Hull Truck Theatre is dishing up some egg-stra special Easter fun with a top line-up for its Spring Festival! The festival will run during the Easter holidays, from Tues Mar 25 – Sat Mar 29, and features a host of top comedy, music and fun sure to keep all ages entertained.

The festival will start off in style with Stan Laurel: Please Stand Up! (Tues Mar 25). Fans of Stan Laurel will be able to discover the man behind the legend in this touching new one-man show performed by Bob Kingdom, whose award-winning performances as Dylan Thomas and Truman Capote have delighted audiences around the world. There will be more comedy the following night when laid-back comedian Alun Cochrane (Wed Mar 26) takes the stage, and further laughs in-store with a performance from cult comedian Phil Cool (Sat Mar 29).

Two very different musical performances – from opposite sides of the world - will also be staged during the festival. Hull Truck is pleased to welcome traditonal Japanese musician Joji Hirota and his Taiko group, who will perform a programme of thrilling and energetic drumming (Thurs Mar 27). The following night will see a very different type of musical performance as tribute acts David Bowee and his band, and The Rex, rock the theatre!

Festival fun is not just restricted to adults – there is plenty for younger audiences too. Chucklevision writer and children’s author Ian Billings will perform Talking Pants (Wed Mar 26) - a stand-up show for children! There will also be a new storytelling spectacular from the ever-popular Moby Duck Theatre Company, The Kam Tree (Sat Mar 29).

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Media enquiries, including interview requests, to Alice Mooney, Marketing Officer (Press / PR). Tel 01482 325012 or email: alice@hulltruck.co.uk

Notes for editors:

· Stan Laurel: Please Stand Up! is presented by Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and The Warehouse Theatre. Tickets cost £9 / £7 concs.
· Talking Pants is recommended for children aged 5+. Tickets cost £5.
· Alun Cochrane’s show is entitled: Things That Have Happened To Me In Life, Or In Cafes. He has appeared on Just a Minute, Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of Ten Cats, Mock The Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Tickets cost £10 / £8 concs.
· The Taiko! show will feature more than 20 percussion instruments, interspersed with Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and vocal renditions of Japanese folk songs. Tickets cost £15 / £13 concs / £10 students and under 21s.
· The David Bowee impersonator is Les Holdstock, who has played the length and breadth of the company, but is back in his home town for this performance. Tickets cost £10.
· The Kam Tree is recommended for ages 5+. The show mixes storytelling with physical theatre, live music, puppetry and wild Korean humour. It is from the Moby Duck Theatre Company, the makers of Granny Vampire and The Two Bum Bun. Tickets cost £5.
· Tickets for Phil Cool cost £15 / £13 concs.