Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival returns to Hull’s Fruit Market this weekend with two days of performances, workshops, talks and social events. The annual festival will showcase plays by 34 local writers, with rehearsed readings in a marquee on Stage@TheDock and Middle Child’s new studio theatre at 69 Humber Street.
The Pop-Up Space on Pier Street will also host workshops and talks with theatre luminaries, such as John Godber, South African playwright Gillian Slovo and Simon Stephens, the Olivier Award-winning writer of The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time. #Hull writer Lydia Marchant, who has written plays for Hull Truck Theatre, alongside episodes of EastEnders and Casualty for television, will deliver a keynote speech, as will Rachel Twigg, head of studio at the #NationalTheatre. ... See MoreSee Less