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Blue Moon
Alan Rankle visits A Wave of Dreams Arts Lab as it marks the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landings While she is known primarily for the lucidly evocative, large-scale but…
Archy And Polyamory?
Merlin Betts previews two productions from Theatre Nation Last week I met up with Tom Daldry and Patrick Kealey, founders of Theatre Nation, an innovative Hastings-based theatre company that works…
Perspectives
The Hastings Fringe comes to St. Leonards on Sunday 14 July with Perspectives, an evening of readings in the wonderful Bookkeeper bookshop in Kings Road. Local authors Steve Amos and…
“Dead”
Mia L considers local artist Ian Probert's recent show at the Arts Forum Ian Probert's debut show is something of a sombre affair, as its succinct title suggests. Probert uses…
“Fiesta” A Night Of Passion
Hastings Sinfonia tell us about their upcoming presentation Conductor – Derek Carden Artistic Director – Polo Piatti Leader - Peter Fields This exciting programme, mainly…
Sanctuary Festival: Sun, Food, Music and Swimming
The beautiful walled garden of Ashburnham Place rang with sounds of music and laughter last Sunday (23rd June) as the Hastings Community of Sanctuary celebrated its Festival by the Lake.…
Good Times by The Sea
By Ade Peachment Of all the festival experiences I’ve enjoyed, one truly stands out. Picture the scene, an overcast deer park in Herefordshire and the final day of the Big…
ARTS DIARY
Hastings Furniture Service has been asked to make use of an empty building in Western Road, Bexhill, while the owner looks for a long-term tenant. They are interested in co-operating…
100 Years Of Bauhaus And The De La Warr Pavilion
Merlin Betts considers the De La Warr’s 2019 summer exhibitions programme From now until September the DLWP will be holding two Bauhaus-inspired exhibitions in their ample showspaces on the ground…
The Hastings Contemporary’s Inaugural Exhibitions Programme
A new, independent art gallery (previously the Jerwood Gallery) will open on 6th July 2019. The Hastings Contemporary aims to champion modern and contemporary art, especially painting, and especially art…
The House Of Marcelle
After a very successful #ATownExploresABook19 festival in St Leonards on Sea, and in particular the #TheHouseofCrusoe performance series, Explore the Arch are delighted announce their forthcoming summer project which opens…
The Holy Rebel
Solo exhibition of drawings, paint and sculpture at Stella Dore on Norman Road Street and contemporary artist Rugman ( Anthony McEwan) descends on the town of Hastings & St. Leonards…
Hastings Contemporary: Meeting Expectations
Merlin Betts discusses the new gallery’s place and plans I went to a coffee and chat at the Jerwood last week for the locals: us, the Hastings Observer, the Council…
When The Oak Spoke
Public Artwork opens in Wadhurst ‘When The Oak Spoke’ is an epic, socially engaged art commission led by visual artist Beccy McCray for Wadhurst Culture: a community arts charity in…
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Day Trip to Farley FarmJust in time for the summer holidays, Farleys House and Garden presents a breathtaking exhibition by Sir Peter Blake, heralded as the Godfather of British Pop…
Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou with Special Guest Hayley Savage + Film Screening
Press Release Friday June 14th – (film screening at ) Kino-Teatr St LeonardsTickets are £10 available from Kino-Teatr box office and online through Ticketsource Following the release of their fifth…
Hastings Tapestry Brought Out of the Basement
Merlin Betts looks at an embroidery, an arts centre, and Britishness Commissioned in 1965 by Group Captain Ralph Bagshaw Ward, the Hastings Embroidery was imagined along somewhat similar lines to…
Outlands Returns To The De La Warr Pavilion
The De La Warr Pavilion brings another exciting and unusual Outlands event to Bexhill. Outlands is a “national experimental music network” aiming to encourage resource sharing and interdisciplinary production in…
Zuzushii Arts Lab Opens
On 1st June Zuzushii Arts Lab will be showing a selection of Box Art to kickstart its new tenure at 26 White Rock. Tim Can, who runs the Lab with…
Celebrate Hastings’ volunteers at Electric Palace cinema this Volunteers Week
This is a press release from Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings. The Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town is hosting a special event during Volunteers Week (1-7 June) to celebrate…
Legacy & Disorder: A Look at Jake Wood-Evans
HIP's Merlin Betts considers local artist Jake Wood-Evans in advance of his latest exhibition Legacy & Disorder, opening at Unit London on the 21st May. Jake has lived and painted…
National Neurodiversity Championed By Hastings Group
Started back in 1997, Project Art Works (PAW) is a Hastings-based organisation whose influence reaches across the country and out to Australia. It finds new ways of teaching and enabling…
Unusual Arts Laboratory Comes To White Rock
On June 1st a new gallery and creative studio will be opening at 26 White Rock, but, despite being new to Hastings, the creative duo behind it have a long…
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Battle Summer Arts ExhibitionThe Battle & District Arts Group will be holding their annual Summer Art Exhibition for 2019 from Wednesday 31st July to Saturday, 10th August, in the Battle…
MINI REVIEW: Do Journeys End In Lovers Meeting?
