Ghost The Musical

Ghost The Musical

Walking back to their apartment late one night, a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost.

But with the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…

The movie Ghost is one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin who has adapted his screenplay for this musical.

The international smash hit returns to the stage, featuring The Righteous Brothers’ ‘Unchained Melody’ alongside many more terrific songs co-written by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart.

SIX The Musical

DIVORCED ★ BEHEADED ★ LIVE!

The crowning glory of Broadway, the West End and beyond, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Hull following its previous sold out run!

Winner of over 35 international awards including the Tony Award for ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Costume Design’’ double winner of the Whatsonstage Award for ‘Best West End Show’ and a Gold-Disk winning album, this sell-out Tudor take-off has ‘an incredibly strong and powerful message’ (The Australian) and is ‘pure entertainment’ (New York Times).

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.

Think you know the rhyme, think again…

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

Based on the original book Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book – written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Charlie loves reading. Especially books about pirates. But his sister hates it – it’s boring! Can Charlie convince her that reading is fun? Perhaps if she read a book about a pirate, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading a book about a knight…

Come and delve into a range of books with Charlie Cook, brought to life with puppetry and enchanting songs, and perhaps you will be able to help his sister discover the wonderful world inside a book…

★★★★ ‘A charming musical’ WhatsOnStage

★★★★ ‘Intimate yes ambitious children’s show about the joy of reading with exquisite and playful puppets’ The Stage

★★★★ ‘Filled with music, dance and wonderfully creative puppet magic’ Time Well Spent Magazine

Text © Julia Donaldson 2005
Illustrations © Axel Scheffler 2005

Facing The Waves

A story that stretches across the centuries, a timeless responsibility passed on from one generation to the next. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things, putting the lives of others before their own.

Facing The Waves is a new musical from Dogwood Productions whose recent shows have toured England and been heard on BBC Radio 4. It features live songs and music from the award-winning composer, Alastair Collingwood.

Dogwood is honoured to be the official theatre partner for the RNLI as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2024.

The show brings together an iconic Victorian hero and a young mum, from the present day. Henry Freeman miraculously survived the Whitby lifeboat disaster when all the twelve other crew members perished, before leading some of the most extraordinary rescue attempts of the century. Faith is his counterpart, from a family steeped in the same tradition, juggling family, career and crewing the lifeboat. Will it be going off to sea or chips for tea?

The landscape and sea are unchanging, but life in a community facing the waves brings new challenges. Henry was an outsider, questioned and shunned for much of his life. Adventure and misadventure, if it wasn’t true, it couldn’t be written. In the 21st century, the tide of tourists masks the challenges that characterises many of our beloved seaside towns. For Henry and Faith there are personal demons to be faced, redemption to be found.

In preparing the show, Dogwood, working with the BBC, conducted numerous interviews with communities along our north-eastern coast, capturing the memories, experiences and expectations of those living by the sea to create an authentic tale.

The company’s shows focus on telling the story of those living in communities less well represented and previous productions have explored the joys and challenges of rural living. Dogwood is a Community Interest Company and features new music, street theatre and puppetry to create distinctive productions.

Alastair Collingwood has composed the music for several Dogwood Productions. He has been a composer for over 30 years and written scores for numerous theatre shows, including, London’s West End. His TV credits include the music for French and Saunders; the sitcoms, Mad About Alice (BBC 1) and Rhona (BBC 2); plus Vanessa’s Real Lives (ITV 1), Killer Shark Live (Five) and How Clean Is Your House? (Channel 4), amongst many others.

Calamity Jane

THE WHIP CRACKIN’ MUSICAL CLASSIC

Gosh almighty! Grab a posse because the whip crackin’ musical comedy classic Calamity Jane is a rollin’ on over the plains to Hull for one week only. Based on the much-loved Doris Day movie, this plumb fancy new production stars the multi-award-winning West End actress and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella, Les Misérables) and begins its UK and Ireland tour in January 2025.

Meet the fearless, gun slingin’ Calamity Jane – biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight. She’ll charm you hog-eyed though, especially when trying to win the heart of the dashing Lieutenant Gilmartin, or shooting insults at the notorious Wild Bill Hickok. But when the men of Deadwood fall hard for Chicago stage star Adelaid Adams, Calamity struggles to keep her jealousy holstered. Her heart’s a thumpin’… but who for?

With the sure-fire classic songs The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), The Black Hills of Dakota, Just Blew in from the Windy City, and the Oscar-winning Secret Love, The Watermill Theatre’s Production of Calamity Jane is directed by Nikolai Foster, co directed and choreographed by Nick Winston and features musical supervision by Olivier, Grammy and Tony Award winner Catherine Jayes.

What are you waiting for, you wild coyotes? Whip-crack-away and book now!

Sunshine on Leith

A jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love featuring the songs of The Proclaimers.

Sunshine on Leith follows the highs and lows of Ally and his friend Davy as they search for normality after returning from a tour in Afghanistan. Families, friendships and life are not all plain sailing in this funny and moving story about love and life.
Ally’s marriage proposal is rejected by his childhood sweetheart, a nurse disillusioned with the part-privatised NHS, moves to the US to seek career fulfilment instead. Meanwhile, Davy gets a job in a call centre while his parents war over the discovery, years on, of father’s infidelity.

Sunshine on Leith is a vibrant, energetic piece of musical theatre, loved by audiences and critics alike which had a successful film adaptation released in 2013 starring Jane Horrocks.

From the team that brought you ’Spend Spend Spend’ and ‘Sugar’.

