Hull Truck Theater: The Game explores the origins of the company
Written byTimes Magazine
A new play recreates the early origins of an innovative theater company. The Hull Truck Theater was founded in 1971 by Mike Bradwell in a house on Coltman Street. It should tell "real people" stories.
To mark the company's 50th anniversary in 2021, Hull-born screenwriter Richard Bean has been tasked with creating a new play. 71 Coltman Street opens in theaters on February 22. "I wanted to give the Hull audience a great night out at the theater and capture some of the early spirits of Hull Truck," said Mr. Beans.
The screenwriter says the comedy aims to capture the "big company" founded by Mr. Bradwell. "He'll let you go on a kid's show in the morning, play at 7:30, and then a late-night cabaret in a pub, and they won't pay you."
He said the show was structured around the release of the early Hull Truck tracks and wanted to capture that period. "I'm from Hull, and I remember being at Hull in the early 70s. I just recognized it; it's like wearing an old slate. The company lived and worked in a rented house on Coltman Street in the early days.
The drama centers on Mr. Bradwell, who said that Mr. Bean started the company because he couldn't get anyone to hire him to do the theater he wanted.
"Which creates and creates drama for people he knows, real people, not kings or middle-class leaders. However, he said it was still a risky proposition, "but Mike is an individualist, that's not going to put him off, and it's a great achievement." Mr. Bean said the start-up had a lasting impact on Hull.
"For a northern city, a complex working city, such a port city is significant for us to have this cultural life. "I don't think we would be a City of Culture in 2017 without Mike, who founded Hull Truck in 1971.
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