Merlin Betts considersthe latest play from John Knowles and Fetch Theatre. Patrick Keeley as AntonioPICTURE: Peter Mould A Fiction Romance is the third in Fetch’s Shakespeare monologues series, preceeded by…
Legacy & Disorder
HIP has a chat with Jake Wood-Evans before his upcoming show “Legacy & Disorder” at UNIT ; Read the full feature the many other surprises you might not expect to…
Hastings To Host Palestinian Film Festival
HRPSC Chair Katy Colley previews the films and their contextHastings and Rye Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC) has teamed up with The Electric Palace cinema and The Printworks to mark Nakba…
IN CONVERSATION: Image and Music – Christopher White
Resident in Hastings since 2016, New Zealand-born composer Christopher White has written extensively for film and TV, as well as collaborating with musicians as varied as Van Morrison and Noel…
Checking The Sight Lines
Maya Ostle reviews John Carter’s exhibition, showing at the Jerwood from 30th March to 9th June On Tuesday, April 2, the Jerwood Gallery opened its doors for the latest ‘Free…
Drinking From The Fountain Of Food, Wine And Music
A review of Marina Fountain I caught up with chef Rupert Walton last Saturday over a couple of his small plates: silky homemade fig leaf ricotta with peas, asparagus and…
Responses To Solitude
Andrew Myers reviews two very different responses to the theme of solitude Bev Lee Harling @ The House of Crusoe 11th April 2019 Vlad Miller @ The House of Crusoe…
Bold as Brass
Big Band plus 4 @ The Kino Preview by ANDREW MYERS In a town already replete with vibrant music events, one of the more memorable moments of the last couple…
Music Competition – Spring Live! 2019
East Sussex College sets out to prepare the best acts. After the success of last year’s show, the College is looking for four acts (solo artists or groups) to perform…
A Trip to Farleys Farm
Andrew Myers takes a look at the new season of exhibitions now open at the home of the Surrealists With the approach of Spring, I’m challenging myself to overcome my…
Barefoot Opera
A new patron, and an opportunity to see a preview of new people’s opera, Bloom Britannia The development of Barefoot Opera’s new opera, Bloom Britannia, inspired by life on the…
Skin Deep And Heartfelt
Gareth Stevens previews an exhibition of recent work by Rod Harman at The BlackShed Gallery There are countless alumni artists from Hastings College who are indebted to Rod Harman, and…
A Look at La Traviata with Opera South East
Opera South East are performing Verdi's La Traviata this weekend (April 12th-13th)with the Sussex Concert Orchestra at Hastings White Rock Theatre. The Director is Fraser Grant and the Conductor is…
What we Should Know
Bruce Holdsworth goes in search of a local artwork's historic roots Did you know there was a sculpture of Rider Haggard in Hastings Library? Bronze. Courtesy of Hastings Public Library…
The Image Of The Artist In A Paper Mirror
Merlin Betts reflects on the opening of a new local gallery On 29th March, Elisabeth Bauer Contemporary Art Space opened at 55 George Street. It’s an artist-led endeavour, meaning that…
Getting Quantum Moods
Merlin Betts considers Pamela Kirkwood’s opening ; From 23rd-30th March, Pamela held her first show at St Leonard’s Horse and Groom. Pamela is an abstract artist whose recent works have…