Tag: Hull Truck Theatre

Jen Brister is Reactive – or so she’s been told. Apparently you don’t have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her […]

New Year. . . same problems! It is the end of term and Godber’s hilarious comedy masterpiece has been reset for our post Covid times. bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their B.Tech Performance exam to showcase their work. What follows is a funny, fast moving, hard hitting account […]

Shipwrecked. Soaked. Seriously out of their depth. Four middle-aged businesswomen head off on a team-building weekend in the Lake District… and promptly get marooned. On an island. In November. With only sausages, sarcasm, and a questionable grasp of map reading to survive. With recriminations flying and tensions rising, Sheila’s Island is a darkly comic exploration […]

Life’s tough when you’re made of felt! Welcome to Avenue Q – the laugh-out-loud, Tony Award-winning musical that’s like Sesame Street… but strictly for adults! With a cast of unforgettable puppet and human characters, Avenue Q tackles all the big grown-up questions: finding a job, paying the rent, falling in love – and discovering your […]

Are you ready for a Great Adventure? Join us at Hull Truck Theatre this Spring for Great Adventures packed with laughter, creativity, and fun. Each Great Adventure starts with an arts and crafts session followed by a fun interactive play that makes use of the children’s colourful Each show last approximately 30 minutes. All shows […]

Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, this gothic thriller features a dramatic pop-rock score that explores the gripping story of one man’s struggle against the darkness within. Audiences will be transported into a world of passion, power, and conflict as Dr. Jekyll’s experiments give birth to his sinister alter ego—Mr. Hyde, turning his life […]

‘I’m not braggin’ but I’m a dragon’ Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic, feel-good story is brought to roaring, soaring life in this delightful musical for children. Zog is the keenest dragon in Madam Dragon’s school. He’s also the most accident-prone, flying into trees, and even setting his own wing alight. Thankfully, a kind girl […]

After the international success of Gwyneth Goes Skiing, and storming Edinburgh Fringe with The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)), Awkward Productions hit hull with their multi award winning, world conquering sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story. Do you know […]

Since its electric Broadway and West End debut in the early 1970s, Grease had remained one of the world’s most popular and enduring musicals. Funny, frank, and bursting with hits including ‘Greased Lightnin”, ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’, ‘You’re The One That I Want’ and ‘Summer Nights’, this beloved show follows Danny and Sandy as they […]

For some people, a pilgrimage to Lourdes is an opportunity for prayer, contemplation and quiet self-reflection. But for Connor Fisher, a young, wheelchair-using scally, it’s just a chance to get his leg over! After lying his way onto the trip in order to pursue Rose, a woman he meets in the queue for a disability benefit […]

When a group of elderly nuns discover their cherished former convent is set to be transformed into luxury flats, they’re faced with a choice: honour their vows or to trespass – quite literally. Trading rosary beads for grappling hooks and holy water for hammers, the sisters embark on a bold mission to reclaim what’s rightfully […]

Hull’s own State of the Arts Academy presents the classic family favourite THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC Version). Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of L Frank Baum’s classic story, featuring the iconic musical score from the MGM film, that’ll have you toe-tapping along and humming the tunes after you’ve left […]

In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest […]

In this brand new show, Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of the subconscious who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy challenge to the culturally irrelevant and physically enfeebled Lee. Can the beast inside us all be silenced with the silver bullet of Lee’s unprecedentedly […]