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It is the 1930s, and in the countryside the tractor is taking over from the horse. Wilf is a farmer whose traditional methods have served him well all through his hard-working life, but when his younger brother-in-law Totty insists on introducing new technology in the form of a tractor into their family business, Wilf fears that the balance of nature will be upset. A family feud develops and things get worse when a mysterious stranger appears, and the family fear that he is p

Hull's Back to Ours team will bring arts and culture to the city for the October half-term, boosted by funding from the Arts Council for another three years. The team will bring a free outdoor show to the North Point Shopping Centre, and the return of Australian circus giants Casus to Hull for their October festival next week. Back to Bransholme – a free, outdoor show in the car park of North Point – has been devised, produced and directed by the Back to Ours team. Borne out

Beverley Theatre Company's next production will be Cheshire Cats by Gail Young, as their fundraising focus switches to supporting people with breast cancer. Grown women, aching feet and heaving bosoms! Follow the Cheshire Cats team as they speedwalk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk. Hilary, Siobhan, Yvonne, Vicky and Maggie are attempting to walk 13 miles across the capital in record time in their decorated bras and posh new trainers, but the sixth memb

They're "Outside the Box" with (back row, second left) director Noreen Thorp A double-bill of comedy will bring some autumn cheer to East Yorkshire with the next drama performance by the Market Weighton Community Players. Outside the Box, by JPS Yates, is a one-act play satirising office life where the office workers are nursery toys. Ragdoll is feeling unwanted but news comes from the “HR” fairy that there are to be cuts in the toy department – who will go? This production c

An Eric Chappell comedy, Passing Strangers, is the opening production of the 2019-20 season for the Brough-based Petuaria Players. In this play, Malcolm discovers how true his words are when he takes his friend, Clive, to a singles' evening. Clive, a hospital porter masquerading as a doctor, has been left by his wife while Malcolm is a confirmed bachelor and says he is "big in imports" - translated as a market stall trader. In the deserted hotel bar, they meet two recent div