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Exhibitions
Sutton Exhibition Room and Resources Centre
Old School, Church Street, Sutton
Every Friday
10am – 2pm
Admission free, tea/coffee and biscuits 50p
Artefacts, photographs and documents relating to the local history of Sutton, Bransholme and Wawne.
Tel: 876370
Victorian and Edwardian Art
Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Until September 14
Free admission
From popular and much loved paintings to hidden treasures, there's a lot to discover.
Heroes and Villains
Ferens Art Gallery
Until August 31
Free admission
From the woman who was a wild-west bandit to a giant, muscle-bound boxer, Ferens the Gallery Cat takes a light-hearted look at colourful characters from the permanent collection. Suitable for families.
Made for Us: Hull's Collection of Craft and Design
Ferens Art Gallery
Until September 28
Admission free
This will display some fine examples from Hull Museums' craft and design collections. Artefacts include furniture, silver, costume, ceramics, tapestry and archaeology.
Music and Theatre
Big Bad Mouse
Hull New Theatre
Kingston Square
May 27 – 31
7.30pm
Admission from £12, concessions available
A brand new production starring the legendary comedy duo Cannon and Ball. In the orders office of Chunkibix Ltd. it is Mr Price-Hargreaves who gives the orders and Mr Bloome who obeys them. Until, that is, Mr Bloome is accused of chasing a young girl across Wandsworth Common making him the hero of every woman in the office, not least Miss Spencer. So glorious is Bloome's transformation, in fact, that when the young person in question discovers she made a mistake in her identification, Bloome is determined to keep her quiet. Tommy Cannon stars as Mr Price-Hargreaves with Bobby Ball playing Mr Bloome.
Tel: 226655
Dolly
Hull New Theatre
June 3
7.30pm
Admission from £16.50
Dolly Parton is an award winning singer, composer, musician, actress and author, and here we celebrate the music that made her name. A full cast of singers, dancers and musicians take you on a musical journey through her early days to the arena concerts of today.
Mad About the Musicals
Hull New Theatre
June 4
7.30pm
Admission from £14, concessions available
From the poignant All I Ask of You to the dramatic One Day More, the talented cast on stage for Mad About the Musicals deliver stunning vocal performances which evoke the true spirit of the West End.
Oh What A Night
Hull New Theatre
June 5-6
7.30pm
Admission from £23.50
Oh What a Night is an unashamedly escapist, high-energy, feel good show, combining comedy, romance and brilliantly choreographed versions of everybody's favourite 70s hits. Kid Creole will lead a fantastic young cast performing the biggest disco hits including Celebration, Shaft, We are Family, Young Hearts Run Free, Oh What A Night and the show stopping YMCA.
The UK Beach Boys
Hull New Theatre
June 7
7.30pm
Admission £16.50, concessions available
Tribute band to the famous and highly influential US band The Beach Boys.
Moscow by Night
Hull New Theatre
June 9
7.30pm
Admission £19.50, concessions available
Star vocalists and dancers of the renowned Red Army Ensemble head the cast in this glittering array of Soviet talent. Stars from the legendary Moscow Ballet - La Classique perform some fabulous ballet classics with absolute precision as only the Russians can. Marvel at the style and grace of highlights from Swan Lake alongside a rip roaring Cossack dance and then sit back and enjoy some of Russia's champion gymnasts display their breathtaking art.
One Night of Queen
Hull New Theatre
June 11
7.30pm
Admission £16.50 - £17.50
The spirit of the legendary Freddie Mercury is alive and well and performing as Stars in Their Eyes winner Gary Mullen. His sell-out concerts are receiving rave reviews from audiences of all ages together with his band 'The Works'.
CBeebies at the Theatre
Hull New Theatre
June 13 - 14
Friday 2pm and 4.30pm, Saturday 11am and 2pm.
Admission £13 - £15, concessions available.
A fun filled musical adventure starring many of your favourite friends from CBeebies. Bursting with music, singalong songs and bags of imagination. What are you waiting for? Come on... let's play!"
Oliver
Hull New Theatre
17 - 21 June.
Tuesday to Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 2pm and 7pm.
Admission £11 - £15
Packed with timeless songs such as Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, Who will Buy, You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two and many more!
Fiddler on the Roof
Hull New Theatre
June 23 - 28, 7.30pm
Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm
Admission £10.50 - £27.50
This nationwide tour features star of stage and screen Joe McGann, best known for his role as Charlie Burrows in The Upper Hand, in the lead role of the man who dreams of riches, respect and a quiet family life.
Songs include Tradition, Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset, and of course If I Were a Rich Man.
The Big Chris Barber Band
Hull City Hall
May 28
7.30pm
Admission from £15.50
Chris Barber leads his eleven-piece band, with its seven-strong front line, playing a wide selection of his favourite music.
From his roots in New Orleans style comes Bourbon Street Parade (still his signature tune) and Chimes Blues.
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Hull City Hall
June 7
7.30pm
Admission from £14.50, concessions available
The real stars of the hit movie Brassed Off. Enjoy the fabulous sound of this world famous brass band, who perform your favourite classics with passion and style. A thoroughly entertaining show and a must for all music enthusiasts.
Hull Bach Choir: Haydn - 'Nelson' Mass
Trinity Methodist Church
Cottingham Road
June 7
7.30pm
Admission £10, concessions available
Tel: Gaynel Munn 654567
Tim Vine – Punslinger
Hull Truck Theatre
Spring Street
June 1
7.30pm
Admission from £15
Tim Vine is here partners ... riding in on a sandstorm of laughter, all puns blazing. Tell your kinsfolk that you're about to be captured by a posse of jokes! Don't miss the star of the hit BBC series Not Going Out as he comes back to what he does cotton pickin best!
