In this issue
Hull Film makers forum - initial meeting
Wednesday 29 May, 6.30 pm at Artlink
Following discussion at City Arts Forum in April, the City Arts Unit in partnership with Artlink agreed to support local film makers in establishing a Hull Filmakers Forum. Thank you to those who have responded to our call for expressions of interest.
The aim is to esablish a group of local film makers for networking, information and skill sharing, mutual support and with a view to establishing a group that can present a collective face to the major potential funders for film activity.
The idea for this meeting is that it will be the first step to set up a group of people with a common interest in making films, who can support one another and identify common needs. It will be a self sustained group and members will set the agenda.
This first meeting will take place from 6.30 pm, on Wed 29 May at Artlink, 87 Princes Ave., Hull.
Please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone else who might be interested.
Hull Freedom Chorus - recruiting new members for latest projects
Hull Freedom Chorus is a massed choir organised by City Arts Unit, Hull City Councikl. The group is made up of people from the local area that want to free their voices and celebrate Hull. Singing a variety of songs in different styles, members get a chance to work with some of the UK's most inspirational singing leaders.
The group has been established to bring singers together, but also to provide opportunities to try new things, and work in new ways.
In 2012 the group sang at Olympic Torch celebration, Hull Jazz Festival, Hull Freedom Festival, Hull Truck's birthday event and had a rousing finale joining the EYMS Brass Band for a Christmas concert at Holy Trinity.
In 2013 the Chorus plans to contribute to a number of high profile events in the City during the year and has a number of projects in the pipeline including:
- Collaboration with Singing Days at the City Hall - intergenerational project in June singing with children from Primary Schools all over the City
- Welcoming the World - Anthem recording project, 15 and 16 June.
- Freedom Festival - 6 and 7 September
- Youth Arts Festival - forming a Youth Freedom Chorus and coming together with the full chorus for a performance on 2 November
There are also plans in the pipeline to contribute to Hull Jazz Festival and a special Christmas concert in December.
There are no auditions for the Chorus, and we limit time committments by limiting rehearsals to intensive periods and utilising online learning resources. We welcome members over the age of 14, and would like to hear from younger singers in advance of establishing a youth chorus in the Summer.
All you need to do is enjoy singing, want to sing in harmony with a large group, want to be part of celebration events in the City. For more information or to sign up online or find us on facebook and like our page.
City Arts Unit is supporting the "Cosmic" tour in Hull through Grants to Arts.
Cosmic
Written by Tom Wells, directed by Jane Fallowfield.
Saturday 25 May, 2.30pm, free
Hull Truck Theatre, 50 Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LB, then touring to the following venues in Hull and East Yorkshire:
Beverley Arms Hotel, Monday 27th May, 6pm.
Skeffling Village Hall, Tuesday 28th May, 7pm.
Ainthorpe Youth Centre, Hull, Wednesday 29th May, 5pm.
The Warren Project, Hull, Thursday 30th May, 5pm.
Withernsea Meridian Centre, Friday 31st May, 5pm.
The Other Space, Hull, Saturday 1st June, 8pm.
A new comedy about love, loss and outer space set in Withernsea, a small town with a big night sky. Each performance of Cosmic will be followed by a fun, informal workshop with Tom and Jane, for anyone interested in having a go at writing.
Cosmic won the Larkin25 Arts Award and is supported by Hull City Council, Hull Truck Theatre, Neil Hudgell Solicitors and the Joseph and Annie Cattle Trust.
Visit Hull Truck's website for more information
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Groundbreaking production for young people with profound learning disabilities comes to Hull Truck Theatre - White Peacock
21 - 25 May
To celebrate its 40th anniversary Roundabout, the pioneering theatre-in-education company of Nottingham Playhouse, is staging one of its most ambitious projects ever. White Peacock is a groundbreaking play created especially for young people with profound learning disabilities and autism, which will embark on a national tour in late spring 2013. The play is unique in performing inside a specially constructed micro theatre to just six young people and their companions at a time.
White Peacock, which is aimed at 11 – 25 year-olds, tells the eventful story of the last night of Sam’s school holidays. Sam is alone in his moonlit garden; high up in the tree the white peacock is calling, and the scent of rose and lavender hangs heavy in the air. But suddenly his solitude is broken, when a young girl strays into the wild garden thinking that it’s part of the wood. So Sam meets Phoebe, and so their adventure together begins.
