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 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. we
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 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. today, we are taking it quite literally because we are not in a concert hall or in a t
culture has brought us here to hull s 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 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 starman, waiting in the sky. and go on a trip down memory lane with a spider from mars. hello, i m anne marie tasker, and 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. 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 i
And that is actually quite a clever slogan by alok sharma s team, because it means you could get to the end of cop, tot up all the commitments made by the countries to reduce their carbon emissions, not be at limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees, but still have the potential to eventually get there. so, basically, you can t lose. because as long as it s not impossible, it still alive. right, let s have another question. hi, i mjason. what pressures will be put - on countries not doing enough to combat climate change? thanks, jason. that s another great question. i think the main thing for me is we need to make sure people realise it s not too late. the scientists have issued this code red for humanity, and it is the uk government s role, as the leaders of this summit, to make sure they are bringing countries around the country to close that gap. that will be really important in terms of the success of this summit, the role of the uk government as leaders of cop26,