SEASON FOUR: TELL THE WORLD Your guide to assisted performances as part of Hull 2017.
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TELL THE WORLD YOU’RE PART OF THE STORY. Our incredible journey started by celebrating our city’s amazing history and our fourth season will celebrate the future, as we ask you to go Tell The World. Featuring some of our most celebrated artists and with a strong focus on technology, this season we explore what’s next for Hull. This leaflet highlights some of the assisted events, exhibitions and performances taking place from the end of September until 31 December, look out for these symbols (see over for full descriptions):
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Cover artwork: © Jaywing
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Come join us on the next chapter of our incredible journey.
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More information about accessibility, directions and facilities for events and venues is available on our website hull .co.uk. If you have any specific access requirements or queries, please contact access@hull .co.uk Alternatively, call: 01482 302017. An accessible version of the Tell The World season guide is also available. To request a copy in Braille, audio or large format, please email access@hull .co.uk. All information correct at time of print, Aug 2017.
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EVERYONE CAN BE PART OF THE ACTION. We’ve provided a short explanation about the different types of accessible performances available this season.
BSL Interpreted Signed performances are aimed at people who are Deaf or who have hearing impairments. Trained BSL describers stand at the side of the stage and interpret the script or performance at the same time as it is being performed.
Captioned Captioning converts spoken words into text for people with hearing loss. The words appear on a screen at the same time as they are spoken or sung. Audio Described In an audio described performance, trained describers deliver commentary on the visual elements of the production to those wearing a headset.
Touch Tours Touch tours give a tactile introduction to the performance including the set, costumes, props and performers, for people with visual impairments.
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Relaxed Performance In a relaxed performance, the show has been adapted to be sensitive to audience members who may benefit from a more relaxed environment, including those with autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and communication disorders or learning disabilities. Level Access Level access means that the performance venue is accessible and suitable for wheelchairs, with level access outside and inside (where appropriate). Further details about the access and facilities available at all our venues are listed on our website hull .co.uk/access.
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ONE DAY, MAYBE Audio Described
Touch Tour Level Access
Explore what happens when live performance, installation and pioneering technology combine to create a vision of a world spinning thrillingly out of control.
ONE DAY, MAYBE is fully wheelchair accessible. It is also extremely accessible for audience members who may be deaf or hard of hearing and for people who don’t speak English. Book your place on a touch tour or audio described performance online.
Ticketed, please email access@hull to book
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26 Sep - 8 Oct
Deep within a hidden office complex in Hull City Centre, a mysterious new Korean technology company is about to change the way we view the world.
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Sat 16 Sep, 1pm & 4.15pm Sat 23 Sep, 1pm & 4.15pm Sat 30 Sep, 1pm & 4.15pm Hull City Centre
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A year-long epic, told online, live in Hull and on BBC TV. This deeply moving drama about belonging can now be enjoyed in full for the first time, as the final live play takes place. Part One: From the Sea Available online (Captioned & Audio Described) Part Two: Abundance - Live at Victoria Dock 5 Oct, Captioned performance 6 Oct, Audio described performance Part Three: To the Sea Available on BBC iPlayer until 10 Sep (Captioned) Part Four: New World - Live at Victoria Dock 5 Oct, Captioned performance 6 Oct, Audio described performance A limited number of wheelchair spaces, seats and blue badge parking is available and must be booked in advance by emailing access@hull2017.co.uk
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CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE & HUMBER MOUTH Touch Tour Level Access Captioned
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28 Sep - 8 Oct Various locations
HULL TRUCK THEATRE AND HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRANIAN Relaxed Performance
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Two festivals celebrating spoken word and literature. Beginning on 28 Sep, Contains Strong Language is a major new national spoken word and poetry festival inspired by our city. On Sat 30 Sep at 6.30pm there will be a touch tour of BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s A Clockwork Orange. The Humber Mouth Festival this year celebrates its 25th anniversary with seven days of poetry and literature performances taking place from 2 – 8 Oct. Some events at the festival will be captioned and audio described, BSL interpretation is also available, please visit hull2017.co.uk/access for further details or contact access@hull2017.co.uk.
Free, ticketed please email access@hull .co.uk to book
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Sat 30 Sep, 2pm (Relaxed Performance) Thu 5 Oct, 6.30pm (Touch Tour) Thu 5 Oct, 7.30pm (Audio Described and Touch Tour) Thu 12 Oct, 7.30pm (Captioned) Hull Truck Theatre A world premiere performance of Marina Lewycka’s bestselling novel adapted by award-winning playwright Tanika Gupta and directed by Mark Babych. A fantastic piece of storytelling, this family comedy continues to have great relevance in today’s society. For all access enquiries please contact Hull Truck Theatre box office at boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk.
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2097: WE MADE OURSELVES OVER Captioned
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1 - 29 Oct It’s 2097. Hull is on the cusp of a new century. You decide where to go next. On 1 October at 2pm, every phone box across the city will ring. Pick up a phone to begin an unforgettable journey into the future. Catch popup screenings of new sci-fi films shot in Hull and Aarhus, Denmark or download the app to talk to the rulers of the future city. The five sci-fi films being released online will be captioned and the screening will have level access. Further access information for the live events will .co.uk/2097. be announced on our website hull
Free, please email access@hull to book MULTI-PLATFORM
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Photo: © Blast Theory
HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE , AARHUS EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE AND BLAST THEORY
SO HE PULLED THE RIGHT LEVERS AND YOU DID THE ASKING Sat 7 Oct, 5 - 8 pm (Launch) 9 Oct - 14 Dec Artlink
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For this new exhibition sculptor Brian Griffiths invited friends and family to make puppets of themselves. An exhibition, part fantasy, social experiment and with the theatrical gusto of a performance, Griffiths considers ideas and forms of self-presentation. The preview evening on 7 Oct will be BSL interpreted. Artlink has created a Disability Arts Network (DAN) to discuss opportunities and issues around art, culture and disability. The next meeting takes place on 25 Oct. For more information contact squarepeg@artlink.uk.net or call Artlink on 01482 345104.
