Welcome to Charles Hutch Press, the Hutch hub for arts, culture and What’s On in York and beyond.
About
WHO IS CHARLES HUTCH PRESS?
The Story
Charles Hutchinson has moved to pastures new yet still familiar after more than 30 years as the voice of the arts and culture at The Press, York.
Dubbed the “cultural linchpin of Yorkshire” for his distinctive coverage of theatre, music, comedy, film and the visual arts, Charles continues to work the arts beat in York and across God’s Own Arty Country.
This site provides previews, reviews, interviews and breaking news of the thriving cultural scene that he so passionately supports.
In establishing the Charles Hutchinson Culture Hub, he is also available to provide copy-writing and press services to spread your word to the media industry.
Contact Charles too for public-speaking engagements, hosting question-and-answer sessions, lecturing on journalism and the arts and radio comment.
Contact
charles.hutchinson104@gmail.com
Very mobile phone: 07958 262019
Facebook: Charles Hutchinson
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/CharlesHutchinson
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Twitter: @charleshutchpr1
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Breaking News
REVIEW: Martin Dreyer’s verdict on York Early Music Festival, Helen Charlston, mezzo soprano, and Toby Carr, theorbo, Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, 9/7/2025
HELEN Charlston’s elegant mezzo had already been heard at the festival’s opening event with Fretwork, but this solo recital with theorbist Toby Carr deserved special mention, not least for an attractive new work commissioned by the National Centre for Early Music from composer Anna Disley-Simpson and librettist Olivia Bell. Neither had been on my radar …
Last chance to see: Through It All Together, Courtyard Theatre, Leeds Playhouse *****
In the grip of dementia: Reece Dinsdale’s Howard and Shobna Gulati’s Sue in Through It All Together. Picture: Charlie Swinbourne THROUGH It All Together is the third play about Leeds United after Anders Lustgarten’s ubiquitous, damnable The Damned United and Anthony Clavane and Nick Stimson’s lesser-spotted Promised Land, A Northern Love Story, staged in a …
REVIEW: Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and York Theatre Royal present The Railway Children, Oxenhope Station *****
Farah Ashraf’s Roberta in the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture revival of York Theatre Royal’s The Railway Children at Oxenhope Station. Picture: James Glossop FULL steam ahead for The Railway Children becomes even fuller steam ahead as E Nesbit’s story returns to the railway line where Lionel Jeffries’s charming 1970 film was filmed, Jenny …