71 Coltman Street – Hull Truck Theatre
As a theatregoer, when you’re handed a complementary tub of chip spice along with your tickets, it does pique your interest.
The chip spice came courtesy of Hull Truck Theatre, whose world premiere production of 71 Coltman Street brought to life this local theatre’s creation, 50 years ago.
This week I have almost made myself ill by laughing so much at a Hull theatre production, but on Wednesday evening, at this intimate city centre venue, my chuckle muscles took a real battering.
The play centres around Hull Truck founder, Mike Bradwell, who at 23, arrived in our city in 1971, renting the run-down house of the production’s title, setting up the theatre from there the following year.
Written by Richard Bean, Bradwell admits not a word in the script is true, but that made not a j...