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5-minute GUIDE TOP TEN THINGS TO DO... [Hull Daily Mail (England)](Hull Daily Mail (England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Plays to make you stop and think One company, four nights, two acclaimed plays. Hull's Fruit will be welcoming the Status Theatre Company and a duo of revelatory plays next week with Blackbird, an acerbic examination of a relationship in meltdown, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Pale Horse, a bleak tragi-comedy, on Friday and Saturday. It's gritty, angst-ridden stuff, but should provide plenty of food for thought for theatre-goers. Fruit, Humber Street, Hull, from Tuesday, January 17, to Saturday, January 21, 7pm. Entry from Pounds 6. Call 01482 280018. Visit www.fruitspace.co.uk Prepare to be shocked by Chubby Roy Chubby Brown is the Marmite of stand-up - you either love him or hate him. The fact he packs out huge venues like Hull City Hall up and down the country suggests he's got considerably more fans than far more trendy comics. Sit back and prepare to be shocked. Hull City Hall, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, on Friday, January 20, 7.30pm. Tickets Pounds 21. Call 01482 300300. You spin me right round ... Forget iPod Nanos, MP3 players, sound clouds and whizzbang technology - the humble vinyl record is making a comeback - and so is Hull's Record Fair. After an absence of two years, the fair is back, giving audiophiles the chance to buy new and vintage vinyl and extol the virtues of 12 inches of music heaven. Royal Hotel, Ferensway, Hull, today, from 10am. Entry Pounds 1. Visit www.gjm-music.co.uk Cut-out if possible Artist puts his work on show Beverley artist Tony Snowden opens a new six-week exhibition of his latest work at the Ropewalk in Barton, today. Snowden's highly collectible, romantic work is reminiscent of bestselling artists such as Paul Horton and Mackenzie Thorpe. Gallery One, The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road, Barton-Upon- Humber, from today to February 26. Visit www.the-ropewalk.co.ukGo on a journey with Tom Storyteller, songwriter and Americana exponent Tom Russell will be taking audiences on a star-spangled journey from the Mexican border to the bleak iron ranges of Minnesota on his tour. His album, Mesabi, is out now. Pocklington Arts Centre, Market Square, Pocklington, Thursday, January 19, 8pm. Tickets Pounds 14.50. Call 01759 301547 or visit www.tomrussell.com The boys are back in town The actual boys themselves may not be back in town, but it's the closest thing you're ever likely to get when Thin Lizzy tribute outfit Limehouse Lizzy arrive in town this week. Expect all the hits from Whisky In The Jar, Jailbreak and, of course, The Boys Are Back In Town from a band keeping the memory of Phil Lynott alive. Fruit, Humber Street, Hull, on Thursday, January 19, 7.30pm. Tickets Pounds 13. Call 01482 280018. Visit www.limehouselizzy.co.uk Latin beats to get hips swinging Get your hips swinging to the Brazilian rhythms of the bossa nova with a night of sexy, Latin-infused sounds at Pave. Headlining will be band Bossa Revista, ably supported by Hull Samba School. Pave, Princes Avenue, Hull, on Thursday, January 19, 7.30pm. Entry Pounds 5. Visit www.pavebar.co.uk Once Upon A Time In Wigan is a modern love story set against a backdrop of dead end jobs, hopeless lives and brilliant blues and soul music. Get on the dance floor. Hull Truck, Ferensway, Hull, on from Thursday, to February 25. Tickets from Pounds 12, Call 01482 323638. Visit www.hulltruck.co.uk Wigan is where it's at Art made from junk washed up on Spurn Point, and then transformed into vibrant, colourful paintings by artist Martin Waters is now on show. Evidence modern art can be rubbish and good at the same time. Pocklington Arts Centre, Market Square, Pocklington, runs until Saturday, February 18. Call 01759 301547. Visit www.martin-waters.co.uk Modern art really is rubbish! Hello baaaaby! If those words conjure memories of the golden era of music then Rock'N'Roll Paradise will be right up your boulevard; featuring the music of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison and Elvis. Hull New Theatre, Kingston Square, Hull, tonight, 7.30pm. Call 01482 300300. Visit www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre Rock around the clock at theatre (c) 2012 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |