Arts Diary: Will Marriott

The theatre's marketing team hope to transform the lower foyer of the Ferensway building with a sea of memorabilia to coincide with the production of Lee Hall's Cooking With Elvis, a revival of the one of the most popular plays ever staged by Hull Truck.

It is hoped that Elvis fans will get into the spirit of the occasion by loaning items for the exhibition.

The exhibition will be on at the same time as the run of Cooking With Elvis – from June 24 to July 10. To loan items to the exhibition, contact Richard Sutherland on 01482 325012 or email [email protected]. To book tickets for Cooking With Elvis, call 01482 323638 or visit www.hulltruck.co.uk

Music written by Malton-based band, The Sorry Kisses, has been heard by millions since being aired in the top-rated US hospital drama Grey's Anatomy.

Abandon Ship, a song penned by Hayley Hutchinson and Sam Forrest from their North Yorkshire home, was used as a musical montage segment, for the award-winning show, which regularly attracts in excess of 15 million viewers in America.

The primetime exposure is set to raise the profile of the duo stateside and internationally as it did for the UK band Snow Patrol after their single Chasing Cars was used in by the drama's producers.

This is not the first time the musicians have tasted success in America. In 2006, the band co-wrote Pocket Full of Stars especially for the Oscar nominated film Surf's Up.

Sam and Hayley still appear regularly in their home town, and often play at Malton's Mediterranean restaurant, Ambiente. Sam says: "Living in Ryedale is great for us and it definitely helps with our song writing."

Rock Up and Sing rocked up and sang – and sold out Harrogate's Royal Hall at the weekend.

The Rock Up and Sing choir, which meets weekly on Thursday at Harrogate High School, is a choir with a difference. While you might hear the Hallelujah Chorus at their concerts, you will also hear songs by Coldplay and U2.

The choir's most recent concert, last weekend, celebrated its first birthday and packed out the Harrogate venue, the sell out concert raising over 600 for St Michael's Hospice. Well done them.

Yorkshire musician Frances Laycock is proving that size really doesn't matter. Frances, from Easingwold, is currently teaching at Orwell Park School in Suffolk during her gap year.

She has been impressing the prep school students with two of her favourite instruments – her double bass, christened Humperdink by its original owner, her grandfather, and her own piccolo, which she has christened Pickles.

The musician has been impressing with her mastery of the two instruments – the largest and the smallest in the orchestra – as teacher Ted Blackbrow got in touch to tell us.