HELL IS MURKY

In a country ravaged by war and rebellion, a fragile peace has finally broken out across an exhausted and wounded land.

Macbeth, returning from battle meets three witches bearing a strange and fateful prophecy that begins a chain of bloody and brutal events.

Driven by an insatiable desire to succeed, Macbeth sets out to become King of Scotland, by any means possible.

Spurred on by his power-hungry wife, he is consumed by a great darkness… with violence and tyranny inflicted upon everything and everyone who stands in his way. But will his sanity remain intact, or will he pay the ultimate price for his destructive actions?

Don’t miss this powerful and chilling adaptation of Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, which lays bare the human cost of unchecked ambition.

Post-Show Q&A - Thu 26 Feb, 10.15am

ACCESS SHOWS:

Audio Described - Sat 14 Feb, 2pm (Touch Tour, 12.30pm) - Audio Describer Jill Quarmby
Relaxed - Tue 17 Feb, 7.30pm & Wed 25 Feb, 10.15am
BSL Interpreted -Tue 24 Feb, 7.30pm
Captioned (Open) - Tue 24 Feb, 7.30pm

Recommended Age: 13+

Welcome to the Colosseum, where two idiot Gladiators will fight for your enjoyment and the amusement of the Almighty Amazon Alexa.

Expect impressive fights, hilarious games and raucous fun! Grab a drink, warm up those Roman thumbs and prepare to FIGHT!

A hilarious comedy for adults 18 and over.

Are you ready for a Great Adventure?

Join us at Hull Truck Theatre this Spring for Great Adventures packed with laughter, creativity, and fun!

Join us during February half term for plenty of laughs at Colosseum of Chaos.

Each Great Adventure starts with an arts and crafts session followed by a fun interactive play that makes use of the children’s colourful creations.

Each show last approximately 30 minutes.

All shows on Sat 14, Mon 16 & Tue 17 will be the same story and themes. For adventurers aged 3-6 years.

Please note that this is a recording and not a live, on stage performance.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

Access: Includes captions

Director: Lucile Hadžihalilovic | 2023 | 15

Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart…

The 1970s. Runaway Jeanne falls under the spell of Cristina, enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film of the Hans Christian Andersen story being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge. A mutual but potentially dangerous fascination begins to grow between the actress and the girl.

Berlin Int'l FF: Winner, Silver Bear for Outstanding Artists Contribution
Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival, FantasticFest, Melbourne Int'l FF

Access: Includes descriptive captions for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring audiences a unique big screen experience.

Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is re-imagined with R.E.M. 's alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996).

In this sublime comedy teetering between reality and illusion, Buster Keaton stars as a film projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective. He uses his limited skills when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend’s father’s pocket watch. Keaton reportedly broke his neck performing one of the many dangerous practical stunts in the film.

Whether you’re a movie lover or a rock music fan this is an experience you won’t want to miss!!

“IT’S FRIDAY, 5PM, THE STREETS’R TIPSY WITH POSSIBILITY, EXPECTATION... EVERYBODY’S DREAMING, BEAMING, GETTING STEAMING FOR THE NIGHT AHEAD…”

A Play, A Poem, and A Party.

A clubland coming-of-age story, Children of the Night follows Lindsay Jenkins, a young Donny lass with an A in English, a thirst for rave and £4.25 for the taxi home.

Amidst the chaotic finale of 90s nightlife, the backdrop of post-Thatcher Britain and during the UK’s first heterosexual HIV cluster, Children of the Night is a love letter to the working-class cultural pulse of the North, mixing kitchen-sink drama with dance-floor euphoria.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting, 2024 New Diorama Untapped Award and inspired by the testimony of 30 people from Doncaster.

Supported by Arts Council England, Right Up Our Street, Cast and Stage One.

Director: Joachim Trier | 2025 | 15

After their mother’s death, sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father Gustav, a once-renowned film director who abandoned them years earlier.

Gustav returns home and asks Nora — a successful but emotionally fragile stage actress — to star in his comeback film, hoping to reconnect through art. When she refuses and he casts a young Hollywood star instead, hidden tensions erupt.

As the sisters confront past pain and betrayal, they grapple with their father’s narcissism, their own grief and trauma, and what it means to forgive.

Cannes: Winner, Grand Prize; Nominee, Palme d'Or
British Independent Film Awards: Nominee, Best Int'l Film
Munich FF: Winner, Audience Award
TIFF: Nominee, Best Film
Montclair FF: Winner, Audience Award; Nominee, Best Film
European Film Awards: Nominee, 7 awards inc Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress

Access: Includes descriptive captions for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Please note that this is a recording and not a live, on stage performance.

Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry.

For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.

Peter Morgan’s Netflix phenomenon The Crown was based on this hit play that was captured live from London’s West End in 2013 and went on to become one of the most-watched NT Live productions.

