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Archives for East Yorkshire events

You Heard Me by Luca Rutherford, Credit Camilla Greenwell

Art meets theatre in one-woman play and exhibition

Are you listening? This is a question that powerful one-woman play You Heard Me asks as it tours the UK over the coming months…

Catch Me

Catch an outdoor dance-circus show at Yorkshire festival

Playfully poking at our expectations of relationships between ages and genders using dance, circus, and sound, Upswing’s new dance-circus hybrid will be touring to Hull…

The Meadow Sprites by Curious Cargo - Beverley Puppet Festival 2018

Watch out for puppets roaming the streets of Beverley this weekend

A tiny cellist, mischievous rats, giants beasts and meadow sprites wander the streets of Beverley this weekend as their annual Puppet Festival takes place…

Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby 2013

Crazy carts at the Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby

The annual Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby takes place on 5th July 2014 with teams competing in gravity powered handmade carts raced from the Humber Bridge…

Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby 2013

Zoom along to the Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby

The Humber Bridge Soapbox Derby 2013 will see amateur teams compete in handmade carts powered only by gravity. The first race starts at 9am on 6th July…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

Top Story

Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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