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Hastings Burlesque – Debuts, Empowerment and Boosting Self-Esteem
Mark Curry catches up with Alotta Piernas (aka Izzy Crouch), founder of Hastings Burlesque which made its debut at the White Rock Theatre, 23 September 2017 How did your debut…
Burning Bright: Gibson-Cowan’s Fearful Symmetry at the blackShed Gallery by Julia Mortimer
Ben Gibson-Cowan’s stunning photographic exhibition not only reveals to us a world of symmetry, but also allows us to see how it changes when our physical surroundings are viewed from…
Emma Harwood at The Palace
Reviewed by Angelica Campion The refurbished Palace public house at the America Ground on Hastings seafront has a large parlour in the back where they have Americana nights reflecting the…
Roland Jarvis, an Artist at Play – Coastal Currents Open Studio by A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed
Japanese Golfer by Roland Jarvis The late Anglo–French artist Roland Jarvis considered art ‘play’ not work. ‘Play gives you a tremendous amount of freedom,’ he said. An artist, printmaker, filmmaker,…
Everything Comes from the Egg: Stephen Turner at the Jerwood by A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed
The Exbury Egg in situ at the Jerwood Gallery The Exbury Egg is a thing of beauty and, after a somewhat epic journey along Britain’s highways, byways and waterways, it…
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, Reoccurring Undulation VI Interviewed by Thomas Denman
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva in front of her installation for Coastal Currents Nothing could be more fitting to the name and location of the Coastal Currents Arts Festival than Reoccurring Undulation…
Pete & the Poets
Speaking Out for the Homeless at the Hastings Fringe Pete Donohue HIP Literature is pleased to both support and be part of Hastings Fringe 2017. On Sunday 3 September 7-10…
Artists Recommend Open Studios: Lorna Crabb
With Coastal Currents’ Open Studios featuring so much to see, HIP has enlisted three local artists to help navigate the delights on offer. Lorna Crabbe, Sarah Lloyd and Alan Rankle…
Artists Recommend Open Studios: Sarah Lloyd
With Coastal Currents’ Open Studios featuring so much to see, HIP has enlisted three local artists to help navigate the delights on offer. Lorna Crabbe, Sarah Lloyd and Alan Rankle…
It Must be Love, Suggs answers questions on Our House and Hastings:
Suggs, James Tobias (actor) and Tim Firth (play write). Photo by The Umbrella Rooms Ahead of the arrival in Hastings (for one week only) of the Laurence Olivier Award-winning musical,…
Artists Recommend Open Studios: Alan Rankle
With Coastal Currents’ Open Studios featuring so much to see, HIP has enlisted three local artists to help navigate the delights on offer. Lorna Crabbe, Sarah Lloyd and Alan Rankle…
Sarah Lloyd interviews Rebecca Youssefi
Rebecca Youssefi, 'Infinity', 2017, oil and spray paint on canvas Rebecca Youssefi's new exhibition 'Origin' at Source Park opening 2nd September, from , is a selection of paintings and a…
The Imaginary becomes Real – In the Light of Surrealism #2 and Inverse Reflection A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed
Hair Receiver by Jane Hoodless In the Light of Surrealism #2 and Inverse Reflection, the two exhibitions opening at the Arts Forum this week, draw, consciously or unconsciously, on tenets…
The House of the Man Who Painted the Sea by Hugh Byrant
The production I saw is on Friday is by 'Explore the Arch'. I had to look up 'arch' in my old dictionary. Arch : chief, accomplished, shrewd, pre-eminent, especially in…
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…
Rising Talent, Showcasing New Work by New Artists by Sally Meakins
Artwork by Helen O'Leary All artists – no matter the variety, musician, actor or visual artist – need that one important break that gives them the opportunity to show what…
Stables at Graze – a new show
Learning French by Anny Evason How does one convey the experience of relating to the environment: the visual and sensory stimuli, an awareness of its history and essential instability? Four…
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…
Hastings Pride Wants You