Access: Includes captions

Please note that this is a recording and not a live, on stage performance.

Shakespeare’s OTHELLO rages to life like never before in an explosive new production starring David Harewood OBE (Homeland, Best of Enemies), Toby Jones OBE (Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Detectorists), Caitlin FitzGerald (Succession, Masters of Sex), Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point) and Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob).

Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris OBE (War Horse, Dr Semmelweis, The Grinning Man) with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire.

Best known for her unforgettable roles on Benidorm, I’m A Celebrity, and Celebrity MasterChef, Crissy Rock has long been celebrated as one of the most outrageous and outstanding stand-up comedians of her generation.

To mark over 30 years since her powerful film debut in Ken Loach’s Ladybird, Ladybird, Crissy is hitting the road with a brand-new show in two unmissable halves!

Kevin Precious used to be a teacher. He enjoyed the teaching part; it was the stuff that goes with it that was a drag. So he left.

Determined to get a “Grown Up Career” after years spent as a musician, Kevin trained as a Religious Studies Teacher, despite being an affirmed sceptic and non-believer. Whilst wrangling with disinterested kids in various Secondary Schools in Sussex during the day, Kevin increasingly pursued the business of stand-up comedy at night… inevitably something had to give. The show is a funny overview of the pitfalls and pratfalls that go with Kevin’s former profession of teaching; with a bit of pedagogical stuff (ooh-er) thrown in for good measure.

"Kevin's stage charisma and poise set him head and shoulders above the previous acts" (Times)

A brand new musical, from the people behind this years critically acclaimed and sold-out show "Caravan Of Love", featuring brand new arrangements of hit songs.

Come and meet some of the regulars of the Victoria Inn - The place to pour your heart out.

It's usually very quiet on Monday night, but lovers, would-be lovers, married couples and some very dodgy characters all pass through the doors of the pub, where Max serves the drinks, hears their tales and breaks up the fights.

Margot and Roy - on the surface a very ordinary, boring couple who like University Challenge and beef stew, but on this Monday, they're trying something different.
Danny - the pub singer. He loves a bit of easy listening, but tonight isn't easy, as a heckler gets under his skin.
Jonas - A trendy DJ and mixmaster. He lives in the 21st century, but the pub is firmly stuck in the 90s. Does Jonas have a higher calling?
Dylan and Terry - Best mates, but are they in the right place?
Lauren and Alex - Two lovers, ready to wed, but they face opposition.

For all of these people, there's something in the air tonight. Oh Lord.

Nella Racksole wants steak and beer for her birthday treat, but these are not on the menu of the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel – so her American Railroad Millionaire father obligingly buys the chef… the kitchen… the entire hotel.

However, The Grand Babylon is not all it seems, and Theodore Racksole soon discovers there’s more than a juicy steak on his plate – with kidnapping and murder for starters!

Have Theodore and Nella bitten off more than they can chew?

The Grand Babylon Hotel is a rollicking comedy thriller, with a virtuoso cast of five bringing you many faces, chases, glamour, intrigue, and a couple of German princes thrown in for good measure.

A riotous evening out!

Director: Oliver Hermanus | 2025 | 15

In 1917, gifted singer Lionel Worthing, raised on the folk songs of rural Kentucky, attends the Boston Conservatory, where he meets composer David White. The pair bond over a shared love of folk music, and begin a secret romantic relationship.

After being separated by David’s service in World War I, they reunite in 1920 for a journey through Maine, recording traditional songs of rural Americans. Their winter together becomes a bittersweet testament to passion, memory and cultural preservation, shaping one another forever.

Cannes: Nominee, Palme d'Or, Queer Palm
Miskolc Int'l FF: Nominee, Best Film

Access: Includes descriptive captions for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Pam Stubbs has been sub-postmistress of Barkham Post Office for over twenty years, respected and loved by the community.
But when unexplained discrepancies start appearing in her accounts, Pam soon finds herself at the heart of the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history.

“A powerful, emotional and fascinating story from the excellent RABBLE Theatre.” ????? West End Best Friend

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood...

Follow the Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories’ enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She follows snowy tracks and encounters mysterious creatures – but the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist... does he?

Let your imagination run wild with songs, laughs and scary fun for everyone aged 3 to 103.

Access: Fri 20 March, 1.30pm & Sat 21 March, 10.30am (Relaxed Performances) / Sat 1 March, 1pm (BSL Interpreted)

Following the award-winning, five-star smash-hit stage show and BBC film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, the BAC Beatbox Academy returns to the stage with the world premiere hip-hop musical, Pied Piper.

It’s the eve of the mayoral election, and the kids of Hamelin aren’t happy. The mayor and owner of the local pie factory has imposed a music ban, and to make matters worse, there’s a serious rat problem. But, there have been whispers of a mysterious rat catcher in town… sometimes he plays a pipe…sometimes a microphone. Can this curious stranger help Hamelin to find its voice once more?

Pied Piper is a raucous musical re-imagining of a medieval fairy-tale. Featuring a hugely talented cast of beatboxers, musicians and special guest performances from the local community, get ready for an electrifying night of vocal wizardry for all the family.

Pied Piper is supported by Freedom Festival Arts Trust.

Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night and thought something so smart and astute that you couldn’t wait for the world to wake up so you could tell them?

THIS SHOW IS THAT THOUGHT.

In that it doesn’t make much sense and is a bit weird on reflection.

Sara Pascoe is a comedian and her children don’t sleep and her kitchen won’t clean itself and her husband “doesn’t want to be in it”.

As seen and heard on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo, The Great British Sewing Bee, Last One Laughing UK, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock the Week and co-host of Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast.

Join Peter Bleksley, a founding member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit and former star of Channel 4’s Hunted, as he lifts the lid on the most dangerous and hidden aspects of murder investigations. From the gritty realities of infiltrating criminal gangs to his own terrifying experience of becoming the target of a murder plot, Peter shares the untold stories of the most high-stakes cases.

For over a decade, Peter worked undercover, posing as everything from drug dealers to contract killers. His double life gave him access to the darkest corners of humanity, uncovering secrets that would save lives - but at the cost of his own safety. Forced into witness protection by an FBI-uncovered assassination plot, his career as a detective came to an abrupt end, leaving him with chilling memories of murderers and the justice system that hunts them.

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of true crime as Peter Bleksley reveals the harrowing reality behind solving murders and battling the criminal underworld. This is crime-fighting as you’ve never seen it before.

Running Time: approx. 2 hours inc. interval

Recommended Age: 16+

Join Peter Bleksley, a founding member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit and former star of Channel 4’s Hunted, as he lifts the lid on the most dangerous and hidden aspects of murder investigations. From the gritty realities of infiltrating criminal gangs to his own terrifying experience of becoming the target of a murder plot, Peter shares the untold stories of the most high-stakes cases.

For over a decade, Peter worked undercover, posing as everything from drug dealers to contract killers. His double life gave him access to the darkest corners of humanity, uncovering secrets that would save lives - but at the cost of his own safety. Forced into witness protection by an FBI-uncovered assassination plot, his career as a detective came to an abrupt end, leaving him with chilling memories of murderers and the justice system that hunts them.

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of true crime as Peter Bleksley reveals the harrowing reality behind solving murders and battling the criminal underworld. This is crime-fighting as you’ve never seen it before.

Start your school holidays by coming on a great adventure.

Come to Hull Truck Theatre for an adventure that features an arts and crafts
session followed by an interactive play that uses whatever you have made.

Each Great Adventure is totally different and features a new theme every time.

Each show lasts approximately 30 mins.

Designed for adventurers aged 3-6 years and their families.

All shows on Sat 28, Mon 30 & Tue 31 will be the same story and themes.

Paradise Found delivers a two hour high octane tribute performance featuring an electrifying all-star headline band on 1st April at 7.30pm.
Blazing through Meat Loaf’s greatest hits outa hell & legendary singalong anthems. Bat Out Of Hell, Took The Words, Modern Girl, Out Of The Frying Pan, Dead Ringer For Love and much more.
Expect high-impact visuals, formidable Musicians and an immersive live music experience like no other dedicated to the legend of Meat Loaf.
So come on, hold tight and get ready to sing and be part of the wildest night of your life.

Join ‘The Magical Mr West’ on an incredible adventure into the world of science! Aided by his corvid companion Crowbert and a collection of curious contraptions, Mr West demonstrates the fundamental principles of scientific enquiry, exploring everything from supersonic speediness to malicious misinformation.

Best known as one half of magic duo ‘Morgan & West’, ‘The Magical Mr West’ has travelled around the world performing to audiences of all ages with spectacular shows that include magic, science and a good deal of tomfoolery. Now he presents his most amazing show yet, with the help (or possibly hindrance…) of a wisecracking cartoon crow.

Expect skills, silliness and the studious application of logic as you embark upon ‘Adventures in Science!’

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from November 2025 to April 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen in February so that you can enjoy both film and exhibition together. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

WiFi Wars returns with an EGGstremely EASTERrific version of the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV's hit comedy/gaming show "Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit") and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer!

Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world and people in general, Brister has been told she needs to chill the hell out. Can Jen find her zen? It seems unlikely to be honest…

Jen is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer, as seen on BBC's Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, QI and Mock The Week. Following a sold out 2022 tour, Jen is back on the road with her highly anticipated new show.

This is the fable of Doris the Dormouse. Listen…take it in… be inspired, & dream big, as we take you on a journey…

Doris the Dormouse begins to prepare for her first winter alone but the cold is fast approaching, and with time running out… will she have had enough of the best berries in town to get by this winter, or will she go hungry?

