Bookcase sculpture launches ticket treasure hunt

A "travelling bookcase" sculpture is being hidden at locations across East Yorkshire as part of a treasure hunt to win tickets for a theatre play.

East Riding Libraries said it had partnered with Mikron Theatre to give out free tickets to the Top of the Wold play, which is due to tour nationally from 27 March.

The play, which includes original songs, features the East Riding mobile library in "a celebration of community, culture, caravans, and peas", according to its creators.

Clues about the sculpture's location will be posted on social media, with "whoever is lucky enough to find it first" taking the prize, organisers said.

Councillor Nick Coultish, cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: "This collaboration is a brilliant initiative, but to bring the excitement into our rural communities makes it even more accessible.

"This is something everyone should be excited about as it showcases all of the wonderful things about our area on a national stage."

Hayley Clark, arts in libraries officer, added: "We're so excited for Top of the Wold to premiere in the East Riding at the end of March, and this treasure hunt felt like the perfect way for us to countdown to opening night.

"The hunt will be giving away tickets to various venues across the county, so everyone will be in with a chance of attending a showing close to them."

According to Mikron Theatre, the play will premiere at Pocklington Arts Centre and follows four actor-musicians as the mobile library explores the region and the stories of people living in it.

It is billed as a "laugh-out-loud quest through a patchwork of culture and community, celebrating the forgotten, the resilient, and the wonderfully eccentric".

The travelling bookcase sculpture is based on work by Yorkshire artist Adrian Riley.

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