Hull Truck

Customer	Henri Duckworth	

			

	PID	

  	Detailed project description (200–400 words)	For 2017, Hull Truck are maximising the opportunity of Hull being UK City of Culture to commission and programme a year of world premieres and new productions, with many new partnerships in co-productions with national companies to build new audiences for the theatre and further build a national reputation as a major producing theatre in the UK, which is critical for the theatre’s long term growth and resilience.

The programme will increase the number of in-house productions for the mainhouse two-fold and include a major youth theatre production.  Productions will be significantly larger in cast and ambitious in physical production size and scope.   

Programmes in the Studio will provide opportunities for artist and project development and the Creative Learning Programme will complement the mainhouse programme as well as offering engagement and participation opportunities to the education sector and communities.   
  
In order to deliver the Projects and the enhanced artistic programme, Hull Truck will develop and grow its teams and skill sets which it is intended will increase the cultural resource of the city.
Hull Truck will maintain its activities in the areas of Live Screenings (eg NT Live); Hull Jazz Festival; Visiting Companies; Local Group Performances, continuing to develop audiences and the resilience of the theatre for the future.

The ambitious programme is designed to significantly increase audiences locally, regionally and nationally for 2017 and thereafter. 

Hull 2017 is providing funding to Hull Truck to complement extant funding from Arts Council of England, Hull City Council and other trusts & foundations.

Spaces
Through 2017, Hull Truck will be a central hub space for Hull 2017 enabling access for the following key events on a ‘direct costs only’ basis (ie including only non-core staff hours, casual staff, non-stock equipment and technical hires), with any additional staffing required for an event to be invoiced at cost to Hull 2017:	
 	Event Synopsis (c3 sentences of headline info, replaced by official copy)	Project Outcomes & Outputs
Production and project details are listed below.

All productions will include at least one interpreted performance and the Hull Truck aim to offer more.  There will be at least one relaxed performance for the Christmas Production and Hull Truck are exploring hosting a relaxed performance for The Hypocrite.

Mainhouse & Studio
1 World Premier
Coproduction with RSC
The Hypocrite
by Richard Bean
- 3 weeks perfs / 24-29 perfs with the option of extending to 4 weeks should sales allow at the sole discretion of Hull Truck.
- company of 22 

2 New Production
Coproduction with Northern Broadsides
Richard III 
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Barrie Rutter
- 25th Anniversary of Northern Broadsides
- 3 weeks / 24 perfs

3 JUNE- Hull Truck Production
Mighty Atoms
by Amanda Whittington
- 3 weeks / 21 perfs
4 Artist development for a future coproduction with Eclipse Theatre
Revolution Mix 

5 Hull Truck Production
Our Mutual Friend - Youth Theatre Production
- 1 week / 5 perfs

6 Market Theatre Production 
subject to successful ACE STF bid
- 2 weeks / 10 perfs

7 World Premier possible Coproduction with a Theatre TBC (tbc subject to contract). 
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian
by Marina Lewycka
adapted by Tanika Gupta
- 3 weeks / 21 perfs
- cast of 8
The parties acknowledge that the above Project is not confirmed as at the date of this Agreement and depends on the Partner securing co-producer(s). In the event that appropriate co-producers are not secured, the parties will discuss in good faith possible alternatives, including re-scheduling the production to early 2018 or allocating the funding from Hull 2017 attributable to this Project to an alternative Project or projects.

