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Welcome to Charles Hutch Press, the Hutch hub for arts, culture  and What’s On in York and beyond. 

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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.

Breaking News

Meet Charlotte, Emily and Anne, the ‘other other’ Brontë in Underdog’s tale of Yorkshire sibling jealousies and rivalries

Jess Murray’s Emily, left, Lara Stafford’s Charlotte and Millie Rhodes’s Anne Brontë in York Settlement Community Players’ Underdog: The Other Other Brontë. Picture: John Saunders YORK Settlement Community Players are to stage the York premiere of Sarah Gordon’s Underdog: The Other Other Brontë at Theatre@41, Monkgate, York, from October 13 to 17. Premiered in 2024 …

More Things To Do in York and beyond. Hutch’s List No. 41, from The York Press

Amelia Bullmore in rehearsal for her lead role as Penelope in The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal. Picture: Pamela Raith Photography FROM The Penelopiad’s feminist twist on The Odyssey to Alan Carr testing new material, the Brontë  sisters’ other story to Jamie’s blossoming, Charles Hutchinson Hutchinson watches autumn find its fifth gear. Greek tragedy twist …

REVIEW: Pick Me Up Theatre in Noises Off, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, running riot farcically until tomorrow ****

Alexandra Mather’s Brooke Ashton, mezzanine level, left, Mark Simmonds’ Tim Allgood and Andrew Isherwood’s Garry Lejeune; Adrian Cook’s Frederick Fellowes, seated, Jessica Hardcastle’s Belinda Blair, Pearl Mollison’s Poppy Norton-Taylor and Helen Spencer’s Dotty Otley in Pick Me Up Theatre’s Noises Off. Picture: Matthew Warry COMPANY founder, director and designer Robert Readman will sign off his …

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