Archives for Reviews - Page 9
Circus Vegassed
By Angelica Campion The Wild Animals in Circuses Bill is expected to have its second reading on Friday 26 October 2018 in the House of Commons. It’s a Bill to…
Pygmalion Turns Abstract
Bernard Mcguigan Sculpture Show at The Lawn 1st–2nd September and in his studio at The Beacon during Coastal Currents. Preview by Simone Witney In the middle of a delightful conversation…
Kino Keynotes
Mini reviews of a selection from this month’s events at Kino-Teatr Politics of Tintin; The Forgotten Paradigm; Confessions of a Middle-Aged Vlogger. Passions and Transformations at the Bavard. Kino-Teatr on…
1958 or 2018? You decide
By Angelica Campion Planning a trip to the Isle of Wight (IOW), a friend warns me it’s 1958 over there. That’s Ok, there are parts of Hastings like that, but…
One Dame, Two Unicorns and A Fish Sandwich
Angelica Campion If you’ve recently moved to Hastings or St Leonards for a nice sedate life by the sea, by now you will have realised your mistake. The Bonjour Café…
Spools Out
Themed film screenings for families. Dress up and chill out Review by Simone Witney How often do we wish to tear children away from their devices for something more natural…
Going South With Alex
Andy Everest reviews I Never Lie, the ambitious third novel from St Leonards based author and journalist Jody Sambal I Never Lie‘s titular bold statement set me on high alert…
Rufus
30th June The De La Warr Pavilion By Ed Boxall The first Rufus’ song I heard was Nobody’s Off The Hook. It was love at first listen. It’s a friendship-love…
Two Upcoming Films at Kino-Teatr
McQueen 2018 (Dir: Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhôte) 12th &13th July Anyone who saw the V&A exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s work, Savage Beauty, will need no persuading to see this. It’s…
Quantum Illusion
Trevor Watts (Saxes) + Veryan Weston (keypad) will be playing as their electro acoustic QUANTUM ILLUSION project at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea on Sunday July 15th at pm…
Jason Singh and Anna Helena McLean: Flight Music
A medieval Sufi prince and a Nordic goddess. What kind of music would they make together? Had you been at the Kino-teatr on Saturday, 30th June in St Leonards you…
Ruth E Cockburn – ‘Postcard from Blackpool’
Reviewed at The Palace In contrast to a Hastings Comedy Fringe bill dominated by stand-up routines, Ruth E Cockburn’s ‘Postcards from Blackpool’ was a consummate piece of theatre. Centred on…
Unmistakably Cultish
Angelica Campion The ‘Bavard Bar ‘a platform for your passion’, is a monthly evening at the Kino in St Leonards where three people try to speak inspiringly on a subject…
PREVIEW – Let’s Fly, Let’s Fly
Jason Singh and Anna Helena McLean (Mo Fo) Mix It Up at the Kino-teatr A Sonic Return to the Source is previewed Can you imagine a form of music that…
Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen (Dir: Carol Hunt) Adapted by Simon Reade The Stables Theatre, 1-9 June 2018 Review by Hugh Bryant I was there on the first night of this classic in…
The Slow Train To Dawn
The The, Brixton 02 Review and picture by Angelica Campion Matt Johnson, aka the band The The is playing at the O2 in Brixton and I’m going. This show, and…
The Haters V The Flag Wavers
Angelica Campion’s Royal Wedding Celebrity spotting and sneering at monstrous anti-social hats while guzzling gin and tonic at is something I recommend. Look! There’s a bread pudding in glasses! No,…
Robyn Hitchcock
Kino-teatr May 19th.’ Reviewed by Keith Rodway Robyn Hitchcock is one of those names that has cropped up again and again in my life. Many years ago I was asked…
I DARE YOU
Hastings 1066 Jazz Club at Azur, “Are you obsessed with attending activities for the elderly?” asks Suzie, my long-suffering companion for evenings out in Hastings & St Leonards. A reasonable…
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
“A Stream of Consciousness” (William James) At first I found this book, written in the ‘new’ style of the early 20th Century, rather difficult, and thought I might abandon it:…
