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View article Lighthouse Family to perform at Hull’s Bonus Arena

Lighthouse Family to perform at Hull’s Bonus Arena

26th April 2019

Lighthouse Family – one of the largest British bands of the 1990s – will visit Hull next year as part of a major UK tour. The band, known for the huge track Lifted, will visit the Bonus Arena on Saturday 22 February. Tunde Baiyewu and Paul Tucker formed Lighthouse Family after meeting at Newcastle University […]

View article Drag royalty Alaska 5000 to headline Pride in Hull

Drag royalty Alaska 5000 to headline Pride in Hull

26th April 2019

Famed drag act Alaska 5000 will wow crowds with a performance in Queens Gardens for this year’s Pride in Hull. The act, runner-up in season five of the global TV hit RuPaul’s Drag Race, will appear in the city on Saturday 20 July. Alaska 5000 is the first performer to be announced for this year’s […]

Pride in Hull

View article Big Malarkey Festival 2019 line-up announced

Big Malarkey Festival 2019 line-up announced

20th April 2019

The programme for this year’s Big Malarkey has been announced – with the help of a giant hippo. This year’s festival includes award-winning children’s authors Caroline Lawrence, who wrote the Roman mysteries series, and Lisa Williamson, who wrote The Art of Being Normal. Illustrator Nick Sharratt is also in the line-up, while actor Simon Callow […]

View article 5 things to do in Hull this Easter weekend

5 things to do in Hull this Easter weekend

18th April 2019

It’s Easter! And for many of us, that means a long weekend to look forward to. Here’s a list of five things that might tickle your fancy: Emma King and Friends Live! Saturday 20 April Kardomah 94 £10 Hull’s singing sensation Emma King is performing in her home town on Saturday night. Emma, who’s style […]

View article The Guilty Feminist podcast phenomenon is coming to Hull

The Guilty Feminist podcast phenomenon is coming to Hull

18th April 2019

Hull is to host a live version of the smash-hit Guilty Feminist podcast next month. The online comedy show has become a phenomenon, with more than 50 million downloads since its launch in late 2016. Now the Guilty Feminist: Live has hit the road – with Hull City Hall among its destinations. It sees comedian […]

View article 5 things to do in Hull this weekend

5 things to do in Hull this weekend

12th April 2019

With the days getting longer and warmer, now’s the time of year where it starts to get that bit more tempting to step outside your front door and explore what’s going on in Hull. Well, if you plan on exploring the city this weekend, you are in luck, because there’s plenty happening – 1. […]

View article Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical comes to Hull

Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical comes to Hull

10th April 2019

A new production of the much-loved Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical is coming to Hull next year. The glittering show – starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden – will stop at the Hull New Theatre in March next year. It is produced by Mark Goucher and former Neighbours star Jason Donovan in […]

View article Stereophonics to play in Hull next month

Stereophonics to play in Hull next month

10th April 2019

Welsh rock band Stereophonics are coming to Hull next month as part of a short UK tour. The band will visit the Bonus Arena on Wednesday 22 May – one of just three gigs on a UK run of dates. Tickets for this standing-only show go on sale on Friday at 10am. Fronted by Kelly […]

Bonus Arena

View article Hull-born Liam Mower to star in Swan Lake at city theatre

Hull-born Liam Mower to star in Swan Lake at city theatre

10th April 2019

Hull-born dancer Liam Mower will star as The Prince in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Hull New Theatre this month. Swan Lake will be performed at Hull New Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 April. The legendary production was first staged in 1995 and went on to become the longest-running ballet on the West […]

View article Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Handel’s Messiah in Hull

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Handel’s Messiah in Hull

9th April 2019

The choral masterpiece Handel’s Messiah will be performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, accompanied by Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, in Hull this month. The performance, sung by four superb soloists and massed choir, will take place at Hull City Hall on Thursday 18 April at 7.30pm. From loud, bombastic choral movements, to delicate solo arias, it […]

View article 16 shows coming to Hull theatres this month

16 shows coming to Hull theatres this month

8th April 2019

Looking for a bit of culture? Or do you just want an excuse to bring your best outfit out of mothballs? Either way, the city’s theatres will host internationally recognised singer-songwriters, marvellous musicals, side-splitting stand-up comedy and more over the next four weeks. Here are 16 shows coming to theatres in Hull in the next […]

View article Ferens acquires work by world-class East Yorkshire artist Ian McKeever

Ferens acquires work by world-class East Yorkshire artist Ian McKeever

8th April 2019

Ferens Art Gallery has acquired a painting by one of the region’s most celebrated artists with a generous grant from Art Fund. The stunning triptych – a canvas in three parts – is called, Portrait of a Woman, and was recently displayed at the gallery as part of the exhibition, Ian McKeever: Paintings 1992-2017. The […]