - Bellow Theatre and Silent Uproar’s shows are based on specially commissioned scripts, whilst The Roaring Girls are devising their show from the Youth Theatres’ personal experiences.
What About the Children? with Bellow Theatre is a Him and Her story of friendship, knee grazes and old school crisps, and is written by Bellow Theatre’s Maureen Lennon. It’s presented in a double bill with The Roaring Girls’. When Everything Stops, a devised show about the importance of time and using your voice, The two groups have been in intensive rehearsals during half term this week.
Silent Uproar’s Human Electric Tree is written by Sunday Times award-winning playwright Josh Overton (Sad Little Man) and is directed by Alex Mitchell, and explores the systems we put young people through on the path to adulthood. Silent Uproar were winners of the prestigious Fringe First Award last year for their show A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad).
The Young Artists Collection
This new programme from IVE talented young artists and give them opportunities to showcase
their work and make some money from it. The competition is open to young people aged 11-18
Visit the We Are IVE website for
further information
Call for Entries are open for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.
Celebrating excellence in contemporary writing and new work, the Creative Writing Award is a platform for emerging and established poets and writers to showcase their work to an international audience.
The award has two categories for entry; Poetry and Short Fiction. There are no limitations on themes or subject matters, only encouragement to submit work that harnesses the boundless potential of language, offering limitless and unforgettable worlds.
Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines and Short Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words. Works previously published are also accepted and you may enter as many times as you wish. Entries are open until 31 August 2018.
Check out their website for submission
Head in a Book monthly readings
Visit Head in a Book for further information
Hull Truck Theatre want to hear your story for a new community play
Hull Truck Theatre and The Centre for Contemporary Storytelling (Turning the Tide, Turn and Face the Strange) are asking the people of Hull to share their own stories to form the basis of a new community play, The Journey Home.
Over the next few months, writer Rupert Creed (Associate Artist at Hull Truck Theatre and writer of Hull UK City of Culture opening event Made in Hull) will lead workshops to explore and develop the storyline for this ambitious participatory project.
The Journey Home will take place in 2019 and will explore what the ideas of home and community mean to those living in Hull, whether they were born here or have made the city their home.
Hull Truck Theatre are looking for people aged 18 and over to share their stories at a series of informal workshops. Participants will be asked questions such as ‘what does Hull mean to you?’, ‘how did you come to be here?’ and ‘what are the qualities and character of the city’s people?’
Join in the informal conversation at any of the following workshops at Hull Truck Theatre:
Wednesday 7 March, 7pm - 9.30pm
Saturday 24 March, 2.30pm - 5pm
Wednesday 28 March, 7pm - 9.30pm
Saturday 14 April, 2.30pm - 5pm
Wednesday 18 April, 7pm - 9.30pm
Participants can sign up for the workshops by contacting Sarah-Louise Penney via community@hulltruck.co.uk or 01482 323638.
Workshops will also be held in various locations in the local community. If you’d like to host a workshop in a community venue near you then please get in touch with Sarah-Louise.
Funding and opportunities
The Elephant Trust
Grants to help new, innovative visual arts projects (UK)The Elephant Trust has announced the next deadline for applications is the 3 April 2018. The Trust offers grants to artists and for new, innovative visual arts projects. It aims to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted by lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Priority is given to artists and small organisations and galleries making or producing new work or exhibitions.
The Trust normally awards grants of up to £2,000, but larger grants of up to £5,000 may be considered.
Read more on their website.
PRS Funding
Funding to support artists & bands (England)PRS for Music Foundation has announced that the next application deadline for the Momentum Music Fund is 6pm on the 29 May 2018. Artists or bands at a crucial tipping point in their careers who are showing current progression and growth can apply for a grant of £5,000-£15,000 to significantly develop their careers over the next two years. Activities eligible for support include recording, touring and marketing. Applications can be submitted by the artists themselves or those who are working on their behalf, for example, a manager, an independent label or publisher.
Priority will be given to those that haven't been funded by PRS for Music Foundation in the previous 12 months. Read more on their website.
Net Curtains Variety - call out for performers
Net Curtains are looking for artists to perform at the
following upcoming 'Net Curtains Variety' events.
Wednesday 14 March - The Freedom Centre, Preston Road -
2pm
Thursday 22 March - Kardomah 94 - 2pm
They need performers/short films for between 10-30 minutes,
approximately 3-4 performers per show. Please email sarahhicks18@gmail.com for more information.
Hull City Council - Grants to Arts
Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts
Collaborative
Composition: Tools, Techniques and Challenges - Free professional
development opportunity for local music leaders
Are you a
Hull based music leader, involved in leading collaborative music making in
community settings? Would you
like to give yourself some time to reflect on best practice?
Here's an opportunity for local musicians to benefit from free training
opportunities with visiting composer James Redwood. This series of three training days is
available as part of the PRSF New Music Biennial Composer Residency programme.
