Hull Truck Theatre Grow 2020 Brochure

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BOLD NEW THEATRE

TUE 5 MAY PLANT FETISH

A show by Chanje Kunda 8.30pm – 9.30pm, £8

FRI 1 MAY

Chanje Kunda was suffering with stress and anxiety when she first discovered that plants soothe the soul. This show maps her journey, through social media.

ROUNDHOUSE POETRY SLAM 7pm, PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Join us as we bring together some of the best up-and-coming home grown Hull talent in spoken word as they compete for a place at London’s Roundhouse Poetry Slam Final.

Luca Rutherford presents

FIRST TIME OUT: CUTE

5.30pm – 6pm, PAY WHAT YOU CAN CUTE is a story of discovering quiet power in a moment of making a lot of noise. CUTE is about the stories we have the power to re-make, re-mould and disrupt.

SAT 2 MAY

Beasts from the East present

THIS KIND OF AIR

By Vera Ion 3pm, PAY WHAT YOU CAN Anna is suffering from anxiety. Which isn’t helped by the arrival of her mother, with a human dog on a leash... A funny and powerful account of family relations and immigrant life in the UK.

TUE DEAL

BUY ALL OF ME & PLANT FETISH FOR £10!*

Caroline Horton & Co and China Plate present

ALL OF ME

Written and performed by Caroline Horton Directed by Alex Swift 7pm – 8.10pm, £8 An intimate and absurd exploration of wanting to live, wanting to die and what can happen if we sit together with the dark.

The Independent

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WED 6 MAY

Created & presented by The Paper Birds

ASK ME ANYTHING

Co-Produced with Live Theatre Music by Rosie Doonan 7pm – 8.20pm, £8 A loud, live, love song, to not having it all figured out. Featuring live music, cutting edge digital artistry, mischief and mayhem, we explore what different generations can learn from each other.

WED DEAL

BUY ASK ME ANYTHING & W*NK

By Cameron Sharp & Jake Jarrett BUDDIES FOR £10!* 8.30pm – 9.30pm, £8

W*NK BUDDIES

University. A houseparty.

One dances to Britney, the other alone having a few in the kitchen. But, they are both heading for the same bed.

THU 7 MAY

Created & presented by The Paper Birds

ASK ME ANYTHING

THU DEAL BUY ASK ME ANYTHING & SEE THROUGH FOR £10!*

Co-Produced with Live Theatre Music by Rosie Doonan 7pm – 8.20pm, £8 See above for details.

SEE THROUGH

By Claire Gaydon 8.30pm – 9.30pm, £8 Last year, 34% of young people voted YouTuber as their top career choice.

Claire was intrigued. She decided to have a go. Part documentary, part live performance, part parody, and part desperate as f*ck. *T&CS APPLY. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.

SAT 9 MAY Hull Truck Theatre presents

FIRST TIME OUT: DUCK POND

By Kerrie L Marsh 1pm – 2pm, PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Testing family relationships in the wake of activism. A young girl’s plight to save nature unlocks the parallels of home.

Middle Child and Silent Uproar present

OUT LOUD SCRATCH NIGHT

Supported by Hull playwright Richard Bean 4.30pm – 6pm, FREE, booking required A scratch night for writers in Hull to see and hear their scripts performed by professional actors in front of a friendly audience.

THU 1 4 MAY

Margot Przymierska presents

WESELE/WEDDING

8pm, £13.50, CONC £2 OFF

ARC Stockton, Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley present

THESE HILLS ARE OURS 7pm – 8pm, £8

Award-winning Daniel Bye, and Chumbawamba founder member, Boff Whalley, bring together story and song in a collaboration about escaping it all by running to wild places.

Middle Child presents

THE CANARY AND THE CROW

Written by Daniel Ward Music by Prez 96 and James Frewer 8.30pm – 9.50pm, £15, CONC £2 OFF Grime and hip hopinspired gig theatre about the journey of a working class black kid who’s accepted to a prestigious grammar school.

This immersive onewoman comedy show subverts gender and national stereotypes in both Polish and British cultures with raunchy wedding games, storytelling, disco polo & shots for all!