Note: this is not a show about cowboys; it's just a bloke sharp shooting a lot of jokes.
Tel: 323638
Our House
Hull Truck Theatre
June 3 - 21
8pm
Admission from £10.50, concessions available
Some strong language.
Join May - widow, mother and grandmother - as she packs up her council house and heads off for a life in the sun. She's trading her neighbourhood nightmares for the Costa del Calm...but moving out is hard work and moving on is even harder.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Hull Playgoers' Society
Studio 2, Northern Academy of Performing Arts
May 27-31
7.30pm
£7 with concessions available
For tickets call 701570 or 310690.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cottingham Little Youth Theatre.
Wyke College
May 20 and 21
7pm
Admisision: £3.50 adults (£2.50 concessions)
To book call 440096.
Film
University of Lincoln
George Street
www.hullscreen.co.uk
Tel: 226655
May 30 and 31, 7.30pm
THE ORPHANAGE (15) (Spanish with subtitles)
Dir: Juan Antonio Bayona Mexico/Spain 2008
1hr 45mins
A woman returns to an orphanage where she was raised with a view to turning it into a home for handicapped children, but from the moment she arrives, her son starts behaving oddly and claims to have a new imaginary friend.
May 31, 2.15pm
MISTER LONELY (15)
Dir: Harmony Korine UK/Fr/Ire/USA 2007
1hr 52mins
A love story set in Paris, in which a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe who invites him to her commune in Scotland.
June 2, 7.30pm
FUNNY GAMES U.S. (18)
Dir: Michael Haneke USA/UK/Fr/Austria/Ger/It 2007
Naomi Watts and Tim Roth play a couple whose yachting holiday is interrupted in a gruelling spree of humiliation and degradation by two young nihilists.
June 6 and 7, 7.30pm (also 2pm on Friday)
LEATHERHEADS (PG)
Dir: George Clooney USA 2008 1hr 54mins
A quick-witted romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Renée Zellweger.
June 7, 2pm
ARCTIC TALE (U)
Dirs: Adam Ravetch/Sarah Robertson USA 2008
1hr 36mins
A walrus and a polar bear cub go from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness, but they are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.
June 9, 7.30pm
TOVARISCH, I AM NOT DEAD (12A)
Dir: Stuart Urban UK 2008 1hr 25mins
A survivor of the Holocaust revisits the sites of his horrors 50 years later.
June 13, 14 and 16, 7.30pm (also 2pm on Friday)
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (15)
Dir: Mike Leigh UK 2008
1hr 58mins
A light-hearted slice of life seen through eyes of a free-spirited London schoolteacher
June 14, 2pm
DEFICIT (15) (Spanish with subtitles)
Dir: Gael García Bernal
Mexico 2007
1hr 19mins
The acclaimed actor's first role as director in a film which explores issues of race, class and privilege (as addressed in Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, one of his earlier films).
The Odeon Cinema
Kingston Retail Park
www.odeon.co.uk
Tel: 0871 2244007
Cineworld
Kingswood
www.ugccinemas.co.uk
Tel: 0871 2002000
Reel
St Stephens
www.reelcinemas.co.uk
Tel: 223113 or 0870 8010870
Vue Cinemas
Princes Quay Shopping Centre
www.myvue.com
Tel: 08712 240240
Bowling
AMF Bowling
Oslo Road
Sutton Fields
Tel: 0870 118 3017
Greenman
58 - 62 Holderness Road
Tel: 329957
Hollywood Bowl
Gibraltar Road
Kingswood
Tel: 825656
Nightclubs
The Attic
82 – 88 George Street
Tel: 327979
Club Heaven and Hell
16 Anne Street
Tel: 212507
The Piper
Newland Avenue
Tel: 498931
Pozition
135 – 141 George Street
Tel: 323643
Poly Esthers/City Limits
22 – 23 Witham
Tel: 588450
Silhouette Night Club
29 Park Street
Tel: 320584
V Bar
South Church Side
Tel: 609995
The Welly Club
105 – 107 Beverley Road
Tel: 221113
Events
Gentle Yoga for stress relief
Portobello Methodist Church
Holderness Road
Every Wednesday
10 - 11am
Admission £4
Suitable for all ages and abilities and can be done from a chair or wheelchair if necessary.
Tel: Lesley Wadforth 07815 036 397
Meditation classes (non religious)
Community Enterprise Centre
Cottingham Road
Every Tuesday
7.30 – 9pm
Admission £4 (concessions £3)
Tel: 470962 (Steve)
Aqua Aerobics
East Hull Pool
Wednesdays
11.15am - 12.15pm
£1.50
Albert Avenue Pool
Tuesdays 2.30 - 3.15pm
£2.00
Swimming Lessons
East Hull Pool
Tuesdays
10.45 - 11.30am
£22.05 (for a seven week course)
Albert Avenue Pool
Wednesdays
1.30 - 2.15pm
£22.05 (for a seven week course)
Tel: 701727 / 591513
North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Hull Branch)
Quality Hotel Royal
Ferensway
May 27,
7.30pm
Admission £2 and NYMR members £1.50
Tel 07910 486518
Hull UFO Society
The Friends Meeting House
Bean Street
June 10
7.30 – 10pm
Admission free
Meetings consist of talks about the UFO/ghost phenomenon and other related subjects.
hullufosociety@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: Sean Tierney 219887
Sport
Rugby League
Hull FC v St Helens
KC Stadium
May 25
6pm
Tel: 08708 370004
Hull KR v Harlequins RL
Craven Park
Preston Road
May 25
3pm
Tel: 374648
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