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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.

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: York Settlement Community Players in Blue Remembered Hills, York Theatre Royal Studio, until Saturday ****

Child’s play: Mark Simmonds’ Willie impersonating a bomber plane in Blue Remembered Hills. Picture: John Saunders FLEUR Hebditch, former Stephen Joseph Theatre dramaturg for a decade in Scarborough, is making her Settlement Players directorial debut with Dennis Potter’s stage adaptation of his 1979 BBC Play For Today drama. She brings together actors very familiar to …

Opera North, Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage Of Figaro), Leeds Grand Theatre, opening night, January 30

IT was odd that in an updated version of Figaro, ostensibly set in an English country house, Opera North should choose to perform the work in Italian for the first time in the Leeds company’s nearly half-century of existence. Not least because this show would have benefited from the variety of defining accents and characters …

REVIEW: York Guildhall Orchestra, York Barbican, February 8

Clarinet soloist Julian Bliss SUNDAY afternoons with the Guildhall have in a short time become a much-loved feature of York’s musical landscape. A Mozart overture, a Weber concerto and a Mahler symphony offered something for everyone here. You can tell a lot about a musical organisation’s view of itself by the calibre of soloists it …