Against the clock of autumn’s end, Doris goes in search of a rabbit’s lost home. Will she be able to find it? Will she succeed and get back in time for winter's beginning?

‘Doris the Dormouse’ is a show about kindness, change, community, and what’s possible with a little help from our friends. Join us this Spring for a brand-new gentle and heartwarming story filled with big characters, original live folk music and puppetry.

All performances are relaxed and accessible, with a Visual Guide and sensory table available to help you feel at ease before the show.

Recommended Age: 3+

Be part of a night like no other as we bring you the concert you’ve been dreaming of! The ultimate celebration of one the biggest bands to have ever graced the stage – Queen.

Break free with us and shake all over like a jellyfish as Radio GaGa recreates two magical hours live on stage, celebrating the magic, fun & showmanship of the bands touring days.

Playing all your favourite hits including, Don’t Stop me now, I Want to Break Free, Somebody to Love, Another one bites the Dust, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You and of course Bohemian Rhapsody.

Like all good things, on you we depend, so stick around because we have missed you and we say..

Radio, someone still loves you!

What happens when a cinema's Lord of the Rings marathon goes terribly wrong?

At the local cinema, all hell breaks loose when the ushers misplace the DVDs of The Lord of the Rings trilogy – every single copy! With only the soundtracks left in hand, the team of hapless ushers must somehow improvise an entire three-film saga in front of a live audience. Get ready for an uproarious evening of comedy, chaos, and utter nonsense, as they attempt to recreate the epic tale of hobbits, elves, and orcs – without any visuals, any planning, or any clue what they're doing.

Will Frodo ever make it to Mordor? Will Aragorn get crowned king? Will Gollum stop stealing the show? Will anyone even remember who’s supposed to be who?!

It’s a show that’s more fun than a barrel of hobbits, and definitely more chaotic than a Gandalf speech. If you’ve ever wanted to see Gollum fight a battle with sound effects, or Gandalf desperately trying to remember what happens next, then you’re in for a hilarious treat!

A monster’s guide to tolerance and temperance. Jess can feel herself becoming an emotional wildebeest right when her world (and the whole world, thanks) demands cool, collected ultra detached saint-like kindness and understanding. S**t.

She goes digging around in her DNA for answers and finds so many beautiful horrors. Witness her effort to become a brand new, mythical, mystical ‘coper.’ OR NOT. She gets cancelled, she gets touched and she gets a dolphin-based epiphany all in one show. The silliest of comedy for the scariest of days from Edinburgh Best Show Award Nominee.

If you love animals, then you are going to love this show. A show dedicated to all creatures great and small. The only show around that you get to see life sized crocodiles, sloths, reindeer, penguins, orangutans and maybe even a spraying skunk bursting out onto the stage right before your very eyes.

Join us for an unrepeatable evening of joy-filled nonsense and fast paced feel-good fun.

Right Here Right Now is a hilarious improvised show that will bring the roof down with laughter! It's funny, it's foolish, it's fit for family audiences, and it really does make it up as it goes along. You bring the ideas and our merry band of improvisers turn them into chaotic comedy using witty games and gags to bring side-splitting stories to life.

We guarantee an evening of mayhem, madness and muppetry! So, join us for an unrepeatable evening of joy-filled nonsense and fast-paced feel-good fun. Who wins the comedy crown? You decide!

No script. No clue. All chaos.

Book now to see this once-in-a-lifetime show! We guarantee, it will never be the same again!

Shipwrecked. Soaked. Seriously out of their depth.

Four middle-aged businesswomen head off on a team-building weekend in the Lake District… and promptly get marooned. On an island. In November. With only sausages, sarcasm, and a questionable grasp of map reading to survive.

With recriminations flying and tensions rising, Sheila’s Island is a darkly comic exploration of friendship, failure, and what happens when you’re forced to face the wild — and each other.

This amateur production is presented by Concord Theatricals Ltd.

Recommended Age: 12+

New Year. . . same problems!

It is the end of term and Godber’s hilarious comedy masterpiece has been reset for our post Covid times. bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their B.Tech Performance exam to showcase their work.

What follows is a funny, fast moving, hard hitting account of life at Whitewall Academy as they play staff, students and site premises managers, including the new drama teacher Ms Nixon who has helped get them into drama and changed their lives.

But as Salty, Gail and Hobby conclude their performance and leave state education, it appears that Miss Nixon is moving on too . . .to the local private school.

Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins (inc. a break)
Recommended Age: 14+
Content Guidance: Contains some strong language and mild sexual references.
Baby Friendly Performance: Wed 29 Apr, 11am - aimed at those with babies under 18 months.
Post-show Q&A: Free Q&A, for matinee ticket holders, after the performance on Thu 23 Apr, 2pm.