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A spectacular FREE light and sound show will bring its UK tour to Hull later this month

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Hull city centre will be hosting a new light and sound show later this month, an event of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, the UK’s “most ambitious celebration of creativity to date”.

About Us is a stunning light show that combines projection mapping, animation, music and poetry. At its heart is a simple message: we are all connected. 

First look images of About Us, created by 59 Productions, The Poetry Society and Stemettes for UNBOXED – opening in Paisley on 1 March 2022. Photo by Justin Sutcliffe.

Only five places will be staging never before seen, free open-air event that combines live performances and multimedia installations to celebrate the entire history of the universe from Big Bang to the present day.

On selected evenings, Hull City Centre will come alive with walk-about performances from Back to Ours and music from The Sesh, ahead of the main event.

It’s free to attend and will take place from 30 April until 6 May with three 25 minute shows every evening.

From 10am onwards, the About Us show area will be open to the public to explore large video screen plinths, which will be exhibiting content created in partnership with people from Hull.

Created by 59 Productions, one of the creative and technological forces behind the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, along with Stemettes and The Poetry Society, About Us combines live performances and multimedia installations to celebrate the entire history of the universe.

It features an original score by Nitin Sawhney and incorporates winning entries from a nationwide school poetry and Scratch animation competition on the theme of ‘connectivity and the universe’. 

The community in Hull is an integral part of the project. During the day, pop-up multimedia installations will showcase the boundless creativity of local children and young people – with poems and Scratch animations created from school workshops that took place in the area.

About Us, created by 59 Productions, The Poetry Society and Stemettes Continues UNBOXED in Derry on 15th March 2022. Photo by Justin Sutcliffe.

Video portraits have been created to highlight local people from the city; these contributions form part of the digital installations accompanying the live shows. Every performance of About Us features local choirs, with Hull Freedom Chorus joining for the performances here.

About Us is the first of 10 major commissions taking place across the UK in 2022 as part of the UNBOXED programme.

Through these 10 projects, UNBOXED aims to break down preconceptions of different sectors, and the types of people who work within them. By encouraging partnerships across all fields of STEAM and innovative creative approaches, the project wants to demystify individual disciplines and develop new avenues for engagement and better public understanding.

About Us has been developed based on these principles of cross-collaboration, working with The Poetry Society, which champions poetry for all ages, and Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise working to engage, inform and connect the next generation of women and non-binary people into STEM. In Hull, About Us is working with Back To Ours: a project that wants people to take the lead in choosing, creating and taking part in amazing art experiences.

Visit www.unboxed2022.uk to learn more.

Where: Queen Victoria Square

When: 30th April – 6th May

Times: Pre-show from 9pm, show from 9:30pm – 11pm. The show lasts 25 minutes and runs multiple times per evening.

Price: Free. No need to book in advance – just turn up.

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