anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebrationllo, and welcome to hull, the uk city of culture. the uk city of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull's cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but it's exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there's a star man, waiting in the sky... and go on a trip down memory lane with a spiderfrom mars. hello, i'm anne—marie tasker, and i'm the arts and culture correspondence for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. i'm the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we are taking it quite literally beca

hello, i'm anne—marie tasker, and i'm the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull, andsmiles. i'm the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission, to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today, we are taking it quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or in a theatre, we are here in a graveyard. it's a setting for a performance which is quite difficult to sum up in just a few words. it's part—circus acrobats, part—music, part—dance and it all takes place under the cover of darkness. areialists, acrobats, video artists, singers. coming together to tell the story of an ancient greek legend in a new way. depart explores the tragic love story of orpheus when he descends into the underworld and tries and fails to bring his dead wife, eurydice, back to life. the audience happens upon the action as they wander through hull's general cemetery. but trying to find the right trees, and battling the british weather has been challenging. performing outdoors definitely has its challenges like that. namely the weather. quite often you will find yourself q

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anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebration

anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year long celebrationllo and welcome to hull, the uk's city of culture for 2017. show casing the brightest and the best of culture has brought us here to hull's cemetery for a performance with a difference. we meet matt fraser who will put his disability centre stage. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain. it's extraordinary that it's the first, but exciting i get to do it. we meet the army of volunteers giving up their time for culture. # there's a star man waiting in the sky... and go on a trip down memory lane with a spider from mars. hello. i'm the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull. this is kofi. i'm the face of hull, chosen by the bbc with a mission to bring you culture whenever and wherever it happens. today we're taking that literally because we're not in a concert hall or in because we're not in a concert hall orina because we're not in a concert hall or in a theatre, we're here in a graveyard it's the setting for a performance that's

anne—marie tasker and kofi smiles have the latest instalment of what's happening in the year—long celebrationity of culture. showcasing the brightest and the best of contemporary culture has brought us here to hull's cemetery for a circus performance with a difference. and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disability centre stage to play shakespeare's richard iii. i'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but it's exciting that i get to do it. we will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving