Is it just me or has all the hype about legacy and Hull remaining City of Culture until Coventry take over starting to look a bit thin? Nothing much seems to be happening and the atmosphere around the place has changed palpably. I'm just hoping that we haven't missed the opportunity to keep the momentum going and instead got a load of staff in place with very little to do. I know the infrastructure work is on-going but there doesn't seem to be much coming from the City of Culture team Hope I'm wrong!
Not being publicised very well any more, but this is the second half of this months events... WHITNEY – QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 21 April, 7:30pm (£23.50) Hull City Hall For one night only, the iconic voice of Whitney Houston comes to Hull in the award-winning concert production, Whitney – Queen of The Night. Sing and dance along to some of Whitney Houstons’ classic hits such as I Wanna Dance with Somebody, One Moment in Time, I’m Every Women, Saving All My Love and many more! HAIRSPRAY 23 – 28 April, 2:30pm & 7:30pm (£17-50) Hull New Theatre Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams and dance her way onto national television. Following an audition, she becomes a local star and uses her new-found fame to fight for equality, bagging local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way. This smash hit musical comedy will have you dancing all night long, and features the hit songs You Can’t Stop the Beat, Welcome to the 60s, and The Nicest Kids in Town. HULL INDEPENDENT CINEMA: A FANTASTIC WOMEN 24 April, 7:30pm (£6-£7) Vue Cinema Hull This Oscar-winning film tells the story of a trans women, and her fight for acceptance. Marina Vidal life is thrown into turmoil following the sudden death of her partner, Orlando. Met with suspicion from the police and contempt from her lover’s relatives, Marina finds herself placed under intense scrutiny with no regard for her privacy. As tensions rise between Marina and Orlando’s family, she is evicted from their shared home and banned from attending his funeral, and whilst faced with the threat of losing everything, Marina finds the strength to fight back. STEVE HARLEY ACOUSTIC TRIO 27 April, 7:30pm (£27.50) Hull Minster Come along to a very special evening of music with the original cockney rebel, Steve Harley. Constantly touring with his acoustic trio, Steve Harley brings his unique and atmospheric show to Hull’s iconic Minster. This show follows on from three sell-out shows in London, and will feature an exclusive Q&A session. JAYWALKERS 27 April, 8pm (£8) Kardomah94 Former BBC Young Folk Award Winners Jaywalkers bring their highly entertaining show to Kardomah94, promoting their third album, Weave. Effortlessly combining Bluegrass, Folk and Old-Time, their instrumentals are fast and up-tempo, and their songs tell tales of protest, poverty and the fight for, creating innovative music rooted deeply in tradition. This promises to be an foot-stomping evening and one not to be missed!
SENSATIONAL SUMMER SEASON UNVEILED AT HULL THEATRES From dinosaurs to ducklings, dance to drama, live music and musicals to comedians and comedy drama, it’s all going on at Hull New Theatre and Hull City Hall this summer. The appearance of the sun heralds the start of the long-awaited warmer months as well as the arrival of Hull Theatres’ sensational summer programme bursting with top-quality entertainment for all. David Walliams’ Awful Auntie (17-20 May) raises the curtain on Hull New Theatre’s energetic family programme that also includes the award-winning Gangsta Granny (5-8 July), Bing Live! (21 & 22 July), Dinosaur World Live (9-11 August) and Peppa Pig (1 & 2 September). Dance aficionados will be delighted by their options; balletLORENT’s contemporary re-telling of Grimm’s fairytale Rumpelstiltskin, retold by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with music by Dr Who composer Murray Gold (10 & 11 May). Plus, Strictly Come Dancing’s Aljaz and Janette’s tribute to the inimitable Fred Astaire – Remembering Fred (12 May),as well as the award-winning Northern Ballet’s breath-taking children’s ballet, Ugly Duckling back in the spotlight for the first time since 2013 (14 May). There’s plenty to laugh about too as the multi award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong (21-26 May) stops off at Hull New Theatre on a nationwide tour, while Joe Pasquale recreates the lovable accident-prone Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (26-30 June) and John Godber continues the King family saga in Long Live The Kings of Hull (5-15 September). The laughter continues at Hull City Hall with a fantastic line-up of comics including stand-ups Brian Conley (23 May), Jason Manford (13 June) and Chris Ramsey (29 June). The world-class roster of entertainment continues into the music programme which boasts monthly organ recitals and afternoon tea dances alongside Shalamar (3 May), Shane Filan (4 May), Frank Turner (8 May), The Waterboys (10 May), Opera North’s Salome (16 May), the Halle Orchestra (24 May), A Country Night in Nashville (22 June), The Black Dyke Band (30 June), Jools Holland (1 July) and Showaddywaddy (7 July). As well as a spectacular concert featuring the music of The Beatles in Let It Be (24-29 September). And of course there’s an enviable selection of Musicals too. Mamma Mia make its Hull debut in May to a sold out audience plus, there’s a chance to catch the acclaimed Cilla the Musical – a moving adaptation of Jeff Pope’s BAFTA award-winning TV series Cilla (18-22 September).
