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
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Breaking News
REVIEW: Martin Dreyer’s verdict on Chapter House Choirs & Jervaulx Singers, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, October 25
Conductor Benjamin Morris THIS was a strange programme. Ostensibly a celebration of the Chapter House Choir’s upcoming 60th anniversary in December, it somehow morphed into marking the season of remembrance. Celebration and remembrance do not often make easy bedfellows. Furthermore, the choir’s founder, Andrew Carter – who is also a distinguished choral composer – was …
REVIEW: Martin Dreyer’s verdict on British Music Society, Amabile, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, October 31
TOO rarely do we get the chance to hear and acknowledge the professional musicians living in our midst. The clarinettist Lesley Schatzberger has played internationally with several distinguished orchestras and ensembles, but makes her home in York. She also spearheads Amabile, whose other members are pianist Paul Nicholson – like her, a University of York …
REVIEW: Martin Dreyer’s verdict on Opera North in Susanna, Leeds Grand Theatre, October 22
Anna Dennis as Susanna with Yasmina Patel from Phoenix Dance Theatre in Opera North’s Susanna. Picture: Tristram Kenton HANDEL’S Susanna, billed as oratorio, might have been an opera but the Bishop of London banned staged performances of biblical topics not long before it was premiered in 1749. Winton Dean even called it “an opera of …