matt fraser has beenin disabled villain. the northern theatre company for thee weeks now. you back off like that in a greek play with a mask. and for matt, this is one of the toughest roles he's ever had, with 685 lines to learn. soi ever had, with 685 lines to learn. so i clothe my naked villain... the director started northern broadside 25 years ago with the aim of making shakespeare accessible to all. he has always sought to break new ground. with matt as his lead, his theatre company is still blazing a trail where others are sure to follow. you've done lots of theatre, but never any shakespeare, why now? well, i did puck in a kind of adapted version of midsummer night's dream with chaos theatre company about 2007. but that was my only previous experience of shakespeare. the reason why now is because i was really surprised to be offered to audition and intrigued and scared. you know, i'm what we might term a mid—career artist. i suppose you go along and each time you do something, it's less shocking or dangerous the next

we are sitting in with the lead actor, matt fraser.oots, after role in american horror story. can you imagine a mug on this normal body? i could have ruled the world. matt fraser has been in rehearsals for three weeks now. and for him, it's one of the toughest roles he's ever had with 685 lines to learn. director, barry rutter started northern broadsides 25 years ago with the aim of making shakespeare accessible to all. his success means others are sure to follow. you have done lots of theatre, but never any shakespeare. why now? i did puck, in a midsummer night's dream. the reason why now is because i was intrigued to be asked to audition and i'm what we might call a mid—term career artist, and each time you do something it is less shocking dangerous the next time you do it. it had been a long time since i had been scared of something and just the notion of doing that wonderful, eponymous character. it's not the easiest of shakespeare's plays, is it? it's one of the most famous plays, it's done more than hamlet, even. and it is the on

and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disabilitytre 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 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 t

and continuing our celebration of difference, we meet matt fraser who will be putting his disabilityd 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

and continuing our celebration of difference, we'll meet matt fraser who will be putting his disabilityrst time in britain which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but it's exciting that i get to do it. we'll meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. # there's a starman waiting in the sky #. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spider from mars. hello, i'm anne—marie tasker i'm the arts and culture correspondent 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. and and today, we're taking that quite literally because we are not ina quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or a theatre but here ina in a concert hall or a theatre but here in a graveyard. is the setting for a performance that is quite difficult to sum up in just a few words. it is part circus acrobats, party music, part dance and it all ta kes pla ce party music, part dance and it all takes place under the cover of darkness. acrobats, video artists, singers

matt keller joins us at the scene. >> reporter: i am standing here on mt. fraser to prevent anybody from walking in and they have an officer preventing any vehicles from coming in as well, and the crime scene police have been here all night, and this happened around 11:35 after there was a report of an family disturbance. a man was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries and no word on his conditions right now and the officer will be placed on paid administrative leave. the homicide department are investigating. we are told that the chief will be speaking later to the media today and we will get more details on what exactly happened here last night. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> we will be watching to see if caitlyn jenner makes headlines today. this will be a conversation between jenner, retired judge and the man that co-wrote jenner's new book. the commonwealth club is hosting the event and go to their website for tickets and that event starts at 7:00 p.m. >>> former president obama and wife michelle will visit the bay area