ARTS DIARY
Flatland Projects – My Assembled Selves 2 Sept-5 Nov
Swelling clouds, aged turf and morphing figures populate the paintings and drawings of Martyn Cross. Within this presentation at Flatland Projects, personal, elemental and historic fragments assemble together, untethered to any singular era, person or place. Exhibition forms part of Eastbourne Alive, a 6-month programme curated by Towner Gallery Eastbourne.
Unit 7, Beeching Road Studios, Beeching Road, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 3LJ
In Harms Way – 23/24 September, 12-6pm
Mark Walter, Wolfgang Dubieniec, Oli Spleen
With over a century of collected creativity, this triumvirate of local artists are bringing together various media in an exhibition celebrating the crepuscular side of life.
Landing Gallery, Electro Studios, Seaside Road, St Leonards TN38 0AL
Hastings Chamber Music Festival, 23/24 September
There is still time to catch the last two concerts in this series, presented in association with Hastings Early Music Festival, bringing together the highest calibre musicians for concerts on the East Sussex Coast. Beethoven in Nature – 5pm, Sat 23, Christ Church St Leonards. Music and Climate Science – 3pm, Sun 24 September, Kino-Theatr, St Leonards: Professor Tamsin Edwards, renowned climate scientist will talk on climate change, followed by Blok and Beethoven chamber music. For details see hemf.co.uk.
Falstaff – Adapted from the Novel by Robert Nye, 28 Sept ONLY, 7.30pm
Performed by Mike Stoneham. Adapted from Robert Nye’s acclaimed novel, Falstaff merges Shakespeare’s great comic creation with the real-life soldier, Sir John Fastolf. The result is a deeply moving, funny, bawdy romp through Agincourt, with frogs, slugs, and plenty of onions. A not-for-profit production in aid of the Trussell Trust.
The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3BD
‘Silver’ Anniversary Mirror Exhibition, 29-30 Sept, 1-3 Oct
Local decorative mirror and glass designer Alison Purdy is celebrating 25 years in business this month, with an exhibition and pop-up shop in the newly-refurbished Observer Building in Cambridge Road, Hastings. Mirrors and windows featuring elements from our local landscape and architecture – the beach, fishing boats, pier, seagulls, shops.
For details of times see purdyshop.com.
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