8 OCT/NOVEMBER – Hull Truck Production
New Commission
Writer TBC

9 Hull Truck Production
A Christmas Carol 
by Debbie McAndrew
- 5 weeks / 45 perfs
- cast of 10

10 Hull Truck and Hull 2017 will collaborate throughout the period of this Agreement. There may be additional projects including but not limited to those listed below.   However, as at the date of this Agreement none of these projects are confirmed. Particular initiatives will only be confirmed if both parties share an interest in them and if Hull Truck has the capacity to deliver them.
HIPI – Hull Independent Producer Initiative
BBC Folk Festival (confirmed in schedule – Mainhouse & Studio)
PRSF New Music Festival (possible hire of venue)
Hull Truck Orchard Park Initiative – collaboration with Hull 2017 Creative Communities Project
Hull Dance and Hull Dance Prize
Jess Thom Alchemy of Chaos project 
Access Project – Captioning Equipment & Operation with HC&L and Hull 2017	
 	Project Plan	Draft	
 	RAMS	Pending	
 	Event Operational Safety Plan	Pending	
 	Budget	Draft	
 	Marketing & Comms Plan	Pending	
 	Greenlit?	Y	
 	Milestones	N	
 	Change log	Greenlit at Board on 19 Jan 2016
JC updated budget on SK advice 15/7/16
MA updated from contract 26.08.2016	
 	Last updated	26/08/2016	
 Dates	Project start date	25/01/2016	
 	Project Live date	01/01/2017	
 	End of Live date	31/12/2017	
 	End of evaluation date	31/03/2018	
 Categories	Project Type	1: Hull 2017 Curated Programme	
 	Strand	Hull Truck	
 	Season	1234: Thru-2017	
 	Primary art form	Theatre	
 	Secondary art form	n/a	
 	Tertiary art form	n/a	
 	Digital Requirements	High	
 	Part of University VIK programme?	N	
 	Strategic partner?	Strategic partner funded	
 Finance	Total project budget	£2,000,000.00	
 	Hull 2017 contribution	£680,000.00	
 	Income factored in		
 	Analysis/project code(s)	C060	
 	ACE - A4E	N	
 	ACE - Strategic Touring Fund	N	
 	ACE - HM Treasury for Turner	N	
 	Big Lottery Fund	N	
 	Ellerman Foundation	Y	
 	Esmee Fairburn Foundation	N	
 	Garfield Weston Foundation	N	
 	Heritage Lottery Fund	N	
 	H&ER Charitable Trust	N	
 	Hull CCG	N	
 	Spirit of 2012	N	
 	University of Hull	N	
 	Are there any specific funder requirements for delivery?	...	
 People	Project Lead	Henri Duckworth	
 	Producer	Hull Truck Theatre	
 	Assistant Producer	Hull Truck Theatre	
 	Production Manager	Hull Truck Theatre	
 	Creatives & key people (temporary field)	eg Jeff Smith, Curator	
 Objectives	Target # audience	40000	
 	Forecast/actual # audience		
 	Hull residents	Y	
 	Regional	Y	
 	National	Y	
 	International	Y	
 	Children (<16)	Y	
 	Young people (16-25)	Y	
 	Families	Y	
 	Older people (60+)	Y	
 	Self-identify as disabled	N	
 	BME	Y	
 	NEET	N	
 	Objective 1	Significantly increase audiences locally, regionally and nationally for 2017 and thereafter.	
 	Met? 1	N	
 	Objective 2	Commission and programme a year of world premieres and new productions, with many new partnerships	
 	Met? 2	N	
 	Objective 3	Build a national reputation as a major producing theatre in the UK, which is critical for the theatre’s long term growth and resilience.	
 	Met? 3	N	
 	Objective 4	Develop and grow its teams and skill sets which it is intended will increase the cultural resource of the city.	
 	Met? 4	N	
 	Objective 5	Talent Development: A) Provide opportunities for artist and project development. B) Creative Learning Programme will complement the mainhouse programme as well as offering engagement and participation opportunities to the education sector and communities.	
 	Met? 5	N	
 	# temporary jobs created (target) [employed by H2017, >=12m]	100	
 	# temporary jobs created (forecast/actual)		
 	# freelance contracts created (target) [self-employed, engaged directly]	50	
 	# freelance contracts created (forecast/actual)		
 	# participation opportunities (target)		
 	# participation opportunities (forecast/actual)		
 	...of which for school age (target)		
 	...of which for school age (forecast/actual)		
 	# commissions (target)	7	
 	# commissions (forecast/actual)		
 Performance, Residency & Legacy	Performance: Summary of events, including dates, times, venues, ticketing strategy (free/paid, (un)ticketed), age guidelines (free text OR UKFC categories) etc.	Ticketing strategy will work with Hull Truck's extant and operational policy, ensuring key  ticketing initiatives for Hull 2017 will be incorporated and deliverable.  See attached annual schedule for mainhouse performances. Studio & Education programme schedule TBC	
 	Residency: What opps will be created for our education programme? How will the project build new audiences through engagement? Note #s, types & duration of participation opps.	Hull Truck Creative Learning department will create and deliver a range of programmes to complement the productions and initiatives to develop artists and theatremakers. The GROW programme runs throughout the year, with a focused festival in May/June. This festival brings the best of national theatre practitioners to the city to share practice, mentoring and practical workshops.