The Square
Dir: Ruben Östlund Kino Teatr, St. Leonards Ostensibly a film about the chronic bullshit afflicting the upper echelons of the art world, this fascinating film gradually leads us, by way…
A Little Book of Thunks
By Ian Gilbert Reviewed by Gareth Stevens Increasing uncertainty, the exponential development of human knowledge and emerging technologies can make the world a perplexing place to live. Onetime iconic heroes…
War, whack-a-mole and wheelie bins
If you live in Rye and are reading this, the chances are you already know that the Hastings Independent, which has a wider circulation than the Hastings Observer, is now…
Born To Run and Run
Warning: contains spoilers Springsteen on Broadway, The Walter Kerr Theatre NYC, 7th April 2018 Reviewed by Juniper Gavin It’s Saturday night on Broadway, New York City and I am 3,500…
Coffin Club
Needing something weird to review in Hastings, I didn’t have to look far. Coffin Club is reviewed by Angelica Campion. Coffin Club at St Mary In The Castle, run by…
Collaborators
Written by John Hodge Director Maureen Nelson Performed at the Stables 6th – 14th April Reviewed by Hugh Bryant I saw this play, directed by Maureen Nelson who is on…
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne at St. Mary in the Castle. Reviewed by Colin Gibson Newcastle folk rock band Lindisfarne has produced, in its various incarnations, an extraordinary collection of great material spanning almost fifty…
Posh Club
Reviewed by Angelica Campion Posh Club has arrived in Hastings. Produced by Duckie, the arts company with a social conscience, it’s already in Crawley, Hackney and Elephant & Castle and…
IVOR’S GHOSTS – A novel by Anthony Mcdonald
Reviewed by Bill Walsh Anthony McDonald is an established author who has lived and travelled widely, was born in Wittersham, and has lived most of his life in the Rye…
A Doll’s House
Written by Henrik Ibsen Performed at The Stables, Hastings. 9-17 March. Director: Sandra Tomlinson Review by Hugh Bryant What with the price of houses on the south coast, A Doll’s…
Thank God It’s Friday
Reviewed by Angelica Campion I love old pubs and history. My dad was born in The Angel in St Giles, (previously the Bowl) where condemned men went for their last…
Is There Anybody There?
REVIEW BY ANGELICA CAMPION ‘Let me show you what Hastings has to offer in the way of entertainment’, I said to my friend Suzie Zamit, one of the UK’s finest…
A Necessary Woman
REVIEWED BY JULIA ANDREWS-LIFFORD A Necessary Woman Performed at the Kino-teatr ‘A Necessary Woman’ is a long overdue tribute to suffragette Emily Wilding Davison and all the important yet unrecognised women…
How Sweet is your Love?
REVIEWED BY HUGH BRYANT Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring Performed at the Stables Theatre 2nd-10th February Director: Leslie Adams I went to see Arsenic and Old Lace on…
Fat Tuesday Unplugged Saturday
ANGELICA CAMPION REPORTS What’s the best thing about Hastings? Why, Fat Tuesday’s Unplugged Saturday! What could be better than rolling from pub to pub to see 20 minute sets from…
Fat Tuesday 2018
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK RICHARDS
Opera and Ballet International Perfectly pins Madame Butterfly
White Rock 30th January The decision to show Ellen Kent’s production of Madame Butterfly at the White Rock was timely. It reveals how the cliched view that a conquering country…
REVIEW: The Post
Steven Spielberg said of his latest film, eleven months in the making, “This is the fastest film I ever made.” The reason? “The level of urgency to make the movie…
L’incoronazione di Poppea 11 November, 2017, St. Mary in the Castle, reviewed by Thomas Denman
From left, Sarah Parkin as Poppea and Lucilla Graham as Nero, photo by Chris Parker On Saturday last weekend, another brave and innovative production from Barefoot Opera, electrified a packed…
LETTERS I HAVEN’T WRITTEN, Gwyneth Herbert at The Kino Teatr Nov 29th
reviewed by Colin Gibson St Leonards' Kino Teatr was lucky enough to be one of the hand-picked venues for a preview of Letters I Haven’t Written, the brand new…