Statement from Hull Truck Theatre
20/11/2012 12:30
Andrew Smaje, Chief Executive of Hull Truck Theatre, is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Click here to download full media statement
Hull Truck Theatre announces cast for Christmas production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
07/11/2012 09:00
Hollyoaks star Dominique Jackson is preparing to pull on her ruby red slippers and lead a cast of up and coming talents in Hull Truck Theatre's Christmas production The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (7 December - 13 January). Click here to download full media release
Hull Truck Theatre presents The Kitchen Sink
19/10/2012 10:00
This November, multi-award winning The Kitchen Sink will be given its regional premiere at Hull Truck Theatre. The play follows the lives of a family living in the East Yorkshire coastal town of Withernsea. Dad Martin is feeling the pinch as his milk round gradually dwindles thanks to supermarket competition, and his float has seen better days. Daughter Sophie dreams of getting a black belt in ju-jitsu, her hot temper could get her in trouble and she's ignoring the advances of Pete. Meanwhile, son Billy is hoping for a new life at Art College. Holding the family together is mum Kath, a dinner lady with the patience of a saint and all she wants is a kitchen sink that works. Click here to download full news release
Hull Truck Theatre presents We ❤ Hull
04/10/2012 14:52
Hull Truck Theatre is hosting a one night only spectacular to celebrate the very best creative talents in Hull. Taking place on Saturday 13 October, We ❤ Hull is an evening of music, comedy, spoken word, dance and breathtaking stunts to show how vibrant and creative the arts in Hull really are. Click here to download media release
The Bruntwood Prize Roadshow heads to Hull Truck Theatre
04/09/2012 14:44
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is pleased to announce the first Bruntwood Prize Roadshow that will be taking place across the UK this autumn. Launched in 2005 The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting aims to discover and promote the best writing for theatre and has established itself as the UK\'s most significant playwriting prize. The roadshow comes to Hull Truck Theatre on Saturday 20 October. Click here to download full media release
Hull Truck Theatre to screen movies in 2012
03/09/2012 09:00
Hull Truck Theatre is announcing a programme of cinema and movie screenings to sit alongside it's offering of drama, dance and comedy. Each month, the Studio Theatre will play host to a mix of cult classics and nostalgic matinees featuring behind-the-scenes introductions from Hull Truck Theatre's artistic team. Click here to download the full media release
Coming Soon - The Importance of Being Earnest
30/08/2012 09:00
The September, London Classic Theatre will bring Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest to Hull Truck Theatre. Featuring wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue, gloriously improbable plot twists and a sprinkling of romance the play is widely-acknowledged as one of the greatest comedies in the English Language. Click here to download full media release
Coming Soon - Little Shop of Horrors
24/08/2012 09:00
Never being frightened of bringing gutsy productions to Hull's theatre audiences, Hessle Theatre Company are thrilled to be presenting the "ludicrously entertaining" cult classic musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' at Hull Truck Theatre from 11th to 15th September 2012. Click here to download full media release
Hull Truck Theatre presents City of Light
21/08/2012 10:00
This Autumn, Hull Truck Theatre will bring all the fun of the fair to the stage in its first ever community play with the largest cast it has ever assembled. City of Light by Morgan Sproxton is set amid the light, colour and romance of Hull Fair. Click here to download full media release
Hull Truck Theatre announces new Autumn-Winter season
20/07/2012 16:08
Five new Hull Truck Theatre productions will sit alongside a host of award-winning visiting companies for the newly launched Autumn/Winter season. The culmination of Hull Truck Theatre's 40th birthday year will also see the start of a new 3-year partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company to improve educational standards in the region. Click here to download the full news release
Coming Soon - Babur in London
14/06/2012 15:03
Set in a London suburb, Babur in London is a portrait of four young people grappling with their beliefs. As they prepare a terrorist attack, they are disturbed by the ghost of Babur, the first Mughal Emperor - a poet and warrior - who forces them to challenge their convictions. Click here to download full media release
Hull Truck Theatre Associate Playwright Tom Wells wins The George Devine Award 2012
01/06/2012 08:58
