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
this thing was beside me. i ve looked over and they said, oh, a shark. he was doing a dance around. he was thrashing everywhere. in half an hour we head to hull, the european city of culture for a circus performance in a cemetery. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the intelligence service mi5 is to review the way it deals with information from the public, in the light of the manchester suicide bombing. it will look in particular at its response to warnings that the man who carried out the attack, salman abedi, was a threat. this morning, police are searching properties in chester and greater manchester and have arrested a man in west sussex. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it s been nearly a week, and the pace of this massive counterterrorism operation is not letting up. last night, it was rusholme and gorton, more armed police and controlled explosions. a 19 year old man was arrested, taking to 13 the total in custody. earlier yesterday, there was
asteroids, meteors and satellites. this is being turned into a giant musical instrument taking you on a sonicjourney musical instrument taking you on a sonic journey across the musical instrument taking you on a sonicjourney across the humber. musical instrument taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. and i have been on myjourneys, too, to explore the cultural links between this maritime city and its sister city of reykjavik. this talk of girls not boxing is old fashioned. we will also find out how the women s boxing pioneer barbara patrick is finally being recognised in her home city. iam i am annemarie tasker and i have the a rts i am annemarie tasker and i have the arts and culture corresponded for the bbc here in hull in this is kofi smiles. i am the face of hull was about bbc to tell the world about the city of culture. we re out the humber bridge, where there is lincolnshire and behind you is the city of hull. this is one of the north‘s most famous landmarks,
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