Knotty
Knotty, Hastings’ celebration performance, returns following the success of 2022’s outdoor festival. For 2024, Knotty is bigger and bolder than ever, showcasing inspiring artists and events in familiar and unexpected spaces and places.
Azara Meghie & Bambi Phillips Jordan in OUT!
Now in its fourth year, Knotty is produced by Hastings’ creative arts organisation, Home Live Art. This year’s festival features work from 20 artists in eight events across four venues: Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, White Rock Theatre, Mini Playhouse and Stables Theatre, plus outdoor locations in Hastings Town Centre. Most of the programme is free or offers a sliding scale according to what ticket buyers can afford.
Katy Baird, Artistic Director, said: “I am thrilled to bring Knotty back to Hastings! This year’s programme features remarkable local, national and international artists, alongside community participants. In bold, provocative and joyful encounters, we invite audiences both to question the world we live in, and actively to create spaces where we can reimagine and redefine our future together. We take pride in continuing to showcase ground-breaking artists in Hastings, further enhancing the town’s well-deserved reputation as a daring, forward-thinking cultural hub.”
Knotty includes a programme of four performances co-curated with Claudine Eccleston, founder of Playing the Race Card, a local arts and social justice organisation focusing on celebrating Black excellence and supporting relevant art and artists. Accompanying the current Black Joy! Up Close and Personal exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, the collaboration includes the temporary installation of an interactive public sculpture from Sonia Hughes, a call-and-response exploration of museum objects led by Harold Offeh, Ray Young’s award-winning interdisciplinary work OUT, and Knotty’s renowned queer performance party, Salty.
Claudine Eccleston said: “I am really excited to have teamed up with Home Live Art to bring these incredibly talented artists to Hastings, injecting a fresh perspective into our town’s cultural offerings. It aligns perfectly with the energy of our exhibition encouraging dialogue around Black Joy.”
Knotty: A festival of performance for the adventurous 6-9 and 14-16 June 2024 at venues and locations across Hastings. For full performance details and credits, ticket links and access information, please visit homeliveart.com. For press enquiries, please contact Anna Goodman at Abstrakt on [email protected]
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