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ARTS DIARY
Clown Cartel As part of their Clown in the Time of Pandemic project, Theatre Nation have organised a three-day clown skills workshop – an opportunity to work with “two masters…
Flip The Script
Following a successful exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space in London, in partnership with The Good Governance Institute, Tim Nathan brings his large format seascape photographs home to the Lucy Bell…
ALBUM REVIEW
New Religion Starter Kit BEN CORNWELL reviews The Beautiful Revolution’s debut album, New Religion Starter Kit. Listening to The Beautiful Revolution’s album for the first time was a unique experience…
And Now for Something Completely Different
By Nick Pelling It is surely one of the most tired cliches about music that Opera is just for ‘toffs’ who like to dress up ‘posh’ and listen to fat…
Fishing Families Caught on Camera
Gareth Stevens reviews John Cole’s book of photographs: Generations: Hastings Fishing ; The great photojournalist Robert Capa once said that “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”.…
Absence Makes the Art Grow Stranger
By Nick Pelling It’s an old art teaching maxim – look closely at what is not there. At the shape of spaces. Tom Banks has been staring at St Leonards…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Tyranny of Merit By Michael J SandelPublished by Penguin Books, 2021, £ at Bookbusters Review by Tim Barton This timely book by Harvard professor Michael Sandel gives a complex…
Just Do It!
Local film actor, writer and director Francis Saunders tells HIP about his extraordinary career which has included being a professional MMA – Mixed Martial Arts – fighter. And he offers…
HIP LIT NEWS
YOUNG WRITERS’ GROUP RELAUNCHES The Hastings Young Writers group is relaunching on 27th September and has places for new members. After having been unable to meet because of Covid, the…
New Bohemians
Currently showing at the Hastings Arts forum is an exhibition running under the title New Bohemians. Photographer/Curator Ian O’Leary explains the thinking behind it. I’ve put together this exhibition that…
REVIEW: More than Revolting Children
White Rock Theatre’s Summer Youth Project returned last month for the first time since 2019 with ‘Matilda the Musical Jr.’ Ben Cornwell watched the opening night. I know Roald Dahl’s…
Branching Out
Hastings Artist Sophie Shaw previews a major new exhibition in St Leonards to which she is also a contributing artist. Her company The House of Cultural Curiosity has also helped…
Small is Beautiful
Martin Bradshaw, Coordinator at Hastings Arts Forum explains the background to their latest exhibition at The Gallery in St Leonards’ Marine Court. It is said by some, that all good…
Un-Fairly Killed
Kent Barker looks at a new arts project celebrating Hastings’ historic Rock Fair. Imagine yourself standing by the fountain on Hastings’ Trinity Triangle. To your right, down Trinity Street, is…
Bernard McGuigan: Sculptor
Aged 14, Bernard McGuigan accompanied his art student brother to his first art exhibition and had a ‘light-bulb moment’ when he saw some Modigliani sculptures – as a “poor working-class…
New Gallery in St Leonards: Big Yin
By Amanda Knight Number one sign of a healthy exhibition preview: ‘ducking and diving’. Yes, the elbow-driven art of nudging and peering between heads and shoulders to get a glimpse…
FILM REVIEW
First Cow Review by Jamie Sellers What springs to mind when you think of buddy movies? The Odd Couple? Butch and Sundance? Thelma and Louise? Maybe one of those modern…
HIP LIT NEWS
New poetry from Brian Docherty Local poet Brian Docherty, sometimes known as The Bard of St Leonards, has a brand new collection published by Dempsey & Windle. Docherty has had…
Oceanic Feelings
Electro Studios Project Space is an independent space for curated projects in a beautiful location overlooking the beach in West St Leonards. Although many local residents might not be aware…
You Are Here
By Alexandra Whatley Artists Maxime Allan and Ben Fenton invite us to embark on a documentary journey about “belonging and place” in an interdisciplinary exhibition, with painting and jewellery as…
ARTS DIARY
