22 Jul 2010 - 7 Aug 2010 @ 7.30pm
Lucky Sods
A hilarious lottery-winning comedy from BAFTA award-winner John Godber!
He likes Rugby, she likes telly.
His favourite number is 8, hers is 42.
He picked the numbers, she bought the lottery ticket.
They sat; they watched; they won.
And now Morris and Jean are millionaires; Lucky Sods!
But is hitting the jackpot all it's cracked up to be...?
A satirical and outrageous comedy about a family who have nothing on Friday and £2 million on Saturday.
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2 Aug 2010 @ 6.30pm
No Soup Productions presents...Marvell at Midnight
Suffused with jazz, comedy, surrealism and accordions, 'Marvell at Midnight' is a vibrant exposé of the trials and triumphs of up-and-coming artists in 1930s Hull.
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6 Aug 2010 @ 8pm
I'm No Hero
Ava Hunt in assocation with Tangere Arts 'First rate story-telling’ The Guardian, presents: I'm No Hero Compelling multimedia performance creating a powerful interdependence between film and theatre, to fuse the lives of two women: Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children and Rachel Corrie who lost her life defending Palestinians. But why would an ordinary person do something extraordinary for someone they don't even know?
Show followed by Q & A. Suitable for anyone 14+
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7 Aug 2010 @ 11.30am for 5-7 year olds and 2pm for 7-12 year olds.
Truck Tales: Food
Jrjhr wrwibbe nrwkj nroerreq eepj – mmnhfh…sorry! Never write with your mouth full. The gang are back with one aim and one aim only. To tell stories and eat. Okay two aims! Tell stories and jokes and eat. Three! Three aims: tell stories, tell jokes and play games and… oh I give up! Come along and hear stories about food and watch as Star has a belly-rumbling competition with the rest of the gang!
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12 Aug 2010 - 14 Aug 2010 @ 10am, 1pm and 4pm
Peppa Pig
Oink Oink - it's Peppa Pig!
This BAFTA award-winning children's show is recreated live on stage featuring beutifully true to life puppets for the first time - from the producers of LzyTown Live! and Roald Dahl's The BFG.
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25 Aug 2010 - 28 Aug 2010 @ 7.30pm
Marat Sade
The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade
Hull Truck’s Youth Theatre take you deep into the mind of Jean Paul Marat.
Not to be missed!
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10 Sep 2010 - 2 Oct 2010 @ 8pm
A Passionate Woman
A Passionate Woman is the story of Betty, a fifty-something doting mum who finds it hard to accept that her son is leaving the fold to get married.
Following a year's run at London's Comedy Theatre and a BBC adaptation starring Billie Piper and Sue Johnston this play has been specially re-worked for Hull Truck and stars writer Kay Mellor (Band Of Gold, Fat Friends and The Chase) as Betty.
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14 Sep 2010 @ 7.45pm
Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life
In this wryly humorous tale, of murder, mystery & the occult.....’the world's greatest detective refuses to leave the stage!’
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15 Sep 2010 @ 7.45pm
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act
The World's Greatest Fictional Detective confronts the most complex case of all… his own psyche, in these original and entertaining solo plays.
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17 Sep 2010 - 18 Sep 2010 @ 7.45pm
Scarlet Lights present: 4 Girls 1 Cup
All-female comedy sketch group Scarlet Lights bring you a mixture of sketches from their two successful Edinburgh shows and lots of other totally bodacious surprises along the way.
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7 Oct 2010 - 23 Oct 2010 @ 8pm
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's classic novel of love, obsession, jealousy and revenge is brought to life on the Hull Truck stage by Jane Thornton, author of Say It With Flowers and I Want That Hair.
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12 Oct 2010 - 16 Oct 2010 @ 7.45pm
Blithe Spirit
Hessle Theatre Company presents all the wit and fun of Noel Coward in his supernatural comedy, Blithe Spirit. Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth have invited Dr and Mrs Bradman over for dinner and drinks. Charles also invites Madame Arcati, a local clairvoyant, hoping to gather material for his new book, but his plan backfires when his deceased first wife, Elvira, joins the proceedings hoping to disrupt his second marriage, to Ruth.