Making theatre for very severely disabled young people means offering lots of ways for them to engage. In White Peacock the audience is fully involved through sight, sound, smell, and touch: when they explore the garden with Sam and Phoebe there is real grass to touch and smell, a real pond to dip feet into, a tree to sit underneath, and the scent of flowers to experience.
Cottingham Springboard Festival 2013 - acoustic-electric-eclectic
Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May
Free live music festival with over 200 Acts. A diverse programme of local musical talent performing in 7 pub venues in Cottingham: King William IV, Bluebell, Duke of Cumberland, Cross Keys, Hallgate Tavern, Black Prince and the Railway.
Full information is on the Springboard Festival website
Sam Carter & The Young'uns
Saturday 25 May, 8pm (Doors 7:30pm)
Ropery Hall, Barton upon Humber, DN18 5JT
Tickets £10/£12 otd
Sam Carter is a brilliant singer and song writer. Since winning Best Newcomer at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2010, Sam has been in high demand. Sam continues to impress audiences and fellow artists alike.
The Young 'uns have bags of charm, talent, and an abiding enthusiasm for traditional song. They bring freshness and dynamism to their arrangements of close harmony songs, both with and without accompaniment.
Get tickets online here or at The Ropewalk Shop or call 01652 660380.
Age Limit: 14+
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
22 to 26 May
Tickets from £5.00 to £25.00
Venues in and around Beverley
Box office: The NCEM at St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL Tel: 01904 658338 Email: boxoffice@ncem.co.uk
For further information visit the National Centre for Early Music website.
Flights of Fancy
Friday 24 May, 7pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
£5 / senior citizens £4 / other concessions £3
Saturday 25 May,3pm
Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival, Beverley Minster, HU17 ODP
£10 / concessions £8 / students £5 (Beverley)
The early seventeenth century was a period in which there was a widespread belief in the magic of music, and in music’s power to control human passions—now harsh, now sweet, now cheerful, now sad - in accordance with the will of the performer. This concert will last around 60 minutes.
Box office: FASS Events
Telephone number: 01482 462045
Email address: fass-events@hull.ac.uk
Visit their website for more information
Fairy Tales & Fables
Monday 27 May, 2pm
The Spa Theatre, South Marine Drive, Bridlington
All £9, Family(2+2) £32
Once upon a time a dusty old book was found in the corner of a toy shop and with each turn of the page magical things began to happen.
Box office: The Spa Box Office
Telephone number: 01262 678258
Visit the spa website for more information
Live at Pave - Forro Porro
Thursday 30 May, 7.30 pm
£5
Pave, Princes Ave, Hull, HU3 3QA
Red hot South American sounds at Folk in Pave, courtesy of four top local musicians – Mambo Jambo + The Hut People = Forro Porro.
Box office: Pave, Princes Ave.
New Tommy Cooper play by Tom Green coming to Hull this month – just like that.
Tom Green’s confrontational new play Being Tommy Cooper comes to Hull Truck Theatre on Thurs 30 - Fri 31 May.
The UK Tour of Being Tommy Cooper is directed by Cecily Boys, with set and costume design by Susannah Henry, lighting design by Simeon Miller and sound design by Max Pappenheim.
Tickets for Being Tommy Cooper are £15.50 (Concs £3 off) and can be purchased at the Box Office on 01482 323638 or online at www.hulltruck.co.uk.
Lights out Land Girls by Bad Apple Theatre Co
4 June 2013, 7.30 pm
£10/£8 family ticket £25
The Endsleigh Centre, 481 Beverley Road, Hull, HU6 7LJ
A play written and directed by Kate Bramley. Join our Land Army heroines Buff and Biddy fr the last wartime summer of 1945 where in the long working days of the farm everything and nothing has changed. Enjoy more comic scrapes and tall tales as the two girls come to terms with life after wartime. Buff has a promise of romance, but it is complicated, if she follows her heart will she be able to stay in the village? Biddy has her big chance to be just like Vera Lynn if she can make it to the Tower Ballroom showcase in Blackpool, but is life in the way.
