Whats happening in the year long celebration. Hello, and welcome to hull, the uk City Of Culture. Showcasing the brightest and The Best Of Contemporary Culture has brought us here to hulls 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 shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a star man, waiting in the sky. And go on a Trip Down Memory Lane with a spiderfrom mars. Hello, im anne marie tasker, and im the arts and Culture Correspondence for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. Im 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 li
Whats happening in the year long celebration. Hello, and welcome to hull, the uk City Of Culture. Showcasing the brightest and The Best Of Contemporary Culture has brought us here to hulls 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 shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a star man, waiting in the sky. And go on a Trip Down Memory Lane with a spiderfrom mars. Hello, im anne marie tasker, and im the arts and Culture Correspondence for the bbc here in hull and this is kofi smiles. Im 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 li
Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a starman, waiting in the sky. And go on a Trip Down Memory Lane with a spider from mars. Hello, im anne marie tasker, and im the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull, and this is kofi smiles. Im 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. Its a setting for a performance which is quite difficult to
Culture has brought us here to hulls cemetery for a Circus Performance with a difference. And continuing our celebration of difference, we meet mat fraser, who will be putting his Disability Centre stage to play shakespeares richard iii. Im a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first time in britain, which is extraordinary that it should be the first, but its exciting that i get to do it. We will meet the army of 2017 volunteers giving up their free time for culture. Theres a starman, waiting in the sky. And go on a Trip Down Memory Lane with a spider from mars. Hello, im anne marie tasker, and im the arts and culture correspondent for the bbc here in hull, and this is kofi smiles. Im 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. Its a setting for a performance which is quite difficult to
Extra security measures. But visitors undeterred by those recent events and gathering for a series of concerts which have been taking place throughout the evening there, ahead of this Fireworks Display, which began on the dot of midnight. Seems that we have seen of course in other parts of the world already, who are well into 2017, in paris also has welcomed in the new year, madrid as well. Dubai put on an amazing show as well, with fireworks from the worlds tallest building, in the heart of the city. And we will be looking at what london and edinburgh are doing in one hours time. We have also heard from police here that just to time. We have also heard from police here thatjust to make sure that people feel safe on a night like this, they are out in force on our streets here in the uk as well. Well, lets show you london, can be . There we go. Big big ben has fallen quiet lately, with no bongs, and thats not right. But this is the scene, with not just thats not right. But this is the s