Are you in for an adventure? Or maybe you’re looking for something to tickle your funny bone? Well we have it all this week, starting off the week with some theatricals with the smash-hit musical, Mamma Mia! coming back to Hull New Theatre and bringing all the best songs from ABBA with them. If you’re looking to hear some live music, there’s homegrown gigs at Adelphi as well as classical music from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a visit from the one and only James Blunt.
Mamma Mia!
Tuesday 8th February @ Hull New Theatre
The ultimate feel-good party MAMMA MIA! returns to Hull New Theatre in 2022! Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Sophie’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they’ll never forget.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 10th February @ Hull City Hall
Explore enchanting worlds with the Royal Philharmonic’s Principal Associate Conductor, Alexander Shelley. Mendelssohn captures the wonder and wit of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, whilst Ravel’s characterful Suite from Mother Goose embraces the joyful world of childhood fairytales. Stravinsky’s ballet score for The Firebird uses spellbinding music to tell a tale of a glowing Firebird, magical feathers, princesses, princes and palaces.
For Those About to Rock – Livewire AC/DC vs Whitesnake UK
Friday 11th February @ Hull City Hall
AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought to life by Live/Wire with the true passion you would expect from professional musicians who share your love of this legendary live act. They deliver a critically acclaimed High Voltage two hour rock ’n’ roll set with not only cannons and a full bank of Marshall amps but a journey that takes fans from one of the best-selling albums of all time ‘Back in Black’ through to the 2020 release ‘PWR UP’, with a healthy dose of the classics from the Bon Scott era.
Superslam Wrestling
Saturday 12th February @ Hull City Hall
It promises to be an evening of non-stop action when all of your favourite heroes and villains of All Star Superslam Wrestling meet in a giant Over the Top Rope – King of The Ring. It’s every man for himself. Friend against friend and foe against foe. Unlike a Royal Rumble, a King of The Ring match features all the wrestlers in the ring from the beginning. The only way for a wrestler to be eliminated is to be thrown over the top rope on to the floor. The last man standing in the ring will be crowned the King of The Ring. Anything goes as the wrestlers battle for supremacy. One thing is for sure, it will be sensational!
James Blunt
Tuesday 8th February @ Bonus Arena
James Blunt has recently released a special greatest hits album, ‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)’ – alongside kickstarting a huge UK arena tour for 2022 which will see James celebrate songs spanning a stellar 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit with ‘You’re Beautiful’, two Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations.
Circus of Horrors
Friday 11th February @ Bonus Arena
When the Circus of Horrors started in Glastonbury ’95 people thought it would run for 25 weeks let alone 25 years, yet here we are a quarter of a century later and the Circus of Horrors is still touring all over the World, still getting rave reviews & still getting loads of media coverage. The show performed for the 4th consecutive year at last years Download Festival and it also returned to the Glastonbury Festival. As part of our 25th Anniversary tour it performed with The Damned at The London Palladium, a show promoted by Hammer House of Horrors and was preceded by torch light funeral cortège through London’s West End where a new Guinness World Record was set for over 1040 Vampires in the same pace at the same time. This event sold out within 5 days of going on sale.
Lapwing (18) + Q&A
Wednesday 9th February @ Hull Truck Theatre
On the east coast of England in 1555, community leader David agrees, for a fee, to shelter an Egyptian family who are awaiting a ship to escape persecution. At first the community accept the outsiders, until a mute young woman, Patience, starts an affair with one of them and is thrust into a vicious psychological battle with David, who sees her actions as a threat to his position of authority.
Great Adventures
Saturday 12th February @ Hull Truck Theatre
Take on pirates. Explore the jungle. Journey across the desert. Save the day! Come to Hull Truck Theatre for an adventure that features an arts & crafts session followed by an interactive play that uses whatever you have made. Each Great Adventures is totally different and features a different theme every time.
The Froot + Bella Ciao + Imogen Hart
Friday 11 February @ The New Adelphi Club
The Froot are a five-piece modern psychedelic & progressive pop-rock band from the heart of Hull. Aged between 21 and 23. With subconscious ties to the 60’s/70’s sound with modern elements, they are influenced by the greats such as The Doors, Pink Floyd and of course The Beatles.
Funny Friday
Friday 11th February @ Comedy Lounge
Four top comedians from across the country. This week’s line-up: Sam Harland, Mike McClean, Aaron Simmonds, Gerry K. Four.