Box office tel: 01482 342779
Oh What a Lovely War
by Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop
Wednesday 5 June, 4pm and 7pm
Wilberforce College, Saltshouse Road, Hull, HU8 9HD
£2.50 adults and £2 concessions
The Wilberforce College musical theatre students proudly present Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshops "Oh what a lovely war".
Box office: Wilberforce 6th Form College 01482711688
Email address: jd@wilberforce.ac.uk
Visit their website for more information
Live at Pave presents Afro - Soukous
Thursday 20 June, 7.30 pm
£10
Pave, Princes Ave, Hull, HU5 3QA
Founded by legendary Soukous guitarist Jeannot Bel, Afro - Soukous is a collective of some of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s finest exponents of Soukous and Rumba music. The musicians honed their unique style in the dance clubs of the capital city of Kinshasa and have since gone on to tour the world and play with many leading artists like Kanda Bongo Man and Papa Wemba. The word Soukous in translation means to ‘shake’ and this high-energy music is an explosive fusion of sweet African electric guitars, soulful vocals and infectious Cuban dance grooves.
Support by Humba Rumba
Box office: Pave Tel 01482 333181
Swanland U3A choir – a concert of music and readings
Friday 21 June, 7.30 pm
All Saints’ Church, North Ferriby
Tickets: £5 including refreshments afterwards
available from All Saints’ Church office (635758), Bill Deakin (632645),
David Losh (634291), or at the door on the night
All funds raised by this event will be dedicated to the International Nepal Fellowship, a registered charity
REDance Project
Date: Starting Saturday 25 May
Time: 3pm - 4pm
Price: Free 6 week project
The Space Dance Studio, 107-109 Grafton Street, Hull, HU5 2NS
6 Weeks of Creative dance workshops for adults with learning difficulties, creating a performance piece to be performed at RED Night Club. Every Saturday 25th May 2013 – 29 June 2013, adults must be Over 18 yrs and able to attend the performnace at RED on Friday 5th July.
Telephone number: 07532113948
Email address: samantha@thespacedance.co.uk
Visit the dance space website
Pragnya Indian Arts Centre, Hull - Pragnya Dance Festival
Sunday 16 June, 5pm to 6pm
Middleton Hall, University of Hull, Hull
Tickets adult; £2, children - free
Any artist or group interested in performing for the evening please contact the organisers who will try and give you a space for a short piece. it is a wonderful opportunity for local artists to work together.
Contact email: roopa1236@gmail.com
Exhibition of sculptural ceramics and painting
25 May - 23 June, 11am - 4pm (Saturdays and Sundays)
Studio Eleven Gallery, Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TG
Free
A high quality exhibition of work from regional professional artists, Eric Moss, Jim Orme, Makiko Hastings and Mark Powers. The show contains highly crafted and thoughtful work across the disciplines by artists who exhibit nationally and specially brought together here in Hull . Also available are hand made prints and cards from gallery artists. Please contact Eleven for creative workshops accompanying the event.
Box office: Studio Eleven Gallery 01482 229600
Email address: info@studioeleven.co.uk
For further information visit the gallery website
Bob Swan New Work
Until 26 May
Open Sat / Sun 11.30am - 4.30pm
Kingston Art Gallery, 26 - 27 Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TH
An installation made out of recycled plastic.
For further information visit the Kingston Art Group website
Mark Rogers - Exhibition of Paintings
25 May to 7 June
9:30 am - 6pm
Central Library, Hull
The show comprises Landscapes, Cityscapes, portraits, animals, still-lives, and flowers.
Smile - exhibition of work by Claire West
Until Saturday 1 June
Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP
For more information visit the Artlink website
The Tate, sleeping & waking - Jez Riley French
from Saturday 22 June
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Hull artist Jez Riley French has been specially commissioned to produce a set of 3 new pieces for the Tate Modern building - available as a headphone installation for 3 months from June 22nd 2013.
Box office: tate modern, sonic trails Tel: 02078878888
Email: visiting.britain&modern@tate.org.uk
For further information refer to the Tate Modern website
C69 Comedy presents Terry Christian (The Word, Celebrity Big Brother) - Naked Confessions of a recovering Catholic
Thursday 20 June, 7.30pm
£10 in advance, £12 on the door available from the venue and via ticket website
The Loft, Newland Tofts Lane, 64 - 70 Newland Avenue, Hull
Terry Christian is a legend. Born in Lancashire in 1960 he made his name hosting Channel 4's controversial youth programme "The Word". This show is an hilarious romp through his troubled inner-city Manchester childhood, baring all in his debut stand-up career and lifting the lid on his Catholic upbringing. When gang warfare in Moss Side is the least of your worries compared to sadistic nuns, paedophile priests, and your best mate is the school bully, is there any wonder Terry turned out as he did!?
