Brave and bold Heads Up back to business in unusual venues

NOW in its seventh season, Hull’S Heads Up Festival has made a habit of putting on performances in unusual venues. From disused office blocks and warehouse venues to the City Council’s council chamber, boxing clubs to fields, the festival has pushed the boundaries of where performances can happen, surprising audiences in the process. This season sees […]

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The International Archive of Things Left Unsaid at Heads Up, Hull

Digital artwork by Rhiannon Armstrong, an online treasure trove of intimate and real-life audio testimonies, is part of Heads Up Festival’s in October. The International Archive of Things Left Unsaid will be accessible in the foyer at Hull Truck Theatre from October 5-9. Created by artist Rhiannon Armstrong, The International Archive of Things Left Unsaid […]

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Heads Up Festival returns to Hull in October

HULL’S Heads Up Festival returns to the city in October. The twice-yearly event presents some of the most exciting, challenging theatre and is produced by Ensemble 52 in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre. The festival runs from October 5 to October 15, 2016. This season’s programme of work includes work originally developed at Battersea Arts Centre […]

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Festival highlight The 56

One of the highlights of Heads Up Festival is LUNG’s The 56. Adapted solely from over sixty real-life testimonies, The 56 looks at the 1985 Bradford City fire disaster, when a fire broke out in the main stand at Valley Parade football ground during the last game of the season. Within four minutes, the wooden […]

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She Productions present new work at Heads Up

She Productions’ fun-filled evening of variety, ideas and laughs will see them scratch a new musical inspired by Hull’s own 1960’s girl-band, Mandy & The Girlfriends’, produced in association with Ensemble 52 and Heads Up Festival. She Productions Theatre Company is an all-female collective creating innovative, multimedia theatre. Previous shows from the company include Beverley […]

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Heads Up Festival back in October

Hull’s Heads Up Festival returns to the city in October. The twice-yearly event presents some of the most exciting, challenging theatre and is produced by Ensemble 52 in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre. The festival runs from October 5 to October 15, 2016. This season’s programme of work includes work originally developed at Battersea Arts Centre […]

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