Places are still available for the remaining session in this series:
23 March,
10am-4pm,
Themes covered
will include: sharing ideas about best practice
in leading collaborative music making, how music leaders can practically
support composition projects, sharing practical games, activities and
compositional starting points for creative workshops.
Please contact clare.drury@hull2017.co.uk to book your place –
providing your contact details, any special needs for access, and confirming
your availability for sessions.
Please be
prepared to make your own arrangements for lunch.
Join
Saturday Sing for vocal harmony sessions
Free
your voice and explore joyful harmony singing for pure enjoyment in the latest series of workshops.
Singing
various material the emphasis of this group is on having fun and exploring
voices in harmony, while creating beautiful music together. Led by experienced
local community choir leader Clare Drury, you will sing material from contemporary,
folk, and world music. All songs are
taught by ear, so there’s no need to read music, nor to have any previous
singing experience. All you need is a desire to free your voice, and a
willingness to join in with others in this friendly group.
A welcoming group for singers of all ages and abilities.
10:30am to 12.00pm on Saturdays:
At Hymers College (LRC), Hull on
At Artlink, 87 Princes Ave, Hull on 10, 17 Mar 2018
£5
per session, concessions £4, children £1 (all under 16s must be accompanied) -
£35/£28 for the term.
Please
contact Clare 07774 961811 or e-mail: SingwithClare@outlook.com to
discuss your needs and/or to book. Or
just turn up to the first session of the series. Join us on Facebook to see what we're up to.
Clare's
work is based on the principles of the Natural Voice Network, who believe that singing is our birthright and in a natural
approach to voice.
New Music Biennial 2019
Following the extremely
successful New Music Biennial 2017 held in Hull City of Culture and Southbank
Centre, the call for proposals for New Music Biennial 2019 is now
open. New Music Biennial 2019 is presented in partnership with
Hull Culture Company, London’s Southbank Centre and BBC Radio 3 with generous
support from Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council Wales, the
Richard Thomas Foundation and NMC Recordings.
New Music Biennial 2019 will
showcase up to 20 pieces of new music including brand new commissions and
pre-existing works. Applicants may apply for
support for either.
· new commissions (up to £20,000 can be applied for)
· existing pieces written within the last 15 years by living
UK-based composers (up to £10,000 can be applied for)
Please note: Applications must be from organisations. If
you are a composer, this is a great opportunity for you to team up with an
organisation to work with, either for commissioning a new work or re-performing
an exceptional past work of yours.
The New Music Biennial includes
new music from across all genres: from classical and chamber opera to jazz,
folk and electronic. Works should be no longer than 15 minutes in duration in
response to the New Music Biennial's aim to create a pop-up, interactive way
for audiences to discover new music.
The deadline for applications is 5 April 2018
and the final programme will be announced in June/July 2018. To find out
more details and to apply head to the NMB website.
FREE
for ESOL Learners at Endeavour Learning Centre – Reading Rooms
Wednesdays 4-6pm until 21 March
Course
(5 weeks)
Read stories and poems, improve
speaking and listening, if you are interested –call 01482 615349 to book a
place.
Reading Rooms drop in sessions
whenever you can come along – Tuesday 4-5pm at Endeavour and for families
Saturdays 10.30 – 11.30 for all.
Sisters in Song - singing workshop
Saturday 10 March, 10:15 to 12 noon, followed by an optional informal performance at Hull Minster at 1pm.
At Artlink, 87 Princes Ave., Hull
£5 per session, concessions £4,
Free your voice and explore joyful harmony singing for pure enjoyment in this special workshop hosted by Saturday Sing group, celebrating women in song (for female and male voices).
Led by experienced local community choir leader Clare Drury, you will learn a range of songs celebrating women, including the original Suffragette Anthem, March of the women. All songs are taught by ear, so there’s no need to read music.
Please contact Clare 07774 961811 e-mail: SingwithClare@outlook.com to book in advance.
Follow us on Facebook to see what we're up to.
Clare's work is based on the principles of the Natural Voice Network, who believe that singing is our birthright and in a natural approach to voice.
More singing for Blokes, Chaps and Other Men
Building on the hugely successful singing workshop led by UK member of the
Spooky Men’s Chorale - Dominic Stichbury, in November, men can now take part in
fortnightly sessions, led by local choral leaders Charles Huckvale and Laurence Rugg.
As part of a Council project to encourage more male singers to take part in
group singing in Hull, the session will take place between 7.30 - 9pm on:
Thursday 22 March at Danish Church, Ferensway, Hull,
All parts will be taught by ear in an inclusive and welcoming way and no
experience is necessary. The emphasis is on having fun.
Men are
under-represented in singing groups nationally, including in Hull. These sessions
are part of an outreach programme and part of the Council’s ‘Singing City’
initiative. Singing is good for your health and well-being.
No
booking is needed and it is free to take part. Simply turn up and have
fun.
Contact Hull City Council’s Arts Development on 01482 300 300 for further
information.
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