10 must see events in Hull 2017 season three Freedom this summer – Hull Daily Mail

Hull's role in freedom and the abolition of slavery is part of its history we are fiercely proud of.

So it is no surprise it will feature heavily in Season 3 of the City of Culture 2017 programme.

Hull 2017 have promised an 'incredible' next six months of events after revealing their plans at the start of March.

As well as performances from Jeff Lynne's ELO, festivals and a celebration of equality and diversity, there are many performances and artworks heading to the city.

Here you can find ten of the top events which will be coming to the city this summer.

Hull 2017's third season will see the reopening of Hull New Theatre following its 1m rebuild, the most significant since being opened in 1939 as a successor to the Hull Repertory Theatre Company.

You can enjoy several performances from The Kings of Hull which sees the return of John Godber and the classic story of the trailblazing Jane Eyre.

From September 18, Hull New Theatre.

This is a ten day celebration of colour in Humber Street Gallery and Fruit Market, with installations by some of the most exciting creative figures in contemporary art, design and architecture using the specialist coloured paper Colorplan from Hull company G F Smith.

Also revealed at the launch of Paper City will be the launch of an international survey to discover the world's favourite colour.

From June 30 to July 9, various locations.

From July will be a biographical exhibition on Philip Larkin at the University of Hull, where he spent three decades as librarian. It promises to lift the lid on the life of one of Hull's most influential creatives.

Curated by Anna Farthing, and featuring unseen letters, photography and personal possessions, the exhibition will explore connections between Larkin's life and his work in Hull. Complementing the exhibition, this year's Philip Larkin Society Distinguished Guest Lecturer will be acclaimed British artist Grayson Perry on July 5

From July 5 until October at the University of Hull.

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For generations in Hull, fortunes were made and a distinct way of life was created by the city's fishing community. But the freedom to make a living came at a cost for relying on the resources of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Seafaring communities on both sides of the Cod Wars reflect on confrontation, co-operation and loss in this film and photography exhibition.

From July 15 to September 24 at the Hull Maritime Museum.

From September, Hull will host one of the world's most prestigious awards, the Turner Prize. The exhibition of the four shortlisted artists' work will be held at the Ferens Art Gallery until January 2018, and is free.

From Damien Hirst's cows in formaldehyde to Anthea Hamilton's 16ft sculpture of a bare bottom, this provocative exhibition always generates debate.

From September 26 to January 18, at Ferens Art Gallery.

The Northern Ballet and CBeebies have teamed up for this fantastical ballet with a wonderful wizard, and a story that takes you from a world of greyness to one of brilliant technicolour.

The Great Blueness will premiere with live performances in Hull before being shown on CBeebies to pre-school children and their families across the UK.

From August 14 to August 19 at Airco Arena.

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International pioneers of site responsive performance dreamthinkspeak present ONE DAY, MAYBE, which they say will conjure a "kaleidoscopic dreamscape" where live performance, installation and cutting edge technology combine to create a vividly dystopian vision of a world spinning out of control.

Deep within a hidden office complex in the city centre, a mysterious new Korean technology company is about to change the way you view the world.

From September 1 to October 1. The location is still to be revealed.

As part of LGBT 50, a week-long festival signifying the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Humber Street Gallery will host The House of Kings and Queens.

This will exhibit especially commissioned photography by Lee Price. Captured in Sierra Leone, where homosexuality remains illegal, Price's powerful images offer a glimpse into The House where inhabitants can live without oppression, exposing what it means to be gay in Hull's sister city Freetown.

From July 27 to September 24, at Humber Street Gallery.

Taking place in different locations with inspiration from a famous Hull street, Land of Green Ginger is designed to infiltrate everyday life.

An exciting cohort of artists, including Lone Twin, Davy and Kristin McGuire and Macnas will be spinning myth and magic across Hull neighbourhoods, transforming places which can feel unnoticed into places of possibility, where "Acts of Wanton Wonder" can occur.

Artists have described it as the antidote to boredom; and have promised astonishment, delight and curiosity to spread across Hull as each chapter leads on to the next.

Visit http://www.hull2017.co.uk for further information.

Known internationally as 'Theatre of the Struggle', the theatre challenged the apartheid regime and became a powerful voice for freedom and emancipation.

Their production of The Suitcase will have its UK premiere at Hull Truck Theatre. It is a short story by Es'kia Mphahlele, that follows a young couple from the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal who seek a better life in the city, soon to realise that urban life is cold, cruel and unwelcoming.

From August 31 to September 9, at Hull Truck Theatre.

Visit http://www.hull2017.co.uk for further information on all the events.

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10 must see events in Hull 2017 season three Freedom this summer - Hull Daily Mail