Creative Learning Programme
1 Grow Programme 
including focus on International Artists (Hull 2017 core partner cities) and continuing Graeae partnership

2 RSC Companion Piece – The Defiance
Intergenerational project exploring when ‘the protest generation’ meet the ‘politically apathetic’.
- 75 participants
- site specific performance in March ‘17

3 Youth Theatre of the North
A vocational theatre training programme offering an alternative entry route into the theatre profession. 2017 will be a pilot for the project working with three venues offering young people aged 16-25 years a bridge between local youth theatre provision and professional training in theatre. Each partner will host a week-long residential for their local company in Easter 2017 and then brings their company to Hull in August 2017 for a second residential week where they will take part in an intensive programme including masterclasses, devising and rehearsing a performance.	
 	Legacy: What is built into the core project that will ensure legacy?	New ways of working and expansion in all departments of the Theatre for 2017 - producing, production, marketing, education and operations - will provide professional development, new robust structures, intellectual property and increased audience base for the theatre's future sustainability.

New and increased number of partner industry organisations for future co-commissioning and co-production; Hull Truck post 2017 will be re-positioned as a significant national partner.

Organisational Development
Augmentation of Technical Departments to support increased produced work programme.
Augmentation of Producing Department to support increased produced work programme.
Augmentation of Marketing Departments and additional show budgets.
Augmentation of Access Programming including investment in equipment, marcomms and engagement, interpreted performances in all forms.	
 Project Management	What is the model for delivering this project? eg we will employ a creative team, we will outsource to an agency, we are contributing funding but no other resource…	Hull Truck will be contracted under the Hull 2017 Delivery Partner Agreement and Hull Truck will be responsible for artistic direction, contracting, delivery and operations for productions, marketing and creative learning. Hull 2017 support over a 24 month period will enable Hull Truck as an organisation to produce and present a year of extraordinary diverse work including World and UK premiers to firmly establish Hull Truck as a leading national producing theatre.

The programme will grow and exercise the theatre's artistic muscle in the industry; double output; co-produce at an unprecedented scale; develop operationally to deliver the new scale of programme; invest and develop the local professional team working alongside national theatre companies; expand talent development and creative learning programmes; create new youth theatre production; connect and integrate the theatre with theatre across the city; develop new and increase investment in marketing; develop new audiences locally, nationally and regionally.	
 	How will delivery partners be identified and procured? Refer to the procurement flowchart and note below the agreed process (A–G) for each contract.	Hull Truck Theatre is a strategic partner for Hull 2017.
Hull Truck were party to the CoC Bid.
Hull Truck Theatre is an NPO and the only producing theatre in the city.
Procurement process for artists, technicians, suppliers etc to be controlled through Hull Truck standard procedures.	
 	Who are the delivery partners? (Contact & organisation name, contract status for each)	As Delivery Partner, Hull Truck will enter co-production agreements with a variety of third parties.	
 	Volunteer management: What is your expectation of volunteer requirements? (Numbers, roles, responsibilities, duration / period required)	Through the year.
Wayfinding for new visitors to the city from Station to Hull Truck
Front of House support to the Hull Truck inhouse team.
Performance Opportunities for at least one production: Fantastic Voyage. This is scheduled to take place in Oct/Nov.	

                                 
	
Contact Details

Duckworth, Henri		 henri.duckworth@hull2017.co.uk default	
Hull Truck Theatre