Tom Wells, the Associate Playwright for Hull Truck Theatre, has been named the winner of The George Devine Award 2012 for his play, The Kitchen Sink. The annual award is given for new writing in theatre and is open to any playwright in the UK for an original stage play. The prize was established in 1966 as a memorial to the life and talent of George Devine, the founding Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre. Previous winners include Hull's Richard Bean, Edward Bond and Mike Leigh. Click here to download the full news release
Hull Truck Theatre presents Ballroom Blitz
28/05/2012 11:07
This summer, the hilarious quick step comedy Ballroom Blitz will salsa onto the stage at Hull Truck Theatre and bring the glittering world of ballroom dancing to life. Trev has two left feet and his son Paul is just as hopeless. But a chance meeting in a pub turns their lives around when Paul enrols in the local dance school. Sharon Trod is a faded ballroom star, but her daughter Tammy has stars in her eyes and needs a new leading man. Together Paul and Tammy take the ballroom by storm...but will a rival couple ruin their dreams and take the trophy? It all hinges on a showdown at the Blackpool Tower ballroom! Click here to download the full news release
Coming Soon - Tender Napalm
14/05/2012 09:39
One of the most acclaimed plays of 2011, Time Out and Evening Standard Award-winner Philip Ridley's TENDER NAPALM will tour the UK from 10 May - 23 June 2012. A lyrical and heart-stopping account of love in the face of catastrophe, the show wowed critics and audiences alike for its Southwark Playhouse premiere and was named one of the Guardian, Observer and Time Out's best shows of 2011. Click here to download the full media release
Coming Soon - Mary Shelley
11/05/2012 13:24
A beautiful new play exploring the remarkable life of one of literature's greatest writers, MARY SHELLEY opens at Hull Truck Theatre from Tuesday 15 May. Written by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson, MARY SHELLEY is a bold exploration of the radical beliefs and relationships that led the author of Frankenstein to write one of the greatest novels in history when she was just 18-years-old. Click here to download the full news release
Hull Truck Theatre announces Summer Season for 40th anniversary year
11/05/2012 09:07
An epic community play and a new Hull Truck commission are at the centre of Hull Truck Theatre's Summer Season which also features visits from companies such as Shared Experience and Slung Low, emerging talent, dance, comedy and music. Click here to download the full news release
Hull Truck Theatre appoints new Creative Associates
24/04/2012 09:30
Hull Truck Theatre is announcing the appointment of three new members to its creative team. The theatre, currently celebrating its 40th Anniversary, has made the additions to drive the company forward in its new 580-seat home in the heart of Hull's regenerated Ferensway area. Natalie Abrahami is Hull Truck's new Associate Artist, Tom Wells becomes an Associate Playwright and Kate Denby is Hull Truck's newly appointed Producer.
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Hull Truck Theatre links up with Dove House Hospice
16/04/2012 13:00
As part of its spring production, Hull Truck Theatre is partnering Dove House Hospice to raise awareness of their work in the local community. To coincide with the double-bill performances of Spoonface Steinberg and Krapp's Last Tape, Hull Truck will be donating a pound from the sale of every programme to the hospice. The show runs from Wednesday 11th April until Saturday 28th April, during which time the theatre will also be holding collections for the hospice.
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Coming Soon - Spoonface Steinberg and Krapp's Last Tape
27/03/2012 09:30
This Spring, Hull Truck Theatre is creating a unique double-bill and uniting two celebrated writers to bring a worldwide first to its stage. Lee Hall's Spoonface Steinberg and Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape will be performed from Wednesday 11 - Saturday 28 April. The production marks the first time plays by Lee Hall (Billy Elliott) and Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot) will have been performed together as a double-bill. Previously, the Beckett Estate has only allowed the work of Harold Pinter to be performed in this way.
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New date added for sell-out reunion of original Hull Truckers
05/03/2012 16:38
Hull Truck theatre has announced a second date for a special 40th anniversary reunion of theatre founder Mike Bradwell and the original Hull Truck actors, after the first date sold out. A second performance will now take place on Sunday 18 March.
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Coming Soon - Weekend Breaks
28/02/2012 10:25
The rarely performed comedy Weekend Breaks by John Godber is set to tour the UK this Spring with a stop off at Hull Truck Theatre on Tuesday 6 March. Weekend Breaks is a comedy about culture clashes that sees aspiring film writer Martin Dawson trying to patch things up with his wife and his disapproving working class parents after an extra marital fling. On a weekend break to Whitby, Martin rediscovers his roots and what it really means to love your parents; even when you want to kill them.
