An at-a-glance guide to events at Hull's Freedom Festival 2013 on Sunday, September 8, 2013, featuring theatre, music, art and more, at the Fruit Market and Marina. To download a programme and map, click here.MAIN EVENT:The Paper Cinema's Odyssey is performed at 2.15pm and 4.30pm, in the Festival Big Top (opposite Ruscadors, Humber Street), by The Paper Cinema, a group of puppeteers, designers and musicians who are on stage throughout the production. Intricate pen and ink illustrations are manipulated in real-time in front of a live video camera and projected on to the big screen to music. Not to be missed. (Tickets £5/£4). Plus, a day of theatre and performance in the Tell Tales Tent in the Fruit Market.DEBATE: Inspired by William Wilberforce, the second annual Freedom to Speak debate will be held in the Big Top at noon, when people will be asked to say what they believe freedom is in 2013. The panel will include Dr Richard Burchill, of the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation. He will be joined by broadcaster and poet Lemn Sissay, who was the official poet for the London 2012 Olympics, and Martin Chinga, chairman of the Black History Partnership. Tickets are free, follow the link below to book.MUSIC: Highlights include "gypsy-jazz-punk-tango" quintet Alejandro Toldedo and The Magic Tombolinos (Pier Stage, 2.45pm) and Celtic fusion band Shooglenifty, who blend traditional Scottish music with electronica and alt-rock (Pier Stage, 4pm). Rising jazz star Kate Peters is among the highlights on the Yellow Bus Stage (Wellington Street) with her septet of "some of the finest young jazz musicians in the country" (3.15pm).Blues fans will enjoy Al Morrison on the Yellow Bus Stage at 2.15pm and 4.30pm. Local bands will showcase their sounds on stages dotted around the Fruit Market area, from 11am till 7pm. ART: Michael Barnes-Wynters gives a Street Art Masterclass at at the Museum of Club Culture, Humber Street (1pm), where you can also see Ziggy, an exhibition of photographs by Peter Hardy, including many of David Bowie (till 6pm). Plus, workshops and markets throughout the day around the Marina and Fruit Market.DANCE: Dance routines throughout the day on the Dance Stage, including the spectacular, gravity-defying acrobatics of Tanzanian trio The Black Eagles', by the Marina, at 12.30pm and 3.15pm. (The majority of events, including music stages, are free. Some theatre and comedy events are ticketed. For details and to buy visit www.freedomfestival.co.uk/tickets).
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