It’s Independent Venue Week so there are some absolutely fantastic gigs across Hull this week at some of our Indie venues, The New Adelphi, Social, Dive HU5 and O’Rileys.
If you fancy some Comedy Nish Kumar is kicking off his Your Power, Your Control tour at Bonus Arena on Wednesday. Our Dave had a natter with Nish over on our Facebook last week – Check it out here
We’ve also got some great theatre on offer at Hull Truck from Mulan and Meal One, as well as Waitress starting its run at Hull New Theatre. Check out the full list below…
Nish Kumar – Your Power, Your Control
Wednesday 2nd February @ Bonus Arena
It has been a period of upheaval and uncertainty with COVID and the political situation.
You will be amazed by my capacity to somehow take all these things personally.
“Comedian Nish Kumar was booed off stage after making Brexit jokes at a charity event on Monday night. Kumar, who hosts the BBC’s Mash Report, was performing at the Lord’s Taverners annual charity cricket lunch.” BBC News Report – 3rd December 2019
“Kumar is the smartest, and often the silliest, political comic we’ve got: acute, furious and often the ridiculous fall guy of his own jokes”– The Guardian
Waitress
Until 5th February @ Hull New Theatre
“Treat yourself to a slice of five-star musical pie” (The Times) as Chelsea Halfpenny (9 to 5, BBC’s Casualty, ITV’s Emmerdale) stars in the hit musical comedy WAITRESS as Jenna joined by Matt Willis (Busted, A Christmas Carol, Wicked) as Dr Pomatter.
Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of some happiness in her life. When a hot new doctor arrives in town, life gets complicated. With the support of her workmates Becky and Dawn, Jenna overcomes the challenges she faces and finds that laughter, love and friendship can provide the perfect recipe for happiness.
Woolly Natter
Wednesday 2nd February @ Crafty Cat Events at Anlaby Common
All wooly crafters welcome (and anyone else too!) for an informal weekly gathering of craft and chat. Bring along whatever you’re working on, meet fellow woolly natterers and relax with a coffee and cake.
No booking needed!
The K’s
Thursday 3rd February @ Social
The K’s bring their Independent Venue Week Tour to Social, Hull on Thursday.
Fisherman’s Friends: Unlocked & Unleashed
Thursday 3rd February @ Hull City Hall
Britain’s oldest boy band emerge from lockdown and hit the road as The Fisherman’s Friends – combined age 401 (and three-quarters) – announce their Unlocked & Unleashed tour for 2021.
Thanks to the small film with a big heart that shares their name, the story of the original Cornish ‘buoy band’ is known around the world – bound by shared experience, for 40 years they have met on the Platt on the harbour in their native Port Isaac to sing the songs of the sea.
The Ballad of Mulan
Friday 4th February @ Hull Truck Theatre
For ten years Mulan, disguised as a man, has fought for the Chinese Empire. Now the fighting is coming to an end, one last battle and she will be going home – but can she return to her old life, become a woman again. A search for identity in a violent world.
Commissioned by and performed by West Yorkshire-born British-Chinese actress Michelle Yim, developed with the support and funding from Arts Council England. Produced by the team behind Edfringe Sell-Out ‘The Unknown Soldier’ Grist to the Mill, in collaboration with British East Asian theatre company Red Dragonfly Productions, we bring you the real Chinese heroine that inspired Disney’s animation and live-feature Mulan.
Black Lagoons, Girl Afraid, Fuzz Lightyear
Friday 4th February @ DIVE HU5
Part of Independent Venue week. Leeds-based The Black Lagoons are supported by two of Hull’s finest up-and-coming local bands Girl Afraid and Fuzz Lightyear!
Meal One
Saturday 5th February @ Hull Truck Theatre
Meal One is an immersive and playful family show featuring Helbert, his Mum, a dog and a cat. We follow them as they prepare for the day by planting a plum stone in the bedroom floor. Naturally, a huge tree quickly fills the room, turning it into the best tree-house-playground ever. But when they go downstairs for Meal One – the first meal of the day – they discover a kitchen full of tree roots busily munching through anything edible they can find.
Based on a 1970s children’s book by Ivor Cutler and Helen Oxenbury, Meal One is a journey of discovery filled with breath-taking projections, music and singing, dance and unexpected
Explore the set in advance of the show to uncover augmented reality and other surprises.
IVW The New Adelphi + Make Noise Collective Presents…
Sunday 6th February @ The New Adelphi
Make Noise Hull (a collective that improve safety at venues + visibility for people of marginalized genders in the music scene) and The New Adelphi are very excited to co-host a femme-centric all- day festival at The New Adelphi in Hull on February 6th.
Featuring: Loose Articles, Collars, Meek, Juice Pops, Pleasure Centre, Kyogen, Crush, Bizarrefae & Jodie Langford+ Typical Girls DJ’s & Make Noise DJ’s.
Metal Church II
Sunday 6th February @ O’Rileys
Metal Church II
After a very enjoyable first Metal Church here we go with a second one.
Gig features:
Surya (Leeds based metalcore)
Spiteful Embrace (Hull Groove metal)
Chapel floods (Sheffield Doom/Sludge)
Kallos (Sheffield Instrumental tech metal)