The Trail to Oregon

The Trail to Oregon is a musical comedy originally produced by StarKid productions.
It is based off the ’90’s video game “The Oregon Trail”, following an All-American family of 5 (two parents, two children and the grandpa) as they make their way from Missouri to Oregon in 1848. During their journey, they encounter the prospect of starvation, bandits and dysentery.
This is the first ever performance in England of this production.

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Based on Washington Irving’s infamous short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a powerful and atmospheric musical by Helen Watts and Eamonn O’Dwyer. It is a story of community; a story of faith, of blood and belief; a story that asks the simple question: what happens when good people make bad choices?

Sing It Loud for Summer

🎤 Sing It Loud For Summer tickets now on sale! 🎟️ 🎭

Our junior classes are bringing the heat with this can’t-miss showcase.

An Evening of Schwartz and Menken

Local theatre company One Off Productions are bringing an evening of Schwartz and Menken to Hull Truck!

Celebrating the music of Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, the composers of hit musicals including Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, Little Shop of Horrors, Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and lots more.

A great evening for all the family with some of your favourite musical theatre numbers and hopefully a few you haven’t heard before.

Mad about Musicals

Our talented Superstar students from SJ ARTS Dance & Theatre School will transport to the magical world of theatre.

After audiences loved SJ ARTS musical Extravaganza we are hosting a celebration of some of the best loved songs from musical theatre whether it be Matilda , Wicked , Sister Act be sure to come along and see if we are performing one of your favourites.

SJ ARTS is a vibrant community supporting young performers to achieve and embrace who they are through performing.

The Yeomen of the Guard

This year is the 90th Anniversary of Hull Savoyards Amateur Operatic Society, who would have known what developments that first meeting on 18th January 1934 between Colonel Robert Hall, John Coulson, Ernest Green and Geo. W. H. Bean would have had. To celebrate the 90th anniversary the Society are performing The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid at Cottingham Civic Hall from 20th to 22nd June 2024.

This is Gilbert and Sullivan’s sparkling comic opera set in Shakespearean times during the reign of King Henry VIII. It is the darkest and most emotionally engaging of the Savoy Operas. The show takes place in the Tower of London where the gentleman Colonel Fairfax is wrongly accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the hour. Fairfax hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally, his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony and expects to be a wealthy widow upon Fairfax’s imminent demise, leaving her free to marry her lover, the jester Jack Point. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes his fate and chaos ensues. Following his escape, Fairfax woos Elsie, and after a number of plot complications are resolved, she falls in love with him.

Tickets available by booking below or at Barkers on Hallgate, Cottingham or at the door (subject to availability).

The Phantoms starring Lee Mead

In this spellbinding night of music celebrating the most beloved musicals of all time, The Phantoms take us on a magical journey through iconic shows such as Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph, and of course, The Phantom of the Opera.

Featuring former Phantoms direct from the West End production of “The Phantom of the Opera” alongside West End and TV star Lee Mead, the sensational cast take you on a journey through the best of the West End, Broadway, and beyond from modern day smash hits to unbeatable classics. Plus, discover how Lee Mead went from the dressing rooms of Phantom to the living rooms of the nation on his way to winning BBC’s Any Dream Will Do. With beautiful vocal arrangements, spectacular close part harmony as well as stand out solo performances you certainly won’t want to miss the music of THIS night!

Legally Blonde

Don’t judge a book by its hair colour!

Hessle Theatre Company present the fabulously fun, smash-hit musical Legally Blonde, which explodes onto the stage in a riot of sassy songs, dynamic dance and a gem of a story about celebrating your true self.
When pinktastic Elle Woods is dumped by her boyfriend, she packs up her curling tongs and trusty pooch, Bruiser, and bags herself a place at Harvard Law School to win him back.

But diving into her text books with new found classmates, she learns the true power of friendship, focus and finding out who you really are.

Equal parts hilarious and heart-warming, this upbeat musical was a smash hit on both Broadway and the West End. Based on the iconic movie, starring Reece Witherspoon, Legally Blonde is hilarious, high-kicking and huggable.

Following highly-acclaimed productions of ‘Shrek’ and ‘Sister Act’, Hessle Theatre Company burst back on the stage with this guilty pleasure.
Ridiculously enjoyable from head to toe, a musical this much fun should be illegal!

“Hessle Theatre Company habitually puts out top notch productions.” – Hull Daily Mail

Opera North: The Flying Dutchman

At sea, the captain of a ship is cursed along with his crew to wander the ocean until Judgement Day.

On land, a woman dreams of escape from a world where vision and compassion are reduced to shabby deals. She is obsessed with the legend of the Flying Dutchman, whose soul only love can redeem from the purgatory of his ceaseless voyaging. Will Senta and the Dutchman bring each other salvation or catastrophe?

Although not his first opera, Wagner regarded The Flying Dutchman as the true beginning of his artistic voyage, and it is in many ways the ideal introduction to his musical universe. From the bracing horn calls that set the propulsive drama in motion to the resplendent final moments of transfiguration, you’ll be swept away by this thrilling, tempestuous music drama in a new production directed by Annabel Arden and designed by Joanna Parker (Andrea Chénier, Turandot, Aida).

Supported by The Flying Dutchman Circle and the Friends of Opera North.

Sung in German with English subtitles.

Into The Woods

Embark on a fantastical journey with this rendition of ‘Into The Woods’ by Stephen Sondheim. Set against the enchanting backdrop of a magical forest, this show weaves together classic fairy tale characters, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel, as they pursue their deepest desires. But be prepared for unexpected twists and consequences as their individual tales intertwine, creating a gripping narrative that explores the complexities of wishes and the unforeseen challenges of happily ever after. Join us for a captivating exploration of the human experience in this thrilling production of ‘Into The Woods’.