Frost Hollow Hall Announced As ERT’s 2021 Christmas Production

Frost Hollow Hall Announced As ERT’s 2021 Christmas Production
November 2, 2021

East Riding Theatre is delighted to announce the return of the eagerly anticipated Christmas production which will run from 9th December to 2nd January 2022.

This year’s festive treat will be the first-ever stage adaptation of Frost Hollow Hall, a gripping Victorian mystery written by highly-acclaimed author Emma Carroll and adapted for the stage by ERT’s Artistic Director, Adrian Rawlins.

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ERT To Release Lee Hall’s Heart-wrenching And Heart-Warming Play

ERT To Release Lee Hall's Heart-wrenching And Heart-Warming Play
October 19, 2020

East Riding Theatre is proud to announce we will be releasing a FREE pre-recorded performance of the one-woman play, Spoonface Steinberg, on 26th September 2020.

Written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1997, the play follows an extraordinary story of faith, love and the meaning of life, including Hall’s trademark sense of humour in the face of tragedy.

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ERT Call On The Government To Increase Theatre Funding

ERT Call On The Government To Increase Theatre Funding
June 29, 2020

Public Campaign For The Arts is a grassroots campaign set up to support theatres and arts organisations across the nation, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

They are calling on people of all ages and backgrounds to come together and call on the government to help our creative industries survive.

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Boston Comes To Beverley – Adrian Rawlins Directs GOOD PEOPLE at ERT

Boston Comes To Beverley – Adrian Rawlins Directs GOOD PEOPLE at ERT
February 12, 2018

East Riding Theatre’s artistic director, Adrian Rawlins, will be directing the theatre’s first in-house production of the year, Good People which opens on 1st March 2018.

Written by Pulitzer prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and awarded the 2011 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Good People is set in South Boston, USA.

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It’s A Wonderful Life At East Riding Theatre This Christmas

It’s A Wonderful Life At East Riding Theartre This Christmas
November 17, 2017

This Christmas, East Riding Theatre (ERT) in Beverley will transport audiences to 1940s America as it brings to life a magical stage adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic film It’s a Wonderful Life.

Frequently voted as the best-ever Christmas movie, this heart-warming story follows the fortunes of George Bailey, a small-town clerk facing financial ruin who wonders if his town would be better off without him.

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Richard Bean Delighted at the Reception ERT Kiss Me Gets

Richard Bean Delighted at the Reception ERT Kiss Me Gets
October 17, 2017

Hull born and raised playwright, Richard Bean, who is celebrated for work such as The Hypocrite and Broadway success One Man Two Guvnors, is delighted at the reception of East Riding Theatre’s production of his play Kiss Me.

Due to an imminent knee replacement operation Richard Bean is unable to see the show for himself but has recently sent the cast, local actor Edward Cole with Bettine Mackenzie who recently appeared in Adrian Rawlins production of The Night Season, a card thanking them for their truthful portrayal of his characters.

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East Riding Theatre Thrilled To Present Next Production KISS ME

East Riding Theatre Thrilled To Present Next Production KISS ME
September 16, 2017

Opening on 5th October, East Riding Theatre in Beverley is producing Kiss Me by Richard Bean, writer of sell-out shows The Hypocrite at Hull Truck Theatre and international hit One Man Two Guvnors in London’s West End and on Broadway.

Kiss Me transferred from Hampstead Theatre to the West End earlier this year, but ERT’s show will be the first time the play has been produced outside of London.

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Original Musical Show Premieres This September At East Riding Theatre

Original Musical Show Premieres This September At East Riding Theatre
June 27, 2017

It’s Different For Girls is a brand new musical by all female theatre company She Productions and inspired by Hull’s own pioneering ‘garage’ 1960s girl band, Mandy & the Girlfriends. Their all-girl line-up gave them a novelty value that attracted the crowds both in their home town of Hull and at gigs in London.

The Show, directed by The Hypocrite’s (RSC and Hull Truck) Becky Hope-Palmer, with Musical Supervision from Wicked UK’s Paul Frankish and choreography by Hull Truck’s Associate Artist, Jon Beney.

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A Summer Festival Of Engagement, Inspiration And Celebration

A Summer Festival Of Engagement, Inspiration And Celebration
June 14, 2017

East Riding Theatre launches its summer long festival of engagement, inspiration and celebration with a theatre double bill of Spoonface Steinberg & Perfidious Lion.

To help showcase the fantastic young talent in the area, East Riding Theatre will be hosting a wide variety of shows by young performers this summer including, theatre, comedy, spoken word, music and much more.

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ERT’s “The Night Season”: Astonishing, Beautifully Conceived, Staged and Acted

ERT's "The Night Season": Astonishing, Beautifully Conceived, Staged and Acted
March 15, 2017

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s award winning play “The Night Season”, (originally staged at the National Theatre in London), opened at Beverley’s East Riding Theatre on March 2nd and runs until Saturday 25th of March.

It is a personal favourite of the theatre’s new artistic director Adrian Rawlins, making his directorial debut at the ERT in this astonishing and beautifully conceived, staged and acted production.

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Adrian Rawlins To Direct The Night Season At East Riding Theatre

Adrian Rawlins To Direct The Night Season At East Riding Theatre
February 7, 2017

East Riding Theatre’s new artistic director, Adrian Rawlins, is to make his directorial debut at the theatre with The Night Season by Rebecca Lenkiewicz which opens in March.

Rawlins, an actor on stage and screen for 30 years, (Harry Potter, Dickensian, War and Peace) has recently taken over as artistic director at ERT and launched a programme for the year which promises to be uplifting and life-affirming.

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Adrian Rawlins Named As New Artistic Director for East Riding Theatre

Adrian Rawlins Named As New Artistic Director for East Riding Theatre
January 10, 2017

East Riding Theatre (ERT) has appointed Adrian Rawlins as its new artistic director. He will work with the creative and programming team to develop the theatre’s artistic programme from January 2017.

Vincent Regan, founder of ERT, who has just overseen his successful sell-out Christmas adaptation of Great Expectations, announced his decision to stand down as artistic director in September last year although he will continue his involvement as creative director and a member of ERT’s Board of Trustees.

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