Artwork by Andre Pejic This year’s Hastings Pride is celebrating the Summer of Love; it’s been 50 years since people donned their flairs, dropped their weapons and celebrated love. It…
Dawn Horse by Nicholas Godsell
'Dawn Horse' is a film, made in Herne Bay about a little known, but significant, local scientific discovery. The film is attracting interest and acclaim around the world. In only…
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…
Claudia De Grandi by Sarah J Lloyd
Claudia De Grandi's show at Graze gallery is concerned with the dynamic spaces between abstraction and expression, description and presence, looking at and feeling interconnected. From Sao Paulo in…
St Leonards Festival is coming, Emma O’Rourke, one of the festival organisers, outlines their plans
This year’s festival will take place on Friday 30th June (evening only) and Saturday 1st July (all day), with an electric line-up of not to be missed acts and entertainment!…
Three Inch Fools – Romeo and Juliet reviewed by Martin Allen
Three Inch Fools perform Romeo and Juliette on Hastings Pier Five Stars ***** 'For never before have I loved a show More than this, of Juliet and her Romeo' Hastings…
HIP bookshops
Bookshops with a novel approach by Kate Barnwell It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone in pursuit of a good book must be in want of a good…
TRANSCENDENTAL TRANQUILITY : DIRK ROSEPORT at GRAZE GALLERY interviewed by Sarah J Lloyd
Transcendental Tranquility by Dirk Roseport SJL: Dirk, can I ask you to say something first about whats important to you as an artist, and what you'd like people to know…
The RH Experience by Judy Parkinson
L to R, Dan Attfield, Conor Jatter, Luke Spillane, Tom Webster, Pic Rebecca Need-Menear Judy Parkinson spoke to Conor Jatter, one quarter of the RH Experience “ We're a comedy…
Go back in time with Hastings Pier open air concerts: Boyzone and Ocean Colour Scene
Madness on Hastings Pier, 2016, pic George Palmer On Friday 25th August, Irish pop legends Boyzone will tread the boards of the Pier. Twenty-four years together with twenty-five million record…
It Is What It Is by Charley Bolding-Smith
Review of ‘Jean Cooke: Delight in the Thing Seen’ at the Jerwood Gallery Many readers of this article may not be familiar with the work of Jean Cooke (well, at…
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…
Don’t Frack with Sussex by Janey Moffatt
Don't Frack with Sussex funeral for fossil fuels, pic Zeroh Janey Moffatt describes the recent funeral for fossil fuels As Dad to two small children, my husband Mike has become…
JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL RETURNS Colin Gibson
Tony O'Malley and Mike Raxworthy Friday June 2nd sees the welcome return of The Hastings Winkle Club Jazz and Blues Festival at The Stade, which continues until Sunday June 4th.…
Compromised Perceptions, by Thomas Denman
Work by Annie Rae (left) and John Cole (right) This three-artist exhibition invites us to contemplate the value and fragility of our nervous system—the normal functioning of which many of…
Highly Inflammable – Poly Styrene in Hastings, by Cheryl White
Marianne Elliot-Said, AKA Poly Styrene by artist Paul Quinnell A play inspired by Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex is coming to St Mary in the Castle in June. Here Cheryl…
Long Live Danny Pockets by Thomas Bartlett
House of Pies by Danny Pockets Artist Danny Pockets’ latest exhibition at the blackShed gallery comes in the midst of a hard -fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Thomas Bartlett, fellow…
Rasheed Araeen artwork, proudly made in Hastings by Caf Fean
Phil Holden arranging Araeens fabricated cubes_ Rasheed Araeen is a London-based artist of Pakistani origin. His works are shown across the globe exploring the idea of ‘Art as a process…
Hastings Arts Forum’s ‘Rising Talent’ initiative provides a launch pad for new artists Charlotte Morris
Charlotte Morris talks to Sally Meakins I am a beneficiary of the first step of an initiative called ‘Rising Talent’. Last year I responded to an invitation to submit work…
Being Curious about Rachel by Charley Bolding-Smith
Occasionally – it doesn’t happen often – one comes across a ‘local artist’ whose technique and execution seem, even to the untrained eye, to transcend that label. Rachel Glittenberg, whose…