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On Tour - The Lady in the Van
27/02/2012 09:25
This spring, the highly acclaimed Hull Truck production of Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van hits the road for a national tour. This heart-warming and heart-breaking hit play tells the story of Alan Bennett’s unusual neighbour – a lady who lives in a clapped out Bedford Van, parked in the playwright's front garden. The mysterious Miss Shepherd and her van move in one day - and never move out.
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Coming Soon - Reasons To Be Cheerful
03/02/2012 00:01
Hull Truck Theatre will welcome Graeae and the New Wolsey Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Reasons To Be Cheerful this March as part of its national tour. The show is a high-energy coming of age tale set in 1979 and celebrates the music of one of the most colourful musicians of his generation.
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Coming Soon - DNA
18/01/2012 00:01
This spring, Hull Truck Theatre embarks on the first nationwide tour of Dennis Kelly’s compelling thriller DNA featuring former EastEnders actor James Alexandrou. DNA follows the story of a group of teenagers who try to cover their tracks after making the biggest mistake of their lives. But their temporary harmony soon begins to unravel with dire consequences for the gang and others around them.
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Christmas cracker as Hull Truck shows attract record numbers
10/01/2012 00:01
Hull Truck Theatre has enjoyed its busiest ever festive season after its two Christmas shows broke all previous box office records. The Flint Street Nativity written by Tim Firth, the creator of Calendar Girls, has become the biggest-selling single run of any play in Hull Truck history. The show, which has been running since the start of December is set in a fictional Hull school and follows the exploits of a class preparing for their annual nativity show. The bumper December has also been boosted by Hull Truck’s other Christmas production, The Elves and The Shoemaker by Hull Truck stalwart Nick Lane.
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Coming Soon - The HT40 Ensemble
10/01/2012 00:01
The spirit of the North will be celebrated throughout January and February as Hull Truck Theatre kicks-off its 40th birthday year with two classic plays performed by a specially formed ensemble cast. Once Upon a Time in Wigan is a revival of Mick Martin’s modern Northern classic featuring the sounds of Wigan Casino, live dancing and romance. The second ensemble play is a co-production between Hull Truck Theatre and Paines Plough of the Bruntwood Prize winning Sixty Five Miles.
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Hull Truck to bring Shakespeare to life with new educational partnership
09/01/2012 00:01
Hull Truck Theatre has been selected for a new three-year partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to create a lasting legacy of understanding and appreciation of the playwright amongst young people in the city.
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Hull Truck Theatre and Wold Top Brewery join forces to raise glass to local talent
05/01/2012 00:01
Regional writers are set to be the toast of the town thanks to a new partnership between Hull Truck Theatre and an award-winning local brewery for the “A Play, a Pie and a Pint” series. Wold Top Brewery, based at Wold Newton, has become the official sponsor of the series which takes place on a monthly basis in the Studio Theatre. The deal will see theatregoers at the Ferensway venue enjoy a range of ales and homemade pies while they watch new plays from the region’s most exciting playwrights.
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Hull Truck Theatre launches year-long 40th birthday celebrations
01/12/2011 00:01
Hull Truck Theatre’s 40th birthday in 2012 is being marked by a year-long programme celebrating the past, present and future of one of Britain’s most iconic theatre companies. A return by Hull Truck founder Mike Bradwell, the world premiere of Bruntwood Prize-winning play Sixty Five Miles, a first national tour of Dennis Kelly’s play DNA, collaborations with Paines Plough and Headlong, and a large-scale community play by new Hull playwriting talent Morgan Sproxton, are among the Spring highlights, with more birthday productions planned for the remainder of the year.
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Coming Soon - The Flint Street Nativity
18/11/2011 00:01
This festive season Hull Truck Theatre is going back to school and spreading some Christmas cheer with the riotous comedy The Flint Street Nativity created by Tim Firth, the writer of Calendar Girls.
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Hull Truck Theatre to host Children in Need event
14/11/2011 00:01
Hull Truck Theatre is joining forces with BBC Hull to host an evening of entertainment for this year’s Children in Need. On Friday 18 November, staff from BBC Radio Humberside, Look North and Radio Lincolnshire will head to Ferensway as part of the national fundraising effort where they will turn the main auditorium into a television studio.
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Hull Truck Theatre bids farewell to former home
11/11/2011 00:01
After welcoming thousands of theatergoers and hosting thousands of performances, the curtain has finally fallen at the former home of Hull Truck Theatre. Contractors have started demolition work at the site in Spring Street which was home to Hull Truck for more than 25 years. The clearing at the site is expected to last until the end of next week.
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