and one of the stars is caroline quentin.ng to the stage for this play. apart from paying the bills, why did you want to take this role? i was sent the script by richard bean and everyone knows he's a brilliant playwright. i had worked with him on a workshop years ago and i really liked him as a man and then i went to see one man, two guvnors, and i thought, yes, he really knows what he's doing. my agent said you have been sent a play, i read five pages, i was with my husband, and i said, i've got to do this play. i couldn't bear the thought of somebody else playing lady sarah before i did. i am really glad i'm doing it first. even though it means living away from home for three months? i am a long way from home. because i live in devon. if you live in london or manchester, it's not such a huge journey, but it is a long way from the south west to here. but a really great piece of work like this, they don't come along very often, they genuinely don't. it has been an amazing response. the tickets have been the fastest selling i

we will take you behind the scenes with actors caroline quentin and mark addy.tiny footprints making a giant artwork celebrating life, birth and memory. as you can see, there is already quite a buzz at hull truck theatre. but then again it's not everyday that the rsc up sticks and moves to a new home temporarily. but then again it's not a usual year for hull, we are the uk city of culture for 2017. i'm anne—marie tasker, the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc in hull. and this is kofi smiles. i'm the face of hull, chosen by the bbc to tell the world about the city of culture, after i auditioned here. you can see the stage, it's just down there, round past the toilets. it's three months since kofi was over there