The Hound Of The Baskervilles Announced As ERT’s Spring Production

The Hound Of The Baskervilles Announced As ERT's Spring Production
February 23, 2022

East Riding Theatre (ERT) is thrilled to announce that its Spring production will be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.

Adapted for the stage by Steven Canny & John Nicholson, this outrageously entertaining version of the classic tale is sure to have you howling with laughter. Running for three weeks between April and May.

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Former Beverley Mayor Calls For COVID Hardship Fund

Former Beverley Mayor Calls For COVID Hardship Fund
September 7, 2020

The Labour group on Beverley Town Council has called for a fund to help the town recover from the crippling impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Currently, the council holds around £750,000 which Labour councillors believe could offer vital help to residents and businesses who are now struggling financially after five months of lockdown.

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Two Theatre Productions From Hull And East Riding London Takeover

Two Theatre Productions From Hull And East Riding London Takeover
January 15, 2020

Two theatre productions from Hull and Beverley are set to take over the same award-winning venue in London this week with month-long runs in the capital.

Middle Child’s electrifying gig theatre show, The Canary and the Crow, transfers to the Arcola Theatre following success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, while East Riding Theatre’s production of Maxine Peake’s freewheeling play, Beryl, extends its sell-out transfer at the same venue for an extra month.

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Female-Led Festival Celebrates Local Artists This July

Female-Led Festival Celebrates Local Artists This July
June 12, 2019

East Riding Theatre’s Company in Residence, She Productions, are hosting their first festival She Fest this summer, creating a platform for other local female talents.

She Productions will take over East Riding Theatre for 2 weeks (9- 20 July) with She Fest 2019. Working alongside East Riding Theatre’s recently awarded Artist in Residence, Emma Garness, the theatre will be ‘hostess’ to workshops, art exhibitions, cabaret and comedy, all led by local female-identifying artists and business owners.

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Dead Bod Films The Bagpipe Maker’s Baby Scoops Film Award

Dead Bod Films The Bagpipe Maker's Baby Scoops Film Award
October 27, 2018

Hull-based Dead Bod Films’ The Bagpipe Maker’s Baby has won Best Short Film at the Welsh SeeMor Film Festival.

The film stared East Yorkshire actors, Richard Avery, Annie Kirkman and Gordon Meredith. Written and produced by Julian Woodford.the 30-minute short film was directed by Chris Hopkin. 

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Unemployed People Find Their Voices In New Workshop At ERT

Unemployed People Find Their Voices In New Workshop At ERT
July 22, 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Employment, Education and Skills Team has joined up with East Riding Theatre’s Artist in Residence – She Productions – to deliver an innovative training course for local unemployed people.

The Finding Your Voice Programme is designed to build confidence, communication, social and creative skills for local unemployed people.

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Chocolate-Inspired Sensation To Take Over Beverley Streets

Chocolate-Inspired Sensation To Take Over Beverley Streets
March 1, 2018

White Rabbit Chocolatiers and all-female theatre company She Productions have joined forces to run an Easter ‘Eggstravaganza’ of family entertainment in Beverley.

They are working together on an all-original musical play created by director of She, Annie Kirkman, called ‘Alice’s Eggstravaganza in Wonderland’.

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All-Female Satirical Show Considers The Rejections, The Rejoicing And Regrets Of An Actor

All-Female Satirical Show Considers The Rejections, The Rejoicing And Regrets Of An Actor
May 3, 2017

She Productions, Theatre Company in Residence at the East Riding Theatre, is back by popular demand with a new comedic review show, after the sell-out success of Beverley Does Broadway in 2015.

As an actor, no matter how hard you try, there is always one role that you know you will never get! Surrounded by an industry based on physical appearance, race, and gender, She Productions are here to break boundaries and turn typecasting on its head. MissCast is an evening of familiar songs and sketches performed in revolutionary ways.

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HULL CITY OF CULTURE : Performance Where You Least Expect It

HULL CITY OF CULTURE : Performance Where You Least Expect It
April 25, 2017

A wedding breakfast with a twist in a church, a comic musical chase through the streets and a puppet show in a café are among the performances you can expect if you go to Newland Avenue this summer.

For one day only in Hull’s Newland Avenue, a theatre festival will transform the most unlikely of places into pop-up performance spaces. The avenue is set to come alive as flashmobs, interactive shows, music, art and dance erupt in a variety of the area’s independent venues.

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MissCast – A Humorous Look At Altercations Within The Acting Industry

MissCast - A Humorous Look At Altercations Within The Acting Industry
April 14, 2017

She Productions, Theatre Company in Residence at the East Riding Theatre, is back by popular demand with a new comedic review show, after the sell-out success of Beverley Does Broadway in 2015.

As an actor, no matter how hard you try, there is always one role that you know you will never get! Surrounded by an industry based on physical appearance, race, and gender, She Productions are here to break boundaries and turn typecasting on its head. MissCast is an evening of familiar songs and sketches performed in revolutionary ways.

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Shakers – A Wickedly Funny Glimpse Of The World Through The Eyes Of The Four Girls

Shakers - A Wickedly Funny Glimpse Of The World Through The Eyes Of The Four Girls
March 28, 2017

A play “Made in Hull” and boasting an entirely East Yorkshire cast is sure to be a City of Culture hit when Beverley’s East Riding Theatre is transformed into “Shakers” – the oh-so-trendy cocktail bar where everyone wants to be seen.

It is here we also meet Nicky, Adele, Carol and Mel, the bars long-suffering waitresses, who invite you to pull up a table, order a drink and relax in their company.

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