Email address: tickets-rtceproductions@hotmail.co.uk
Hull Screen
Friday 24 May - Thursday 30 May
First Position
Certificate: U
Runtime: 95 minutes
First Position, a US documentary by Bess Kargman. Kargman follows a year in the lives of six young ballet dancers who are all training for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most famous ballet competitions in the world. We see the dancers, aged 9 to 19 and from around the world, as they devote themselves to training, and overcome their individual hurdles in pursuit of their goal. First Position was voted joint tenth of 18 films in the Friends of Hull Screen April releases poll.
Showing: Daily at 13:40 and 20:45
Hull Screen, Reel Cinema, St Stephen's Shopping Centre, 110 Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LN
Enquiries: 01482 223 113
Booking line: 01509 221 155
Thurrock International Film Festival
Thurrock International Film Festival is now looking for entries for it's second annual festival. Anyone can enter a short film to one of seven categories.
The deadline for this year is June 1st the entry fee is £5 for student and under 18 entries and £10 for regular submissions for other categories.
Selected films will be screened at the festival in September to an international audience. There are trophies and professional software on offer as prizes, nominated films will also be seen by our panel of celebrity judges and industry professionals.
For full details on how to enter a film and for an entry form, please visit the festival's website
Wordquake and East Riding Libraries present - Bridlington Poetry Festival 2013
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 June
Three packed days of poetry performances, workshops, talks and film screenings in the beautiful cliff-top setting of Sewerby Hall, two miles north of Bridlington.
Now in its fourth year, Bridlington Poetry Festival 2013 welcomes poets from the East Riding of Yorkshire, from across the UK and around the world. This year’s 30 performers include Jackie Kay, Jo Shapcott, Don Paterson and Festival Patron Ian McMillan.
This year sees the launch of the Bridlington Poetry Festival Summer School, an intensive creative writing programme for a maximum of 12 participants alongside the Festival programme, led by renowned poets and tutors Daljit Nagra and Pascale Petit. With accommodation in a sea-front hotel, participants will enjoy morning classes together, afternoon one-to-one sessions with the tutors, a free pass to all afternoon and evening Festival event and an exclusive performance by their tutors.
The Festival will also feature performances by primary and secondary students who have been working with poet Andrew McMillan in schools around Bridlington, some brilliant interactive performances for young people including Spill the Beans, a Poetry Slam Cabaret, a Poetry Geo-Cache for families in association with The Poetry Society and more than a few other, nice surprises.
Full details of the programme and ticketing information are available on the festival's website
Artist Development Programme
Music for Youth, supported by the Vivendi Create Joy Fund, is launching an exciting new Young Artist Development Programme at our National Festival Birmingham 2013.
For more details visit music for youth
For an application form visit music for youth
Hull Carnival, COOLture and the Lord Mayor’s Parade
Saturday 1 June 2013, Hull City Centre – 11.00am – 5.30pm
COOLture will be at the Parade from 1.30pm and then at Hull City Hall between 2.30 - 5.30pm. It will feature arts workshops and cultural music and dance performances from young people's groups from across the city. They include Pragnya Dance Centre, Gvants Lakh Kushia and Life Zone, Hon Lok, Hull Branch of the Russian Community, Polish Saturday School, Hull and East Riding Hindu Cultural Association, Kingswood Dance, Hull Rhyhm Pixies, St Michael's Youth Project and Freedom Road Creative Arts.
The Tate, sleeping & waking - Jez Riley French
Saturday 22 June
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
City Arts it very pleased to announce that local artist Jez Riley French has been specially commissioned to produce a set of 3 new pieces for the Tate Modern building - available as a headphone installation for 3 months from June 22nd 2013.
