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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…
Sophie Barber, Winner of the CVAN Platform Graduate Award, by Thomas Denman
Sophie Barber with her painting 'Phil' A graduate of the University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice at Sussex Coast College, Hastings, has won the prestigious and much coveted…
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…
What the Dickens!
By Pete Donohue Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. When I took…
Uncovering the stories of West Street by Lorna Crabbe
Artist Lorna Crabbe tells us about an exciting new project, ‘Rediscovering West Street: A meandering and forgotten past Duo Bogof and a white rabbit 'family portrait’, Duo Bogof will be…
Andrew Kötting: Who You Walk With Alters What You See
Towner Art Gallery until 31 December If you have an interest in film that falls into the British psychogeographical genre you are likely to have come across Andrew Kötting, a…
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…
Trouble in Tahiti, Kino–Teatr, 25–27 October 2017, reviewed by Jane Gordon
From left; Alistair Sutherland, Tom Clarkson, Chiara Vinci, Sophie Goldrick and Laurence Panter Trouble in Tahiti is the second production from the vibrant new company Stage Left Project, which…
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…
Folio 14 at the Hastings Arts Forum
Folio 14, a group of creatives making work under the tutelage of artist and educator Jo Kori, opened their first show this week at Hastings Arts Forum. These 10 local…
Coastal Currents Goes Out of Season To Bring a Special Piece of Art to Silverhill by Tina Morris
Now seemingly a year-round venture, with new owner, Tina Morris, at the helm, Coastal Currents is still making the headlines. Here, she discusses a missing piece of the 2017 programme…
Letters I Haven’t Written
LETTERS I HAVEN’T WRITTEN Gwyneth Herbert Kino Teatr, Norman Rd Nov 29th St Leonards' Kino Teatr was lucky enough to be one of the hand-picked venues for a preview of…
It’s Halloween in Hastings and That Means Voodoo Fest! by Mark Curry
From the team that bring the town Fat Tuesday, this end of season event for Hastings is always on Halloween, always has amazing costumes, always features a parade with a…
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…
Morgan Creative Bring Philip McDonagh’s Crime and Punishment to Kino-teatr, 1–5 November 2017.
Morgan Creative Preview by Simone Witney Everything points to this being a hugely exciting performance. Luke Morgan reads Crime and Punishment every January and his passion is clearly shared by…
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…
L’incoronazione di Poppea, St Mary in the Castle by Thomas Denman
Judith Charron, Sara Parker, Lucilla Graham in rehearsal Barefoot Opera – Hastings and St Leonards’ very own opera company – for one night only, at St Mary in the Castle,…
Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti – Stage Left Project’s First Major Production by Tom Clarkson from Stage Left Project
This month sees our new Hastings-based theatre company, Stage Left Project, present a live performance of Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti, at the Kino Teatr, before we embark…
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…