TUE 2 - SAT 6 JUNE

Silent Uproar presents

THANK YOU FOR DOING NOTHING Written by Josh Overton Music by James Frewer 8pm & Sat mat 2pm £13.50, CONC £2 OFF

A provocative new musical about climate change, the companies who profit from it, and the disturbing fact that clean drinking water is set to become more valuable than gold.

FRI 19 JUNE FROM ME TO US

By Wayne Steven Jackson 8pm, £13.50, CONC £2 OFF In 2019, something shifted and from one small piece of legislation, an impossible story grew.

A poignant performance letter to an unborn child from their future father.

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WED 24 JUNE

Emmerson & Ward presents

RIOT ACT

Created and performed by Alexis Gregory Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE 8pm, £13.50, CONC £2 OFF A journey through six decades of queer history, created from interviews with those who helped to shape it. Hard-hitting, heartwarming and hilarious.

FRI 10 - SAT 11 JULY The Kagools present

CIRQUE DU KAGOOL

8pm, £10

Multi-award winning physical comedy duo, The Kagools, propel silent comedy into the 21st Century for (probably) The Greatest Show on Earth, in an hour of pure joy and anarchic buffoonery.

FRI 26 JUNE

LEAVING VIETNAM

Written and performed by Richard Vergette 8pm, £13.50, CONC £2 OFF Veteran Jimmy Vandenberg feels betrayed by those he served best. He is intoxicated by ‘Make America Great Again’, until a chance return to Vietnam forces him to reevaluate his convictions.

THU 9 JULY

TOE THE LINE

By Richard Stott 8pm, £10

Expect tales of a hairraising nature that will make this possibly the darkest feel good show of the year.

WED 15 JULY

Your Aunt Fanny presents

MUFF SAID

In association with Live Theatre 8pm, £10 Lock up your sons, your dads and your valuables. Muff Said.

This all-female comedy sketch group capture a night out on the town with your wildest, oldest, filthiest friend.

Three Weeks

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENATRT&ISTS ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE EVENTS FOR Meet Hull Truck Theatre’s

TUE 5 MAY

THU 7 MAY

HULL INDEPENDENT PRODUCER INITIATIVE – PRODUCER EXCHANGE

INTRODUCTION TO PLAYWRITING

Absolutely Cultured

1pm – 5pm, FREE Take part in workshops and discussions to build your understanding of producing and how to apply this to your work.

Hull Truck Theatre

GROW SEASON LAUNCH 6pm, FREE

WED 6 MAY Middle Child

ACTING GYM

2pm - 5.30pm, FREE A movement workshop for Hull actors to develop their skills in physical theatre and object manipulation, with movement director Ryan Harston.

THU 7 MAY

The Paper Birds

ASK ME ANYTHING

3pm – 5pm, FREE A masterclass in devising, verbatim and movement. Using their Creativity Cards for improvisation in devising, explore the methodologies used by the company when they make work.

Hull Truck Theatre

5.15pm – 6.45pm,

PAY WHAT YOU CAN

A practical writing session about the fundamental principles of playwriting, with HTT Associate Director (Creative Learning) Tom Saunders.

SAT 9 MAY

Jake Marsden, Kerrie L Marsh and Josie Davies have been working with us since July 2019 and as part of the scheme have received mentoring, a £1,000 bursary and access to space and resources as they have developed their work.

The scheme is supported by IWHM Bernard Butler Trust Grant, whose investment enables the nurture and development of local talent.

Hull Truck Theatre

GROW CLOSING PARTY

9.30pm, FREE Wind down from the week, share experiences and network with refreshments and music!

Booking is required for all artist events except for the Grow Launch & Closing Party.

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THE GROW ARTISTS AND RECEIVE NETWORK REGULAR UPDATES INCLUDING:

Reduced price tickets for a selection of performances* Complimentary tickets for guest nights* Invitations to special Artist Network events Information on local, regional and national castings, commissions and opportunities

Just send your full name, email address and your artistic field to boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk.

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