Grow Festival 2016

WED 25 – SAT 28 MAY 2016

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WHAT IS GROW? Grow is Hull Truck Theatre’s Artist Development Programme for artists of all ages and at all stages of their careers. Now in its third year, Grow continues to develop and it is our ambition for it to be the most exciting artist development scheme in the north of England.

Grow is for anyone involved in theatre-making. Whether you work on or off stage, events are aimed at artists and organisations who want to expand and develop their careers and practice and share ideas.

THE PROGRAMME The annual programme consists of: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS BE OUR GUEST – residencies for the development of new work THE ANNUAL GROW FESTIVAL FIRST TIME OUT – opportunities to present work in development SHOWCASES – programmed work in the Studio theatre SUPPORTED ARTIST SCHEME For more information about all of the above and to find out how you can get involved, visit WWW.HULLTRUCK.CO.UK OR CONTACT GROW@HULLTRUCK.CO.UK

GROW PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE

As part of the Grow Festival, we are showcasing exciting new work in our Studio.

MAY WED 25 • 8pm AN ARC STOCKTON PRODUCTION

GOING VIRAL

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DANIEL BYE DIRECTED BY DICK BONHAM

SEE 2 GROW SHOWS FOR

£15

Tickets £10 CONC. £8

An aeroplane flies from Uganda to England.

Everyone on board is weeping.

Everyone except you.

On the ground, the weeping spreads. Is it a strange new disease? An outbreak of hysteria? Or has the world become genuinely sad?

In this uncanny, high-definition world we are all more connected, more vulnerable, and more human - but not equally so.

MAY THUR 26 • 8pm

GET YOURSELF TOGETHER WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JOSH COATES DIRECTED BY ANNA RYDER

Is it my fault I’m like this? Is it my fault I’m angry?

One Christmas, Josh was diagnosed with depression, then hit by a car. The following year he was on Job Seekers, balancing his sanity and gift buying. A show about being ill and being fit for work. A show that explores the line between clinical and political.

Tickets £10 CONC. £8

MAY FRI 27 • 8pm

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOO MANY LEGS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JACKIE HAGAN DIRECTED BY RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR

Tickets £10 CONC. £8

“Jackie, now you’ve had your leg off you could be a Paralympian!”

“Yeah, just as much as you could be an Olympian, I’m gonna carry on being me...”

Jackie Hagan spent the summer of 2013 in hospital.

It was a boot-camp in coping and seeing the humour in the dark places. She lost a leg, fell in love and made best friends with a narky old woman called Edna.

THUR 26 MAY • 10am – 1pm INTERACT, £10

WORKSHOP THE THEATRE IS BASICALLY A PUB, WITH DAN BYE

WED 25 MAY • 6pm - 8pm

Lots of theatre pretends the audience isn’t there. This workshop starts from the assumption that the audience can participate directly in what is happening. Drawing on techniques derived from clowning, stand-up comedy and storytelling, this workshop looks simply and directly at making theatre which is always present and responsive to its audience.

DISCUSSION GROW FESTIVAL LAUNCH

THUR 26 MAY • 2pm – 5pm

GROW GARDEN, FREE, ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED

INTERACT, £10

WORKSHOP HOW TO BUILD A PLAY, WITH RICHARD BEAN

Join award-winning Hull playwright Richard Bean as he shares his skills, focusing on how to use structure to build a play, using his comic play Harvest as an example.

Join Artistic Director Mark Babych and the team at Hull Truck Theatre to celebrate the launch of this year’s Grow Festival.

A welcome will be followed by a panel discussion led

by David Byrne, Artistic and Executive Director of New Diorama Theatre, that starts with the provocations: • Why do some cultural organisations fail to be truly diverse?

• Is there evidence that artist development programmes are bridging the access gap into the industry for emerging artists?

Other panellists include Charlotte Bennett, Artistic Director of Forward Theatre Project, Gilly Roche, Associate Producer at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Dawn Walton, Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company.

