Author Archives: Sophie Shaw
On the Fly
Elisabeth Sonneck and Christian Gode at Electro Studio Project Space Two German artists are coming to St Leonards in July to create a new, site-specific installation at the Electro Studio…
Collect
SoCo artists respond to Hastings Museum’s eclectic collection for a new show “The artist’s eye can see the familiar through a new and alternative lens,” writes Catherine Harvey, Keeper of…
Songs in Unexpected Places
On Sunday 13th May a small group gathered on the corner of Magdalen Road and St Margaret’s Road. They were met by musician Bev Lee Harling and taken to what…
Solaris Print – Right Place, Right Time
Artist and fine art printer Alexandra Drawbridge has been operating Solaris Print from a shop on Norman Road since last August, and her accompanying exhibition space has brought the town…
New Chair for Hastings and Rother Cultural Leaders Group
Liz Gilmore, director of Jerwood Gallery has taken up the post of chair of the Hastings and Rother Cultural Leaders group. Paul Barnett, Liz Gilmore, Cllr Kim Forward, Cllr Peter…
Jerwood To Take Part in Nationwide PROCESSION
This June a major, nationwide, mass-participation artwork will celebrate 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, and Hastings and St Leonards will be represented. The Jerwood Gallery…
Danny Pockets and Shuby at the St Leonards
Celebrated artists Danny Pockets and Shuby have worked together at the Artist Led Collective Compendium Studios in St Leonards for six years. A new exhibition at The St Leonards on…
Oska Lappin’s Scary Vision of America
The American Scream By Oska Lappin If you visited Oska Lappin’s open studio during Coastal Currents last September, you will be familiar with the splashy and expressive red white and…
Fever of the Light
blackShed Gallery, 17th February – 31st March HIP talks to filmmaker and Electric Palace cinema owner, Rebecca E Marshall, as she prepares to unveil her latest project, Fever of the…
Festivals
You can’t throw a pebble in Hastings and St Leonards without hitting a festival – in fact most articles in this supplement contain details on at least one. Here is…
A Town – A New Arts Council-Funded Opera Project, by Thomas Denman
Barefoot opera presents Clash. Sussex Coast College, Hastings Barefoot Opera – ‘Hastings and St. Leonard’s very own opera company’ – has been awarded an Arts Council Research and Development Grant…
Want to join the Mardi Gras Monarchy? Fat Tuesday wants to know what you’re made of
Have you got what it takes to join the Hastings Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Monarchy? Hastings Fat Tuesday means colour, costume, creativity and carnival spirit in abundance, and in…
Laetitia Yhap Celebrates Fifty Years in Hastings
Shattered Window Pane, Laetitia Yhap The sandstone walls of Undercliff House have, for the last few months, been adorned with scenes of Hastings and South London. They are large, delicate…
HiFest 2017
Now in its fourth year, HiFest (Hastings Illustration Festival) will be taking place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December 2017. Visitors can expect guests from the world of illustration…
Alexandra Wonderama
Autumn Flowers by Kim Batty At Dragon Bar, George Street from 1 December Local artist and longstanding member of the HIP family, Kim Batty is opening an exhibition of limited…
David Thomas Broughton, Saturday 18 November 2017, Printworks
David Thomas Broughton, photo by Greg Butler David Thomas Broughton – folk singer/avant-garde performer and man with a guitar, a loop pedal and a seemingly longstanding desire to be punched…
The Rise of Independent Theatre
Hitleria Pizzaria Part I Sophie Shaw talks to John Knowles about how the independent theatre scene is on the rise in Hastings and St Leonards in advance of his latest…
Early Music Festival
Rautio Piano Trio, from left Jane Gordon, Victoria Simonsen and Jan Rautio Sophie Shaw talks to Jane Gordon as she launches Hastings Early Music Festival ‘We’re talking about historically informed…
Joan, Babs and Shelagh too, A tribute to Joan Littlewoo
Gemskii in character in front of Littlewood's statue HIP talks to Gemskii, the one-woman force behind Conscious Theatre and Glenys Jacques of Electric Palace about this production, coming soon…
Kicking off a bumper August for performance
Catch the next issue of HIP for a round up of the many interesting and unusual shows on offer in Hastings and St Leonards throughout August. Don’t miss out on…
The “Nearly on the” Beach Concert 2017, Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July 2017 The Stade Open Space
The “Nearly on the” Beach Concert is now in its 29th year and is all set to once again launch Old Town Carnival Week. The best local bands will…
Opus: A new venue for Hastings
Polo Piatti at the Opus Theatre ⓒ Peter Mould With the widely-anticipated Opus Theatre on the verge of opening in Hastings, HIP interviews British-Argentinian composer Polo Piatti, the driving force behind…
Hastings Comedy Fringe : ‘The best small fringe in the country’
As Old Town gears up for the second annual Hastings Comedy Fringe Festival, HIP talks to the founders, Chris Young and Jake Alexander, about the festival’s origins, how it’s already…