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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

The quirky wonders of Wigtown
Martyr's Stake in Wigtown

The annual Wigtown Book Festival opens this week. So, we thought it was a good time to take a look at this quirky Scottish town for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

Top Story

Solo cinema and scientific sounds at Flatpack Festival
Flatpack Festival 2022, Design by Keith Dodds and Illustration by Jacques Kleynhans

Flatpack Festival brings an eclectic mix of shows, screenings and activities that surprise and delight audiences to venues across Birmingham…

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