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Image: © Pezo von Ellrichshausen
A HALL FOR HULL WITH TROIS POINTS DE VUE
PART OF LOOK UP
Tue 10 Oct, 2pm Meet outside Trinity Minster This installation challenges the way we think about architecture and the city, inviting new ways to imagine the use of public space. Join us for a BSL interpreted tour of the installation on 10 October. In partnership with the British Council and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Free, please email access@hull to book INSTALLATION hull
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Image: The four shortlisted artists (L-R) Lubaina Himid, Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Büttner and Rosalind Nashashibi. Photo © James Mulkeen.
TURNER PRIZE
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Fri 13 Oct, 11am (BSL Interpreted) Sun 26 Nov, 11am (BSL Interpreted) Fri 6 Oct, 1.30pm (Audio Described) Sun 5 Nov, 1.30pm (Audio Described) Ferens Art Gallery Don’t miss your chance to experience the 2017 edition of the world renowned art prize, awarded by Tate, as it comes to Hull. Ferens Art Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Discover the exhibition in a BSL interpreted or audio described tour.
Free, please email access@hull to book EXHIBITION hull
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HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE, CURIOUS DIRECTIVE, THE DEEP AND THE OLD MARKET
FROGMAN HE AIN’T HEAVY Relaxed Performance
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The Great Barrier Reef, 1995.
Through puppetry, performer Grania Pickard tells the story of growing up with her disabled autistic brother using physical theatre, aerial circus, audience interaction and storytelling. The Friday matinee performance is a relaxed performance and suitable for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities. For all access enquiries please contact Hull Truck Theatre box office at boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk.
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Thu 9 Nov, 7.30pm To be revealed
Fri 13 Oct, 2.30pm Hull Truck Theatre
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Meera is 11. It’s her first sleepover. Strawberry Dunkaroos and Sega Mega Drive descends into torch-lit storytelling from sleeping bags. Outside over the reef, the Frogman hovers, looking for traces of a missing child. Time is running out. A coming-of-age, supernatural thriller, this is a groundbreaking world first, experienced in VR headsets. In association with Brisbane Powerhouse.
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THE LAST TESTAMENT OF LILLIAN BILOCCA BY MAXINE PEAKE With live music by Adrian McNally and The Unthanks Photo: Scattered © Lee Karen Stow
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Sat 11 Nov, 3.30pm The Guildhall Level Access
Thu 9 Nov, 6 – 8pm Humber Street Gallery
It’s 1968. Join Hull Hero Lillian Bilocca and her crew of headscarved women as they dare to speak out and take action to improve the safety conditions for their men at sea.
Torn is a digital photography, sound and mixed media installation in collaboration with members of the Hull Women’s Refugee Group. It features the work of Hull-born photographer Lee Karen Stow and the personal narratives of women survivors of war and conflict.
A site-specific production, moving through The Guildhall in an evening of performance, music and installation.
Free, please email access@hull to book
For all access enquiries please contact Hull Truck Theatre box office at boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk.
EXHIBITION
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Wheelchair spaces for level access and blue badge parking can booked in advance. Dates for captioned and audio described performances, to be confirmed.
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Photo: Ross and Ryan Š Olivia Arthur / Magnum photos.
PORTRAIT OF A CITY Level Access
Thu 16 Nov, 6 – 8pm Humber Street Gallery Hull, Portrait of A City, explores the culture and creativity of Hull in this bespoke exhibition by international photography co-operative Magnum.
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SUBSTANCE FUTURE FORUM Thu 7 Dec Fruit, Trinity Minster, Vue & Humber Street Area Substance Future Forum invites creative industries, businesses, organisations, artists, digital pioneers, social commentators, policy makers and change makers of the future to a day of active debate and discussion on the culture, creativity and future of the north. Through panel discussions, keynote speeches, installations and debate; Substance aims to deliver a day that sets out how the rich creativity and culture of the north can lay the foundations for future generations, using the regenerated areas of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 as a backdrop. If you have any access requirements and would like to take part in the Future Forum please email access@hull2017.co.uk
Free, ticketed, please email access@hull .co.uk to book FESTIVAL
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Artwork: A Christmas Carol, Hull Truck Theatre.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Relaxed Performance Touch Tour
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Fri 15 Dec, 6pm (Touch Tour) Fri 15 Dec, 7pm (Audio Described) Thu 4 Jan, 7pm (Captioned) Sat 6 Jan, 2pm (Relaxed Performance) Hull Truck Theatre Hull Truck Theatre brings the Ghost of Christmas past bang up to date as it puts its own spin on the Charles Dickens Classic, A Christmas Carol. For all access enquiries please contact Hull Truck Theatre box office at boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk.
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Photo: © Neil Holmes
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES Our sixty Creative Communities Programme Projects have been unleashing creativity and connecting communities across the city. Providing access to art and culture for everyone, from Hear in Hull, a creative project designed to raise awareness of stammering, 5 Senses’s cast of performers with learning disabilities, to A Sight to Behold which has been working with visually impaired people to create a tactile art installation, wonderfully creative things are happening and being enjoyed by everyone.
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