THUR 26 MAY • 6pm – 8pm GROW GARDEN, FREE, ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED

DISCUSSION INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, WITH ANDY PEARSON

Through Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and the British Council, Hull has created a relationship with IETM, the international network for contemporary performing arts (www.ietm.org), with a view to encouraging international relationships and projects and the possibility of bringing the four-day plenary to the city in 2018.

Heads Up Festival and E52, in association with Hull Truck Theatre, will be working with local and regional partners on this project, so come along to this networking event to find out more.

WORKSHOP PLACES ARE LIMITED, BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

FRI 27 MAY • 9.30am – 2pm

THE BEGINNING OF THE END BY JIM ENGLISH PERFORMED BY END OF THE LINE THEATRE COMPANY

WORKSHOP TEXT AND PHYSICALITY,

End of the Line bring you a development piece of work for their next play. In true company style they combine late nights, partying, friendship and heartache, all with hilarious outcomes.

Talking and moving at the same time? Not as simple as it seems! Dance practitioner and Hull Truck Theatre Associate Artist, Jon Beney, delivers a physical workshop exploring how to find rhythms in movement and breath in order to deliver text clearly and more efficiently when performing.

SEE YOU AT THE GALLOWS

STUDIO THEATRE, £10

WITH JON BENEY

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY NORRIS & PARKER Norris & Parker’s hotly anticipated second hour.

A sordid soiree full of wild, dark and ridiculous sketches, characters and songs.

STAY ON FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK GROW GARDEN, 7pm – 8pm

SPECIAL OFFER

£10

WHEN YOU ATTEND ANY OTHER GROW

FRI 27 MAY • 11am – 1pm

EVENT

INTERACT, £10

WORKSHOP INSIDEOUT PRODUCING,

WITH MIKEY MARTINS AND ROWAN RUTTER Artistic Director of Freedom Festival Mikey Martins and Hull Truck Theatre Producer Rowan Rutter look at models of producing for scale, site specific and on tour. With experience in theatre, circus, dance, festivals, community touring and street performance across the UK and internationally, they will inspire new ways to approach making work. Come with questions and ideas!

FRI 27 MAY • 5.30pm – 7pm

SAT 28 MAY • 7.30pm

MAIN THEATRE, £15, CONC. £13

PERFORMANCE KIN

PRESENTED BY BARELY METHODICAL TROUPE Combining exceptional acrobatic skills with contemporary dance, parkour, bboying and tricking, BMT explore ideas with wit and humour. Following their sell-out, award-winning show Bromance, they are back with Kin, a breath-taking combination of falling and catching, trust and balance, tumbling and flying.

STUDIO THEATRE, PAY WHAT YOU CAN

PERFORMANCE FIRST TIME OUT First Time Out provides artists with a chance to share work as it develops. It could be anything from a rehearsed reading, a scratch performance or preview.

After each performance there will be discussions and feedback sessions between the companies, their audiences and Hull Truck Theatre staff. Join us for the very first First Time Out as we welcome three new pieces of work.

SAIL

BY LYDIA MARCHANT, DIRECTED BY TOM BELLERBY PERFORMED BY HULL TRUCK’S SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE When a group of gap year students from Hull embark on a journey round Europe, their ideas of themselves, their friendships and where they belong are put to the test.

GROW GARDEN HANGOUTS EVERY EVENING AFTER THE SHOWCASE EVENTS, WHY NOT JOIN US FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT AND A DRINK IN OUR BEAUTIFUL GROW GARDEN.

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INTRODUCING…

HULL TRUCK THEATRE’S ASSOCIATE AND SUPPORTED ARTISTS ASSOCIATE SUPPORTED ARTISTS ARTISTS

Jon Beney Rupert Creed James Frewer Lizi Perry Paul Smith Tom Wells

WE OFFER A PROGRAMME OF BESPOKE SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS AND COMPANIES WHOSE WORK INSPIRES US. Bellow Theatre Lydia Marchant Middle Child Norris & Parker Silent Uproar The Roaring Girls

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