The return of Stade Saturdays To celebrate the opening of the Coastal Currents Festival on 4th September, there’s free music at the Stade. This year the weekly Saturday night performances…
Hastings Literary Festival unveils 2021 programme
Hastings Literary Festival is back from September 23rd-25th with a blend of author talks, writing workshops, expert panels, performances and ‘meet the agent’ sessions for budding writers. The line-up includes…
Love on Parade
By Emma Joliffe As we enter Hastings Pride month, a must-see LGBT-themed exhibition comes to Hastings seafront. It revisits celebrated photographer Richard Ansett’s seminal series, Ron & Roger, 2001. This…
Red Star of St Leonards
By Nick Pelling Seaside towns in the rain can be forlorn places, but when I ducked into Kino on Sunday lunch timeI was stunned by the sense of simmering fun…
ARTS DIARY
ETERNAL TRIANGLE A “trio built on two duos” comprising Trevor Watts - Alto/Soprano/Composer, Veryan Weston - Piano/Synth, and Jamie Harris - Congas/Percussion, will perform an inaugural concert at the Kino…
Matilda Junior Set to Rock Hastings
By Ben Cornwell The White Rock Theatre’s Summer Youth Project is back for its eighteenth production. This year the local theatre group will be performing a junior production of the…
BlackShed voted Best Gallery in Sussex
Gareth Stevens, who has a long association with blackShed, discusses with gallery director Kenton Lowe what winning the Muddy Stilettos Award means for ; The Muddy Stilettos lifestyle website came…
FILM REVIEW: After Love
By Jamie Sellers Had cinemas been open to capacity all year, a movie like After Love – Kent-born writer-director Aleem Khan’s intriguing drama – would certainly have garnered more attention…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
The Coming Silent Seasons?Part Five: Kids Edition Phoebe the Bee, Jenny BaileyPublished by Tales From Mother Earth, book and CD with Seeds, £ Kids Fight Climate Change Martin Dorey, RRP £, Bookbuster…
FULL HARVEST: Listen, Walk, Enjoy!
Full Harvest is a series of audio stories and poems inspired by the landscapes and history of the South Downs National Park. It was commissioned and produced by Applause Rural…
A Stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom!
By Amanda Knight Sitting at opposite ends of the ‘Hastings-St Leonards’ promenade, two new public artworks Seawall and Painting the Prom bring the elemental nature and social role of our…
PhotoHastings: Summer Exhibition
PhotoHastings was back at the Stade Hall, Hastings in July, showcasing 15 members’ collective workin an impressive summer exhibition curated by Chris Coombes and Clare Hocter. ALEXANDRA WHATLEYwent to have…
The Return of Queer on the Pier
By Emma Joliffe Like A Pier A pier is a structure that shouldn’t really exist. Rusting metal legs, extending into the sea - it’s a completely mad Victorian invention, and the…
ARTS DIARY
Open – to misinterpretation? Zuzushii Art Laboratory is currently staging an exhibition in celebration of the ambiguous. A visual, vibrant journey through 2 and 3D collage, mixed media assemblage, sculpture,…
Time To Show Hastings Rocks
BEN CORNWELL discovers that Hastings’ Fat Tuesday organisers are getting involved in a raft of new events over the coming months. You remember that feeling of the bass hitting your…
Get Your Soul Connected
By Nick Pelling Jazz, blues, soul, funk, gospel, bossa nova, hip-hop or bebop-a-lula, call it what you will; but whatever you call it the good news is that it’s back.…
Free Photography Workshops for Carers
By Sonya, Care for Carers Care for the Carers are inviting carers in East Sussex to take part in photography workshops in August and September 2021. Beginner, intermediate and experienced…
BOOKBUSTER REVIEW
Oil Be Damned: Part fourBreaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic (Editors) Wilfred Greaves & P. Whitney LackenbauerPublished by University of Toronto Press, 2021 Review by Tim…
HIP LIT NEWS
Kids invited to Wild World Heroes library events East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 12 to read six books over the summer as part of The…
Body Count
HUGH SULLIVAN reviews The Duke’s Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Fairlight Hall. Down at the Capulet family crypt in Verona which doubles as Friar Laurence’s cell,…