Thanks for that - you are right though, there isn't a great deal of publicity. I'd also be interested to see things that aren't just a venue or theatres standard programme and see what the legacy company is doing in it's own right.
Vandals trash phone box art display in Hull city centre just hours after it was fitted https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/vandals-trash-phone-box-art-1492423
Been a few stories of people not knowing how to behave around cultural events recently. In addition to this, there were a group of hecklers at the Carpenters Story at the City Hall a week or two back, then some pissed up muppets got thrown out of the Derren Brown show at the New Theatre at the weekend and one of them took a dump outside the theatre.
Spring opening for Hull city centre farm Rooted in Hull is set to open to the public in Hull city centre later in the spring. please log in to view this image An urban farm project in Hull city centre is almost ready to open to the public, following the delivery of two new containers which will be used as a cafe and shop to sell the farm’s fresh produce. Students from Hull College have been working on the construction and fitting out of containers at Rooted in Hull, a project which is taking shape at the derelict dry dock in St Peter’s Street. please log in to view this image The derelict dry dock in St Peter's Street, Hull is being transformed for the project. The scheme, which recently reached its one-year milestone, has received support from more than 30 businesses and organisations from Hull and the surrounding areas. It has been developed to introduce a community space for growing fresh fruit and vegetables and rearing livestock to help local people learn more about food and nutrition, farming and distribution. Adrian Fisher, the project’s co-founder, said: “Our aim is to help people improve their understanding of food and get them involved in the process of growing fresh fruit and vegetables, to encourage a healthier, happier way of living and fight to end food poverty. “It is centred around education, employment and creating a more robust workforce. Local businesses are interested in investing in the health and wellbeing of potential local employees, as well as economic stability and a big part of tackling this is to get more people back into work or onto new career paths.” The site is expected to be opened to the public later in the spring. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/spring-opening-for-hull-city-centre-farm-1-9100503
I think it shows what a difference it made having the blue-coated volunteers hanging around the installations too.
I took a walk through Victoria Square at 10.00am last week. The fountains were full of chavvy kids, the benches were full of drunks and the chavs parents and people were sleeping in shop doorways or staggering around like zombies. I'm not a snob but I would not be impressed if I were visiting the City for the first time - it looked like they were shooting a scene from Shameless
Sadly society is mostly ****ed, there are clearly many reasons but poor parenting certainly hasn't helped.
Sorry to say, similar to something I nearly posted a couple of weeks ago having wandered round the city centre on a Sunday afternoon. Similar to how you describe. I'd add that I struggled to hear English voices. Those I did were mainly chavs (kids and parents) and down and outs. Some great stuff happened to and in the City last year, but jeez, the other Sunday was a thoroughly depressing experience. And yes, only the same as in many other cities and towns across the country. Our politicians (of both parties) seem to have done their best to **** up 'our' country over the decades, and it seems to only be getting worse. A different model is needed, as the prevailing one isn't working. Maybe Brexit will help in the long term, although the short term could be ugly (hence the nonsense in voting on the deal to exit - it isn't about the initial deal, it's about the long term). Anyway, back to Hull. Lot's still to be done. Hopefully there is a continuing, thriving legacy. It's desperately needed. (And yes, before some smart arse says it, written by someone from the **** hole that Driff has become. As said, the 'system' isn't working).