'buildings sing....their walls, their floors, chairs and tables are full of sound, of their own music, made by vibrations, made even by the world turning. these pieces feature only untreated sounds directly recorded with special microphones and listening devices in the tate building itself. you are welcome to listen while walking around the building or, if you have time, find a quiet place to sit and slowly let the sounds gather around you'
Box office: tate modern, sonic trails Tel: 02078878888
Email: visiting.britain&modern@tate.org.uk
For further information refer to the Tate Modern website
New Hull Performance space to launch – Cosmic by Tom Wells
Saturday 1 June, doors open 7pm. performance 8pm
The Other Space, 94 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AN
Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Please visit the Other Space website for booking information.
A new comedy by renowned young playwright Tom Wells will launch Hull's newest performance venue. Cosmic, Wells' new work about love, loss and outer space set in Withernsea, will be the first play to be performed at The Other Space, located in a city centre office taken over by theatre company Ensemble 52.
E52's plans for the building include lunchtime and early evening theatre and a large-scale site-specific production later this year. The new venue will also play host to workshops for arts practitioners, be the venue for the recording of a regular arts podcast and serve as an incubator space for emerging companies. E52's new home has been provided by Hull businessman Malcolm Scott. Cosmic is this year's recipient of the Larkin25 Arts Award, following E52's production of Euphoria in 2012.
E52's Dave Windass said: “We've got big plans for The Other Space. This will be a different kind of venue. We aim to make it the kind of place where people are never quite certain what they are going to experience. It's a blank canvas in which all manner of performances can take place and we'll be able to find new ways of providing audiences with entertainment.
Hull Truck Theatre appoint Janthi Mills as Executive Director
Hull Truck Theatre is delighted to announce the appointment of Janthi Mills as our new Executive Director. Janthi is currently General Manager of Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and has 10 years strategic leadership and managerial experience. Her previous roles include General Manger of the Community Company at the Belgrade Theatre and Community Development Manager at Derby Playhouse. Janthi is currently a member of the board of the Independent Theatre Council and was nominated in the 2012 Theatrical Management Association Awards for ‘Theatre Manager of the Year’. Janthi will join Mark Babych, Hull Truck Theatre’s recently appointed Artistic Director and together they will head up the leadership team of the company.
Janthi Mills will continue in her current role before joining Hull Truck Theatre on 19 August 2013.
Hull Folk Festival 2013
New for 2013 – Hull Folk Festival is coming to the Hull Marina, Victoria Pier, Humber Street and Old Fruit Market area on August Bank Holiday, 30 & 31 August.
Details of events and music acts will be released over the coming weeks. There will be two ticketed events at Fruit on Humber Street, alongside many other free performances, a main stage on Hull Marina, live folk sessions in surrounding pubs including Minerva, Green Bricks and Ruscadors, and an open mic warehouse for Hull's up and coming talent.
For regular updates and announcements, follow Hull Folk Festival on Twitter @hullfolk or like us on Facebook /hullfolk.
If you want to get involved just email hello@hull-folk.co.uk or if you’re interested in playing at the festival email play@hull-folk.co.uk.
Basic Photography Course
Saturday 1 June
9.30 am to 4.30 pm
£70
Hallmark Hotel, Hull
Please contact Chris Ellis for more information, tel 07862287117 or visit the website
Introduction to Watercolour Painting
18 June 2013, 10am - 4pm
Artlink Centre for Community Arts, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP
For further details and a booking form please contact Jayne Hall admin@artlink.uk.net tel. 01482 345 104 or pop into Artlink.
Artlink website for further information http://www.artlink.uk.net
Humber to The Wash Open Exhibition 2013
Submission dates: May 25 - 27
Price: free
The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT
Call for entries - Humber to The Wash Open Exhibition 2013 June 15 - September 1
To download an entry pack visit the Rope Walk
Box office: The Ropewalk
Telephone number: 01652 660380
Email address: info@the-ropewalk.co.uk
Creating a new vision for arts in the East Riding
East Riding of Yorkshire Council are looking at options to transform their Arts Development Service and to develop a vision that makes the best use of the resource available.
They are looking for someone who has current experience of working on service development within Local Authority arts development services, preferably within rural areas.
If you know or have worked with anyone who you think fits the bill please could you email:
Lou Adams, Sport, Play and Arts Service Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, louise.adams@eastriding.gov.uk
Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries. The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention. Aesthetica is inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2013. There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction.
Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted. Deadline: 31 August 2013.
Entry is £10 and allows for the entry of two works into any one category.
For more information visit the Aesthetica website www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting
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