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18 Oct 2010 - 19 Oct 2010 @ 7.45pm
Tara Arts Presents: People's Romeo
Bangladeshi theatre breathes new life into the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
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21 Oct 2010 - 22 Oct 2010 @ 7.45m
George Dillon presents: The Man Who was Hamlet
The Tragical, Comical, Romantic and utterly scandalous History of the man who was Hamlet... not the illiterate tax-dodger of Stratford, but the real 'William Shakespeare'... Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
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23 Oct 2010 @ 7.45pm
Trestle presents: Burn My Heart
Set during the Mau Mau uprising in 1950’s Kenya and the ensuing bloody State of Emergency, two boys’ lives are changed forever as their friendship and loyalty are blown apart by fear and betrayal.
Trestle will also be delivering a Physical Theatre workshop at 2pm Tickets £8 for the show and workshop.
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25 Oct 2010 @ 8pm
Hit Me! The Life And Rhymes of Ian Dury
This warts-and-all portrait of the Blockheads’ lead singer tours direct from its second West End season, exploring the highs and lows of Ian Dury’s extraordinary career and inspirational life story. Featuring many of his best songs performed live, including Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Reasons To Be Cheerful.
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25 Oct 2010 @ 7.45pm
The Decypher Collective's: 8SIXTEEN32
“If one of us is gonna win this competition then we got work to do. Now grab a pen, press play and start writing. Writing good.”
Fusing word, comedy and a tailor-made score of beats, rhythms and melodies, 8SIXTEEN32 is a breath-taking, tongue-twisting tale of life and lyrics where for MCs clash with their biggest competitor yet…
Created by the Decypher Collective with the cream of UK spoken word, poetry and music talent, this is pioneering Grime Theatre not to be missed.
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2 Nov 2010 - 3 Nov 2010 @ 7.45pm
Full Body and the Voice presents: Hypothermia
Oskar lives in the state hospital in Andernach, Germany. He keeps the other patients in order, jokes with the staff, sings opera and tends to a fine collection of plants in the conservatory. And then, in the bleak winter of 1940, a dark visitor arrives. Two holes are dug into the ice of a frozen lake and Oskar has a decision to make … to live… or to die.
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9 Nov 2010 - 20 Nov 2010 @ 8pm
Teechers
Remember your school days? The dreaded detentions, soggy semolina, snogging behind the bike sheds and breaktime bust-ups?! Well prepare to be catapulted back to the classroom and take a raw and riotous look at life in a typical British school, in this classic comedy from BAFTA winner John Godber.
With former Hollyoaks star...... Zoe Lister
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9 Nov 2010 - 13 Nov 2010 @ 7.45pm
Hull Playgoers presents: The Hypochondriac
This wonderful, witty adaptation by Roger McGough of Moliere’s comedy premiered in 2009 at the Liverpool Playhouse. A first for Hull.
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22 Nov 2010 - 24 Nov 2010 @ 8pm
The Vagina Monologues
Following a sell-out season last Autumn, The Vagina Monologues comes to Hull Truck with an all star cast!
As sharp as Sex and the City and as unmissable as Friends -bring your mum, your best friend, your sister or even your granny – this is the ultimate girls night out… trust us!
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2 Dec 2010 - 15 Jan 2011 @ 8pm
The Christmas Office Party
‘Tis the season to be jolly'
Oh yes, it's that time of year again! Get out your glad rags, novelty earrings and Santa hats and prepare to celebrate the festive season in style with your colleagues!
This hilarious comic drama leads you through the minefield of office politics, petty differences and hidden desires that is... the Christmas office party!
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8 Dec 2010 - 31 Dec 2010 @ 10.30am, 1pm, 1.20pm & 4pm
A Christmas Carol
‘God rest you merry gentlemen, may nothing you dismay…’ except Ebenezer Scrooge!
Ebenezer Scrooge is the meanest, most miserable man that ever lived. Doesn’t like fun, is allergic to smiling, not so keen on children… and absolutely positively loathes Christmas. That is until one Christmas Eve, when old Mr Scrooge gets the fright of his life…and December 25th is never the same again.
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26 Jan 2011 - 29 Jan 2011 @ 8pm
Desperate to be Doris
Dean, works as a Buyer for a Mail Order nightwear firm called The Pyjama Game. At home he is a legend in his own living room and sings like Doris Day but will he dare to share his Calamity Jane with an unsuspecting world? When his local operatic society Out of My Range, decides to stage the hit musical, Dean is suddenly thrown in the limelight
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26 Jan 2011 - 29 Jan 2011 @ 7.45pm
The Other Live Theatre Company presents: Waiting for Godot
Two tramps are waiting for somebody – or something – to turn up. And something does… Or does it?
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