A full house for OUR HOUSE has been announced, with street dancing sensation George Sampson confirmed to join the UK Tour of the Olivier Award-winning musical, at Bridlington Spa Monday 16 to Saturday 21 October.
Having won the second season of Britain’s Got Talent with his interpretation of Singing in the Rain, George has gone on to star in major films (Street Dance 2 and Street Dance 3D) and regular roles in Emmerdale (ITV), Waterloo Road (BBC), and Mount Pleasant (Sky). Playing the role of local bad boy Reecey, George joins previously announced cast members Deena Payne (Kath Casey), Jason Kajdi (Joe Casey) and Sophie Matthew (Sarah).
360 Chartered Accountants are urging business owners to attend their next popular Saturday morning surgery to learn how cloud accounting can simplify the running of their financial affairs.
As the region’s only gold-accredited Xero provider, the Hull and East Yorkshire-based firm say that they are getting more and more enquiries about how to use the software to its full effect.
The Humber Museums Partnership, a consortium of Hull, East Riding and North Lincolnshire Museums Services, is excited to announce the launch of its latest project – The Humber 250 trail.
The Humber 250 trail takes people on a scenic journey throughout the rich landscapes of Humber region, linking 70 fascinating sites of interest ranging from Museums and Art Galleries, Historic Houses and Gardens, Industrial and Wartime Heritage and Archaeology and Architecture.
On display until Sunday 10 September, this light-hearted and humorous exhibition is a chance to discover the fantastic fibs and amazing untruths about fascinating museum artefacts rarely seen by the public.
With over 50 artefacts on display, the project takes inspiration from William Constable’s 18th century ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ collection at Burton Constable Hall.
Internationally exhibiting Dutch artist Philip Akkerman will visit Ferens Art Gallery on Thursday 1 June to give a masterclass on painting and an informative and entertaining lecture on Dutch painting.
Akkerman, who has works on display at the Ferens Art gallery, paints almost exclusively self-portraits in his own distinctive style will be instructing participants on the secrets of the ‘Old Masters’ in an intimate environment.
Hull and Goole amateur actors with disabilities will take to the stage alongside professional performers for a daring performance in Hull Marina which will see movement, music, clowning and voices collide.
Casting on Humber: HERE is a collaboration between The Sobriety Project and Castaway Goole Accessible Music Theatre, directed by Sarah Louise Davies, founder of Hull theatre company Park Bench.
Popular social enterprise and recycling business Enviromail is on the move, after continued expansion and investment has seen it outgrow its existing HQ.
The not-for-profit company has bought and converted a 20,000 sq.ft. site at Studley Street, off Holderness Road in east Hull, into a new Enviro-Hub as it recycles waste materials from more than 400 small businesses in Hull and the Humber region.
You may have heard the rumours of a giant creature taking over Bridlington Spa, which was part of the third ArtWaves festival.
The festival was the biggest yet, reaching an audience of over 2,500 in two days almost quadruple since the first in 2015. There was a fantastic diversity amongst those attending, young and old spraying side by side in our street art drop in session and creating watercolour masterpieces in our free drop in artist sessions.
When disaster strikes a business’s reputation can be on the line. Public relations agency, Divine Clark PR and specialist media trainers at Positive Impact, will host a free workshop to inform local businesses how to effectively deal with PR during a crisis.
The event will take place on Wednesday 21 June, 6-8pm, at Airco’s Business Lounge in Hull.
Bridlington Spa welcomes back the ‘Fabulous’ Johnny Cash Roadshow on Friday 2 June. The only show to be endorsed by the Cash family!
The band features award winning Clive John as Johnny Cash, Jill Schoonjans as June Carter, Nick Davis – Electric guitar & Vocals, Martin Bentley – Double Bass & Vocals and Darren Bazzoni Drums & Vocals.
Two giant murals are being created in Hull to celebrate the city’s rich fishing heritage.
As part of the Hull 2017 Roots & Routes celebrations, Goodwin Development Trust and the residents of Hessle Road have come together to create the two murals on Hessle Road.
New walks have been organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Walking for Health scheme.
Using Active Coast mile markers the walk will take place every Thursday morning at 10am along the Bridlington Promenade, starting from the cafe in East Riding Leisure Bridlington.
Radical London punk rock band The King Blues will join one of Hull’s finest LIFE next month as part of an incredible line-up of musicians, comics and circus acrobatics for one of Hull UK City of Culture 2017’s most diverse and exciting offerings.
Back To Ours is returning for another week of special shows across the city led by a stellar line-up of “proactive” and “provocative” bands.
Martin Deane, Parliamentary candidate for Hull North, Green Party has rejected a £6M budget cut to schools in North Hull.
Mr. Deane who is standing in the general election on 8 June says teaching staff are already under increasing pressure and these spending cuts will just add to that.
This week poets will take up residency in four Hull primary schools to run workshops with pupils to encourage students, teachers and staff to read, write and create poetry as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Each child will create a poem to take home: their work will also be showcased in a special performance and feature in a school poetry anthology on the 2017 National Poetry Day theme of Freedom.
Orchestral Arrangements of Iconic Torch Songs & 60s Pop Orchestral Pop from New Album ‘Shadows and Reflections’
One of Britain’s most gifted, and unique vocal talents, Marc Almond, has announced an 18 date orchestral tour this Autumn, including Bridlington Spa on Friday 3 November.
The line-up for the country’s biggest festival for unsigned and emerging musical talent was announced with a special performance on a rooftop in Hull.
The politically charged punk noisemakers and “thick-skinned DIY” band LIFE, fresh from playing SXSW and with a new album about to drop, were also announced as the headliner for Humber Street Sesh, which takes place on August 5 when crowds of 30,000 are expected to descend on Hull Marina.
12,000 people flocked to the High Street and Museums Quarter in for the 2016 event and on Saturday 13 May, the area will once again be transformed into a medieval market place.
Hanse Day celebrate’s Hull historic place in the Hanseatic Leage, an international commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns.
